Bits

“In practice, the scaling laws worked until they didn’t. The whole enterprise of teaching computers to think remains mysterious. We should proceed with less hubris and more care.” #ai https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/what-if-ai-doesnt-get-much-better-than-this

“For the Torment Nexus to get built it needs to convince you that your only option for survival is to build the Torment Nexus, much like an AI company telling us that the only path to solving the climate crisis is to use what’s left of Earth’s resources to power its AI in the hope that it will come up with a solution to the climate crisis.” https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-not-build-the-torment-nexus

“Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down.” #osint #web #archive https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver

Sound & Music

A platform for #audio synthesis and algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists and researchers working with sound. #synth https://supercollider.github.io

“a friendly yet powerful creative coding platform that lets you and your friends and even AI agents jam together in real time by writing code that drives sound, visuals and a wide variety of connected devices such as MIDI synths – all staying perfectly in sync.” #audio #synth #livecoding https://tau5.live/