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I did this one today too:
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/19/ai-coding-tools-fix-bugs-by-adding-bugs/ - text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzkgDt-d3o - video
This is proof lesswrong needs more biologists!
last time one showed up he laughed his ass off at the cryonics bit
well that was a waste of frickin time. i spent this evening making a lovely vertical video and it can't be a youtube short cos it's over 3 minutes. same limit on instagram/facebook reels.
i put it up unlisted for the curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91MXv2MthMk
i mean it misunderstands the assignment, but hopefully it amuses
at least I can avoid for a bit longer having to contemplate lines like
ffmpeg -i out-sq1.mp4 -lavfi "[0:v]scale=1920/1080*iw:1920/1080*ih,boxblur=luma_radius=min(h\,w)/40:luma_power=3:chroma_radius=min(cw\,ch)/40:chroma_power=1[bg];[bg][0:v]overlay=(W-w)/2:(H-h)/2,setsar=1,crop=w=iw*1080/1920" -crf 10 -x264-params keyint=10:scenecut=0 out-vert1.mp4
^-- statements dreamt up by the utterly Deranged
tiktok's limit is 10 minutes but the edit has to be completely different (no title cards or branding) and not clear i can say the website url in the video. also UK monetisation kicks in at 10k followers and 100k views in the past 30 days. i am unconvinced as yet.
Leo certainly didn't gatekeep his app's security, hem hem
coding with vibes
ChatGPT as the Sybian of coding
because they sell that! e.g. Kagi resells Google's actual-search-results API
I'm an "is it art?" maximalist. But I think it's the wrong question about generative AI. The right question is the corporate incentives.
yeah, you can fuck off now