A living collection of notes, ideas, and reflections from Doug Belshaw.
I don't often use AI imagery in my notes and posts but this was too good an opportunity to pass up.
When/if i die, my tombstone is going to read “Thought for 2,682,000,000s”
Source: Original article · Are.na block · Vibes channel
…If you find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go along with him, overcoming all dangers, pleased at heart and mindful.
But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.
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I've decided that I want to go to more in-person events, so I got my Little Robot Friend to come up with some options.
English-language, European (or noted otherwise), aligned with digital sovereignty, decentralised and federated systems, open education, digital credentials, systems thinking, co-ops and the commons. Wildcards and strong fits are labelled.
…I am in agreement with Manoel Horta Ribeiro here: "AI slop" is an unproductively ambiguous term and we should be more specific in our critiques. There's a lot wrong with AI, and there's also a lot wrong with the mechanisms underpinning the ways in which we have constructed society and our relationships with one another.
…This is an interesting idea: “co/core is a place where people share the compute they already own to run AI for each other, instead of renting from a handful of giant providers.” Mac only for the moment, but the main innovation is building a standard for being able to share compute power.
…I love it when people share the accumulated wisdom of their life so far. Yes, it’s often very similar in content, but the way that it’s expressed matters. And also, the fact that these kinds of things are often similar shows that there’s truth at the centre.
…Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the facts, and the yearning passionate part of you will not be met there. That is why reading ourselves as a fiction as well as fact is so liberating. The wider we read the freer we become.
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The way in which Bo Burnham (who I’ve already declared a genius) speaks in this clip is not only intense and refreshing, but insightful.
In a discussion regarding the film, "Eighth Grade"" written and directed by Bo Burnham, Bo discusses phones, technology, the internet, social media, and their effects on kids and society. Corporations are trying to colonize our mind, capitalizing on every free second you have. Self-Esteem in the Age of Social Media.
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You have to get everything correct before it goes off to get printed. My usual publishing flow involves an "oh shit" moment soon after hitting 'publish' but, because I usually publish on the web, I can fix it. Not so with printed matter.
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