Tesla owners have long complained of occasionally erratic behavior by the cars' software, including sudden braking, missed road markings and crashes with parked emergency vehic]es. Since federal regulators began requiring automakers to report crashes involving driver-assistance systems in 2021, they …
I learned to study–really study–around 50 years ago and this guide from William J Rapaport helped: cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport…
Surgeon's Paradox
Explaining Taleb’s Surgeons Paradox to friends who are interviewing candidates. If you’re considering two people for a job, and one is pretty, one ugly but their known achievements are equal, who do you hire? The pretty one? No! The ugly one because they accomplished just as much while …
Creators Started Listening to my Google Searches and Reddit Dives.
While teaching students how AIs learn to be smarter, I stumbled upon some discoveries concerning algorithms that are watching me. I discovered Only Fans Creators started showing up in my Instagram Reels after I searched Google for reasons there’s been a drop in subscriptions and followers …
Diffusion Models Deepfaking Taylor Swift
Reality Defender says they have 90% confidence that the images of sexually explicit poses of Taylor Swift were created using a diffusion model. This AI-driven technology is accessible through more than 100,000 apps and publicly available models, CEO Ben Colman told Ken Conger of the New York Times. …
Selling pre-owned clothing
The surge in fashion resales has led to a stream of technological innovations. The Irish start-up Thriftify, which provides software to enable charity shops to list, sell and ship their overflowing clothing stocks online, has recorded 250 per cent year-on-year growth in the volume of transactions it …
Bjork loves mushrooms
‘‘Mushrooms are fun, right? They are psychedelic and bubbly and pop up all over the forest," says Bjork. Her documentary called “Fumgi: Web of Life” explores how fungus has shaped life on Earth for more than a billion years, and scientists’ efforts to harness its …
Community Climate Action Proramme
In Ireland, the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) offers up to 100k available per project with each 100% funded. Projects within this strand should address the following five themes: Home(Community)/energy Travel Food and waste Shopping and recycling Local climate and environmental action
Drama engages viewers. If you plan to succeed on Youtube, you emphasise confrontation.
Remembering that Metcalfe’s law states that the value or influence of an IT network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system.
Inspired by Preet Chandi
One of my fav Irish radio presenters was chatting on radio to Preet Chandi. She had just skied more than 1,000km to reach the South Pole. Twelve to thirteen hours a day skiing, consuming 5,000 calories a day but still losing weight. “She’d spent Christmas Day - as I was isolating with …
I am very happy with glasses that make me smart. www.insideview.ie/2023/12/r…
Save by having your driver read ads during your Uber travel.
I Didn't See the Other Aircraft
DURING MY 3000 FLYING HOURS I vividly remember two occasions when we were cleared to land on a runway that was occupied by another aircraft or by a vehicle. In both cases, I didn’t see the conflict but a crew member sitting in the jump seat pointed out the conflict. Knowing this, I believe the …
I seem to get more clicks on posts when I share images of people generated by AI. That makes generative AI one of the 12 things worth mentioning from my notes of 2023. www.insideview.ie/2023/12/1…
Deep Read for the rest of 2023. Higher Education for Good: teaching and learning futures h/t @catherinecronin@mastodon.ie
Compressing dozens of pages of notes before a creative session with a collaborator. Savoring the moment.
Reading in The Bookshelf
Use AI to get a job
Enhance your remote employment options by using these AI tools: Resume to jobs: hnresumetojobs.com Take interview notes metaview.ai Mock interview with AI: interviewai.me Apply automatically: applyish.com Interview questions: interviewgpt.ai Fix your resume: fixmyresume.xyz Job search: …
My 16yo daughter discovered her 12yo brother is getting Meta Raybans for Christmas so she snuck a snap before they were wrapped. #metaview
My 12yo asked me, “Dad, what was Twitter?” He was born five years after my first tweet so I told him to read this: www.theverge.com/c/feature…
I used mem.ai to parse through Higher Education for Good so I could go deeper into the neoliberalism that affects higher education.
It’s amazing how my Twitter engagement has fallen off a cliff. I’ve young teens who have never experienced the hive mind that helped me solve problems for more than 10 years. www.insideview.ie/2023/11/y…
Word Counts to Stay On Track
I started making a Daily Mem that includes a word count from iA Writer and a page count from my Travelers Notebook. I need to figure out a way to create a writing leaderboard–perhaps by Zapping from Airtable–because I am motivated when I chart my progress. I think it would be remarkably …
Platforms in Ireland must address cyberbullying, online content that promotes or encourages a feeding or eating disorder; and online content that promotes or encourages self-harm or suicide. www.cnam.ie/coimisiun…