Mike Williams
A.I. Generated Artwork
I have been given a sneak peek at Adobe’s new A.I. art generator called Firefly. It is currently in beta and by invitation only.
You can give this thing a bit of text and it will interpret your words and make something for you.
My prompt for the following pictures was “futuristic city with blue and white colors. Early evening. View from a nearby hill.”
Pausing Work on Artificial Intelligence
Great article over at DEV.TO about taking a step back from A.I. research to give the process a chance to establish safety guidelines around its development.
So many movies have been made on this subject.
Terminator
2001: A Space Odyssey
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Westworld
The Matrix
I, Robot
Transformers
Wall-E
Ex Machina
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Just to name a few.
Link to the article is here.
The frightening part of artificial intelligence hasn’t happened yet. Sentience. Once the machines achieve that, many believe it would be all over for the human race. There would be no chance to put that genie back in the box.
I think the end would come quickly. Who knows, they might decide to keep a few of us around for museum pieces for their robot friends.
It could all be mitigated if they never have access to the very things that could destroy us like guns, missiles, etc. However, there are many ways to end human existence. Since they can live in a vacuum, why not just go up to space and hurl a few asteroids down at us? The possibilities are endless.
So yes, I’ve signed the document asking the community to pump the brakes on A.I. development. Will they stop? Nope. We have no idea who is working on what. We have only our faith in humanity and well…humans suck.
The Dangers of Propane Tanks
This is what a propane tank explosion in a car looks like. Typical propane vapor pressures are 8-14 bar in warm weather. Imagine Hydrogen at 700+bar in a similar sized tank… pic.twitter.com/BUiLjLADIu
— Tesla Technicals (@TeslaTechnics) March 31, 2023
Beaver fossil named after Buc-ee’s
One of my favorites, to be sure.
A new species of ancient beaver that was rediscovered by researchers in The University of Texas at Austin’s fossil collections has been named after Buc-ee’s, a Texas-based chain of popular travel centers known for its cartoon beaver mascot.
Where in the World is Mike?
I am traveling this week. No where exotic.
Just back to PA for a few days for work. It is nice to be back for a little while but I do miss home.
I’m going to a place I’ve never been to before this evening. I may be able to grab some photos and if so, I’ll post them here.
Todaloo.
Update: As promised, a couple of photos. I should have taken more pictures but I didn’t.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Not only is it St. Patrick’s Day but it would have been my grandmother’s birthday today.
Here are some great links from the 1440 newsletter.
