A lovely day at Central Park in NYC. First, female and male scarlet tanagers (with a lot of birders waiting for them to reappear). Next, a northern parula; finally, a female rose-breasted grosbeak.
1/2 #birds#birdCPP#wildlifePhotography
Here's a brilliant neologism: "slop", for text generated entirely by LLMs and published, unwanted, on the Internet
> Watching in real time as "slop" becomes a term of art. the way that "spam" became the term for unwanted emails, "slop" is going in the dictionary as the term for unwanted AI generated content
There's much talk of AI-driven unemployment, not so much about AI-powered employment. Reflecting on a week in which I accomplished a lot more than I could have two years ago, I'm feeling conflicted. It's exhilarating to be empowered by tools that make me a more effective thinker and doer. It's also starting to feel exhausting. As with all forms of augmentation, we need to find balance. Just because we can exercise these new superpowers doesn't mean we always should.