These are examples of AI merging different duck species, to create new ones.
AI handles ducks much better than cars.
Review of Artspace AI image generator
Since I have been playing around with AI image generation using the free AI image generators that are available, I thought I would try one of the ones you pay for. Thanks to Google and Facebook, I have be inundated with ads for them. Artspace AI looked promising and offered a reasonably priced lifetime membership, so I went ahead and paided for it.
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In early 2024, AI image generation has reached a fascinating paradox. At first glance, the technology seems almost magical – capable of creating stunning, photorealistic scenes that blend reality with imagination. Take, for instance, the task of generating a hybrid classic car design: when prompted to combine a ’67 Mustang with a ’57 MGA Roadster, AI can produce images with remarkable attention to automotive detail, set against perfectly rendered mountainous backgrounds with dramatic lighting. The chrome gleams, the curves flow, and the setting sun casts just the right shadows on the cliffs.
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I wrote a bookmarklet that finds a two word solution to the New York Times game “Letterbox”. It worked, but for fun I decided to let an AI rewrite it to be faster. Here is the code it came up with, but it did take several tries before it could open a new tab. It runs significantly faster than what I wrote.
Battle of Wits: AI vs. Community College Students
After years of teaching community college and working with AI, I’ve concluded that comparing their intelligence is like comparing apples to artificially generated images of apples. AI can instantly calculate complex derivatives that make calculus students weep, yet it confidently insists that Abraham Lincoln was the first astronaut to walk on Mars. Meanwhile, community college students might take 20 minutes to figure out how to connect to the schools network, but at least they know that playing computer games during lectures is a bad idea – most of the time.
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Note: this article was written by ChatGPT.
Have you ever looked back on a situation and wondered, “What was I thinking?” That feeling of acting impulsively, without your usual logic, is often caused by what psychologists call an amygdala hijack. This reaction can make people vulnerable to emotional manipulation—and it’s exactly what romance scammers count on.
Continue reading “The Amygdala Hijack: How Scammers Exploit Your Brain in Romance Scams”A wall mounted control panel for home assistant
While not the most glamorous, or largest, or most expensive control panel, this meets my needs perfectly. I wanted a small control panel, using Home Assistant, mounted by my front door that I could use for controlling my garage door, to turn off all the lights, etc. I wasn’t interested in spending any money for a tablet to mount or a touch screen. My solution was to re-purpose an old Android phone I had laying around. By having this right by the door I don’t have to pull my phone out of my pocket and start up Home Assistant to do the set of things I want to do leaving or entering the house.
Continue reading “A wall mounted control panel for home assistant”ESPresense and Home Assistant
This post serves as my personal record of the steps required to integrate an ESPresense ESP-32 device into my Home Assistant setup. Additionally, I hope it will be helpful to others. The screenshots included were taken in February 2024 and might have been updated since then.
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Do you have trouble remembering words when playing Wordle. I wrote a bookmarklet that examines your guesses and displays a list of words that potentially match for your next guess.
The bookmarklet is at the end of this post. If you don’t know what a bookmarklet is you can use the link above to learn about them.
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Just for fun I asked ChatGPT to write an essay explaining ChatGPT. This is what it produced.
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