With OpenAI, Figure 01 can now have full conversations with people
-OpenAI models provide high-level visual and language intelligence
-Figure neural networks deliver fast, low-level, dexterous robot actions
Everything in this video is a neural network:
Noam Chomsky dismissed Speak truth to power.
“Speaking truth to power makes no sense. There's no point in speaking truth to Henry Kissinger, he knows it already...speak truth to the powerless. Or better, with the powerless. Then they'll act to dismantle illegitimate power.”
Our founder @swidler19151 is doing great things in Iraqi Kurdistan! Here he is at the Sulaimani Forum with Dr. Anwer Jaff from the University of Sulaimani and Barham Salih, former president of Iraq.
I just finished Education and Digital Culture at U of Edinburgh and during the 14 weeks of class ChatGPT went viral. ‘Algorithms’ is now a household word. Maha’s thoughts here echo many of our posts during class.
**NEW BOOK** by Joseph Stoutzenberger, Ph.D.: “A Catholic Worldview Today.”
This book ties the hidden wisdom of #Catholicism to larger cultural contexts in the clear and conversational tone Stoutzenberger’s previous works are known for.
Pub date: 05/2023
https://t.co/AsAiZaymWC
On this International #HolocaustRemembranceDay, this is the book to read - a true story of how one #Holocaust survivor has spread #hope and goodwill in the face of great evil.
Just how effective can, for example, GDPR be in tackling big data concerns, such as harvesting tweets? Who can / could / should / has the jurisdiction to be policing this? Maybe by people voting with their (virtual) feet? #mastodonmigration#cidedata
Germany’s players covered their mouths in a team photo before their opening World Cup match in an apparent rebuke of FIFA’s clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar. https://t.co/EjAkRM3dgm
"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story," an uproarious sham biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe, is a NYT Critic's Pick.
"Like Yankovic’s music, 'Weird' is a note-for-note parody of a genre," @TheAmyNicholson writes in a review. https://t.co/BH7Sv5I9wN
I subscribed to As in Guillotine an excellent blog now on SUBSTACK. I support Guy's decision to move. Twitter's new CEO has mocked employees he's fired and other offenses on Twitter. This isn't doing it for me. Guy is great. Check him out. https://t.co/F0QxvSCBnv
I guess I may be leaving Twitter. This sounds like an opportunity for someone to start a new platform for all of us to head over to…. https://t.co/Ro3aptPpsn