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AI: How/Why I Use It | Mike Doughty on Patreon

We can do something with AI right now that we won’t be able to do in 10 years—or rather we can get something from AI: the truly uncanny.

As AI develops, that hair-raising freakishness will get refined out. And it’ll just be boring.

Another way to think about AI as an artist. Pairs well with some of Robin Sloan’s thinking in his last zine.

I really am not trying to be a Yay for AI Bro here. I just believe the thinking needs to beyond the binary.

It’s a tool. It’s here. It’s not going away… Now what?

(via Garrick)

Episode 606: PM Talks S2E5: Adaptability – Mike Vardy

The latest episode of my regular guest spot on Mike Vardy’s podcast is now available. In this one we discuss Adaptability. Something sorely needed in the fast changing times we’re in.

Worth your time.

Put together a quick website for Wintermoon Summersun which was recently devastated due to wildfires. My wife wrote the copy. It seemed the most practical way we could help.

I’ve reached “jeans are no longer my default, chinos are” years old.

Going to celebrate with a reasonable bedtime.

Happy Syttende Mai to all my Norwegian friends and relatives.

Heads on pikes outside the gates of a city work best when they are tall enough for the heads to be seen inside the gates of the city.

Sometimes progress just looks like a second coat.

New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans – The New York Times

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans.

My people. From the 7th Ward even. Respect.

Tonight, I didn’t know the right setting for cooking white beans in my Instant Pot. So, I Googled it. The top result was Google’s AI telling me exactly what I needed to know. Did not need to click further. I now know the right method going forward.

Did I use AI for the answer? Did I learn?

Yes.

What happens when the AI is good enough (i.e. now) that teachers start accusing anyone of using AI because they can’t tell the difference between when a student has learned a way to phrase something better or solve a problem in a different way? How does one distinguish between learning and learning?