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From silicon valley politic: mark zuckerberg and Donald Trump

In the world of tech billionaires, nothing says "I want to be relevant" quite like trying to cozy up to a controversial political figure. Enter Mark Zuckerberg, the social media maestro who apparently believes that his next big algorithm might just be a political connection. From silicon valley politic: mark zuckerberg and Donald Trump Picture this: Mark Zuckerberg, the man who once connected billions of people through Facebook, is now attempting to connect himself to Donald Trump's potential future administration.  It's like watching a nerdy high school student trying to sit at the cool kids' table, except the cool kids are wearing MAGA hats and the nerdy student has billions of dollars and a struggling tech empire. According to reports, Zuckerberg has boldly offered himself as an AI advisor to the potential future president. One can only imagine the meeting: Zuckerberg, wearing his trademark gray t-shirt, nervously explaining artificial intelligence to a man w...

A New Video Generator in the Neighborhood?

Or: "Hey, Look! It's a Moving Picture!" So, let's talk about this new kid on the block, this digital wunderkind, this AI-powered, video-generating, Hollywood-wannabe. It's called Movie Gen, and it's the latest creation from Meta, the same folks who brought you Facebook and Instagram. And let me tell you, it's got the whole town buzzing. Imagine this: you sit down at your computer, type in a sentence like, "A cat wearing a tiny hat chases a mouse through a maze of cheese," and out pops a fully-animated, 16-second video. No more need for expensive cameras, lighting crews, or even actors. Just a few words and voila! You've got yourself a blockbuster. Now, I know what you're thinking. "Great, another way for people to spread fake news and deepfakes." And you're absolutely right. But before we get all doom and gloom, let's appreciate the sheer audacity of it all. It's like someone decided to combine a child's imagi...

The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Information Age

In an era where our news feeds are inundated with unverified and anonymous information, we are experiencing a growing sense of opacity. The sheer volume of data available to us today has resulted in an age of increasing misunderstanding, where we struggle to comprehend the complex world around us. The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Information Age    One driving force behind this phenomenon is the idea that quantitative data can provide a clear model of the world and that computable information can help us take action. However, as we are seeing, there are limits to this idea, and the sheer amount of information available to us today can lead to less clarity than we desire. This is the central theme of the Facebook group " Artificial Intelligence Global Service " which seeks to inform us about the future of technology. While technology has given us many opportunities, it also has...