Been thinking more about AI. There was an incident a few weeks ago about a video game “caught” using AI. The developers left some placeholder text and translations in, consisting of 0.3% of the game’s content. And everyone lost their freakin’ monkey minds. Which left me wondering, “does it really matter”? The editorialist thought it did, because A) AI is built on theft B) there were easy substitutes like lorem ipsum. Translations may take time and money, but it’s the right professional thing to do. But when has a company ever been concerned about “the right thing”? They are always going to pick the thing that costs the least time…
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When Do the Masks Come Off?
Just in time for my second shot, the CDC revised their policies that fully vaccinated people can do anything without masks. They can go outside, go to parties, ride buses, get a haircut, and work out. People who haven’t gotten vaccinated are still relegated to the beach of the Sneetches with no stars upon thars. Of course, it’s still at the discretion of the businesses and corporations and owners to determine who gets in and who doesn’t. But from their perspective, there’s no way to know who’s vaxxed and who’s not. There’s no vaccine registry. We got vaccine cards that aren’t wallet-friendly, but I haven’t seen any business, from Mom…
