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andycarolan

@andycarolan@social.lol

Illustrator and Graphic Designer | Vegan | He/Him | Interested in #design, #creativity, #illustration, #remoteworking, and #sustainability

Profile Picture by me. Header by me.

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Thank you so much for your support! https://social.lol/@binarydigit/112469277016375607

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I am laying on my bed… and it’s 100% awesome here among the Jellycat plushies

andycarolan,
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@gadgetoid Amuseables! (Avocado, Strawberry, Plum, Corn, Peas, Mushroom, Watermelon, Banana, Asparagas, Clementine)

andycarolan,
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@gadgetoid Yeah, that's not all of them... that's just the ones we have on the bed. In my office, I also have Toast, Coffee Cup, Blueberry and a Tart Au Citron 🀣

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Custom Profile Pictures β€” Commissions open!

🌟 A unique profile picture for £30
🌟 Supplied as a 1000x1000px PNG
🌟 Vector version add-on available
🌟 FREE additional Pride background if requested
🌟 4-5 days delivery

https://ko-fi.com/c/11a46f7c25

matt, to random
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The three dots that "prove" macOS could never work on a touch screen https://birchtree.me/blog/the-three-dots-that-prove-macos-could-never-work-on-a-touch-screen/

andycarolan,
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@nileane I can almost imagine a day when the iPad Air and iPad Pro make the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro obsolete, purely by adding the magic keyboard folio.

Almost. @matt

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Just a bunch of smol updates to my About page https://www.andycarolan.com/about

andycarolan,
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And yes, I realise that I talk about myself in the third person in the bio section, but it is what it is... I find it easier to talk about myself that way... if not, it's all β€œI am, I do, I have" etc.

andypiper, to random
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Back to the UK after a week in California; tomorrow, I’ll be taking a look around at the NEC.

andycarolan,
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@andypiper welcome back! That looks like a fun event at the NEC!

andycarolan, to PokemonGO
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I caught a wiglet

andycarolan, to random
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Is there a name-and-shame list of companies forcing AI tools into the products we use?

Perhaps with instructions on how to opt out of or block these tools... and even alternatives which don't include AI?

If it's made unprofitable or financially damaging for companies to force AI upon us, then perhaps they will think twice before doing it?

I realise that coming back from this dystopian AI hellscape is unlikely of course.

andycarolan,
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@alihan_banan This is what I mean by the last paragraph... β€œcoming back from this / is unlikely"

We are deep into it now, and this is as much a problem of monopolies and capitalism as it is AI. We have afforded too few, too much power.

andycarolan,
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@Jennifer I think it's a best-effort situation now. I was going to write what equip and services I use, but I remembered that I have them all here... https://www.andycarolan.com/uses

I am happier in an Apple environment than a Windows or Google one, but yes... Apple does have it's problems too.

andycarolan,
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@Jennifer Similar here tbh, I had to switch over a lot to move to Mac/Apple, but I'm glad I did.

Last time I updated a Windows box, it installed games and adverts lol.

I wonder if there will ever be a Fedi-fone? πŸ€”

andycarolan,
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@box464 I do see more pointless integrations of AI that I do ones with a valid use. It seems to be used as a selling point much of the time.

I'm sure there are benefits to it in some situations, but so far I feel that the dangers outweigh the benefits.

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Maybe it's time for the internet to fork… One for AI, and the rest of the capitalistic crap that the majority of people didn't ask for, and another for actual humans.

andycarolan,
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I did take a brief look at Gemini via the Lagrange browser some time back. Perhaps it's time for me to revisit that! @nigel

andycarolan,
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@PCurd Thanks Peter, I will take a look! I did install Lagrange some time back to take a look at Gemini... but I never spent much time/effort. Given recent events waves at everything, I guess now is the time lol.

andycarolan,
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@nigel I agree... it would probably just lead to more fragmentation.

The vast majority of people won’t bother to install yet another browser... there's already enough confusion with the current state of browsers and standards lol

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I've gone from "AI is kinda annoying but whatever” last week to utterly furious about it this week.

Slack are now training their models on all data including DMs https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/trust/data-management/privacy-principles

andycarolan,
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@Cloud68 Agreed, and for small teams, I imagine the migration would be relatively painless... Larger companies might be a different story however. As you say though, we have to start with the low hanging fruit. @robb

andycarolan,
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@aral I've not tried it yet, but it is on my radar! I may have a opportunity to try that soon actually. @Cloud68 @robb @penpot

andycarolan,
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@aral Awesome! Will do! @Cloud68 @robb @penpot

andycarolan,
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@hl Who do they push back against though? Companies won't listen, even if they have a direct line of communication. It's all incredibly annoying. I don't want AI features in the Adobe software that I pay for, but there it is. @robb @Cloud68

andycarolan,
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@hl Very good point. Those EULAs pi** me off... it's like β€œagree to our terms, or stop using our service" @robb @Cloud68

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Seriously, if you are as tired of AI as I am, then grab my little badges for your site. They are in the usual flavour of 88x31px PNG, and also SVG so you can scale the blurriness away.

They are FREE... however, I am grateful for any size of donation if you are able.

I've got more β€œNo AI!" stuff coming soon to my shop asap that you can 'stick' all over the place https://ko-fi.com/s/4662b19f61

andycarolan,
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@Jennifer Thank you :)

andycarolan,
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@angelo Thank you!

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