{"id":3197,"date":"2023-05-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:34:58","slug":"href-weekly-may7-may13-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3197","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | May7-May13 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overall, the custom software and hardware makes writing homework with the machine effortless and effective. I have been writing assignments and lab records using the machine since June 2022. With the latest software, my teachers were unable to accurately distinguish machine written text and human written text. https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/190788-homework-machine\/details<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting an unthinking, non-deterministic language system, potentially on a poorly secured machine, to a variety of services on the internet is scary in the same way as letting a random-number-generator control your house\u2019s thermostat during a once-in-a-century cold snap. That it could kill you doesn\u2019t mean the number generator is self-aware. https:\/\/www.baldurbjarnason.com\/2023\/beware-of-ai-snake-oil\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a mobile, browser-based game that lets you see how good a job you would do as a front line content moderator for a growing technology company that hosts user-generated content” #seriousgames<\/a> #games<\/a> https:\/\/www.chrbutler.com\/what-i-want-from-the-internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

50th anniversary .. new trailer .. & returning to cinemas on #solstice<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXq-NuS24fg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never has the Fantastic flourished, so sinister and so terrifying, as in modern life! https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/essay\/ether-dreams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cA sobering new study finds that the world’s biggest industries burn through $7.3 trillion worth of free natural capital a year. And it’s the only reason they turn a profit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf the top 20 region-sectors ranked by environmental impacts, none would be profitable if environmental costs were fully integrated. Ponder that for a moment: None of the world\u2019s top industrial sectors would be profitable if they were paying their full freight. Zero.\u201d https:\/\/grist.org\/business-technology\/none-of-the-worlds-top-industries-would-be-profitable-if-they-paid-for-the-natural-capital-they-use\/<\/a> HT: Harold Jarche<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bits Overall, the custom software and hardware makes writing homework with the machine effortless and effective. I have been writing assignments and lab records using the machine since June 2022. With the latest software, my teachers were unable to accurately distinguish machine written text and human written text. https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/190788-homework-machine\/details Connecting an unthinking, non-deterministic language system,…<\/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":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[22,290,464],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-links","tag-games","tag-seriousgames","tag-solstice","kind-article","h-entry","hentry"],"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","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=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions\/3808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}