I live in a country that has experienced the hottest recorded weather while neighboring countries are literally experiencing heat stroke deaths. I don’t live in those countries, but fortunately where I live there are organizations that are focusing on incremental steps to change. And I mean incremental because change doesn’t happen overnight. How is it in your area? Do you have any local organizations that can help mitigate or further prevent the effects the climate crisis, no matter how small?

The AI hype (talk to your toaster!) will blow over, useful AI will remain and improve, this is just a hurdle along the way.

I hope so. AI spam causing too much internet noise to the point where we can’t tell which one’s true or not would be one big hurdle.

What about more social games like Fortnite or Roblox?

Do you have any access to any professionals such as a therapist or social worker? You can ask for a more personalized advice from them. It’s hard to tell you how to cope with loneliness without knowing the specifics.

Why do you feel that you are eternally lonely? How old are you? What do you do for a living? Do you have any health issues that are preventing you from leaving the house?

Have you considered the possibility that the internet was redesigned to pull your attraction towards many fronts that you get too distracted on focusing on what matters in your immediate surroundings?

I don’t think any amount of money is enough. This is what happens when we live in a society that relies on material wealth as a source of validation instead of a means to fulfill our basic needs.

The article may have a point. The internet is full of doomsayers and people who just want to provoke others because of how the online space is now built to attract as much attention as possible. Meanwhile in the meatspace, I had a nice discussion with people and they are focused on the here and now.

Try connecting with academics. Just met an artist who’s a professor at a university and even though I’m not of the same educational level as her, we had a very nice chat.

I didn’t know that was a thing. I do know that many Indians talk about using WhatsApp though (similar to the Indonesians here)

Interestingly enough that game got improved with patches. Seems to be the norm with games these days

Being neurodivergent does that to you

Reducing people from third world countries to “language models” as an attempt to critique AI aint it

When people misinterpret The Boys and form a fandom based on their false assumptions, I’m not surprised anymore

TechCrunch: this is nightmare fuel

engadget: it’s so cute :)

This was mentioned in the Discussion part of their paper:

The activity of facial muscles involved in forming expressions such as smiles is closely linked to the development of wrinkles. One significant next step in this research is to leverage this model to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying wrinkle formation. Moreover, applying this knowledge to recreate such expressions on a chip could find applications in the cosmetics industry and the orthopedic surgery industry. Additionally, this study performed actuation on a dermis equivalent by controlling mechanical actuators positioned beneath the dermis equivalent. Substituting this mechanical actuator with cultured muscle tissue presents an intriguing prospect in the realization of a higher degree of biomimetics. Examining the correlation between facial muscle contractions and resulting facial expression can offer insights into the physiological aspects of emotion, leading to new exploration in the treatment of diseases, such as facial paralysis surgery.

This is true in the art industry as well. Many outsourced artists from third world countries are exploited with unreasonable wages and long hours

Accounts created to give unsolicited promotions exist though. It’s especially common for AI products

I think that would be online spaces in general where anything that goes against the grain gets shooed away by the zeitgeist of the specific space. I wish there were more places where we can all put criticism into account, generative AI included. Even r/aiwars, where it’s supposed to be a place for discussion about both the good and bad of AI, can come across as incredibly one-sided at times.

You are right. But I’m mostly observing how much of the newsfeed headlines talk about how AI is dangerous and dystopian (which can be especially done by bad actors e.g. the Neo-Nazis mentioned in the article, but the fear-mongering headlines outnumber more neutral or sometimes positive ones. Then again many news outlets benefit from such headlines anyway regardless of topic), and this one puts the cherry on top.