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  • May 21, 2023 6:42am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Interesting read : Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

    And stop confusing performance with competence, says Rodney Brooks

    “It gives an answer with complete confidence, and I sort of believe it. And half the time, it’s completely wrong.” —Rodney Brooks, Robust.AI spectrum.ieee.org/gpt-4-cal…

  • May 20, 2023 11:08pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

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    It’s like our specie is discovering fire on demand all over again… #AI www.atomic14.com/2023/05/1…

  • May 20, 2023 10:22pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    #chatThis github.com/simplex-c… is REALLY an impressive and mature alternative to signal that allows you to gather people without exchanging phone numbers, it’s also possible to self-hosted the relay and the ICE turn server 🥳 #simplex #chat

  • May 20, 2023 1:05am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

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    Huh this is cool :)

    Nyxt browser: The hacker’s #browser

    nyxt.atlas.engineer

  • May 19, 2023 4:54pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

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    Crazy nice idea implemented in a cool way!

    Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles & Unreal Engine

    nilsbakker.nl/portfolio…

  • May 19, 2023 4:45pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    I have been dreaming of a “virtual screen” since as long as I remember having a computer (that’s 1998) and I believe the hybrid device that will fit this idea will change personal computing forever.

    mikeelgan.substack.com/p/the-vir…

  • May 19, 2023 8:31am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    AI

    Microposts

    This is really nice tooling to work with #ChatGPT

    llm, ttok and strip-tags—CLI tools for working with ChatGPT and other LLMs

    simonwillison.net/2023/May/…

  • May 16, 2023 10:11pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Pandora’s box to even more mass-surveillance 🤔

    A majority of the EU Council of Ministers seem to favour expanding the scanning of private messages to audio communications to detect child sexual abuse material, according to a new document dated 12 May.

    www.euractiv.com/section/l…

  • May 16, 2023 5:00pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    AI

    Microposts

    The United States and the European Union are currently pursuing separate initiatives to regulate artificial intelligence. But in order to address the significant risks posed by generative AI, American and European policymakers must establish a common framework based on shared values.

    www.project-syndicate.org/commentar…

  • May 16, 2023 3:54pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Turkish Elections Data #dataviz

    oballinger.github.io/projects/…

  • May 16, 2023 9:26am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    mjg59 | Twitter’s e2ee DMs are better than nothing

    mjg59.dreamwidth.org/66791.htm…

  • May 16, 2023 8:46am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    “In any case, the fact that she’s (Yaccarino) taking over for a Shiba Inu would seem to say a lot about what Musk thinks of the role.”

    www.platformer.news/p/why-you…

  • May 15, 2023 10:05pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    🤖 Use different chatbots in one app, currently supporting ChatGPT, new Bing Chat, Google Bard and Claude (via Poe), will integrate more in the future 💬 Chat with multiple chatbots at the same time, making it easy to compare their answers

    github.com/chathub-d…

  • May 15, 2023 5:50pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    The UK government is quietly expanding and developing a controversial surveillance technology that could be capable of logging and storing the web histories of millions of people.

    www.wired.com/story/int…

  • May 15, 2023 5:45pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Willow - A Practical, Open Source, Privacy-Focused Platform for Voice Assistants and other Applications

    github.com/toverainc…

  • May 15, 2023 4:33pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Microposts

    Dans ma liste de lecture :

    Agone et Chomsky en Ukraine : errances et complaisances de la gauche française (et pas que Française)

    mlallouet.com/2023/05/1…

  • May 12, 2023 8:40am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    News

    Microposts

    #tldr don’t stage crash your own plane for #youtube likes and fame.

    Cost: 20 years behind bars isn’t worth the buzz.

    news.yahoo.com/youtuber-…

  • May 12, 2023 8:00am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Music

    Microposts

    Synthstrom #Deluge Goes Open Source

    www.synthtopia.com/content/2…

  • May 12, 2023 7:54am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Boring Report is an #app that aims to remove sensationalism from the #news and makes it boring to read. In today’s #world, catchy headlines and articles often distract readers from the actual #facts and relevant #information.

    www.boringreport.org

  • May 11, 2023 9:20pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Holy Cow! This piece is Headshot!

    carefully written, debunk of #converso claims.. Converso is simply terminated.

    The first part of the article is already red alert but then the Headshot part comes in and it’s just to the end : game over, relentless and precise like a tattoo needle, no escape.

    crnkovic.dev/testing-c…

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