The sudden collapse of the world’s second biggest cryptocurrency exchange in November 2022 shocked the crypto world and left more than a million creditors hanging, with the 50 biggest being owed a staggering $3.1 billion.
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Author: Steve Murch
Engines of Wow, Part III: Opportunities and Pitfalls
This is the third in a three-part series introducing revolutionary changes in AI-generated art. In Part I: AI Art Comes of Age, we traced back through some of the winding path that brought us to this point. Part II: Deep Learning and The Diffusion Revolution, 2014-present, introduced three basic methods […]
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Engines of Wow: Part II: Deep Learning and The Diffusion Revolution, 2014-present
A revolutionary insight in 2015, plus AI work on natural language, unleashed a new wave of generative AI models.
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Engines of Wow: AI Art Comes of Age
Advancements in AI-generated art test our understanding of human creativity and laws around derivative art.
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I’m Winding Down HipHip.app
After much thought, I’ve decided to wind down the video celebration app I created, HipHip.app.
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Financial Systems Come for Your Free Expression: Don’t let them.
I’ve been a PayPal customer for more than a decade, but closed my account last week. 2022 has shown glimpses of what a social credit system might look like in America. Decentralized, yet singular in ideology.
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Medicine Should Be About Care, Not Self-Righteousness
On the unwillingness of University of Michigan medical school students to hear views that might conflict with their own.
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Recession: What’s in a Name?
The White House kicks off its effort to change the most commonly accepted criterion of recession: two or more successive quarters of negative GDP growth.
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Internet of Things: How to Remotely Monitor Propane Tank Level via Raspberry Pi
For less than $100, a little coding and a small circuit, you can remotely monitor a propane tank from anywhere.
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Introducing Seattlebrief.com: Local Headlines, Updated Every 15 Minutes
I’ve built a news and commentary aggregator for Seattle. Pacific Northwest headlines, news and views, updated every 15 minutes.
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