Creator of @scarfolk.bsky.social. "This guy, who apparently saw the future" - Edward Snowden. Running an ASD/ADHD operating system.
https://www.richardlittler.com
Richard Littler
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The problems with gigs:
1. Human crowds.
2. Getting home afterwards.
but mainly
3. Advance booking. Gigs rarely coincide with my concurrent obsession. So, if I'm bingeing avant-garde jazz, attending a rock gig is jarring; when listening to glitchy electronica, it's harder to appreciate a requiem.
The World Cup. Again?? Wasn't it already on last year, at least twice?
Impasto in the Swiss mist.
#paint #sketch
Blackpool, 1982, photo by Chris Steele-Perkins.
A friend lost one of her long-standing copywriting clients because they accused her of using AI, even though she hadn’t
Nothing she said could convince them
It is worrying
It's still the case that my posts typically get way more interactions, therefore reach, on #Mastodon than #Bluesky, even though I have a similar number of followers on both. Wonder why that is. Does Bluesky use algorithms?
Just rewatched Lord of the Rings. I'd forgotten that Sauron's seeing-stone is called Palantir. So, democracy-sceptic, demon-believing Peter Thiel names his company (and models its logo?) after a device that allows an all-seeing evil eye to "broadcast propaganda" and control what people...
So, AI text detectors are about as reliable as AI text generators. I use emdashes and triads all the time. I'd be unfairly screwed if a prospective publisher ran my prose through Pangram or a similar tool.
Pangram: "Emily Dickinson? 100% AI... James Joyce? 100% AI"
...can and can't see in the service of malevolence... And the UK gov thought: "Yes, let's hire that company to look after our defence, policing, financial and health systems"?
www.reuters.com/technology/u...
