amenditman Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 27 minutes ago, sunrat said: Now I know how they make that soulless modern pop music that plays at the gym every time I go there. The solution is to never go to the gym. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, amenditman said: The solution is to never go to the gym. Gotta do something to counteract all that computer time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Talking about AI. The Real 'Show About Nothing' Is a Surreal, AI-Generated Seinfeld Stream That Will Literally Never End Quote “What did the fish say when it hit the wall?” the pixilated and jerking form of Jerr—sorry, I mean “Larry,” asks the invisible audience. Then there’s a pregnant pause that lasts too long, even for an amateur stand up comedy act. Finally, the punchline: “…dam” There’s a lot of strange, awkward pauses in Nothing, Forever, an AI-generated show based on the Seinfeld TV sitcom. As the name suggests, the Twitch stream running the channel never actually ends, and all the dialogue was created using a base of GPT-3, which most laypeople would recognize as the system that laid the groundwork for ChatGPT. Shame they did not choose a decent program like Futurama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 9 hours ago, sunrat said: Gotta do something to counteract all that computer time. I recommend sleep. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 13 hours ago, sunrat said: scary, how advanced AI has become recently. Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Wait- are those rainbow colored eyes? Clutter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 7 hours ago, Cluttermagnet said: Wait- are those rainbow colored eyes? Clutter Nah just the latest fashion accessory. he should have gone for something more like these though. Shame they do not do Distro logos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 11 hours ago, Cluttermagnet said: rainbow colored eyes? It's a Googlenator. You'll see more them once GoogleNet becomes self-aware... any day now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Flour Made From Food Waste Is Coming for Your Cookies Quote UK-based startup The Supplant Company is targeting the US market with an intriguing new addition to the sugar-reduction toolbox in the form of ‘sugars from fiber,’ a new low-glycemic blend of sugars extracted from upcycled feedstocks that performs like table sugar, but is metabolized more like fiber. Soylent Green may be better for you than some of todays products. Commercial Ice Cream Ingredients Will Make You Scream! Quote Polysorbate 80 is used in ice cream to resist melting. So while we get to enjoy ice cream that takes longer to become a drippy mess, this chemical is working to suppresses our immune system. It can cause severe allergic reactions including anaphylactic shock., and causes infertility, abnormal heart rhythm, heat attack, stroke, tumor growth and cancer. {Here's an interesting side note: scientists are currently working on a vaccine that will intentionally cause fertility problems as a method of birth control. The main ingredient is Polysorbate 80.} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Podcast: Dude Chilling Park Quote In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a renegade art project in Vancouver that galvanized a small community, pitted residents against city government, and ultimately resulted in a new name for a chill park. People power in action. It is a great name for a park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 A Computer That Runs on Marbles Quote In this video I show you a device called Turing Tumble that is an actual working computer with real logic. Teach yourself how a pc works with marbles if only i had seen this video when I was in junior school and the marble champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 https://ca.rogers.yahoo.com/finance/news/roger-waters-putin-apologism-throws-100000109.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 1 minute ago, raymac46 said: https://ca.rogers.yahoo.com/finance/news/roger-waters-putin-apologism-throws-100000109.html “Money/It’s a crime/Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie,” croons David Gilmour in the 1973 Pink Floyd song. Half a century later, the lyrics are coming back to haunt him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I found a picture of Google's MusicLM bot at work: And here's the article from which it came, a quiz on whether you could tell the difference between AI and human created music. Considering a lot of human created music is made by programming in computers these days, I'd rate it as impossible to pick. I scored 5/10 which is the same as random chance. How did you do? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/google-ai-music-quiz-musiclm-humans-artificial-intelligence/101967746 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) On 2/15/2023 at 12:55 AM, sunrat said: How did you do? I got number 2 and 3 wrong. Quote Score: 8 / 10 Excellent work! You're an expert, scoring 15% better than average. Can you snag a perfect score next time? Edited February 16 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 @abarbariannice work! Still could fall into the range of random probability though, so would need to do a number of different tests to exclude that. Meanwhile, go buy a lottery ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 18 hours ago, sunrat said: @abarbariannice work! Still could fall into the range of random probability though, so would need to do a number of different tests to exclude that. Meanwhile, go buy a lottery ticket. Result surprised me too. There was just something not quite right about the AI ones I got right. Could not say what but just that little something not quite right. A lottery win would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I still see me Kitty flash by out of the corner of my eye sometimes. She's been gone 4 years now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Friends laugh when asking if I'm drinking alone out on my porch in the evenings. I tell them I'm NEVER alone because ALL my friendly ghosts are here with me... human and furry ones. All these babies are gone, but always with me... (Patches front left, Precious right on chair, and Li'l Black Kitty). They all died just one month prior to their 18th birthdays (Patches & Precious in 2016, LBK in 2019). They were wonderful companions! I'm hoping my Bootsie Kitty breaks the 18 year old mark. She's currently 10. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Don't know about interesting this is very clever but oh so gross. Wales paves road to zero waste with recycled nappies in A487 resurface Quote As part of Wales’ bid to become a zero waste nation by 2050, the Welsh Government has trialled using recycled nappies to resurface a stretch of road on the A487 between Cardigan and Aberystwyth. I wonder if the new surface will show skid marks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 How did we not see this? https://www.space.com/meteorite-impacts-moon-february-2023-video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Newark sibling scam. https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/newark-nj-admits-it-fell-for-sister-city-scam-after-holding-official-ceremony-for-fake-country-kailasa-ras-baraka-swami-nithyananda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 https://nicenews.com/science/nasa-studying-hibernating-squirrels/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted Tuesday at 09:57 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:57 AM Finland Is Giving Away Free Trips to Encourage Happiness Quote The world’s happiest country wants to spread the joy to a group of lucky applicants who will travel to the Finnish lakeland region this summer. Complete the 2-phase application for a chance to find your inner Finn in June Quote It’s free of charge! The Masterclass of Happiness will cover your expenses for travel and accommodation during your stay. You will stay in your own private room with all the essential facilities. If I had a passport I would give this a go. However the passport folk over here are in wage disputes with the gov and are working to rule. Apparently it can take six months to get a new passport. If you do enter and win the bonus is you may get to meet Urmas, if he can be found that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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