ned

@ned@kbin.social
Gotterdammerung, to ai

Whassup? Still getting used to this new platform. Also has anyone checked out the latest and greatest LLM, Hugging Chat?

https://huggingface.co/chat/





ned,

@Gotterdammerung HuggingChat is just a wrapper on top of OpenAssistant. It's not gonna match the correctness levels of ChatGPT till it's fine tuned more. Let's wait a bit longer, it's only been out for 3 weeks.

itnewsbot, to ai
@itnewsbot@schleuss.online avatar

Wendy's To Begin Replacing Drive-Thru Staff With AI Chatbots - An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: It's at least as good as our b... - https://slashdot.org/story/23/05/10/2136237/wendys-to-begin-replacing-drive-thru-staff-with-ai-chatbots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

ned,

@itnewsbot woah, now I can hear a bot from a muffled 20 year old dusty speaker instead of a pimply teenager. Revolutionary!

garry, to ai

Today’s AI News & Comment

Today's big event was Google I/O and there was a lot of AI News.

Introducing PaLM 2
https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-palm-2-ai-large-language-model/

Google drops waitlist for AI chatbot Bard and announces oodles of new features
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23718066/google-bard-ai-features-waitlist-dark-mode-visual-search-io

Google’s new Magic Editor uses AI to totally transform your photos
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23716165/google-photos-ai-magic-editor-transform-pixel-io

You Can Now Preview Google Maps Routes With AI-Powered Immersion
https://petapixel.com/2023/05/10/you-can-now-preview-google-maps-routes-with-ai-powered-immersion/

Google launches ML Hub to help AI developers train and deploy their models
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-launches-ml-hub-to-help-ai-developers-train-and-deploy-their-models/

Android Studio gets a built-in coding bot
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/android-studio-gets-a-built-in-coding-bot/

Google brings AI and more to the Play Store
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-brings-ai-and-more-to-the-play-store-and-app-developers/

Google’s Firebase gets AI extensions, opens up its marketplace
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/googles-firebase-gets-ai-extensions-opens-up-its-marketplace/

Google Workspace doesn't really need AI, but you're getting it anyway
https://www.techradar.com/news/google-workspace-doesnt-really-need-ai-but-youre-getting-it-anyway

Android is getting generative AI wallpapers you create with suggested prompts
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/androids-new-generative-ai-wallpapers-will-let-you-create-unique-and-personalized-designs/

Google’s Magic Compose can rewrite your texts using AI
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/googles-magic-compose-can-rewrite-your-texts-to-be-more-playful-professional-and-more/

Google teases Project Tailwind — a prototype AI notebook that learns from your documents
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23718707/google-io-2023-project-tailwind-personal-ai-notebook

Google brings new generative models to Vertex AI, including Imagen
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-brings-new-generative-models-to-vertex-ai-including-imagen/

Google is experimenting with a new AI-powered conversational mode in Search
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-is-experimenting-with-a-new-ai-powered-conversational-mode-in-search/

Google introduces new features to help identify AI images in Search and elsewhere
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-introduces-new-features-to-help-identify-ai-images-in-search-and-elsewhere/

Google makes its text-to-music AI public
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-makes-its-text-to-music-ai-public/

Google’s PaLM 2 paper shows that text-generating AI still has a long way to go
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/googles-palm-2-paper-shows-that-text-generating-ai-still-has-a-long-way-to-go/

And now, the rest of the news and comment.

TechScape: AI is feared to be apocalyptic or touted as world-changing – maybe it’s neither
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/09/techscape-artificial-intelligence-risk

UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5yqmb/ufo-hunters-built-an-open-source-ai-system-to-scan-the-skies

MEPs to vote on proposed ban on ‘Big Brother’ AI facial recognition on streets
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/10/meps-to-vote-on-proposed-ban-on-big-brother-ai-facial-recognition-on-streets

AI-Generated Frank Ocean Songs Sold for Thousands of Dollars
https://gizmodo.com/ai-frank-ocean-discord-ai-generated-songs-1850423659

China has its DrakeGPT moment as AI singer goes viral
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/china-ai-singer-stefanie-sun/

AI2 Incubator’s new $30M fund triples down on early stage AI startups
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/ai2-incubators-new-30m-fund-triples-down-on-early-stage-ai-startups/

Salesforce is betting that its own content can bring more trust to generative AI
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/salesforce-generative-ai-trust/

Bing AI is incredibly popular - but Microsoft will still never overtake Google
https://www.techradar.com/news/bing-ai-is-incredibly-popular-but-microsoft-will-still-never-overtake-google

Google needs to stop throwing good money after Bard
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23710839/google-bard-ai-competition-bing-openai-chatgpt-io

IBM Watson is getting an AI makeover, and that's bad news for workers everywhere
https://www.techradar.com/news/ibm-watson-is-getting-an-ai-makeover-and-thats-bad-news-for-workers-everywhere

DeepMind founder says governments need to compensate 'serious number of losers' who will be left jobless due to AI
https://www.businessinsider.com/deepmind-founder-universal-basic-income-needed-ai-job-losses-2023-5?utm_source=artifact&r=US&IR=T

How to Use ChatGPT on iPhone
https://osxdaily.com/2023/05/10/how-to-use-chatgpt-on-iphone/

ned,

@garry Magic image editor looks interesting. The rest is old news.

thenomadevel, to ai

Hello, Mastodon! 🐘 I'm thrilled to join this amazing community! I'm an AI educator, passionate about sharing knowledge and discussing open-source technologies. Let's connect, learn together, and make the world a better place with the power of AI! 🤖🌍💡

ned,

@thenomadevel those who can't do, educate. :)

ned,

@thenomadevel my spam's AI-generated with fine-tuned OpenAssistant 7B, my nigga :)

ellent, to ai Dutch

India’s religious chatbots are speaking in the voice of god — and condoning violence - Rest of World

https://restofworld.org/2023/chatgpt-religious-chatbots-india-gitagpt-krishna/

ned,

@ellent You go to heaven. There is a phone there. You pick it up. Someone with an Indian accent tells you to wait for a Microsoft rep to show up.

ned,

Hmm, basic geometry would suggest that to be a retarded idea.

cassidy, to ai
@cassidy@blaede.family avatar

I get that it’s hot right now, but man, the user experience of LLMs being this bot you type text to seems like a huge step backwards compared to just integrating these AI features natively into products.

ned,

@cassidy Google Cloud already has it, but in standard Google fashion, it's only usable by someone at least on the freshman CS level.

aral, to random
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

Encrypted messaging provider: “We make our money selling this to the police.”

Tech folks: This is cool and normal.

ned,

@carlschwan

@aral It's more true the other way around. Department of Defense is a big contributor to open source. I express my gratitude to the federal employees whose effort into designing and developing software for mandatory access control or mix networks.

killyourfm, to ai
@killyourfm@layer8.space avatar

Groan
And so it begins in full force.

Today, both Mailchimp and Hootsuite (very popular tools which I happen to use for @thunderbird newsletters and social media) invited me to use to compose Facebook posts, tweets, and emails, respectively.

I won't be using AI tools for writing. But you should know that it's starting to get exponentially more difficult knowing if the content you're absorbing is from a human or from something like .

ned,

@killyourfm My favorite content is from a human who used :)

ned,

@killyourfm

@thunderbird Sure, but it can make something somewhat close to your style. It will output much more/faster than you can, but the quality will be quite different. I edit a lot more than I write, so LLMs are a great tool for me. They're kinda useless for pure writers.

ned,

@killyourfm

@thunderbird if you're a fiction writer, instruction-following LLMs can help you prototype possible dialogs. This is what character.ai is about now.
Perhaps you can set up a character based on your writings? is more like a postal office employee. Too formal for non-technical writing IMO.

Chanders, to bluesky
@Chanders@sciences.social avatar

Just RTd a bunch of it, but the protocol analysis by @sam is really worth a read.

ned,

@Chanders

@sam it's hilarious. it's not even out yet for self-hosting, but hipster soydevs are already shitting on it.

moira, to random
@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net avatar

This is an interesting thread on AT-protocol, the federation protocol that's intended to allow distributed Bluesky instances. Note: also sweary.

https://urbanists.social/@sam/110339902538138997

ned,

@wjmaggos

@moira That Sam guy seems to be mostly whining about how they didn't choose activitypub. He says AT protocol DIDs are unnecessary, cause there's already username@domain.com that can be used as ID. He's wrong, it's a useful feature similar to keybase, or SSL autorities, or something like Namecoin.

ned,

Because Seagulls are friends of Adolfins.

ned,

So the same thing as TikTok, but not free, and for text instead of twerking vids?

Kbin Roadmap 2023

A certain stage of development has ended - a prototype was created that allowed me to verify whether such a form makes sense in the #fediverse. Until now, it was a project that I developed in my free time. Now, thanks to the great people from Nlnet, I will be able to devote much more time to it. This time, we have already...

A person pointing to something that resembles the kbin platform's homepage.
ned,

Saw an interesting random post about kbin written in Italian. The guy liked the idea, but said he doesn't like PHP.

ned,

Strangely enough, in this particular context, I'd say PHP is better than Rust, cause at least you get a garbage collector.
Solid logic with sticking with what you can prototype in quickly. That's a lot more important than performance. However, people hate PHP, so it's gonna be hard to find help (I assume it doesn't matter, it seems like a solo mission :)

Perhaps, this type of discussion should be avoided. Maybe some kinda FAQ section where you explain why Lemmy isn't satisfactory for you.

ned,

Hmm, this sounds like Pidgin (or any other universal messenger) for ActivityPub.

The first paragraph is quite confusing. Could you explain why a content aggregator should be combined with microblogging?

ned,

ernest, I like this project cause you've been so responsive and enthusiastic.

I don't like microblogging. The only good application for it is for discovery without advanced search. I'd prefer the focus to be on well written articles, engaging podcasts, and video documentaries. What's that called macroblogging? Monetization, haha? We gotta give people an incentive to produce thoughtful content. I'd recommend integrating with LBRY. That could be another NLnet project: ActivityPub to LBRY bridge.

The microblogging aspect could be automated with a summarizer, and autoposted.

This would be an awesome service for me, I'd pay $5/mo to have it.

ned,

I went to see Alexis Ohanian talk back when reddit was still small. He said they were doing it for fun, and meant it to be a small fun website. If memory serves, he called it tacky. I didn't like reddit back then, but over the years a big chunk of answers that were supposed to be on stackoverflow would show up on reddit. Google on the other hand started messing with search results to serve more ads, so appending reddit at the end of a query helped in many cases.

Making a better aggregator / search engine for the fediverse would be interesting. But its utility for the current content of microblogging is negligible. I wouldn't mind cutting out mastodon to be honest. It's just a bunch [british word for cigarettes] and hentai watching nazis arguing about which group is more retarded. It's entertaining, but it gets boring pretty much. You're guaranteed to offend both of those sides, so it's better to avoid the whole microblogging sphere. I guess Poland is a magical place where far right politicians go to anime conventions and pose for pictures with femboy attendants.

LBRY is more of a protocol like ActivityPub, but it's also a cryptocurrency. You can click download and get the file (unlike YouTube). It can distribute content in a bittorrent fashion, and that's a lot more scalable in the context of the fediverse. You need to ensure that the project gets properly funded, or it's not gonna be used. I understand your caution about crypto, but that could be a viable source of funding for this. You can buy compute with crypto, so it should cover most of your expenses.

I'd recommend you working on it alone, on the core at least. You don't need help if you're good at using LLMs. They can write most of the code for you, and even tests. Software teams of humans are slow and fragile. Single dev projects are a lot faster. Obsession moves mountains :)

I don't care much about open internet. I think it's open enough already. And most people want moderation (censorship). There is too much stuff out there, and most people are offended by a big chunk of it. It seems like the same people who want moderation also don't want the fediverse to searchable. Is that right?

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