#Sources and methods

[highlands11]

L’altruisme effectif et ses avatars :  Si vous vous intéressez à l’IA, vous allez en entendre beaucoup parler cette année

l'altruisme efficace ou effectif, en avez vous déjà entendu parler? On vous explique tout.

Temps de lecture : 6 minutesmots-clés : IA, AI, generative, Sources and methods, altruism, e/acc, affectif, efficace, accélerationistes, accelerationism, transhumanisme, SF, valley, silicon Chers lecteurs, Connaissez-vous l’”Effective altruism” ? Non ? Ce n’est pas grave si vous n’habitez pas la Silicon Valley. Toutefois, peut-être est-il temps de s’y intéresser puisque ce mouvement est lié à…

[daemon-is-perfectly-unhinged]

Jon: That's not how I typically get my information.

Rhaegar: How do you typically do it?

Jon: I find the person. Then I put the fear of the gods into them until they talk. But we can try your way.

[deadthehype]

Hip-Hop Baby Daddies in The Source Magazine 1997 issue. Written by Mimi Valdes. Photographed by Sue Kwon and Natasha Calzatti.

(via storagebased)

[thatswhatsushesaid]

as always i remain absolutely gobsmacked by the preponderance of takes in certain corners of this fandom that boil down to "lan xichen missed all of jin guangyao's red flags" while rarely if ever considering that nie mingjue himself should qualify as a walking red flag. the personification of a parental advisory notice. the human embodiment of a surgeon general's warning.

hangs this sign around nmj's neck like a cowbell

[rotzaprachim]

one of the biggest issues with the current misinformation and/or propaganda discourses is that a lot of people on some level hold the idea that there's a linear separation between "media that is Propaganda" and "True Media, which is Correct and Pure," and that is fundamentally not how the news works, or how history works, or how historiography works. Some news and history is certainly working to push particular points more than others, and not all aspects of the political equation bear equal validity, but a lot of people are refusing to engage with the fact that all news and all media needs to be engaged with critically, and that "read from a variety of sources" isn't a conservative psyop but an attempt to try to counter the fact that every journalist ever - every person every, and certainly every twenty something tiktoker ever - has certain biases. there is no linear, singular, pure "truth." in fact, the acceptance of the idea that there can be some media that is wholly pure versus others that is nothing but pure propaganda is exactly how people buy into propaganda to begin with - because it presents a clean, straightforward, and seemingly just explanation for the world

[sundaywithshadow]

Sonic: Shadow and I volunteered to look after Cream and Cheese while Vanilla was away. We made pie!

Shadow: It's apple.

[calypsolemon]

very curious to know how it's possible to create dragon Icons with elemental powers... one of the things I'm appreciating about DR is there always seems to be multiple ways to do things, and its allowing both the ninja and Ras to not simply be stopped in their tracks by one setback. so im very curious to know just how many ways Ras knows to gain access to a source dragon, if Icons are the only way, and if they themselves have several methods for creation.

[ultfan]

me when tumblr recommends me someone defending dr3 in the tags and i read through the entire thing and get mad bc they don't understand what brainwashing really is.

[piracytheorist]

It's in the nature of being in the fandom of a spy-themed medium that you'll see takes from fans that go like "torture is an effective method of obtaining information".

That said, it doesn't mean I'm gonna shut up about it. Cause it's not, a lot of media that portray it as such do it as a form of copaganda and of making torture more acceptable to the general public. High criminal organizations (including police and military) are very aware that torture doesn't work for information. They use it as a form of punishment, setting examples, and control. Also, the people shown to be tortured in such media are, in real life, usually much harder to crack, super loyal to their cause and when tortured they can spew any kinds of lies that will make the pain stop. And so the criminals tortured someone just to get a flat out lie out of them. Negotiations and bribes can actually be effective, because through discussion you can fish a truth out of someone, and no one is immune to the promise of a better life.

And with media perpetuating the narrative that torture is effective, it only makes torture more palatable to the general public and thus giving such organizations a "pass" to torture people, including innocents. Cause hey, in the tiny case that by torturing this person we can get how to save other hypothetical victims, torturing them is worth it, right? Even if we don't have concrete evidence that that person knows something, right?

[headfullof-ideas]

One of the supporting characters I introduced and then posted nothing about was named Abel, and he’s actually going to be quite important later in the story. But right now there’s not much involvement from him, but his relevance will be mentioned a deal bit earlier than when his hands on involvement begins. However. I have been drawing some little snippets or interactions to get to know these supporting characters better myself, and this is something I cooked up for Abel, and how he feels about two specific riders

One…two…or maybe eleven babysitting mishaps and incidents with a Piranha Toddler Kari and a Child Leash Toddler Ant later, plus additional crummy parents with crummier parenting styles, and Abel is firmly heck no on ever having any children of his own Ever. Fortunately for his ‘pass on the family blood and name!’ Father, his sister wants kids, and Abel is pretty sure it’s only because she’s never actually had to deal with small children in any capacity. He has battle scars from his babysitting days, scars he got before he ever got into dragon training, and he does not want to willingly go through it all again

(He does not admit to himself that if something happened to a friend with kids, he would absolutely take their kids in, because he’s a softy who doesn’t actually hate kids, he’s just traumatized by their biting and chaos)

[signiorbenedickofpadua]

Illustration for chapter 22 of my Dreamling Regency AU fic Risk and Reward. Click keep reading if you want to see the version that is actually featured in the chapter (without the passe-partout framing) <3

[highlands11]

PODCAST : CHAT GPT ET ARCHITECTURE

Utiliser ChatGPT et les IA génératives d'images pour enseigner l'architecture? retour d'expérience de nos étudiants à la faculté d’architecture et d'urbanisme de Mons. #podcast

Temps de lecture : 1 heure d’écoutemots-clés : IA, AI, generative, Sources and methods, education, architecture, UMONS, data, données, enseignement, faculté d’architecture, faculty Chers lecteurs, Vous savez que je participe assez régulièrement à des podcasts. Celui-ci est un peu particulier, car il va retracer l’expérience de nos étudiants par l’usage de Chat GPT, midJourney, blue Willow, etc.…

[completeoveranalysis]

[2]

Ok I genuinely thought we would pick up again back in the conversation Watanuki was having with Doumeki last time but I suppose that was End of Scene!

On the plus side Watanuki has definitely taken Doumeki’s concerns seriously and is now presenting them to Yuuko for a second opinion. 

Just the worry on Watanuki’s face over Doumeki’s words from earlier is such a delight in itself, but here we have the confirmation that they taste just fine to anyone else. It’s the Doumeki Mouth Trust factor after all. 

[revenantghost]

HE’S BEEN SPOTTED IN THE WILDS OF JAPAN!!!!!!!

HE’S COMING HOME SOON, LADS

[welcomehomeincorrectquotes]

During last year's halloween party:

Sally: *wearing her cat costume*

Frank: SALLY DON'T YOU FUDGING DARE!

Sally: *is standing next to the punch table*

Frank: I SWEAR-

Sally: *slowly raises her paw*

Frank: D O N ' T !

Sally: *starts to calmly push the glass off the table*

Frank: S T O P !!

Sally: *pauses*

Frank: *sighs in relief*

Sally: *still meeting Frank's eyes*

Frank: W H Y ? ? !

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Sotha Sil, bursting into a meeting of the First Council: Apologies for my tardiness, everyone. I have not been sleeping well.

Indoril Nerevar: Have you tried a weighted blanket? It's like two people holding you down while you sleep.

Voryn Dagoth: Nerevar, blink once if you're in trouble and need assistance. Blink twice if you're just a freak.

Indoril Nerevar: *winks five times*