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A red tractor pulling a red manure spreader across a dry, dusty field, with a dark cloud of spread manure billowing out behind the spreader. The spreader's raised rear panel and slatted side rails are visible, along with the load of dark manure inside. Power lines and trees fill the background under a hazy grey sky, and a 'DEMO' sign with the number 501 is mounted on the tractor cab.

Bandits Hail Own Historic Pledge To Respect 'Keep Out' Signs On Barns They’ve Already Emptied

Context: There seems to be excitement about the recent announcement that several AI companies have agreed to adopt the Machine-Readable Training Preference Signal.

A display of maneki-neko (Japanese “beckoning cat”) figurines arranged on white shelves. The front row features cats in vibrant solid colors including yellow, orange, blue, teal, green, pink, and silver. The cats have one paw raised and hold a coin, traditionally symbolizing good luck and fortune, but also ominously reminiscent of a certain kind of salute that became popular in the 1930s.

AI Like It's 1930

I have an idea for an experiment.

A photo of two cherries and a strawberry on a wooden counter

Epistemic Slot Machines

Every completion or prompt is a pull of the lever.

a photo of the robot luggage-storage arm at the Yotel in NYC

Bots Behaving Badly

I’ve seen an uptick in people I respect concluding that the massive increase in badly-behaved web-scraping bot is intentional and just another example of sociopathic AI companies ripping-up long-respected web conventions for the sake of profit

The image shows shadows of several people cast on a brick wall behind supporting scaffolding. The black and white photograph captures silhouettes of what appears to be three or four individuals standing together, with their elongated shadows projected onto the light-colored brick surface. The scaffolding's metal poles and cables create a grid-like pattern across the foreground, adding geometric lines that contrast with the human forms. The high contrast between the dark shadows and the light wall creates a striking, somewhat abstract composition.

Tomorrow's ScholComm Headlines: Predictions from 2023

My 2023 predictions on the ScholComm headlines in a few years