I wrote an article for our company blog about how the Metaverse could influence our video media world. I'm looking forward to feedback and hearts on the Medium article ♥️♥️♥️
https://t.co/yXCe9eJZ23
I just watched a really great conversation about the future of AI. Every politician should watch it before they join the lemmings saying that regulation of AI will interfere with innovation.
https://t.co/w8H1ZFLHdg
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.
https://t.co/015qmQnIS2
🎉 It’s time! 🎉
Oktoberfest is live on Meta Quest—and it’s FREE to play!
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Ride thrilling attractions, challenge friends in fun games, and experience all the joys of Oktoberfest from wherever you are! 🥨 🍻
I came across this @YouTube channel listed as SpaceX with 8.7 million subscribers. The live stream was used to advertize a crypto scam. If you look closer, you might notice that the author of the video used #AI to generate the fake audio.
My opinion of @elonmusk
I like his cars (I own a 2015 S, and 2023 S), his rockets, his solar energy systems, and his satellite communication system.
I also like his positions on open source and patents.
But I very much disagree with him on a number of issues.
I disagree with how he treats his scientists.
Technology/product development may not need openness and publications to advance, but forward-looking *research* sure does, whether it's in AI, neural interfaces, material science, or whatever.
Secrecy hampers progress and discourages talents from joining the effort.
I also disagree with the hype. I mean, expressing an ambitious vision for the future is great.
But telling the public blatantly false prediction ("AGI next year", "1 million robotaxis by 2020", "AGI will kill us all, let'spause",...) is very counterproductive (also illegal in some cases).
More importantly, I think his public positions on many political issues, journalism, the media and the press, and academia, are not just wrong but dangerous for democracy, civilization, and human wellfare.
Say what you want about "traditional media" but you can't really have reliable information without professional journalists working for a free and diverse press. Democracy can't exist without it, which is why only authoritarian ennemies of democracy rail against the media.
Finally he doesn't seem to hesitate to disseminate batshit-crazy conspiracy theories as long as they serve his interests (e.g. boosting "PizzaGate", "illegal immigrants corrupt elections in the US", "person X is a pedo",...).
One would expect a technological visionary to be a rationalist. Rationalism doesn't work without Truth.
This has become particularly concerning since he bought himself a platform to disseminate his dangerous political opinions, conspiracy theories, and hype.
He has been quite naïve about the difficulties of running a social network and the (legal) necessity of doing content moderation. One can claim to be a 1st Amendment absolutist, but a lot of content *must* be taken down by law, e.g. terrorist propaganda, child exploitation, blatant hate speech (in the EU and other regions).
Then, there is dangerous disinformation that puts public health in danger or corrupts the democratic process. You have to moderate that too.
Content moderation is a complicated problem whose best answer is not an attitude of total laissez-faire but a complex trade-off.
We're delighted to share that #RaindanceImmersive will happen in June this year! It's been a joy curating 36 experiences, 32 of which compete across 8 award categories. Thanks to all who shared their work! We can't wait to celebrate our sunny selection!🌞https://t.co/y1rKa2IeuP
In VRChat, the world is limited only by your imagination. Go where you want to, do what you want to, and be who you want to be - run a restaurant, fly a rocket, float in space, play some card games... The doors of possibilities are endless, it's now opened on PICO!
#VRChatxPICO
Rain Dance Immersive は、今日の最初のオープニングセレモニーで正式に開幕しました!
以下はいくつかの写真です!
Rain Dance Immersive was officially opened with the first opening ceremony of the day!
Here are some photos! [1/7]
#RaindanceImmersive