{"id":3136,"date":"2023-02-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2023-06-15T13:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T21:40:28","slug":"ahref-weekly-jan-29-feb-4-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"ahref weekly | Jan 29-Feb 4 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feb 1 Twitter #api<\/a> change announcement nuked my cross-poster https:\/\/crossposter.masto.donte.com.br\/<\/a> .. that effectively ended my relationship with Twitter<\/a> – I only posted to https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grantpotter<\/a> from that point onwards. I started using Nitter to gather RSS from Twitter accounts I wanted to remain connected with https:\/\/nitter.net\/about<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is that radio amateurs can call in to #chatgpt with questions, and can receive actual spoken responses from the #ai<\/a> https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2023\/01\/28\/the-voice-of-chatgpt-is-now-on-the-air\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#handwriting #generative<\/a> https:\/\/calligrapher.ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tonic for all the #ai<\/a> #chaptgpt #highered<\/a> fear & loathing … Joe Frank – An Enterprising Man https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/JoeFrank_AnEnterprisingMan_2010.mp3<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing, Forever is a show about nothing, that happens forever. Kinda like popular sitcoms of the past, except that it never stops. Everything you see, hear, or experience (with the exception of the artwork and laugh track) is always brand new content, generated via machine learning and #ai<\/a> https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/watchmeforever<\/a> #algorithms<\/a> #art<\/a> media #generative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound & Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boom Dot Bust “a platform agnostic, browser blind, big bubble, bit broker ..” https:\/\/firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com\/track\/boom-dot-bust<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doom Bot Dust .. “a user friendly, randomly managed, ethically indifferent, cash vacuum ..” https:\/\/firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com\/track\/doom-bot-dust<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confidence in The System “At the first sign of these symptoms, friends, follow these simple rules: keep working, drink as much as possible, and\u2026 take your television’s advice.” https:\/\/firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com\/track\/confidence-in-the-system<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“a deep learning model for speech synthesis which realistically renders human intonation and inflections, and can adjust delivery based on context.” #voice #sound<\/a> #generative<\/a> https:\/\/beta.elevenlabs.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#ai<\/a> #music<\/a> #generative<\/a> \u201can open source research project exploring the role of #machinelearning in the creative process.\u201d https:\/\/www.audoir.com\/google-magenta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo\u00fbsai can generate minutes of high-quality stereo music at 48kHz from captions. #generative<\/a> #music<\/a> https:\/\/anonymous0.notion.site\/anonymous0\/Mo-sai-Text-to-Audio-with-Long-Context-Latent-Diffusion-b43dbc71caf94b5898f9e8de714ab5dc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Musical Instruments of Star Trek https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c7YFLqPmc5E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you #wfmu<\/a> for surfacing this show fro 2006 co-hosted with #tomverlaine https:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/17652<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching & Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“The arrival of the school car in a community was reason to celebrate. As soon the train came into view, children raced to greet it.” https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/school-trains-cn-cp-railway-remote-education-1.6704732<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My recommendation for instructors would be to, first, take a breath, and then address the issue directly with students. In my case, I\u2019m not even sure my students were mildly impressed with the tool. It felt as though my students were quick to see the limitations of a pure AI-driven writing tool.” #ai<\/a> #highered<\/a> #chatgpt https:\/\/adamcroom.com\/2023\/02\/how-i-approached-chatgpt-with-my-students-this-semester\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politics & Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Studying societies held in the sway of totalitarian dictators\u2014the very real dystopias of the mid-20th century\u2014Arendt concluded that the ideal subjects of such rule are not the committed believers in the cause. They are instead the people who come to believe in everything and nothing at all: people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer exists.” https:\/\/archive.ph\/x43yU <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That balloon from China full of nitrous oxide was headed to New Orleans for Fat Tuesday .. https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/eye-in-the-sky.mp4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bits Feb 1 Twitter #api change announcement nuked my cross-poster https:\/\/crossposter.masto.donte.com.br\/ .. that effectively ended my relationship with Twitter – I only posted to https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grantpotter from that point onwards. I started using Nitter to gather RSS from Twitter accounts I wanted to remain connected with https:\/\/nitter.net\/about The result is that radio amateurs can call in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-links","kind-article","h-entry","hentry"],"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3136"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3154,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions\/3154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}