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Pro-humans. Tech-realist. Based in NYC.

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DJP@djpirl.com · 4mo ago

Defaced in under a week. Growing public backlash with more ads using AI art tagged as “AI slop”

Defaced subway ad for Artisan removing “Stop” from “Stop Hiring Humans”Subway ad for Artisan with copy that says “Stop Hiring Humans”
DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

If you ever wanted to play Frogger IRL, you can at crosswalks in Vietnam The game is much harder when you have to dodge hordes of mopeds alongside cars

DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

#VietJet may be the worst airline I’ve ever flown. Not only do they deny you boarding for not having your middle name on your ticket, they charge you to add it after the fact

DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

First time spending the holidays in Asia, and the amount of Christmas music played here makes the US look like junior varsity

DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

Crazy mental gymnastics by #OpenAI to explain this position reversal For all the safety talk about AGI (which doesn’t seem proximate), it seems like we’re not addressing a more immediate risk: military use of generative AI

“OpenAl's policies banning military use of its technology unraveled in less than a year. When the company softened its once-clear rule earlier this year, it was to allow for working with the military in limited contexts, like cybersecurity, suicide prevention, and disaster relief, according to an OpenAl spokesperson. Now, OpenAl is openly embracing its work on national security. If working with militaries or defense-tech companies can help ensure that democratic countries dominate the Al race, the company has written, then doing so will not contradict OpenAl's mission of ensuring that Al's benefits are widely shared. In fact, it argues, it will help serve that mission. But make no mistake: This is a big shift from its position just a year ago.”
DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

I expect future historians to identify media capture as a root cause for the current (Tech) Gilded Age The lack of coverage on real limitations of LLMs reminds me of Tesla’s “Full self-driving” Big Tech has a vested interest in keeping tech myths alive; journalists shouldn’t uncritically aid them

Casey Newton@caseynewton.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of the most important debates in tech right now is the group of folks who think AI is fake and sucks vs. the people who think AI is real and dangerous. I wrote about why I'm in the latter camp, and talked about my differences with Gary Marcus www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-...

Most people know these systems are flaws, and adjust their expectations and usage accordingly. The “AI is fake and sucks” crowd is hyper-fixated on the things it can’t do — count the number of r’s in strawberry, figure out that the Onion was joking when it told us to eat rocks — and weirdly uninterested in the things it can. And that’s a problem, because just as these systems are more honest and helpful than they have ever been, they are also causing greater harm. And to name a real harm, already happening today, I offer the chief security officer of Amazon, CJ Moses, who had this to say about how generative AI is being used in efforts to disrupt critical infrastructure in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last month: We’re seeing billions of attempts coming our way. On average, we’re seeing 750 million attempts per day. Previously, we’d see about 100 million hits per day, and that number has grown to 750 million over six or seven months. This is the ongoing blind spot of the “AI is fake and sucks” crowd. This is the problem with telling people over and over again that it’s all a big bubble about to pop. They’re staring at the floor of AI’s current abilities, while each day the actual practitioners are successfully raising the ceiling.
DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

When someone makes grandiose statements about saving the world or humanity, before believing them, see if they practice what they preach for authenticity

As Musk assumes deregulation role, Tesla racks up pollution violations (WSJ)Screenshot of articleScreenshot of article
DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can find the Wi-Fi portal page by clicking the ℹ️ icon No more waiting for the portal to pop up by itself 🤦🏻‍♂️

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DJP@djpirl.com · 2y ago

Prediction that “organic” tech will grow in popularity due to AI As with food, a high-value segment of consumers will demand minimally processed products