And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
/kbin server update - or how the server didn't blow up
Currently, on the main instance, people have created 40191 accounts (+214 marked as deleted). I don't know how many are active because I don't monitor it, but once again, I greet all of you here :) In recent days, the traffic on the website has been overwhelming. It's definitely too much for the basic docker-compose setup,...
2 authors say OpenAI 'ingested' their books to train ChatGPT. Now they're suing, and a 'wave' of similar court cases may follow. (www.businessinsider.com)
Two authors sued OpenAI, accusing the company of violating copyright law. They say OpenAI used their work to train ChatGPT without their consent.
Well shit, they're even going after tiny not-so-active subs like mine (lemmy.world)
What should I do now lol
(Discussion) Vulgar / obscene language shall be strongly discouraged in the Agora community
I believe as this community is essentially a parliamentary session, any vulgar or obscene commentary should be strongly discouraged. Much like the speaker of the house, moderators should consistently remind those who break the above guideline to refrain. Repeat offenders / extreme examples should be subject to a temporary ban....
Aspartame a possible carcinogen, WHO cancer research agency expected to say (www.rnz.co.nz)
One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen....
[Discussion] Different Types Of Voting
So I have been debating on who to vote for in the new mods vote over here and it got me thinking about how I would prefer if I could vote for a few different accounts....
BrainFood - new magazine for interesting/educative videos (kbin.social)
Some of you might be interested in the new magazine, BrainFood, focused on interesting/educative videos that generate (scientific) wonder, curiosity, and/or understanding....
Can you taste differences in various kinds of water?
Are you a water connoisseur?...
Spring Day is Coming by Shayudan (lemmy.world)
Source...
[OC] Ocean Simulation - My first proper render (imgur.com)
My first proper render that I’m proud of :)
Could we consider allowing posts of lists of communities as well as questions?
Right now, the search capabilities we have for findings magazines aren’t great, and aren’t usually going to show communities on similar topics across instances. If people make lists of related communities and posted them here, I think it would help people find communities they are searching for.
European Commission proposes loosening rules for gene-edited plants (www.science.org)
Scientists welcomed this week’s draft proposal, which aims to accelerate research boosting the resilience of crops to climate change, pests, and diseases, and to develop plants that require fewer fertilizers.
What are your favorite smaller tech-related groups on kbin/lemmy?
Like most who’ve joined kbin or lemmy, I’m actively looking for more communities to subscribe to. We don’t have a way to do a centralized search for these across instances yet, so I’m sure there’s some I’ve overlooked. What smaller technology related groups have you discovered that could use more publicity?...
Marginalia Search - a search engine for the niche parts of the internet (search.marginalia.nu)
From the site:...
Neural Networks Need Data to Learn. Even If It’s Fake. (www.quantamagazine.org)
I’ve been following the development of the next Stable Diffusion model, and I’ve seen this approach mentioned....
Why artificial intelligence needs to understand consequences (www.nature.com)
This is the potential development in AI I'm most interested in. So naturally, I tested this when I first used ChatGPT. In classic ChatGPT fashion, when asked to make a directed acyclic graph representing cause and effect, it could interpret that well enough to make a simple graph...but got the cause and effect flow for something...
New AI tool can help treat brain tumors more quickly and accurately, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Machine learning can help with analysis of gliomas, most common brain tumor, and reduce time patients are in operating room
Links to music groups on other instances
Just general groups for now....
Head of StabilityAI counting down to 2 on Twitter (twitter.com)
I hope it’s the open release of SDXL - the beta on the Stable Diffusion discord is getting pretty impressive....
OC QR Code Scene for kbin.social
I made a large scale working QR Code scene that points to kbin.social. I used the new QR Code Control for SD 1.5 (released here, and multiple rounds of upscale in img2img using it, controlnet tile, and the t2ia color control, starting from a QR code I made with this QR code generator.
A satirical debate between tea and wine from Tang Dynasty China
The ‘Cha Jiu Lun’, A Debate Between Tea and Wine...
Trio of Gamers
Random illustration for a story idea; the story idea may not pan out, but I was proud of how the art came out!...