[nonostantement #300] - foreign language / deepsteaks / ai & emotional context
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#PEOPLE
Learn a Foreign Language Before It’s Too Late
AI translators may seem wondrous but they also erode a major part of what it is to be human.Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster
Supposedly technologies like AI and digital payments make our lives easier. In reality convenience is an illusion used to sell us automation-driven acceleration. fromSteak-umm Deepsteaks
"You may think deepfake videos only affect celebrities and global leaders… but the technology is advancing quickly, and your identity could be at stake."‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness
The industry claims to offer answers for all our stress and symptoms – but we ‘still lack the fundamentals of wellbeing’. How did this happen?
#TECH
Why Read Books When You Can Use Chatbots to Talk to Them Instead?
Book publishers are experimenting with chatbot editions of new titles, providing "conversational companions" for readers.This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
The tool, called Nightshade, could be used to damage future iterations of image-generating AI models, leveling the playing field between AI companies and artists.Telling GPT-4 you're scared or under pressure improves performance
Researchers show LLMs respond with improved performance when prompted with emotional contextDid SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google?
As the public begins to believe Google isn’t as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization marketers who struck oil and smeared it all over the web? Well, they find a new way to get rich and keep the party going.AI can catalogue a forest’s inhabitants simply by listening
That could help check whether reforestation projects work as advertised
#SOCIALMEDIA
Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era
The creator economy is fragmented and chaotic. Talent manager Ursus Magana can (almost) make sense of it, with a frenetic formula for gaming the algorithms.
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Without a Trace: How to Take Your Phone Off the Grid
A guide on anonymizing your phone, so you can use it without it using youScarlett Johansson demands AI app stop using her likeness in an ad without her permission
An online ad featuring an artificial intelligence-generated version of Scarlett Johansson without her permission appears to no longer be online following a request from the actor’s attorney.
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