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Made a GPT-3 summarizer that reads websites just like humans do.
It scrolls pages and reads in visible text in chunks, which it then attempts to summarize.
This makes it a bit more robust than crawling HTML. Here you can see it summarizing fancy hotels on Flyertalk:
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shut. the. front. door.
This is insane. A system to decode visual stimuli from brain recordings.
So you're saying...in ten years...it'll be thought to image?
link to paper🧵
#ai #deeplearning #mindblown
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Disgraceful reporting by the @nytimes on FTX. It portrays SBF as a charitable entrepreneur who went under and does not mention the words fraud, criminal, substance abuse, friends & family Bahamas KYC racket, hack, stolen funds or wiped servers anywhere.
archive.ph/mxOh5
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DALL-E 2 vs Midjourney vs StableDiffusion mega thread: photography, illustration, painters, abstract
these image synths are like instruments - it's amazing we'll get so many of them, each with a unique "sound" 🤯
rules: same prompt, 1:1 aspect ratio, no living artists
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Counter privacy/rights impact of tech like Amazon ring.
Short term: ID tech in an area, use various countermeasures like alternative routes/access
Long term: educate about the impact of this tech; mount legal challenges & a movement toward open source/self hosted alternatives
Open Source/DIY Home Security
Replace Tech Like Amazon Ring
smartsolutions4home.com/ss4h…
github.com/esphome/esphome
smartsolutions4home.com/how-…
github.com/ronschaeffer/vide…
github.com/rimpacroot-24/Wi-…
Pi Guardian
hackaday.io/project/28126-th…
Android + Haven Security Camera
howtogeek.com/405400/how-to-
Right to repair 👍 ifixit.com/Manifesto
When you own a product, you should be able to repair it yourself. That’s why I included support for the “right to repair” in my Executive Order.
Now, companies like Apple and Microsoft are changing their policies so folks will be able to repair their devices themselves.
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Now on Youtube! 100% Free Photoscanning Pipeline in One Video: Meshroom mega-tutorial 🤯🚀
youtube.com/watch?v=j3lhPKF8…
❤️RETWEET to other open-source #photogrammetry #b3d fans!
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“The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people rather than control them” Hal Finney (1992)
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Just when I thought I was out... Them voxels pull me back in! #threejs #wasm
7min uncut gameplay: youtu.be/IfqHbwQvsnk
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Join @kurtopsahl, @doctorow, and a full lineup of speakers tomorrow from 10 am PT to celebrate the life and continuing legacy of activist, programmer, and entrepreneur Aaron Swartz. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/ho…
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This is some next level VTubing! The production quality is just insane! 🤯
Follow @pwnelon and check out his YouTube channel here: youtube.com/channel/UCd7Sf-H…




























