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Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance” (spectrum.ieee.org)
…replacing the previously hydraulic version....
AI Doomerism: Intelligence Is Not Enough -- “The lack of arms and legs becomes really load-bearing when you want to kill all humans.” (thenewstack.io)
What Do People Think of Apple's Vision Pro Headsets? (thenewstack.io)
Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media (www.technologyreview.com)
From the article: “In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is...
Video games: A promising tool for anxiety and depression (english.elpais.com)
Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works (www.reuters.com)
Found in NeMo.
Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
FastCompany: E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance (www.fastcompany.com)
"Permission is Hereby Granted" -- MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI (arstechnica.com)
On Wednesday, prompt engineer Riley Goodside tweeted an AI-generated song created with the prompt “sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License,” and it began to circulate widely in the AI community online.
McDonald’s stores hit by global IT failure (www.cnn.com)
From the article –...
Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form (arstechnica.com)
I, for one…
Pavel Durov: The visionary whose alternative to Facebook was snatched away by the Kremlin and counterattacked with an even bigger hit, Telegram (english.elpais.com)
Odours have a complex topography, and it’s been mapped by AI (aeon.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14276504...
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills? (nautil.us)
So-called “emergent” behavior in LLMs may not be the breakthrough that researchers think.
Chinese Science Fiction Before The Three Body Problem - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)
Real Talk: Why Is Datadog So Expensive? (thenewstack.io)
Photographer steps inside Vietnam’s shadowy ‘click farms’ | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried deserves 40-50 years in prison for FTX fraud, prosecutors say (www.reuters.com)
NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison after being convicted for stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, prosecutors said on Friday. … “Even now Bankman-Fried refuses to admit what he did was wrong,” prosecutors wrote in a...
Typefaces for alien worlds -- making the fonts for "Rebel Moon" (lmnt.me)
While I didn’t care much for “Rebel Moon”, this blog post from a graphics designer who worked on the movie details the meticulous process of designing the fonts and typefaces to reflect the different aspects of its world.
China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover (spectrum.ieee.org)
Globally, according to research by the Rocky Mountain Institute, EVs will comprise two-thirds of the world’s car sales by 2030. However, according to the World Resources Institute, “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at...
Monks' Blend dark roast coffee from Bukidnon, Philippines (lemmy.world)
My daily driver. Good quality, affordable, and locally sourced. Aeropress makes a rich cup and on occasion I do an overnight cold brew too.
Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos (www.technologyreview.com)
From the article –...
Mr. Moustache (lemmy.world)
Found this stray cat while out on an evening stroll.
At what speed do you usually listen to your audiobooks? How often do you flip between the audiobook and the text, if both are available?
I’m relatively new to audiobooks and I noticed some of the defaults that I’ve fallen into. I like listening at 1.2x speed, and I’m finding that I like to use the audio version to get into the cadence of things. If I really like the work or if I’m in a hurry to get to the end, I’ll switch to reading. How about you guys?