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tumblr deploys naive AI to censor adult content
bnq: janothar: sorensfw: What is almost certainly happening with Tumblr’s image classifier is that they’ve deployed the bot entirely untrained, and are relying on user complaints to train it what NSFW content on tumblr looks like. Making people participate in their own censorship in this way and punishing them with the threat of being silenced…
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But I’ve lately undergone a crisis of confidence: I find it hard to hit the road without consulting my phone. And while I’d like to think the recommended route (from Google, Waze, Hopstop, etc.) is just one influence among many—that I have other preferences their algorithms can’t perceive—I’m not too proud to confess that I…
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View of Owning the servers: A design fiction exploring the transformation of fandom into “our own” | Transformative Works and Cultures
View of Owning the servers: A design fiction exploring the transformation of fandom into “our own” | Transformative Works and Cultures cfiesler: cfiesler: I wrote this essay for the “future of fandom” issue of Transformative Works and Cultures. It is written as a design fiction, which is a cousin to fanfiction in the same way that…
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Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play | Prima Games
Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play | Prima Games cypheroftyr: Featuring intriguing interviews from 100 influential women in gaming, learn how women have played – and will continue to play – important roles in the burgeoning video game industry. Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play is a celebration of women’s accomplishments in the…
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on the suicide of Tumblr
bowiesongs: I’ve wondered for a few years now what the endgame would be for this odd site: the black sheep of the social media venues. Tumblr is, and always has been, completely un-”monetizable”—i have no idea how it makes any money whatsoever . But at its best, it’s the last throwback to the internet that…
