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Harbour Fordyce

@harbourfordyce.bsky.social
12 posts
2024-08-12
LinkedIn was always mid-level energy vampires trying to “dress for the job you want” by posting into the void with Jack Donaghy speak.  It is a virtual TED-X where the only audience is the speakers.  It is an academic conference for business majors.  C'Mon, IT IS OWNED BY MICROSOFT! [embedded post]
2024-08-12 View on X
Bloomberg

Some longtime users of LinkedIn lament the barrage of performative content from hustle-culture influencers and AI-generated “thought leadership” on the site

One, it allows long enough posts to explore the substance … Oana Lungescu : Are you missing out because you're not getting personal enough on LinkedIn?  Read this insightful Bloomb...

2024-04-06
Alternate translation: Tech firms trying to find way to give you “AI” generated responses that help clients rather than you, but must find way to make it harder for you to know it was AI but still not violate FTC rules about labelling products.  [embedded post]
2024-04-06 View on X
Big Technology

Google, Yahoo, Perplexity, and other search companies are working on understanding user intent to decide whether to show generative AI answers or just links

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology :

How about you just ask me?  A little button, a check box?  You know, asking is WAY CHEAPER than having teams “work on understanding” what I want.  [embedded post]
2024-04-06 View on X
Big Technology

Google, Yahoo, Perplexity, and other search companies are working on understanding user intent to decide whether to show generative AI answers or just links

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology :

Ferengi Rule of Commerce number 239: Never be afraid to mislabel a product.  [embedded post]
2024-04-06 View on X
Big Technology

Google, Yahoo, Perplexity, and other search companies are working on understanding user intent to decide whether to show generative AI answers or just links

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology :

2024-02-12
How long until Cory Doctorow's “enshittification” ends up in the Oxford English Dictionary? [embedded post]
2024-02-12 View on X
Wired

Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about opening sign-ups to the public, not “enshittifying” the service with ads, crowdsourcing deepfake porn moderation, and more

2024-02-11
How long until Cory Doctorow's “enshittification” ends up in the Oxford English Dictionary? [embedded post]
2024-02-11 View on X
Wired

Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about opening the service to the public, not “enshittifying” it with ads, crowdsourcing deepfake porn moderation, and more

WIRED spoke with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about the X competitor opening sign-ups to all, how to crowdsource deepfake porn moderation, Jack Dorsey, and more.

2024-01-12
“Dudesy.”  Of course it's called “Dudesy.”  [embedded post]
2024-01-12 View on X
Rolling Stone

Dudesy, an AI-driven podcast curated by humans, releases an hour-long comedy special featuring an AI-generated recreation of George Carlin, who died in 2008

Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone :

2023-12-10
Ironically, human labor is still cheaper when it comes to creativity...?  (Or is there something about, oh, I don't know, competence?) [embedded post]
2023-12-10 View on X
The Intrinsic Perspective

A bear case for the AI industry, as the sectors LLMs seem capable of disrupting so far, like writing, digital art, and programming help, are not very lucrative

Gemini and the supply paradox of AI  —  Another day, another huge new AI model revealed.  This time it's Google's Gemini.

2023-09-25
I really wonder how long it will take Meta and other social behemouths to realize that they (and everything they make) are incrasingly seen as hopelessly old-fashioned, Gen X, and uncool by Zoomers [embedded post]
2023-09-25 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Meta plans to release AI chatbots with personalities, internally called Gen AI Personas, across its apps at this week's Connect, to attract young users

Facebook parent is developing bots with personalities, including a ‘sassmaster general’ robot that answers questions

2023-09-14
Let me rewrite this: “Amazon introduces tools to make fake product listings easier to add.”  [embedded post]
2023-09-14 View on X
TechCrunch

Amazon announces generative AI tools to help sellers write “captivating product descriptions, titles, and listing details” and add to existing descriptions

September 7: eBay's new AI tool generates product listings, including a title, description, category, and price, from one photo  —  September 13: Amazon's AI tools generate “captiv...

2023-08-28
And in two years it will be as relevant as bored apes.  Or shibe-themed fake money.  [embedded post]
2023-08-28 View on X
New York Times

Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them

2023-08-27
And in two years it will be as relevant as bored apes.  Or shibe-themed fake money.  [embedded post]
2023-08-27 View on X
New York Times

Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them

Some districts that once raced to block A.I. chatbots are now trying to embrace them.  —  For decades, Walla Walla High School …