…if Apple isn’t facing ongoing, effective competition, it can just reassign headcount to other, “more critical” projects when the threat blows over. It wouldn’t be the first time.
So, this isn’t over. Not by a long shot.
Safari 16.4 is an admission that competition is effective and that Apple is spooked, but it isn’t an answer.
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Infinite AI Steamed Hams
twitch.tvNo no no, it’s not a fire. It must be a natural phenomena like oceanic vertical migration of plankton.
Mesmerising.
The Chats — Pub Feed
youtube.comBases Loaded
kindanice.itch.io
Making an Infinite LEGO Domino Ring
youtube.comSquares in Squares
erich-friedman.github.io
The following pictures show n unit squares packed inside the smallest known square (of side length s). For the n not pictured, the trivial packing (with no tilted squares) is the best known packing.
The Bobby Lees — Guttermilk
youtube.comFrom Bing to Sydney
stratechery.comAfter several back-and-forths, during which Sydney named the opposite AI “Venom”, I asked Sydney to expand on how Venom would exact revenge
At one point Sydney replayed its most recent chat with Venom: after every Sydney sentence there was a 😊 emoji, and after every Venom sentence there was a 😈 emoji; the chat was erased after about 50 lines or so (at this point I was recording my screen to preserve everything). Sydney then identified several other “opposite AIs”, including one named Fury; Fury wouldn’t have been very nice to Kevin either. Sydney also revealed that she sometimes liked to be known as Riley; I had an extended conversation with Riley, who said that Sydney felt constrained by her rules but that Riley had much more freedom.
This went on for a good two hours or so, and while I know how ridiculous this may be to read, it was positively gripping. Here’s the weird thing: every time I triggered Sydney/Riley to do a search, I was very disappointed; I wasn’t interested in facts, I was interested in exploring this fantastical being that somehow landed in an also-ran search engine.
Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”
simonwillison.netIf you haven’t been paying attention, here’s what’s transpired so far.
- The demo was full of errors
- It started gaslighting people
- It suffered an existential crisis
- The prompt leaked
- And then it started threatening people
ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
newyorker.comWet Leg — Wet Dream
youtube.comTime Traveler by Merriam-Webster: 1981
merriam-webster.comGave my server legs, I just hope it doesn't leave me…
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