zmitri
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Comment · 2 years ago
For what it's worth, I can confirm this comment works if you need to speak to someone: https://www.reddit.com/r/IRS/comments/1b6bisk/comment/ktarmz...
Comment · 6 years ago
I think anything you decide to be call art, can be called art, but the issue of good vs bad art is much more open to interpretation :)
I take generative art semi-seriously and have some cube like sketches https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Ix1yOH_2S/ and other simple line based sketches https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VsDrgHBQE/ but I think they are aesthetically nice either way and treat them as art.
For some context here is my "artist statement" as a generative artist:
From the outside, art is regarded as highbrow, intellectual, and “human”. Automation, however, is often perceived as rote, boring, and “robotic” by those who are non-technical.
As an engineer by trade, I see the act of automation as a much more creative process than the public gives it credit for.
In my artistic practice I try to bridge that gap by using software to automate the generation of unique art pieces in less than a fraction of a second. My hope is to elicit the same kind of emotions and reactions that viewers feel when viewing art that has been “generated” by hand, and help them consider automation as an art form and an act of creativity.
Whether acting as an artist, or engineer, I like to think of automation as my artistic medium.
Comment · 6 years ago
What happened to working on AI for the good of humanity, including AGI, and making sure it didn’t fall into the hands of bad actors? Wasn’t that the original aspiration? Now this reads like next generation Intercom/Olark tools.
Comment · 7 years ago
I was commenting based on my experience that 1) VC firms actually do ask you for permission to run background checks on you, look you up online, and know a fair bit about you 2) We run background checks on everyone we hire, and its fairly easy to do, because I believe it would be irresponsible not to.
I don't think there is one real error here as you put it, but it's been made public he was warned about him before and people he worked with would refuse to go to his properties when invited and told him why (citation: https://medium.com/@EthanZ/on-me-and-the-media-lab-715bfc707...).
Comment · 7 years ago
It's pretty common. VC funds will run these checks on you, and most companies do as well when they even hire you. It's table stakes for any company committed to data security and safety.
Comment · 7 years ago
Hey there, founder of Chargehound here, it's a slider so you can adjust it to 5 mins if you want.
Many companies do take up to 30 minutes especially if they are compiling a comprehensive portfolio (if the dispute is for thousands of dollars) and are outsourcing the representment.
Comment · 8 years ago
Yes, there are lots. I would say Mike Bostock of d3 fame is an example of someone who does that well, as so is Yi Shen (https://twitter.com/pissang1).
Comment · 8 years ago
I do some generative art [1] and I think a lot of the concerns in this article have to do with it being accepted by the art world vs consumers.
In my experience consumers enjoy generative art, and are happy to buy generative work so long as its in a medium they are used to - such a as a print or plot - and are not interested in moving/digital screens.
Instead of picking a render and placing it for sale, show the buyers the software, show them the parameters and give them an option between a few renders to choose from. It makes it way more personal. People and popular culture are also much more tech savvy now and appreciative of elements of digital/internet culture.
This is just my opinion, but I believe many generative artists seem to put the algorithmic focus ahead of the aesthetic. From my experience if you treat the aesthetic as the primary objective and the technology as a tool it resonates better. Jared Tarbell and Manoloide both seem to do this, but have very different styles, and are by far my favorites in the space.
Comment · 8 years ago
How did you maintain compliance and security before you could have someone full time on it? How did you deal with audits? Did you hire an engineer full-time dedicated to this, outsource it, or do it yourself? (I ask because I do this now but at 8 people it's starting to take up too much of my time as CTO)
How does it work at your size now?
Comment · 8 years ago
You were down voted, but this is actually an internal talking point that FB uses to rally their current employees behind the company with.
Some of the points an FB employee said about the situation around a week ago: "Well the ISPs are worse" "Imagine if it was them instead of us, we do a better job" "Net Neutrality is the real problem".
They think of everything as a PR problem unfortunately, and would rather go this route than dealing with the problems they have.
Comment · 8 years ago
Bloomberg makes all of their money from terminal and data services. In terms of the business model, the consumer news service is basically a vanity project, so I don't think they are that concerned with what newsfeed changes have done to them.
Comment · 8 years ago
Despite the tough situation for Facebook, I suspect they are somewhat pleased that the focus right now is on an older data breach instead of on the toolset and functionality they provide currently that people aren't talking about.
Although the media is currently focusing on Cambridge Analytica and the simple targeting they offer to ad buyers using likes/interests, the reality is that advanced buyers can buy/collect data elsewhere, chop and segment it as they please, upload names and email addresses, and have Facebook automatically match the data that they have with fairly high accuracy to users on Facebook.
This removes any of Facebook's "liability" in terms of targeting using likes and interests in their system, but still allows anyone with the data and know how to do as they please and still reach all the users they want using Facebook's tools.
Sure, Facebook will take a hit with this, but ultimately Facebook can and will get away with the current narrative that this was something that only happened years ago and they are better now.
To me, the current toolsets and targeting using your own uploaded data is what is even scarier. Facebook will just shirk all responsibility this way but still allow for the same thing to happen in the future.