some really strong thinking and work around machine learning and art (among other topics) from Ben Bogart in this 2014 talk. Not sure how I'd gone this long without seeing his work. youtube.com/watch?v=xYtt8q…

Check out the new Runway x Adobe Photoshop plugin and start integrating RunwayML with the tools you use every day 🙌 🖇️runwayml.com/integrations

some of the original Half + Half concept art from long ago

Keeping product/engineering deliverables bite-sized helps minimize unknowns and prevent scope creep. See how we do it at BrandYourself in this article from Scott Gerber (we're tip # 4) : thenextweb.com/podium/2019/10… #productmanagement #softwareengineering #scopecreep

“What worries me about AI” by François Chollet link.medium.com/jrtr4JVXP0

Growing Trees in Blender thegrove3d.com/releases/the-g… by The Grove 3D

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018…

If you have any interest in creative uses of AI then subscribe to this - Luba Elliott is a fountain of knowledge...

great post by Kashmir Hill on companies that track uncanny data about you (AirBnB messages, food orders, etc.) to create a "trust" score. definitely worth a read. pairs perfectly with this exposé on how Data Brokers use similar shady tactics linkedin.com/pulse/data-bro…

Used a bunch of models in Runway (StyleGAN, DeOldify, GPT-2) for a 24-hour hackathon #HACK4DK last month in an attempt to bring life to old portrait photos from Denmark 1857-188. #hack4dk

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excellent reporting by Kashmir Hill on Clearview AI's facial recognition app used by law enforcement nytimes.com/2020/01/18/tec…

When you get used to something, you don’t often see it as a problem. But when you see an old not-a-problem cast in the light of a new solution, before and after can strike a strong contrast. New has a way of knocking you out of indifference.

2020 Google Trends xkcd.com/2302/ m.xkcd.com/2302/

Thrilled to share this glimpse of the just-approved cover of Tega Brain : tega.bsky.social+my forthcoming book, with breathtaking art by the amazing Manolo Gamboa Naon, and incredibly kind endorsements by @digitalcoleman, Christiane Paul, and John Maeda

I was at Amzn in 2000 when the internet bubble popped. Capital markets dried up & we were burning $1B/yr. Our biggest expense was datacenter -> expensive Sun servers. We spent a year ripping out Sun & replacing with HP/Linux, which formed the foundation for AWS. The backstory:

I recommend these 12 essential guides for any Product Leader building digital products: petekistler.com/blog/top-9-res…

Never have we ever met such resilient, spiritual, community minded people than in New Orleans. We've given to different volunteer orgs to help support this amazing community that is like nothing else we’ve ever known. We invite you to do the same. nytimes.com/live/2021/08/3…