[2108.07258] On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation ModelsThough foundation models are based on standard deep learning and transfer learning, their scale results in new emergent capabilities,and their effectiveness across so many tasks incentivizes homogenization. Homogenization provides powerful leverage but demands caution, as the defects of the foundation model are inherited by all the adapted […]
nomic-ai/gpt4all: gpt4all: a chatbot trained on a massive collection of clean assistant data including code, stories and dialoguegpt4all: a chatbot trained on a massive collection of clean assistant data including code, stories and dialogue ‘Indirect prompt injection’ attacks could upend chatbotsIn response to a discussion of his team’s report on Hacker News Forum, Greshake said, […]
Bridge Saw Big Profits in African Education. Children Paid the Price.“Technically, we’re breaking the law,” May said in a 2013 article in the education publication Tes — a quote that was reused in a mostly favorable 2017 New York Times profile of Bridge. “There would be more people and more organizations willing to try and […]
Samsung “space zoom” moon shots are fake, and here is the proof : AndroidAnd I have to stress this: there’s a difference between additional processing a la super-resolution, when multiple frames are combined to recover detail which would otherwise be lost, and this, where you have a specific AI model trained on a set of […]
?John Hyphen? on Twitter: “not only is public transport free in Brussels, but they even have a bus called “Not The 48” which takes you to a mystery location if you’re feeling a bit down or you just don’t have anything to do that day something for ot How the ring got goodTolkien, for all […]
Canvas Catalog is a front-end Instructure sells so that institutions can create a storefront for courses held in Canvas. In our case, we’re starting to do some paid non-credit courses. While I had a variety of interactions with Catalog back at VCU, I wasn’t deeply involved and most of our goals were fairly linear. It’s […]
The UI Lexicon Project: defining commonly used UI terms in plain language | U.S. Department of LaborSomething to think about regarding vocabulary in general. […]
We’ve been working with MIIS to get a non-credit course going in Canvas through Catalog.1 It’s been interesting to see what works smoothly and what does not. We have a couple major systems that sort of work together but are requiring different paths for exceptions. We’ve got a nice path for non-Middlebury people to sign […]
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Accessibility guidelinesPearson doing a nice job with clarity of design and language for accessibility. h/t Joe A Give Me Anything That Sparks Joy in Your Soul and I Will Monetize It – McSweeney’s Internet TendencyBy the way, why aren’t you putting Amazon affiliate links in texts to your family, co-workers, and high school friend group? […]
I’ve been doing some basketball photography. It’s different than football. Easier in some ways. There’s a lot less space to cover, a lot fewer people, so it’s easier to see what’s going on and you don’t need to move as much. At the same time, things move more quickly (even with younger kids) and the […]