David Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 12 days agoVideo: The Røde NT-USB Mini is a lovely little podcast mic (2025)plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkVideo: The Røde NT-USB Mini is a lovely little podcast mic (2025)plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoGet a portable monitor, they’re greatplus-squaredavidgerard.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGet a portable monitor, they’re greatplus-squaredavidgerard.co.ukDavid Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoI gained remote code execution via MIDI messages to trick my synth into playing Bad Apple on its LCDplus-squarepsi3.ruexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkI gained remote code execution via MIDI messages to trick my synth into playing Bad Apple on its LCDplus-squarepsi3.ruDavid Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 months agoBrandShite: RPG about taking down other people's entire websitesplus-squarelvngbth.itch.ioexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBrandShite: RPG about taking down other people's entire websitesplus-squarelvngbth.itch.ioDavid Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 months agoa good piece on Bluesky, how it works, how decentralised it isn't in practice and the consequences of it winningplus-squareanderegg.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linka good piece on Bluesky, how it works, how decentralised it isn't in practice and the consequences of it winningplus-squareanderegg.caDavid Gerard@awful.systems to NotAwfulTech@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoThe AI bill Newsom didn’t veto — AI devs must list models’ training dataplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe AI bill Newsom didn’t veto — AI devs must list models’ training dataplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoEric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"!plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"!plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoGrindr proposes ‘AI wingman’ to optimize away the gay sex bitplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGrindr proposes ‘AI wingman’ to optimize away the gay sex bitplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoI went on Stilgherrian's podcast to talk about AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkI went on Stilgherrian's podcast to talk about AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoCash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — ‘in the spirit of a donation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — ‘in the spirit of a donation’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoHello Matt this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shitplus-squarenews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHello Matt this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shitplus-squarenews.ycombinator.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoA terrible day to have ears: Google’s NotebookLM auto-generates AI podcastsplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA terrible day to have ears: Google’s NotebookLM auto-generates AI podcastsplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoAn Post releases ‘Imagine Ireland’ AI stamp that’s also an NFT — in 2024plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAn Post releases ‘Imagine Ireland’ AI stamp that’s also an NFT — in 2024plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoPeople are ‘blatantly stealing my work,’ AI artist complains - with notes on a similar appeal that failed hard just recentlyplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPeople are ‘blatantly stealing my work,’ AI artist complains - with notes on a similar appeal that failed hard just recentlyplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoSocial workers in England begin using AI system to assist their work. This is fine.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSocial workers in England begin using AI system to assist their work. This is fine.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agothreads is cookin toniteplus-squarebsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkthreads is cookin toniteplus-squarebsky.appDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoRoutledge nags academics to finish books ASAP — to feed Microsoft’s AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkRoutledge nags academics to finish books ASAP — to feed Microsoft’s AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoWorst government use of ChatGPT: in a child protection reportplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWorst government use of ChatGPT: in a child protection reportplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agounder categories "LEADERSHIP -> SAM ALTMAN": making drugs extremely uncool againplus-squarefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkunder categories "LEADERSHIP -> SAM ALTMAN": making drugs extremely uncool againplus-squarefortune.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agoOpenAI ditches non-profit board, will spin off as venture capital lottery ticketplus-squarewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI ditches non-profit board, will spin off as venture capital lottery ticketplus-squarewww.reuters.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemstoFediverse@lemmy.world•The dilema of charging the users and a solution by integrating blockchain to fediverselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 months agoNostr also has the excellent cost-control mechanism of first requiring users to set up a cryptographic key pair - you can smell the freedom from here! - and second of being full of coiner spam. This keeps server usage to a minimum in practice, linkfedilink
Nostr also has the excellent cost-control mechanism of first requiring users to set up a cryptographic key pair - you can smell the freedom from here! - and second of being full of coiner spam. This keeps server usage to a minimum in practice,