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Meta demos Fediverse integration.https://www.theverge.com/24106231/threads-fediverse-demo-meta-fediforum

Meta demos Fediverse integration.

https://www.theverge.com/24106231/threads-fediverse-demo-meta-fediforum

How to connect the Bluesky and Fediverse (Mastodon and soon others) networks?“Discoverable opt-in,” where users on one side of the...

How to connect the Bluesky and Fediverse (Mastodon and soon others) networks?

“Discoverable opt-in,” where users on one side of the bridge must ask to follow accounts on the other side of the bridge. That triggers a one-time pop-up request for all future connections.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-having-a-fight-that-could-shape-the-next-generation-of-social-media/

This new initiative from BlockScience will better enable end user communities to tune applications to their needs without losing the...

This new initiative from BlockScience will better enable end user communities to tune applications to their needs without losing the advantages of standardization.

The new field of self provisioning. Fascinating.

https://blockscience.medium.com/knowledge-networks-and-the-politics-of-protocols-af81ad0fa2d4

Thought-provoking piece on Brain-Computer Interfaces as the best response to the threats of Artificial Super Intelligence....

Thought-provoking piece on Brain-Computer Interfaces as the best response to the threats of Artificial Super Intelligence.

https://medium.com/@trentmc0/bci-acc-a-path-to-balance-ai-superintelligence-80bb6f32e39c

Wow. Having conversations with non-playable characters in video games. This example is pretty legit....

Wow. Having conversations with non-playable characters in video games. This example is pretty legit.

https://www.theverge.com/24031687/nvidia-ai-npcs-convai-ces-2023

Where will the dividing line be between interactive movies and video games? I wonder.

Compelling new research initiative from BlockScience on an important tension in tool building: the benefits of standardization and usability...

Compelling new research initiative from BlockScience on an important tension in tool building: the benefits of standardization and usability vs. the need for communities to customize for their own values and needs.

https://blog.block.science/knowledge-networks-and-the-politics-of-protocols/

I was just trying to read an interesting article from New Scientist about magma chambers as a potential new source of energy. A few...

I was just trying to read an interesting article from New Scientist about magma chambers as a potential new source of energy. A few paragraphs into the piece, I ran into a paywall prompting me to subscribe. Like most, I ended up not reading the article.

Subscriptions only work for certain media outlets. I would have gladly paid $1-3 to continue reading but that wasn't an option.

Robotics is getting a major push from AI. Expect huge breakthroughs in the next couple of years.Also, think about robots that can...

Robotics is getting a major push from AI. Expect huge breakthroughs in the next couple of years.

Also, think about robots that can "simulate reality at 1000x faster than real-time."

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/18s4nsb/jim_fan_nvidia_senior_research_scientist_and_lead/?rdt=50023&xpromo_edp=enabled

Erik Hoel says dreams are biology's way of preventing over-training and over-fitting in the neural networks of our brains.

Erik Hoel says dreams are biology's way of preventing over-training and over-fitting in the neural networks of our brains.

Summary: Web2 user experience front-end, web3 blockchain backend....

Summary: Web2 user experience front-end, web3 blockchain backend.
https://medium.com/@wmougayar/we-need-web2-user-experiences-to-get-us-to-web3-not-blockchain-protocols-98489400d3ff

They just had to make these new, 3D-printed, robotic hands look like the open sequence to West World, didn't...

They just had to make these new, 3D-printed, robotic hands look like the open sequence to West World, didn't they?

https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/robot-hand-exceptionally-human-like-thanks-to-new-3d-printing-technique

I just love seeing improvements in user interface design like this demo shared by @scottjenson...

I just love seeing improvements in user interface design like this demo shared by @scottjenson

https://mas.to/@scottjenson@social.coop/111109083622885525

Nice breakthrough in mobile text editing.

The Uber algorithmic squeeze: Prior to 2022, driver payments were a function of what passengers paid. New algorithms now tailor pricing...

The Uber algorithmic squeeze: Prior to 2022, driver payments were a function of what passengers paid. New algorithms now tailor pricing based on what individual customers would be willing to pay and individual drivers are willing to offer.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/08/hubert-horan-can-uber-ever-deliver-part-thirty-three-uber-isnt-really-profitable-yet-but-is-getting-closer-the-antitrust-case-against-uber.html

Uber's massive ambitions have made it struggle for profit for years, but make no mistake: these are the fumbling steps toward a "perfect profit machine."

https://the-vital-edge.com/perfect-profit-machine/

*OpenAI Is a Cautionary Tale About Nonprofits*This is a really good critique of nonprofit governance and challenges with its overly...

*OpenAI Is a Cautionary Tale About Nonprofits*

This is a really good critique of nonprofit governance and challenges with its overly centralized decision making.

https://mailchi.mp/heatmap/republicanferc1-6681623?e=1b22fc0376

HT @jonstahl

What Open AI taught us this week is that containing commercially-developed AI in a market economy is virtually impossible. It will always...

What Open AI taught us this week is that containing commercially-developed AI in a market economy is virtually impossible.

It will always migrate to the path of speediest development.

In part, he blames “corporate passion”: mega IP trying to cash in by finding stories for its IP. Instead of the way it should be:...

In part, he blames “corporate passion”: mega IP trying to cash in by finding stories for its IP. Instead of the way it should be: stories using the canvas of IP to tell a story. In part, that’s true.

But (Andor & Guardians of the Galaxy 3) are stories that use the IP as its canvas. And in both cases, they are deeply sincere. Sincerity doesn’t entail it has to be serious: just that the goal is to tell a story first.

By @simondlr
https://mastodon.social/@simondlr/111437484239622259

🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄The world is greatly in need of new solutions, many of which lie in crypto-economics and blockchain...

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The world is greatly in need of new solutions, many of which lie in crypto-economics and blockchain technology.

Sadly, these tools are still badly misunderstood by the public.

We need a new translation layer to bridge this gap.

This Jeff Emmett piece on a "Myco-Economic Future" is a damn good start.

https://medium.com/@jeffemmett/from-monoculture-to-permaculture-currencies-a-glimpse-of-the-myco-economic-future-31b3be18c439

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For work in web3, Twitter is sadly still critical. But the drift to authoritarianism seems to be accelerating there, and I want a place to...

For work in web3, Twitter is sadly still critical. But the drift to authoritarianism seems to be accelerating there, and I want a place to invest in building dialogue with like-minded folks.

Lenster is hype machine.
Bluesky might be ok but I've had serious log-in issues (along with many others)

I think it may be time to give Mastodon another try after all this time.

Twitter turning off two-factor authentication for those without a Blue subscription: because network security is a luxury.More short-sighted...

Twitter turning off two-factor authentication for those without a Blue subscription: because network security is a luxury.

More short-sighted thinking.

If English is a sort of de facto lingua franca, it is primarily because England dominated the trading world when the industrial revolution...

If English is a sort of de facto lingua franca, it is primarily because England dominated the trading world when the industrial revolution occurred and commerce exploded.

Trade is the greatest point of peaceful contact between nation states, and thus language bridges often form around trading communities.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca

But English is just the latest and greatest of these bridge languages -- so far.

Who knows what the future will hold?!