Terence Faircloth
@atelierteee
Retired Professor from Roosevelt University in Chicago. First computer was a TRS80 Model II; first app was Visicalc. Been at it ever since. Geezers can compute!
Terence Faircloth
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The Aztec word for “gold,” teocuitlatl, literally means “god excrement.
This! Stop with the fake analogies. AI is not like the camera. It’s not like recorded music. It’s not like the printing press. AI is rooted in exploitation. It could not exist in the absence of existing works. It is wholly derivative.
neil turkewitzx.comI am too old for much hope. Maybe none. It is too long since I awoke and rejoiced in the pleasures that were awaiting on the day ahead. It is a pity that the world must pay for the frustrations and bitterness of those whose girlfriends had to be recruited from Mrs Palm’s complaisant family of daughters, for whose single-handed kindnesses slang
... See moreSo AI may have its uses and I and millions of others may benefit therefrom. Just a pity it’s so shamelessly based on larceny and when re-used, like a high-priced item sold to the receiver, loses so much of its value.
— Jonathon Green
On AI
How does some plagiarism machine, with no innate understanding of what it sees, make choices and offer anything useful.
— Jonathon Green
Yet be warned, Thiel, Andressen, Altman and the rest of the President’s tech-bro toches-lekkers, who, like nerds before jocks must grovel to avoid the humiliating pantsing and who, if not now then soon, will still get bare-assed come what may. Your lives may resemble an unthinkably bloated version of the great Nigel Molesworth’s nominally
... See moreTo learn, wander. To achieve, focus.
—James Clear
Universities are now run like businesses with professional administrators, branding strategies, risk management, consultants, and KPI dashboards. The result hasn’t been better research or teaching. It’s been the transformation of universities into brand-management and lifestyle companies, where prestige, expansion, and revenue extraction matter
... See moreThe best friendships are based on inappropriate humor, witty sarcasm, fun shenanigans, unfiltered honesty, and an amazing acceptance of it all.