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2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence - and weren't sure what to do about it | CityNews Toronto
2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence - and weren't sure what to do about it | CityNews Toronto
Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in computer science even if […]
·toronto.citynews.ca·
2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence - and weren't sure what to do about it | CityNews Toronto
How Twitter broke the news
How Twitter broke the news
“No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform.”
·theverge.com·
How Twitter broke the news
Next year's 'it' colour is here. And it's Peach Fuzz | CBC News
Next year's 'it' colour is here. And it's Peach Fuzz | CBC News
In a countdown so highly anticipated in the design world that it's akin to New Year's Eve, the 2024 Pantone colour of the year was revealed this morning. And it is: Peach Fuzz.
·cbc.ca·
Next year's 'it' colour is here. And it's Peach Fuzz | CBC News
I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks
I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks
I love these busy, wordy, and brightly colored sweaters from Kendall Ross. From her about page: Kendall Ross, aka “I’d Knit That”, is an Oklahoma City based fiber artist. She is best known for hand-knitting colorful, wearable ar
·kottke.org·
I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks
Crochet a Watermelon Cactus Amigurumi
Crochet a Watermelon Cactus Amigurumi
This pattern is an 9-page downloadable PDF to make your very own beautiful watermelon cactus – makes a great gift! Get the pattern via Etsy, designed by Rosalie Bull of Simply Rose Creations.…
·buff.ly·
Crochet a Watermelon Cactus Amigurumi
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.
·wired.com·
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
Nothing, Forever is getting another round of virality as people gawk at what might be the end of the first big AI show.
·404media.co·
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom | CBC Radio
Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom | CBC Radio
It was 1990, and Donovan Bailey was doing well for himself. But the Jamaican Canadian had a nagging desire to race. So when he went to see some friends who were in town for a track competition, he decided to compete — and he won.
·cbc.ca·
Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom | CBC Radio
Papercraft Four-Color Houses
Papercraft Four-Color Houses
Papercraft artist Charles Young has been sourcing color combinations from this book and using them to construct extremely tidy a
·kottke.org·
Papercraft Four-Color Houses
Gladstone's: The UK's only residential library
Gladstone's: The UK's only residential library
For more than 100 years, clergy, scholars and ordinary people have spent their days studying and their nights sleeping in this unique institution.
·bbc.com·
Gladstone's: The UK's only residential library
How to fix the internet
How to fix the internet
If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms.
·technologyreview.com·
How to fix the internet
Wordle + Klondike = ???
Wordle + Klondike = ???
Word Solitaire is a browser game by Petri Purho. Clear the board by making five-letter words. 'The Dark Souls of solitaire word games.'
·metafilter.com·
Wordle + Klondike = ???