🧵: I discovered this woman, who I call Loab, in April. The AI reproduced her more easily than most celebrities. Her presence is persistent, and she haunts every image she touches. CW: Take a seat. This is a true horror story, and veers sharply macabre.

The ‘reverse bridge’ design in the Netherlands is engineering excellence

In homage to Rutger Hauer's Blade Runner monologue. Everything here including the words and characters is machine-generated. Nobody wrote the script, none of it is real, and none of these people exist. #chatgpt #stablediffusion #ai

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Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks theguardian.com/technology/202…

What’s your favourite colour? Watch this variation on “linear interactive TV”🌈📺 cbc.ca/news/entertain…

This thread sparks yet another thing to make us happy to be Canadian 🤣

Nick Cave gives bracing defence in the #AI vs human contretemps: “Writing a good song is not mimicry, or replication, or pastiche, it is the opposite.” Score: humans 1, non-humans 0. (Please don’t @ me, I realize this argument is non-binary!) theguardian.com/music/2023/jan…

Sad to see PM Ardern step down but admire her crisp, plain-spoken leadership decision. The best people know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run (for election or otherwise), while others cling on regardless and oblivious. theguardian.com/world/2023/jan…

“Doja Cat’s look was a nod to Roseberry’s collection, which was inspired by Dante’s nine circles of hell.” - Guardian

The sibling rivalry! The scions! Shiv’s wardrobe! It’s the Succession season 4 trailer: youtu.be/sWlURhM5P5Q

😂😂😂Crochet enthusiasts asked ChatGPT for patterns. The results are ‘cursed’ theguardian.com/technology/202…

“How many of you knew or suspected that it was AI generated? Something about this doesn’t feel right, does it? Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated theguardian.com/technology/202…

I created this book! Despite comments such as, "Yeah right, kids can't (or shouldn't) learn this," I regularly receive emails from parents telling me that their kids love the book and have successfully figured out how all the pages work.

Please no. Also, would this mean James Murdoch would backchannel OpenAI? Is this happening already? Help! #conspiracy nytimes.com/2023/04/29/bus…

Anyone want to make a trillion dollars?

I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler.