"The problem with AI right now isn't that it's smart. It's that it's stupid in ways we can't predict." - A very apt conclusion to a pretty good segment about Artifical Intelligence by John Oliver. #
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I only just found out that film genre scented candles and air fresheners exist. The documentary one, according to its description, is a fragrance of "university library archives, weathered newspaper clippings, a timeline of the events. found footage, the opinion of an expert, competing narratives, court documents (newly unsealed), the fog of memory, time." We live in strange times, folks. #
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"It injects a ton more diversity and serendipity to my daily reading. I wind up seeing, knowing, and hearing about far more things than I’d ever find out about in an algorithmically-sorted social-media feed." - I agree and I'm glad things are moving more in that direction in general. #
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"So if you have to work on something that’s cognitively demanding, the rule has to be zero context shifts during that period. Treat it like a dentist appointment. You can’t check your email when you’re having a cavity filled. You have to see it that way." - Honestly one of the best ways to frame it. The whole interview is quite enlightening. #
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I enjoyed "The Banshees of Inisherin", but this lengthy analysis does have a point #
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