Melica 🍁
@melica.me
🇨🇦 | Human-centric ML 🐈🐈⬛🎥 📕 🎮 🧶 📸 | This is a personal account all views are my own |
OpenAI wants (even more of) your data. Your real time discussion data. With Meta and X already having coupled social media platforms with LLMs, OpenAI would not want to risk lagging behind by not grabbing more of your data.
www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
www.theverge.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
OpenAI wants (even more of) your data. Your real time discussion data. With Meta and X already having coupled social media platforms with LLMs, OpenAI would not want to risk lagging behind by not grabbing more of your data.
www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
Great.
“Image generator is supposed to block certain content, but ChatGPT suggested workarounds”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Image generator is supposed to block certain content, but ChatGPT suggested workarounds”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ChatGPT now lets users create fake images of politicians. We stress-tested it | CBC News
ChatGPT now comes bundled with an updated image generator, and OpenAI has removed the ban on images of public figures. We tested the guardrails to see if we could generate fake images that could decei...
www.cbc.ca
April 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Great.
“Image generator is supposed to block certain content, but ChatGPT suggested workarounds”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Image generator is supposed to block certain content, but ChatGPT suggested workarounds”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And on track to be tripled by 2030, and some more beyond that. Big AI bosses tell you we simply NEED AI to solve the climate crisis.
Many including myself disagree. We simply do not. Read more in the article.
Many including myself disagree. We simply do not. Read more in the article.
April 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And on track to be tripled by 2030, and some more beyond that. Big AI bosses tell you we simply NEED AI to solve the climate crisis.
Many including myself disagree. We simply do not. Read more in the article.
Many including myself disagree. We simply do not. Read more in the article.
@molly.wiki absolutely LOVE love love your “wait not like that” article today. Very relevant, exactly what my friends and I in human-centric AI communities have been concerned about. Thank you for expressing this issue so eloquently
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free
www.citationneeded.news
March 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@molly.wiki absolutely LOVE love love your “wait not like that” article today. Very relevant, exactly what my friends and I in human-centric AI communities have been concerned about. Thank you for expressing this issue so eloquently
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
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We are in a time where objective truths matter more than ever. Factuality and democracy is under attack by those who thrive in darkness and those who fall victim to their false claims. We need to protect access to truth for everyone, with no financial or political agenda.
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
SIGN UP: Stop the Shutdown of the CBC
The CBC is Canada’s voice. Now, the Conservative Party wants to shut it down while billionaires and hedge funds tighten their grip on our media. With U.S. interests shaping what we see and hear, we mu...
forwardcanada.ca
March 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We are in a time where objective truths matter more than ever. Factuality and democracy is under attack by those who thrive in darkness and those who fall victim to their false claims. We need to protect access to truth for everyone, with no financial or political agenda.
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
Love it, @edzitron.com getting a mention in the @wealthsimple.bsky.social weekly financial newsletter.
#roteconomy #growthatallcosts
#roteconomy #growthatallcosts
March 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Love it, @edzitron.com getting a mention in the @wealthsimple.bsky.social weekly financial newsletter.
#roteconomy #growthatallcosts
#roteconomy #growthatallcosts
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Unicorn company upset that their billion-dollar business model might be illegal. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Unicorn company upset that their billion-dollar business model might be illegal. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
xAI released Grok3 last night.
Here’s a wonderful quote that, for me, reads: “You thought we were gonna inject our ideology into it? You bet we did!”
techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/e...
Here’s a wonderful quote that, for me, reads: “You thought we were gonna inject our ideology into it? You bet we did!”
techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/e...
February 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
xAI released Grok3 last night.
Here’s a wonderful quote that, for me, reads: “You thought we were gonna inject our ideology into it? You bet we did!”
techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/e...
Here’s a wonderful quote that, for me, reads: “You thought we were gonna inject our ideology into it? You bet we did!”
techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/e...
Remember your neighbours in need in the cold.
Christie Pitts park - Toronto
Christie Pitts park - Toronto
February 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Remember your neighbours in need in the cold.
Christie Pitts park - Toronto
Christie Pitts park - Toronto
Happy flag day! 🇨🇦
When people see the maple leaf, they see possibility. They see freedom. They see a helping hand.
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
February 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy flag day! 🇨🇦
This essay talks about a coming stand off between AI models that are generalists (do lots of human-level stuff decently well, like “AGI”), and AI models that are specialists like protein solvers. Guess which side he’s rooting for (and so am I)!
If the AI Roundheads go to war with tech royalty, don’t bet against them | John Naughton
If the AI Roundheads go to war with tech royalty, don’t bet against them | John Naughton
Silicon Valley wants to spend a fortune on the fantasy of human-level intelligence. But there are more practical and valuable things to achieve
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This essay talks about a coming stand off between AI models that are generalists (do lots of human-level stuff decently well, like “AGI”), and AI models that are specialists like protein solvers. Guess which side he’s rooting for (and so am I)!
And the billionaire league gladiator fights continue.
Elon Musk will withdraw his $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI's non-profit arm if the ChatGPT maker drops its plans to become a for-profit entity, the billionaire's lawyers said in a court filing reut.rs/42OXDXW
Musk will pull OpenAI bid if ChatGPT maker remains a non-profit, lawyers say
Elon Musk will withdraw his $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI's non-profit arm if the ChatGPT maker drops its plans to become a for-profit entity, the billionaire's lawyers said in a court filing on Wednesday.
reut.rs
February 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And the billionaire league gladiator fights continue.
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Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy and Joker found new anti-crime group.
Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google found new child safety group
Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST) is a new organization founded by Roblox, Discord, Google and OpenAI to build open-source online safety tools.
www.engadget.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy and Joker found new anti-crime group.
Um wat
February 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Um wat
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this is an encouraging move from the Irish government in the context of Europe being painted as "anti-innovation"
Ireland will voice its support for putting in place guardrails for trustworthy, human centred artificial intelligence (AI) at a major summit which begins in Paris tomorrow
Ireland to voice support for AI guardrails at summit
Ireland will voice its support for putting in place guardrails for trustworthy, human centred artificial intelligence (AI) at a major summit which begins in Paris tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
February 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
this is an encouraging move from the Irish government in the context of Europe being painted as "anti-innovation"
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New video 📽️ from me:
I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker at the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI.
I focused on solutions and ideas for moving forward.
They made it public, and here it is.
Enjoy, and hope it's helpful! 🤗
oecdtv.webtv-solution.com/embed-or-en-...
I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker at the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI.
I focused on solutions and ideas for moving forward.
They made it public, and here it is.
Enjoy, and hope it's helpful! 🤗
oecdtv.webtv-solution.com/embed-or-en-...
IASEAI’25 Safe & Ethical AI Conference (Plenary)
oecdtv.webtv-solution.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New video 📽️ from me:
I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker at the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI.
I focused on solutions and ideas for moving forward.
They made it public, and here it is.
Enjoy, and hope it's helpful! 🤗
oecdtv.webtv-solution.com/embed-or-en-...
I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker at the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI.
I focused on solutions and ideas for moving forward.
They made it public, and here it is.
Enjoy, and hope it's helpful! 🤗
oecdtv.webtv-solution.com/embed-or-en-...
Video completely unrelated to our times. Happy Saturday.
youtu.be/sQpd9m4GBjs?...
youtu.be/sQpd9m4GBjs?...
The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In Germany
YouTube video by Timeline - World History Documentaries
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Video completely unrelated to our times. Happy Saturday.
youtu.be/sQpd9m4GBjs?...
youtu.be/sQpd9m4GBjs?...
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This is a legit fundraiser aiming to billionaire proof Bluesky. Read more about it below:
www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...
Donation below:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr...
#FreeOurFeeds
www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...
Donation below:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr...
#FreeOurFeeds
January 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is a legit fundraiser aiming to billionaire proof Bluesky. Read more about it below:
www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...
Donation below:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr...
#FreeOurFeeds
www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...
Donation below:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fr...
#FreeOurFeeds
Our $200 cheques from Doug Ford came in the mail today. We’re both donating them to NDP 😃 We should never have received this money in the first place. #onpoli #ontariondp
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Our $200 cheques from Doug Ford came in the mail today. We’re both donating them to NDP 😃 We should never have received this money in the first place. #onpoli #ontariondp
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"Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Turns out bandicoots are a real thing 😓 I thought Sony invented the concept 😶🌫️
Bandicoots, phantom bans and metric musicians – take the Thursday quiz
Bandicoots, phantom bans and metric musicians – take the Thursday quiz
Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
January, notoriously a month that feels a couple of weeks longer than it actually is, is finally behind us, and the shortest month of February begins.…
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Turns out bandicoots are a real thing 😓 I thought Sony invented the concept 😶🌫️
Tldr; “no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing”
While staying informed is good, we need to connect with our local communities and organize 💪
While staying informed is good, we need to connect with our local communities and organize 💪
Really smart and good piece by @janus.bsky.social about steps you can take during this time to build power that are not posting
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Tldr; “no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing”
While staying informed is good, we need to connect with our local communities and organize 💪
While staying informed is good, we need to connect with our local communities and organize 💪
The US AI lobby is attacking on all fronts.
Google retracted its AI principles that said they won’t create weapons (among others disappointing changes) and now this.
Google retracted its AI principles that said they won’t create weapons (among others disappointing changes) and now this.
Trumpist America is shifting at the speed of light toward totalitarianism. Republican Senator Josh Hawley is tabling legislation for jailing Americans for 20 years if they dare download DeepSeek. Time to rise up to shut totalitarianism down.
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The US AI lobby is attacking on all fronts.
Google retracted its AI principles that said they won’t create weapons (among others disappointing changes) and now this.
Google retracted its AI principles that said they won’t create weapons (among others disappointing changes) and now this.
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this is really bad considering Cohere is considered one of the good, responsible AI companies around. shows there really is no good AI company like there is no good millionaire
Palantir's platforms like Foundry are at their core, surveillance technologies. Cohere's partnership with Palantir is dangerous and should not be normalized.
Cohere, a $5.5B Canadian A.I. Startup, Is Quietly Working with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
Cohere appears to have added Palantir to its growing roster of partners.
observer.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
this is really bad considering Cohere is considered one of the good, responsible AI companies around. shows there really is no good AI company like there is no good millionaire
This is an all out assault on humanity. This basically says the more likely risks outweigh the less likely benefits. That somehow maths if you are paid enough.
This statement:
“Developing and deploying models and applications where the LIKELY overall benefits substantially outweigh the FORESEEABLE risks.”
This is carefully crafted. “Likely” implies a lower probability than “foreseeable” but they are just fine with that In fact they engineered it this way.
“Developing and deploying models and applications where the LIKELY overall benefits substantially outweigh the FORESEEABLE risks.”
This is carefully crafted. “Likely” implies a lower probability than “foreseeable” but they are just fine with that In fact they engineered it this way.
February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is an all out assault on humanity. This basically says the more likely risks outweigh the less likely benefits. That somehow maths if you are paid enough.