Day 73/547 Until Joon Returns

"There was an exchange on Twitter a while back where someone said, ‘What is artificial intelligence?' And someone else said, 'A poor choice of words in 1954'," he says. "And, you know, they’re right. I think that if we had chosen a different phrase for it, back in the '50s, we might have avoided a lot of the confusion that we're having now." So if he had to invent a term, what would it be? His answer is instant: applied statistics. "It's genuinely amazing that...these sorts of things can be extracted from a statistical analysis of a large body of text," he says. But, in his view, that doesn't make the tools intelligent. Applied statistics is a far more precise descriptor, "but no one wants to use that term, because it's not as sexy".

'The machines we have now are not conscious', Lunch with the FT, Ted Chiang, by Madhumita Murgia, 3 June/4 June 2023

broad and pretty describes him perfectly 😋

Breaking my "Social media isolation because I'm terrified of big DATV spoilers" in order to post these pics I took with photo mode because look at him. Look at this wolf. He's so broad and pretty I think I might die

Dragon Age: Inquisition | The Elven Ruins

Varric, upon meeting Rook, having flashbacks to Handers and Solavellan: PLEASE have a better taste in partners than my other friends I BEG YOU

precious Pride from Looking Glass by @feynites

feeling sad and bad about my art lately. channeled it into a much needed hug for Solas

The take,

The picture :)

56/638 One Sope today while they are away

look someone's gotta test the fall damage of this place