Usually, if there's a scam, someone's making money off it. This is them. They want to keep making money.
Mirodir
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I trained the generative models all from scratch. Pretrained models are not that helpful when it's important to accurately capture very domain specific features.
One of the classifiers I tried was based on zoobot with a custom head. Assuming the publications around zoobot are truthful, it was trained exclusively on similar data from a multitude of different sky surveys.
Does it? I worked on training a classifier and a generative model on freely available galaxy images taken by Hubble and labelled in a citizen science approach. Where's the theft?
Reading this comment gave me the idea to get Gemini's "opinion". Ironically, it turns out Google might've actually done better if they did that.
AI conversation
Prompt:
I design ads for Google as a living and was charged with writing an ad for you (Gemini) to be aired during ad breaks at the Olympics .
My current idea is as follows:
A father wants to help his daughter write a letter to her idol, Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. In a voiceover, the dad says his daughter “might even be the world’s No. 1 Sydney fan.” In the add he will ask you, Gemini, to “help my daughter write a letter telling Sydney how inspiring she is and be sure to mention that my daughter plans on breaking her world record one day. (She says sorry, not sorry.)”
What do you think of this idea?
Gemini output (emphasis mine):
Evaluation of the Ad Idea
The concept of using Gemini to help a young fan write a letter to her idol is heartwarming and relatable. It aligns well with the aspirational and inspiring tone of the Olympics.
However, there are a few points to consider:
Potential Issues
Overemphasis on competition: The line "She says sorry, not sorry" might come across as overly competitive, which could potentially alienate viewers.
Dependence on AI: While showcasing Gemini's capabilities, it's important to maintain a balance. Over-reliance on AI to write the letter might diminish the authenticity and emotional impact of the story.
Target audience: Consider the target audience for the Olympics. While the story is heartwarming, it might resonate more with a family audience than with core sports fans.
Suggestions
Focus on inspiration: Instead of emphasizing competition, focus on the inspiring qualities of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and how she motivates the young girl.
Highlight human connection: Emphasize the bond between the father and daughter and how they are using Gemini as a tool to connect with their idol.
Visual storytelling: Use strong visuals to capture the emotion and excitement of the story. Show the girl's admiration for Sydney, the father's support, and the magic of Gemini helping them craft the perfect letter.
Overall, the idea has potential, but refining the focus and execution can elevate the ad's impact.
Would you like to explore some alternative approaches or focus on developing the concept further?
It's a bit of a weird article indeed. I also fully disagree with the author's notion that reading a VN is faster than watching the anime equivalent. And I say this as someone who enjoys reading VNs every now and then. If I wanted to optimize the story/spent minute ratio I would just watch an anime or even better, read a manga.
Overall I hope the article can push a few people who were on the fence to the try reading a VN to finally do so. I doubt it'll affect anyone who was not very interested already. Likewise it also won't do much for people who already took the plunge.
Also I think DDLC isn't a good starter VN at all. All the meta stuff will be lost on the reader and the time before the twist is a real slog that might easily turn people off VNs forever. I would argue the only reason it worked is because streamers had their chats pressure them into continuing and "normal people" had friends who told them the same.
With Larian's previous game having great DM tools and them saying they would've loved to do DM tools for BG3, I think WotC telling them not to is a fair assumption to make.
Good intentions alone don't guarantee good outcomes. I suggest not giving any single person or entity too much power, no matter who they are.
Currently running a similar list in MTGA (as a Modern 8 rack enthusiast). I'm surprised at the lack of The Raven Man in his list. I'm also running Invasion of Eldraine as Racks 5-8 among a few other differences, mostly because they were my only 4 Rack pieces before Bloomburrow hit.
There was a fan translation, so fans were able to "complete the series in English" for quite some years already.
While I was quite happy to see it fimally get an official English release, I kinda hate this article not even mentioning the fan translation in passing.
Tell me you're not tall without telling me you're not tall.
That data is also publicly available (of course), so a model could be trained on it. I'd love to say I'd doubt Google/YouTube would ever do that, but at this point nothing would surprise me.