can someone rescue politico? they seem to be trapped in 2021

#journalism #TechHype #metaverse

Right now, #BigTech has a chokehold on #AI. But, we could actually be at a watershed moment. It looks like the start of a new #techhype cycle, and that means lawmakers and regulators have a unique opportunity to ensure that the next decade of #AI #technology is more democratic and fair. #llm #LLMs #artificialintelligence #machinelearning

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/18/1071727/generative-ai-risks-concentrating-big-techs-power-heres-how-to-stop-it/

"We can mitigate extant inequalities by tweaking the tech we have, if we would only choose to do so. Instead, we wax poetic about, and spend gazillions on, trying to achieve the Singularity." - @arstechnica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/get-used-to-disappointment-why-technology-often-doesnt-meet-the-hype/

#ArsTechnica #TechOptimism #Inventions #TechHype

"What I like about the study of digital futures’ past is the sense of perspective it provides." @davekarpf via @niemanlab

This is such a good read that reducing it to one quote is a disservice. It's about the current AI hype train, but more importantly, it's about recognizing underlying clues that we've all seen this movie many, many times before.

#LongRead #AI #TechHype #chicanery #cmonson

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/those-meddling-kids-the-reverse-scooby-doo-theory-of-tech-innovation-comes-with-the-excuses-baked-in/

"Those meddling kids! The Reverse Scooby-Doo theory of tech innovation comes with the excuses baked in" @davekarpf via @niemanlab

This is such a good read that reducing it to one quote would be a disservice. It's about the current AI hype train, but more importantly, it's about recognizing underlying clues that we've all seen this movie many, many times before.

#LongRead #AI #TechHype #chicanery #cmonson

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/those-meddling-kids-the-reverse-scooby-doo-theory-of-tech-innovation-comes-with-the-excuses-baked-in/

Interesting https://dznz.substack.com/p/not-making-anti-chatgpt-ones-whole

I never knew why I had a visceral hatred for #chatGPT (apart from it being nearly useless for everything I tried to use it for, despite explicit instructions), but this kind of explains it. #techhype

🌹​Obsidian released a new feature recently I only found out about today and it is literally what I've wanted out of a task management/knowledge manager for over a decade.

The feature is called "Canvas" and what it does is offer you a blank, grid canvas that you can add anything to, in any arrangement and size. What this means is practically infinite.

My thinking is super visual, and I've been muddling along with mind maps coupled with other text based editors but it's been rather clunky. Now, all in one place, I can keep everything I write down and display it and the media/resources I need directly in one living space

Each box can be zoomed into with a click, and zooming out to fit the canvas to screen is so so so choice for how my brain works. Now I can zoom in and out of what I need at a moments notice, and edit everything on the fly to fit my needs

I can link notes I've already made directly into a canvas, I can embed Youtube and other embed-style things into their own cards, and even add in tasks and coding. Right now I want to make a canvas for each area of my life I'm working on daily/weekly/monthly, as well as long term a "dashboard" that would hold everything I need moment to moment to function.

Even in a plural sense, each of us being able to have our own canvases for similar subjects/processes means we can lay them out to our individual preferences

This feels like the developers of my favourite PRM made a Christmas gift just for me (even though I know tons will love this stuff) and I'm over the moon. I teared up a bit when I slid around the canvas and realized what it meant for my organization woes over the years

#ObsidianMD #Productivity #PersonalKnowledgeManagement #TechHype #Learning #Organization