Andres Guadamuz
@technollama
Law and technology academic. "Known for discussing technology, law, and digital rights with a hint of humor and thought-provoking insights", ChatGPT. 🇨🇷 🇬🇧
My summer project has been to reformat my old gaming computer to run Linux and repurpose it as a media server, I'm hoping to drop a few subscription services and finish burning my music, DVD and Bluray collections.
Big loop hole in the Online Safety Act:
1994 porn panic
We now have audited data on water consumption for AI. Over the 18 month lifespan of Mistral Large 2, a 128B model, all water usage (including chats, training; hardware & data centers) took as much water as 678 US households use yearly. Each additional query is 45 mL. (Fixed)
Interesting update on the Palworld patent infringement case from Japan. I still think that it's quite indicative that this was not a copyright lawsuit. windowscentral.com/gaming/nintend…
Social media has given everyone the illusion that they can insert themselves into news stories and other people's lives, hence the popularity of dogpiles and public lynchings. "Look, I'm important because I'm publicly bullying this person I'll never meet!"
I know I'm not the intended audience, but I genuinely do not get the popularity of AI chat agents.
new from me: the Alan Turing Institute has been instructed by government to undergo radical reform – I tell the story of how its leadership is doing everything it can to ignore this and plough on as usual 🧵
I didn't think that it would be possible for DALL-E's default style to be worse than the shiny 3D style of DALL-E 2, but I've come to detest the yellowish, cartoonish slop that is default in DALL-E 3.
LinkedIn can be quite grating for a camera-shy person like myself, I always find it strange just how many people make their videos, selfies, and images the centre of their social media presence. I'm still using a picture someone took 10 years ago as my profile picture.
Without saying anything, show me how long you’ve been on the internet
Without saying anything, show me how long you’ve been on the internet