Hoasi

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by Hoasi 1y ago
Another one bites the dust.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
But they did ironically also drive the value they offered towards zero in this case ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Exactly what I meant indeed. They probably thought how nice and how much cost-savings they were gonna get.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
"We can drive the value of a service towards zero and create additional value at the same time," was the thinking here.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Of course.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
New Age is the absolute worst, even though it might contain elements of truth. A modern analogy: New Age is to spirituality what using an LLM is to reading a book in search of knowledge.
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AI, Healthcare, and Labubu Became the American Economy(kyla.substack.com)
4 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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by Hoasi 1y ago
> When mall is called a public space... Public space situation is really sad. Absolutely, but still, that is a reality in many cities. They are places where "going to the mall" is the main form of entertainment left.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Exactly. If anything, Gibson's evocative style reminded me of the Strugatsky brothers; while the story is different, you get this sense of looming despair all through the book.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
X has been nothing short of an exercise in brand destruction. However, despite all the drama, it still stands, it still exists, and it remains relevant.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Also, some religions have the best branding ever. Studying religions will teach you marketing and virality.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Competition is good, right? Open source the models! Open source the employees, too. Why not? Enough with Sam's whining.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Indeed it's better to buy comics to help real artists pay their bills while their work is "democratised".
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'Living in Doodle Land' The million-dollar artist who drew himself crazy(theguardian.com)
12 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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by Hoasi 1y ago
It's unclear to me how the paid Spotify experience compares with free, but you still get ads with the paid one. Also, you need to curate heavily because Spotify's algorithm will push certain types of content. If you listen to a po
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Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs(wired.com)
3 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images(bbc.com)
4 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Yes.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
> Throughout art history the good stuff always floats to the top as it will always. No really. For example, you have political art, conceptual art, and topical performances that, while interesting, soon become irrelevant and likely won&#
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Well, this is only partially true. My optimistic take is that it will redefine the field. There is still a future for resourceful, attentive, and prepared graphic artists.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
Exactly, but what users want is not part of this equation.
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Tokyo startup is turning discarded kimonos into stylish sneakers(cnn.com)
3 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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by Hoasi 1y ago
> It's good that we have markets that will eventually sort it out. But then again, it's not as if markets always rewarded real work either.
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A Billion Streams and No Fans': Inside a $10M AI Music Fraud Case(wired.com)
5 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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by Hoasi 1y ago
“We used publicly available data” worked good enough for now. And yet OpenAI just accused China of stealing its content.
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by Hoasi 1y ago
In that case, you'll need the equivalent of ad-blockers for the brain, to prevent eavesdropping and intrusions by commercial and state actors.
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All your data belong to us(garymarcus.substack.com)
4 points by Hoasi 1y ago|0 comments
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by Hoasi 2y ago
Competition is for losers. All you have to do is create value in an entirely new niche category that you will own by offering something that didn’t exist before and that people want.
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by Hoasi 2y ago
If the goal is sparking the imagination, these flaws are often a feature, not a bug. You have to do a little bit of work to complete the picture. That's also why the original book is almost always better than the fully rendered movie i
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by Hoasi 2y ago
> I think it should be illegal to trick humans into reading "creative" machine output. Creativity has lost its meaning. Should it be illegal? The courts will take a long time to settle the matter. Reselling people's work a

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