Somewhere In Between

33, bisexual, just over here pretending I'm an adult

[maichan808]

My gif-making skills are rusty, but I MADE A THING 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[sztupy]

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

[ayeforscotland]

Let’s fucking go

[made-in-manetheren]

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

[pocketss]

blockhead gets mogged

[sapphling]

the more time you spend in active recovery from any given self destructive behavior or addiction the more you understand the common conception of the "relapse" as defined by a broken "streak" to be, like, so bad for one's own well-being that it would be funny if it weren't resulting in just a lot of misery and death

[the-peoples-puppy]

I told my girlfriend to think of quitting vaping as training her endurance by seeing how long she can run before she gets tired, then doing it again and hoping to go further next time. She said it really helped her.

[warcrimesimulator]

[alphacrone]

i don't really want to weight in on the "using big words in your writing is ableist" discourse happening on tiktok because i'm like 90% certain it's an anti-intellectual psyop to stir up drama in online circles to promote the use of ai to summarize literally everything and thus feeding the LLMs and lowering the populace's mistrust of such tools but i also have to say: dictionaries and thesauruses are the most accessible they've ever been. if you use an e-reader of any kind you can look up a word without leaving the page. there's a plethora of online dictionaries and if you just type a word + "meaning" into google it'll usually give you a definition. we used to have pocket dictionaries we used when reading in class. i have two on my shelf right now that i used in high school. stop letting the fascists purposefully misuse anti-ableism rhetoric to trick you into never thinking again.

[mtfoss]

I do suffer the american condition of liking to drink huge drinks

[luxwing]

Lemme get a little sippy

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

okay. breathe. listen to my voice. can you tell me five things in this room you can fuck?

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

okay great. now list me four things in this room you can kill.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

beautiful. there you go. okay. now: tell me three things you can impose unjust taxes on.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

almost done. can you list two things you could shove in a pipe and smoke?

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

last one: one thing you could use as a makeshift weapon?

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

why are you still crying

[dragongirlafro]

ok i know i'm one to talk but genuinely if you think 👍 or ❤️ is "passive aggressive" you might be spending a bit too much time on your phone jeez louise

[dragongirltitties]

who thinks 👍 is passive aggressive i read it as an old timey mobster going "on it boss"

[mollyjames]

Whenever I use thumbs up I'm sticking my hand out from under a pile of rubble, too exhausted to speak, but signalling I'm okay

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I’m tapping the feed to acknowledge the message like Murderbot

[katjohnadams]

👍

[justnoodlefishthings]

Jackson Galaxy is selling a "vaccine detox" supplement that is literally just water

[justnoodlefishthings]

For $27.95 you too can own a small bottle of water that at one point might have touched rhubarb, probably

[katjohnadams]

Aw yeah homeopathy snake oil.

[kitmarlowe]

What a great '90s film you all are.

[doomedmutual]

[enbaluka-tokyo-drift]

[power-handmaiden]

when I was in high school I had a literature teacher who had a policy of unlimited extra credit. All you had to do was read a book by a notable author (his discretion) and have a little chat with him after school to prove that you read it. No limits, no need for variety (one month I decided I really loved Kurt Vonnegut and just read everything of his I could get my hands on).

Yes, I was tearing through books constantly, and talking to this teacher at least weekly. Because even though I always loved reading as a kid, literature was always a very weak subject for me in terms of a teaching-to-standardized-test school setting (I just do awful on "what color were the curtains" type multiple choice questions. Those details don't stick in my memory THEY JUST DON'T). But that didn't matter for this class. I could just read my way out of any bad test score. I have always had fond memories of how I "fudged" my way through that class and "abused' the extra credit policy.

I was thinking about it again today, and only just now realized that he absolutely tricked me into being well-read, while my teenage self thought I was totally getting away with something. THAT MOTHERFUCKER. I hope he's doing well.

[without-ado]

Strawberry Full Moon over Ely Cathedral l VeronicaJoPo

[tamamita]

wooow, labour MP btw

[rui-cifer]

not just any MP, but an undersecretary for migration and citizenship. this guy is one of the MPs that has a direct hand on the genuinely horrific treatment of migrants and refugees in the UK, including shipping them off to the UK's former colony after unilaterally declaring the colony to be safe, as well as stripping the migrant and refugees of their heirlooms in the name of "paying for their migration in the UK with their own assets." Starmer's cabinet is filled with people whose bloodsoaked hands will never wash out like these.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I can't believe the little goth house hasn't sold yet. It's been removed from the market again. The 1940 Cape Cod cottage in Baltimore, MD has 1bd, 1ba, 1,540sqft. Asking $295k. The broker told the owner to neutralize the decor a little, b/c it would scare some buyers, so he removed about 25 mannequins in the basement and some upstairs. I beg to differ. I would've liked to have seen them.

His thing is horror movies. It’s not a cult thing. Some of the pictures are fastened to the wall, and he said he’ll have to tear them out and plaster and paint. 

He never planned to move, but something changed in his life.

This area is probably supposed to be the dining room.

The kitchen & dining area is pretty roomy.

Lots of storage space.

Small 3pc. bath.

The 2nd fl. was remodeled to make it roomier.

And, the open area is easier to get furniture in.

Actually, if you put up walls, this could be 2 bedrooms.

The basement isn't finished, but the walls are painted, and I think that's carpet on the floor.

The owner did the yard himself.

It's very neatly done.

Back here there's a firepit and a garage.

Looks like he made a table here.

Garden shed.

There's a large bar. He made the wallhanging, too.

6,098sqft lot.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/228-Townsend-Ave-Baltimore-MD-21225/36117572_zpid/?