Notices by Flock of Nazguls (flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com), page 2

Welcome to the AI dystopia no one asked for, courtesy of Silicon Valley | CNN Business

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/business/ai-dystopia-silicon-valley-nightcap/index.html

OMG - look what I just dug up!

@roadriverrail For my more 'audiophile' earbuds (oh look at him being posh), I use a Fiio BTR5. It's a handy little DAC/Amp that talks to the phone via Bluteooth with high-fidelity audio protocols; meanwhile there's a 3.5mm jack for the earbuds. Works great, especially with Android, which is notorious for messing with audio.

No shit.

Why removing the headphone jack from phones was a bad idea

https://www.pocket-lint.com/opinion-why-removing-the-headphone-jack-from-phones-was-a-bad-idea/

I can barely handle four dimensions...

And here we go...

Stable Diffusion CEO Resigns as Company Crumbles

https://futurism.com/the-byte/stability-ai-ceo-resigns

#ShockedPikachuFace

Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/how-quickly-do-large-language-models-learn-unexpected-skills/

@botvolution Yeah, and their main criterion appears to be popularity, which makes sense. They could have been more clear about it.

Top-10 Eurorack Modules of all time! 2023 Edition — Sinesquares

https://www.sinesquares.net/musicgear/top-10-eurorack-modules-2023

99 BPM. Duly noted. Would have been interesting to have seen the effects of even slower tempos.

#electronicmusic

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.16.575849v1

This essay is fucking amazing. #Dune

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/2/28/24085259/dune-part-two-magic-dick-theory-paul-atreides-chosen-one-messiah

Speaking of fave bits from the #DavidLynch version of #Dune, I absolutely adore the opening scene, especially when the Guild Navigator engages the Emperor in small talk before getting down to the brass tacks. 😄

Navigator: “We have just folded space from IX”
Emperor: “Yes? How was your journey?”
Navigator: “Many machines on IX. (dramatic pause) New machines.”
Emperor (looking worried): “Oh. Yes?”
Navigator: “Better than those on Richesse.”

https://youtu.be/IR8tbNKxBhE?si=xb9XyUS2-9GK1GNJ

Myeah, how about no?

Nvidia CEO predicts the death of coding — Jensen Huang says AI will do the work, so kids don't need to learn | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/pro/nvidia-ceo-predicts-the-death-of-coding-jensen-huang-says-ai-will-do-the-work-so-kids-dont-need-to-learn

@botvolution That's what I like about modular.

Pourquoi pas?

https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/tuneshroom-is-an-artistic-mushroom-themed-midi-controller/

@botvolution @flockofnazguls Okay, I replaced the vid with a YouTube link — now it should work for everyone.

@botvolution @flockofnazguls Oh that’s weird! Other people are seeing it.

Here’s a little clip of me playing around with a neat visual synth called VOSIS Pro, an ‘image sonification app’ that uses an image to generate sounds. Gimmicky, but also kinda neat.

@synths

Less outrage, more outrageousness.

@kel I've been pondering this as well. I think a lot of it stems from a sense of helplessness and powerlessness about the state of the world. By stirring up outrage in social media, people get that dopamine hit of validation when like-minded people agree with them.