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Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust

Damien P. Williams

So, new research shows that a) LLM-type “AI” chatbots are extremely persuasive and able to get voters to shift their positions, and that b) the more effective they are at that, the less they hew to factual reality. Which: Yeah. A bunch of us told you this. Again: the Purpose of LLM- type “AI” is...

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Linux Audio Developers Spotlight

rgareus

I recently had a nice conversation with Amadeus from @linuxaudioplugindevelopment, talking about my involvement with Linux Audio, Ardour and free/libre software. It turns out that I have short answers to long questions, and vice versa. :) You can find the interview with yours truly on the Linux...

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Store reminder

Mithat Konar

A quick reminder that my store at https://mithatkonar.square.site remains open for your orders. It’s currently stocked with electronic things I’ve designed to make the lives of DIY audio enthusiasts a tiny bit more interesting.

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Building Mobile AI Apps with TensorFlow

AILabby - AILab & Beyond

Update June 12, 2018: The book has been officially published and the complete source code is available here. I’m honored to have Pete Warden, the lead of Google TensorFlow mobile team as one technical reviewer of the book, and Aurélien Géron, the best-seller author of Hands-On Machine Learning...

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“Why do some objects emit a 'pitchless' sound when hit, and others a 'tuned' sound?”

1ucasvb's lab

This question was asked today on Reddit’s /r/AskScience by /u/silverben10, and I decided to pitch in and give an in-depth answer. Below is a reproduction of my answer there. I figured my Tumblr followers might enjoy it as well. In order to understand this better, we gotta talk about the...

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