ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Hoar Frost on a very special morning in the Lakes today. #lakedistrict #landscapephotography #nikon

#blackmastadon #blackjoy new day #blackjoy

@ceoln @AndyGER I did a video overview about #Friendica at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6oAy7ibqc which may help show what it does

Cards for Insight: Generative Sequences

Moon & Mars Occultation

#astrophotography #moon #mars #eclipse

a debugging manifesto

@ScaredyCat Here's an abridged summary:

Pi: "We hired this cop. Isn't he neat? He used to use our product for surveillance, in his job as a cop!"

Pi users: "Uh... That's a little concerning. This type of cop has caused some of us a lot of undue trauma and legal trouble in the past. Are you sure you don't want to have a discussion about this...?"

Pi: "Oh, don't be so childish. He's just a funny little guy! Look! He has a lightsaber!"

Pi users: "..."

Pi: "We're going to block you, now."

RT @biblioracle@twitter.com

In case it's not clear the #ChatGPT just makes stuff up. None of these articles exist, and all of them are dated prior to the actual publication date (Dec. 2018) of my own book, which I asked about.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/biblioracle/status/1599545554006003712

One of my favorite #mathematics papers is a paper by Milnor "On manifolds homeomorphic to the 7-sphere" from 1956.
https://www.scribd.com/document/75338163/John-Milnor-On-Manifolds-Homeomorphic-to-the-7-Sphere
It's only 7 pages long (8 with bibliography). Milnor showed that there exists a smooth 7-manifold homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the 7-sphere. The proof is absolutely beautiful and has influenced much of the development of high dimensional topology to this day.

Cryptocurrency folks: let's smash the legacy banking system!

...

Cryptocurrency folks: oh, so that's why banks do accounting

Can I Keep Him? #midjourney #AIArt

If someone calls claiming to be from your financial institution - even if they sound very much like what you'd expect from a bank and say that it's an urgent matter - ask them for a case reference number and tell them you'll call them back at the 1-800 number on the bank's website.

The fraudsters are really out in force at the moment.

#fraud #financialcrimes #bankfraud #personalsecurity #finance #selfprotection

Oh that was FAST fast.

GPT-2 output detectors work for GPT-3 and GPTChat, which means people who do stuff like turnitin plagiarism checks have a tool for this fast-moving new frontier.

Personally, I do a choose-your-own adventure/create-your-own-assignment model for most of my non-intro classes, at this point, and frankly i'd be inclined to make this into an assignment, in its own right. It could look something like:

"Generate a GPTChat output on [topic(s)], then expand on and correct the output with specific references and citations from class readings and lectures. Turn in the prompt, the original, and your corrections as your full submission."

Reframe it like that and it helps them think about what the GPT platforms are and do, and then you can integrate that into the whole of the semester's work, rather than making it an arms race of plagiarism and "Gotcha" tools.

https://wandering.shop/@janellecshane/109464780848248093

Can you spot the circles?

It took me a long time. Once you see them, they'll seem obvious.

This is the Coffer Illusion, by Anthony Norcia

That's how they get you...

#BlackMagic #ItsATrap #occultism