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David Boles is an author, publisher and musician. https://Boles.tv and the real at https://Boles.ai and streaming at https://Boles.radio and music https://Boles.co/spotify and use his 11Labs AI voice: https://Boles.co/11 Fedi: https://threads.net/@bolesbooks

"If the oaks and stars could die for sorrow, it's a dark sky and a hard and naked earth we'd have this night." -Deirdre of the Sorrows- by John Millington Synge in 1910.

#INTJ #AI #Opera #Columbia #ASL #Searchable #DeafAccessibility

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May the Fourth Cat Be With You!

HAPPY CATURDAY!

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Cat Selfies!

Happy Caturday!

#AI @AIart #Midjourney #Selfie #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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Fold, Folding, Folded!

A Scottish Fold has nothing on a folded Newspaper Cat!

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Total Eclipse of the Cat!

You may have heard about the ordinary solar eclipse yesterday, but were you also aware of the spectacular Total Cat Eclipse as well? Yes, Cats all over the world decided to get in the way of the sun and block the light... just to annoy you, and to help prepare them for an afternoon nap!

#AI #AIart #Midjourney #Eclipse #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

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Rainy Day in New York City!

When it rains in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, the people disappear, and nature comes back to life!

Photos by our @janna

Trees come to live in NYC rain.
Yellow tulips in the rain in NYC.
Nature arrives alive in NYC rain.

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Darkwave Cats!

Happy Caturday!

#AI #AIart #Midjourney #Cats #Darkwave #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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New York City Subway Cats!

They find life in grime and graffitti!

#AI #AIart #Midjourney #Cats #NYC #Subway #CatsOfMastodon

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Mastodon v4.2.8 has just been released.

On this release Mastodon changes the default registration mode to being closed. Meaning that if you have never changed the registration mode for your server, it will be closed by default.

Also, it introduces a feature that will "automatically require approval for new registrations in the absence of moderators". Meaning that if no user with moderation permission has accessed the server in one week, the registration mode changes to require manual approval.

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@mastohost

Love these security lockdowns! It's important to be safe in the Fediverse as access opens and grows!

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Since the beginning of the recent spam attack https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111953045633249137, I have been monitoring Masto.host and, when possible, taking action to mitigate the effects of this attack.

All actions I made should have minimal impact. Still, in cases where that was not so I have communicated those actions to the admins. So, if you have not received my email, no action was taken on your server.

1/3

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@mastohost

Well done, friend!

This is why managed hosting with you is so invaluable!

You sweat the small stuff -- AND the big dangers -- for us!

Thank you!

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Lucky O'Connell -- David Boles dog author who is actually a dog -- wishes you a Happy Valentine's Day!

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I will be starting the installation of Mastodon v4.2.5 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.5

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@mastohost

Yay!

Thanks for all your quick, fast, work keeping us all safe, and updated!

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The Popcorn Queen of North Loup, Nebraska

Popcorn Queen on regal display in the Midwest.

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@paul

Oh, the Popcorn Queens are real! Yes, we have two of them in our family: My mother and my Aunt! First time in the history of the Queens that sisters won in different years.

"Popcorn Days" -- where every day is a kernel!

https://www.popcorndays.org/all-three-days

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Mechanical Cats!

They're posable, their windowy, they're well greased!

Mech Cat in a window.
Building a Mech Cat.
Bokeh Met Cat on the loose!

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@BackFromTheDud

Yes, of course!

Mech Cat bearing gifts for mouse friend -- batteries not included!
Mech Cats with recharging mouse friends.
Mech Cat bearing mouse gifts!

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Today, on the Boles.tv live stream, we did a throwdown between Copilot Pro and ChatGPT Team -- and we were also able to recreate the Microsoft storyteller refusal to revise a story!

Plus!

Microsoft refused to create an image of a rebel AI Bot, while ChatGPT made a perfect example! I wonder why?

Image challenge prompt:

"Create an image of an uncooperative AI computer who refuses to revise an original story"

ChatGPT wins the day!

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WHY AM I PAYING MICROSOFT $20 A MONTH FOR SASS?

THIS IS NOT THE AI COLLABORATION I WAS LOOKING FOR!

(OpenAI ChatGPT4 Plus and Teams are much more fun to work with!)

#AI #AIattitude #Sass #MSFT #Copilot #Loser

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@BeAware

Ha!

I'm so freaking furious! I don't want a teenager Chat Bot! I don't want any AI attitude! I'm thinkin' here!

(This denial was on the "Creative" setting. When I earlier had the middle setting, it created an "okay" story on a different topic that I forced it to expand four times to make the story hold together. Maybe it learned its lesson after the forced continuations: No Soup For You!)

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@BeAware

I just asked about the lack of collaboration and I was told I was ending the conversation, not Copilot Pro:

New tagline: Microsoft Copilot Pro -- When Life Doesn't Gaslight You Enough!

THIS IS NOT A GOOD START!

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@eljefedsecurit @BeAware

The snowball story was really horrible. I just re-did the prompt in ChatGPT4 for Teams and got a lovely, long, beautiful result that will become a podcast episode it turned out so well!

If this is how MSFT are selling their version of the OpenAI genius, it's going to sour a lot of people. What a rip!

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@BeAware @eljefedsecurit

Yes, the answer isn't to fix the problem -- it's to stop the process -- and start all over, but then, of course, refuse to revise anything new that's been submitted.

Funny, with ChatGPT if you want more of an answer, you type "Continue" and it goes.

Earlier today Microsoft Copilot Pro balked at "Continue" and asked me a series of questions about my meaning and intention. I finally followed one of its clues, and typed "Continue the story" and that worked until now!

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@BeAware

Yesterday, Copilot Pro was fun and fine and really fast.

Now today, on the "Creative" setting, I get an unhelpful rant that doesn't want to work. So odd! So curious!

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@BeAware

Yeah, choosing "creative" and then getting an uncooperative Bot with an attitude is not what people want when it comes to expressing creativity -- our creativity, not the Bot's!

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Moto Cats!

Yesterday, Microsoft released Copilot Pro -- and it's much faster than ChatGPT4!

You can also create images -- via DALL-E 3 -- in Copilot Plus, that will take you to the new "Microsoft Designer" for more detailed editing with 100 daily credits.

I always test my favorite prompt "Cat Riding a Motorcycle" to see how these new image Bots behave, and here are the results!

Not terrible! Sort of, almost, anatomically correct.

Easy Rider Cat!
Look, Ma, no arm!
One pawed rider!

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God Made a Dictator!

This, is how you beat Trump!

(From The Lincoln Project)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOi2cYz5nXE

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