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I ask again, is there any evidence that such allegations have ever been taken seriously?
I can't see fake porn having any reach, except amongst low-IQ consumers of internet trash, who are not only susceptible to obvious propaganda, but are already politically aligned against the victim.
Other AI generated content may have more impact, but that's another conversation.
The audience for that seems limited to malicious weirdos who already have zero respect for the victim. Any influence it might have on their opinions seems irrelevant.
Of course, this has no bearing on the personal violation one feels when exposed to this sort of abuse. But for deepfake porn to somehow influence public perception is hard for me to grasp. Are there any examples of real reputational damage stemming from this?
But if you take them at their word, they're "carrying the fire", so the story gets a hopeful ending.
Perhaps that's what people find uplifting about it.
Human extinction would require a malevolent AI willing and capable of waging total war on a global scale. That sounds like sci-fi to me.
Now I'm not sure who to believe. Is Don Knuth secretly an AI?
You can ask about feelings with a gentle tone, a supportive gaze at eye level, and a hand on the shoulder. Or you can do it from above with an eye roll and a sarcastic bite.
I can easily see a frustrated parent giving in to their own emotions and using the latter approach.
The "magic" (convention over configuration, autoloading, metaprogramming, etc) makes it difficult to know what methods are available to use. I end up over-relying on the official docs, which are of inconsistent quality. One example: api.rubyonrails.org lacks code examples, doesn't usually state what a given method returns, and many entries are outright blank.
Editor integration could help, but feels lackluster. With TypeScript in VS Code, hints come up as I write. I can hover anything to see its type, methods, and source code. With Rails, I can poorly approximate this behavior with a collection of half-functional community extensions, or I can buy and use the slow, bloated RubyMine IDE.
Rails enabled me to build my product, but my experience doesn't match the love I hear from other devs. I wish I knew how to make it click.
Dynamically generated, personalized content already exists in the form of video games. Yet it is not notable when an NPC remarks on my unique gear, achievements, etc.
Technology may eventually enable easier remixing of art to personal tastes. However, this has also existed as long as art itself.
What people look for in the artist is their uniquely curated tastes, human connection to the person themselves, and a sense of community with fellow fans.
A machine that creates everything for everyone can provide none of these. Its output will be products, not art. It will have customers, not fans.
HOWEVER, the article glosses over the real story: a child obtained complete, unsupervised access to the author's computer, and wouldn't you know it, they broke something.
I suspect there would be far less interest if the headline read "my kid ordered $20k worth of Robux and I can't get a refund".
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/110nlai/...
The derailment is, no doubt, a serious public health crisis. However, it helps no-one to spread misleading videos and commentary.
The wave of panic in the thread you posted is a stark example of "fake news" in action. A sign of the times, I suppose.
My issue is that a random person filmed the sky on a cloudy day, confidently claimed the clouds are fumes, and so injected falsehood into a serious event. Lots of people are doing the same right now, guided only by panic and distrust of the authorities.
This Twitter account is no different.
Check the local weather and it turns out the video was filmed on a cloudy day. The man is literally yelling at clouds, but it's enough to drive a tidal wave of panic.
I'm not sure when it happened, but the internet has blurred reality and fiction beyond recognition. The truly disturbing part is that people seem to organically stir up confusion, for no reason other than to engage with other humans.
UI design need not be distracting.
There is a wide spectrum ranging from "fancy" flourishes of art to brutalist simplicity. Somewhere in the middle, careful use of font, color, and layout can drastically improve readability and usability.
Compare, say, the default appearance of an unstyled HTML page, to that same page in your browser's reader mode. Both are very plain, but the latter is much more pleasant to absorb.
I believe this is what OP is referring to.
At the extreme ends of the spectrum, design can be distracting as you say, but lack of it can be equally prickly and unpleasant. Neither is good.
Consider that few people play chess with rocks and sticks standing in for pieces.
So it's hard to imagine how weighing yourself multiple times per day can provide any insight whatsoever. It sounds more likely to hurt, and not help, body image issues.
Musk's words and actions have been very public indeed. What additional context can we gain by speculating about his private thoughts and back-room dealings?
They cut directly from Blender scene, to 3D printer, to finished product. The editing and subtitles clearly imply that they printed the outer components. It's deliberately misleading, and these kinds of tricks are used throughout the presentation.
It's particularly hard to stomach the embellishment when the real work stands on its own so well. It casts everything else into doubt, and reflects very negatively on the creators IMO.
The outer case isn't 3D printed - it's an off-brand iPhone 12 Pro cut in half. The split screen hack is just FloatingDock for Cydia. And the triple lens camera enclosure is a non-functional mockup.
To imply the case was 3D printed, they show a Blender file - in reality, this was only used for promo animations. The printer from the video can't output that kind of product, so they took a cheap iPhone lookalike (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mSrWqw3No) and cut it in half, combining it with the Razr hinge.
The triple rear camera is from the off-brand iPhone, with no functional sensor behind it. A second device is used to demo the real camera - one with a rough outer finish, and a likely-unfinished back which is never shown. You can identify this device in the videos by the 4 lenses on the front.
These flaws are certainly nitpicks - the project overall remains nothing less than amazing. Surely any hacker would brush these off as artifacts of the creative process.
Which is why I'm deeply disappointed to see the creators diminish their own achievements by outright lying about these minor details. And with such slick editing too. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
You should think about solving these problems in the real world, not a fantasy cyberpunk dystopia.