[nonostantement #385] - than average / your brain vs chatgpt / browser fingerprinting

Now with MORE art in forests!

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Hi, I am Joele. Every Sunday, for the past seven years, I have sent out a mail full of links I collect between work and moments of productive procrastination online. This newsletter exists to save you time. Or not!

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Jeppe Hein’s Site Rotating Pavillion, 2008. Photo by Jason Schmidt

#PEOPLE

• Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI
  Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg

• Kids are protesting I.C.E. in Roblox
  Roblox users are recreating I.C.E. raids and protesting immigration crackdowns in Brookhaven, the game's most popular experience.

• This article won’t change your mind. Here’s why
  Evidence shows that arguing our case rarely convinces others. It’s social relationships and actions that have that power, says author Sarah Stein Lubrano

• Than Average
  Imagine you are in a room with 100 strangers, imagine they're similar to your peers and neighbours. Compare yourself to them.

• Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
  This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. [...] Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."

• Fake bands and artificial songs are taking over YouTube and Spotify
  AI-generated songs have made their way onto streaming services and it’s not just ambient or electronic music: fake bands, be they rock, salsa, or jazz, are also abundant

#TECH

• Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages
  Amazon is developing AI software enabling robots to operate as package delivery workers that are ferried around in Rivian electric vans, The Information reports.

#SOCIALMEDIA

• Where is the social internet taking us?
  An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.

#ART

• [Video] - I trapped an AI model inside an art installation
  The artist builds an art installation with a limited-memory computer running a large language model. This model reflects on its own existence, trapped within a display of 96 LED segments, and is forced to confront the limitations of its existence.

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#THEDARKSIDE

• Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting
  "Think of it as a digital signature you didn’t know you were leaving behind. You may look anonymous, but your device or browser gives you away."

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