Aaron Parecki

We’re about to enter a world where we will have no way to know if any image or video is real or not.

And we seem to have no plan for how to deal with that.

Here's the *first* paragraph of the *first* blog post that OpenAI published (2015). Quite different from what it is now…

Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT plugins, GPT-4 AGI sparks and I can only think about one thing: OpenAI has fooled us all.

From non-profit open-source AI lab untethered from shareholders’ interests to the opposite in 8 years: closed-source, for-profit, fully corporate

Mom asked, "I wonder when cherries bloom in Japan?" So I found 1200 years of data online and made her a plot.

The case for Apple ultimately winning the generative AI race

Last time they tried this someone pretended to be Eli Lilly and tanked their stock price by pretending insulin was free

I wrote “I am alive” on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications

I've got a show coming up next week that's gonna blow your mind. I interviewed Technical Fellow Erich Gamma and Kai Maetzel about "The History of VS Code." Sadly they only had airpods and Erich was in an echo filled wooden room. The result SOUNDS LIKE A STUDIO.

LOL. I can't wait for this to quickly come back because none of the celebrities decide to pay and then people impersonate them and do pay and then the celebrities all scream at Elon and he changes it back b/c he doesn't want the popular kids to be mad at him

There are multiple attacks and threats happening to YouTube channels. I've seen people say it was MFA fatigue while another said it was session hijacking via malware downloaded via email.
Truth is WE DONT KNOW which attack vector was used against LTT until they tell us.

To unwind after an eventful in a world of A.I. day here’s an extra prompt for you. Hope you’ll share your experiments with me.

Prompt: Tiny cute isometric [what_you_love] emoji, soft smooth lighting, with soft pastel colors, 3d icon clay render, 100mm lens, 3d blender render,… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1638362146739306496

stop this madness

Where did the hacker go?

I don't know, she just ransomware

Isn't it lovely?! 🧡 ✈️
-Annie

somebody came up with a way to protect artwork from getting scraped and used in AI and as you may be able to guess AI people are soooo mad about it

The last decade has been a pivotal one in the AI revolution 🤖

Cc: @ylecun @Scobleizer @erikbryn @amcafee @paulg @DavidSacks

Midjourney is incredible for interior design.

In a few minutes, we have a complete moodboard.

The Eco House — Experience Sustainable Luxury Living in a Modern Eco House nestled in Serene Mountains.

🧵 Let's take a tour

Warning: you will not understand why I am telling this story until the end, but I'm begging you to stick around until then...

The other day, I began jotting down a few items I needed to pick up from the store on a pad in my kitchen. I added 2 or 3 things & went about my day. 1/

🚨BREAKING: Youtubers promoting FTX are being sued in a class action lawsuit. Claiming $1 billion in damages. 😬💀

"Sweetie? Is there a chance you've been writing the shopping list with the kids' invisible ink pen? The one that disappears after a minute or two?"

Friends? The paper beside me is now blank. 8/