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Gaussian Pop: 14 Theses

Cybernetic Forests • 119 implied HN points • 14 Apr 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art Sound Text AI Music
  1. Gaussian Pop music is generated by AI models prompted by user searches, aimed to reduce streaming service costs and drive profits through listener engagement.
  2. Gaussian Pop creates music that satisfies the urge to consume quickly and easily, tailored for inattentiveness and quick skips.
  3. The rise of Gaussian Pop represents a shift in music consumption towards AI-generated content, leading to concerns about economic impacts on musicians and the potential alienation of shared music experiences.

Catechizing the Bots, Part 1: Foundation Models and Fine-Tuning

jonstokes.com • 237 implied HN points • 28 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Text Training Models Ethics
  1. Foundation models for large language models go through fine-tuning phases to make them more user-friendly.
  2. Humans play a critical role in shaping the values and behaviors of these models during the fine-tuning process.
  3. Supervised fine-tuning involves exposing the model to smaller sets of carefully selected examples to anchor its output and establish dominant language structures.

The future of social media 🔮

The Digital Native • 137 implied HN points • 17 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Social media Video Audio Text
  1. The history of social media platforms reveals how they evolved over time from the first websites to the current popular ones.
  2. The future of social media is shifting towards more video content, engagement with photos, the rise of podcasts, and the importance of authentic self-expression.
  3. New platforms like Threads are emerging, offering unique ways for users to connect and share content, hinting at a return to more honest and less curated social media trends.

Text is All You Need

Breaking Smart • 149 implied HN points • 18 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Text Chatbots Ethics Future
  1. Personhood may be simpler than we thought, becoming evident through AI chatbots like Sydney.
  2. Computers are now good at being mediocore and flawed, which alarms people more than superhuman abilities.
  3. Text is all you need to produce personhood, stripping away the specialness of human identity.
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Any Angel: Realness Scars

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Oct 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Neural Networks Illustrations Text Simulation
  1. The video essay 'Realness Scars' was written and illustrated by neural networks, with the script by OpenAI's GPT-3 and images by Midjourney.
  2. The text explores a landscape where representation is overshadowed by 'realness scars,' reflecting on traces of simulation absorbed by infrastructures.
  3. The collaboration between AI models like GPT-3 and artists like Midjourney can lead to innovative and thought-provoking creative projects.