Every article I read talking up Bluesky as an alternative to Twitter, when it mentions Mastodon: “Bluesky is federated like Mastodon except it's easy to use because it's not actually federated.”

I have been reading this strange series for days now nonstop. The first book's only 1.99 right now, so give it a try. https://amzn.to/3OU6MHx
I find all the reviews inaccurate. It's like an Italo Calvino take on YA.

One takeaway from Creativity in the age of AI: to fix AI we must fix our society.

Technology as invasive species

I am here
https://hai.stanford.edu/spring-symposium-creativity-age-ai

Generative AI is a forgery machine.

I'm playing with Ai as much as I can in my rare spare time, because I want to figure out how to partner with it.
I won't say it will never replace people. It will definitely destroy jobs. But it can't destroy humans being humans. We need to fix our economic system so everyone can have meaning from their jobs.

Creating these models by stealing from writers and illustrators is a sin. They already are incredibly cheap (unless they are famous.) Don't take what little money they have away.
Pay them to keep making things, or what will our AIs learn from?

Just because someone is amazing doesn't mean you should stop making. Phone cameras were a great gift because they make it possible to create visual art without the hours of practice and training of talent.
What if AI can be this?
It's a profit centered world that thinks "replace people"
This story shows us a way forward https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/05/02/1172791281/this-company-adopted-ai-heres-what-happened-to-its-human-workers

When I say "create" I mean, sometimes I want to make things because I want to make things.
This is profoundly human, and I think modern capitalism has taken so much human activity away from us. I love to listen to music, but I also love to sing. I love to play games but I also like to make them. I love to read but I like to write. I hear folks say, I'm not good enough to (write/draw/sing) but we are all good enough. We all deserve to make for joy.

I love teaching in every way I teach, books, classrooms... but sometimes I just want to create. Software can try to take that from me, but insert "cold dead hands" metaphor here.
Love: https://catvalente.substack.com/p/the-great-replacement-not-that-one

On AI taking my job: A long time ago I realize it was dangerous for me to 
"be" my job/discipline. I made a little heuristic for it: Nouns<Verbs.
I am a human and I do human things like make art and tools, tell stories, share knowledge. Even though I consider teaching my "calling" I am not a teacher; I teach.
If there was no job for that, I'd still do it. It's like breathing for me. I can only hold my breath for so long.

RT @taguilarperez
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@shiwali where can I learn more?

@adrianh posted a review. And excellent choice.

@adrianh
Yes, if you can tolerate unfinished plot threads. The third one is even worse!

1 of 5 stars to The House Witch 2 by Delemhach https://goodreads.com/review/show/5506023642

RT @ATrotmanGrant
Introducing the inaugural #SynBio Game Jam!

A week-long hackathon where scientists, game developers, designers, and ML engineers come together to explore synthetic biology through creative game design.

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RT @wirish
Discover the power of #RadicalFocus at the virtual #VSMSummit23!
Join @cwodtke, author and speaker, as she demonstrates how to use #OKRs to help teams accomplish big goals in a methodical way. Learn to build a new approach to OKRs! #ValueOpsVSM #TrueNorth https://bit.ly/40tpOGX

5 of 5 stars to The House Witch by Delemhach https://goodreads.com/review/show/5502684236

Ai is an amazing tool. But it can't imagine anything that doesn't exist in great quantities. I can't innovate, it can't be creative, it can't be used for user research, and it can't make art (it can only forge it.)