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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-
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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…
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Privacy isn't about hiding bad things. It's about protecting what makes us humans: our day-to-day behavior, our personality, our fears, our relationships, and our vulnerabilities. Everyone deserves privacy online.
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⌛️In Oct 1996 @brewster_kahle said: "We need to be able to preserve our digital history in multiple places under different regimes...these things need tending"
25 years later, we're still tending.
#InternetArchive25
anniversary.archive.org/