Curated Commons // Edition 147
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Detecting AI-generated text is harder than it looks
The US constitution was apparently written by an AI. Or so says a tool designed to detect AI-written text. - Read here
Leveraging AI
There’s lots of viral threads on various useful AI tools. This is a good summary - Read here
More content creators are rising up against AI companies
We should increasingly start expecting that more content creators are going to participate in rebelling against AI companies that use their content for training their algorithms - Read here ($)
Driverless cars and their issues keep adding up
SF has more driverless cars doing more trips and the number of issues keep adding up. Thankfully, (or worse?), the issues are new issues that humans will unlikely commit - Read here
Can you train an AI to replace yourself?
Will that work? - Read here ($)
Auto-besity is a new word I came across. And it’s perfect.
Paris wants to impose higher parking fees on owners of SUVs. Somebody pls introduce this for ‘trucks’ in the US! - Read here
The story of the week!
One helluva NSFW lede in this story of a chef/sandwich shop owner at the center of a fraud - Read here ($)
Real photo rejected as likely AI generated
Not the first time, definitely not the last! - Read here
Streaming success doesn’t mean big payoff day for actors
Not entirely surprising, but good piece summarizing how many actors in the hit Netflix series Orange Is the New Black didn’t really make any ‘residual’ income that they might have had this been a traditional TV series - Read here ($)
Why actions matter more than intent
A school district in the US eliminated advanced algebra from Middle School. Slated goal -to reduce disparities between low-income children of color and their more affluent peers. The result - the only students having access to advanced algebra are those who can afford it outside of the school system - Read here
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