⚠️ Severe weather is currently affecting the Tāmaki Makaurau region with areas in the north, north west and west of Auckland affected by significant flooding. we're working with emergency services to establish what help is needed on the ground. (1/3)

This is a significant event. Not seen anything like this in Tāmaki Makaurau before. More storms coming and we’ve had a summers worth of rain in one day. ‼️Please try to remain calm. Call 111 only if you’re in danger. Emergency services are stretched. 1/?

Auckland Airport right now 🤯

You: it’s snowing. We can’t go outside. Auckland: torrential rain floods aren’t stopping my day.

For some quantitative context on yesterday’s devastating #rainfall, #flooding, and the subsequent State of Emergency declared for Tāmaki Makaurau / #Auckland, here’s a visual comparing the 263mm 24h rainfall (measured in multiple places, e.g. CBD, Māngere) vs. Mean *monthly*:😲

Instead of evaluating AI tech based on the capabilities of individual versions/current state, best start getting used to evaluating rate of change/improvement too. AI model release/version numbers won't stay incremental like you're used to with traditional software.

Amen.

#RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto. We lost a good one today. 😢

AGI will be built with Python. Let that sink in.

I'm all for Twitter alternatives like mastodon/fediverse and now bluesky etc., but… remember Diaspora*? Remember App.net? The escape velocity needed is non-trivial, and the majority of barriers are not technical ones. [will gladly eat my words later]

AI prompt artists are the visual equivalent of DJs.

I think the real question is… y

TIL: warmhands.com redirects to amazon 🧐😂🤷‍♂️

ok this is absolutely *wild* using AI to live translate and sync your lips

Just gonna leave this here. [via Tim Urban / waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artifi…]

Propaganda machines are hard at work stoking the fires of outrage and division, while more and more innocent people suffer.

Exciting news! Quilter has been selected as a "Rising Star" on the Forbes Cloud 100 list! 🌟 Quilter automates PCB layout using generative AI. Try Quilter for free in open beta at quilter.ai Full list: forbes.com/sites/kirkogun…

Quilter now supports differential pairs! Automatic detection and impedance-aware routing for signals up to 6GHz. Here's how it works: