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  • We’ve got things a bit backwards

    We’ve got things a bit backwards

    Yesterday I shared a post on one of my Twitter accounts linking to an Amberfi blog post that included the image you see here, Pablo Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. My tweet shared the post, but the image in the post was blocked by Twitter […]

    Neville Hobson

    27/01/2023
    Aside, Life
    gun control, mastodon, picasso, sensitive content, twitter

  • The Galaxy Z Fold 5 could be the foldable worth waiting for

    The Galaxy Z Fold 5 could be the foldable worth waiting for

    Rumours are flying that Samsung will have addressed the problem with the crease in it’s foldable smartphones when the Galaxy Z Fold 5 is expected to be released in August. The Verge is one of many media outlets reporting that Samsung could adopt a “droplet”-style hinge that allows the display to form a teardrop shape […]

    Neville Hobson

    17/01/2023
    Aside, Mobile, Technology
    foldable, Samsung, Z Fold 5

  • Kickstarting a movie treatment with ChatGPT

    Kickstarting a movie treatment with ChatGPT

    A tweet in my timeline early today from Joshua Conkel, a writer and director in Los Angeles, caught my eye. I want a Knives Out movie where Benoit and his husband are on a vacation together and Benoit is like, “I won’t solve any mysteries on this vacation, I promise” but then he has to […]

    Neville Hobson

    27/12/2022
    Aside
    AI, ChatGPT, Knives Out, movie

  • AI that will write email replies is here

    AI that will write email replies is here

    Artificial intelligence is all the rage at the moment. The rise of AI tools and services to generate images and video from text prompts or by analysing other images, and engage in actual conversation with an AI chatbot, resets your belief in what such simulated intelligence can do producing highly sophisticated results compared to what […]

    Neville Hobson

    16/12/2022
    Aside, Technology
    AI, Ellie, email, OpenAI

  • How big a loss to society would Twitter’s demise be?

    How big a loss to society would Twitter’s demise be?

    As Elon Musk continues remaking Twitter in his own image, I wonder what tomorrow’s Twitter will look like, if it survives the current carnage. The question of Twitter’s survival as a going concern isn’t a far-fetched point given the extraordinary events that have happened since Musk acquired the social network in October. The chaos in […]

    Neville Hobson

    18/11/2022
    Aside, FIRtopics
    advertising, social media, social networks, twitter

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