Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Deepfakes are an ethical disaster, their harm ranging from humiliating individuals, to spreading disinformation.

Generative language models are blurring human communication in uncomfortable ways.

AI "art" is threatening the livelihood of human artists.

It's a lot to take in.

Despite rumors, AGI/ASI is not on the horizon, but you aren't putting this cat back in the bag either. There is FOSS code out there and it's never going away.

Focus on ethical advocacy over things like panic or fantasy.

I'm pretty skeptical of the current hype around "AI" and Generative ML Models. I feel that some people are putting too much trust into them, people are misusing them in unethical ways. We need to be proceeding with cautious optimism for this stuff, and staying educated about it to minimize harm.

But a lot of y'all need to calm down. For every Sci-Fi fan convinced that the Singularity is upon us, there's a scared Luddite demanding that technological development be regulated out of existence...

@realjosephknapp If you're worried about the "weakening of the United States", You should reconsider your advocacy of broad sanctions against China...

The ramifications of that would be pretty brutal.

Besides, if you disagree with the way China censors the Internet, you shouldn't be advocating that we do the same thing.

@realjosephknapp This is not even remotely a reasonable take. I've heard plenty of claims of data harvesting and propagandizing, but I have yet to actually see any real evidence of these claims. Real world analysis shows that TikTok is gathering the same data every other social media service does. If you want to fix that, pass federal privacy laws...

What you're saying comes across nothing more than anti-China ideology, which is not an ideology I take particularly seriously.

US Congress is like "We're gonna ban a website to prove that we're not like China".

@ministerofimpediments @stux Suing Google for what YouTube creators published would get dismissed on day one because of Section 230.

@cepaea @igd_news That sounds like the media alright...

@lori I really like the Franz keto bread, but that might only be available on the west coast / PNW.

@hankg just a standard recipe, but I used keto bread, unsweetened coconut milk, and sugar free syrup.

What in the fuck is this?

The craziest thing about Keto is discovering new healthy recipes. I just made perfectly delicious French Toast, but it was 95 calories and 1g carbs per slice.

Useful for Keto, but also I'm sticking with this recipe, because I Iove French Toast but never eat it because typically it's an absolute calorie bomb.

Stuff like this is the only reason I haven't gained any weight back in the year since I last did Keto.

@elliot yeah, last time I stayed in ketosis the whole 3 months.

I don't think it's necessary, but cheat days are just end up motivating me to break away from my diet, from past experience.

@calicoday I'm pretty heavy on the physical activity, and I go basically zero-carb to get started. Still, I'm shocked I switched so fast!

It's nice to have the energy boost and clear mind associated with ketosis, but once I hit a goal weight, I really prefer to have access to better food choices.

I went from 230 to 190 last time. New goal is 150, if I can.

After that I won't need to lose weight, so it might be my last keto diet unless I mess up.

Decided to do another round of Keto after an entire year off.

Last time I dropped 40 pounds in about 3 months. Haven't lost a pound since. Figured it was time to give it another go.

Took me only 2 days of carb restriction to get back into ketosis. Hoping for another 30+ pounds before the Summer weather arrives!

@winicons Somebody call the FBI.