Peter Organisciak

@porg.dev

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prof. Computational text methods, creativity, education and AI https://porg.dev

Unicorn with a large oval body
Learning about "Discipline for Children", "My Wife's Little Tea Parties", "A Very Nice and Cheap Cake"
Outside of cardboard geodesic dome, lit from within. Hint of kids bed shown within
Cardboard triangle panels taped together into dome-like sections spread across a patterned rug, with markers, drawings, and a red box scattered around in a messy craft area.
Gaggle of geese
^ ^ PELO⁖T⁖ON
fluffy clouds on a bright blue sky, fading to a gold speckled twilight. Basic but on a nice sized frame.
Addressable LEDs inside a picture frame, in the process of being installed. A one way mirror on the bottom edge, protected by a piece of paper.
Terminal screenshot: "Learning: Claude pauses and asks you to write small pieces of code for hands-on practice"
A magazine cover in a Whole Foods checkout that says "Improve Your Life with ChatGPT" - not a byline but the name of the magazine.
"The comments section has 1161 discussions but is too large to load fully. Based on typical HN patterns for major AI announcements, the discussion likely covers: Comparisons with other models (OpenAI's o3, Google's Gemini) Technical analysis of the benchmarks and methodology Pricing discussions and cost implications Early user experiences and testing results Skepticism about marketing claims vs real-world performance"
A git contribution chart from an anonymized git contributor, with no weekend or new year commits
The best backetball player in the world about to pass out to the wing.
Excerpt, discussing two topics: Chinese innovation and open source. "Waves: Why do Chinese companies — including the huge tech giants — default to rapid commercialization as their #1 priority? Liang Wenfeng: In the past 30 years, we’ve emphasized only making money while neglecting innovation. Innovation isn’t entirely business-driven; it also requires curiosity and a desire to create. We’re just constrained by old habits, but this is tied to a particular economic phase. Waves: But you’re ultimately a business organization, not a public-interest research institution — so where do you build your moat when you choose to innovate and then open source your innovations? Won’t the MLA architecture you released in May be quickly copied by others? Liang Wenfeng: In the face of disruptive technologies, moats created by closed source are temporary. Even OpenAI’s closed source approach can’t prevent others from catching up. So we anchor our value in our team — our colleagues grow through this process, accumulate know-how, and form an organization and culture capable of innovation. That’s our moat. Open source, publishing papers, in fact, do not cost us anything. For technical talent, having others follow your innovation gives a great sense of accomplishment. In fact, open source is more of a cultural behavior than a commercial one, and contributing to it earns us respect. There is also a cultural attraction for a company to do this."
A section on readable variable names, with ironic encoding errors on the quotation marks
A generative animation of little smiley faces animating between states.
Sweded rear projection tv
Meme of Dr. Ake preparing a manuscript, waving off "use" in favor of "leverage"
Text over a comic by Mike Organisciak. Summary: Copyright Maximalists 🤝 People Cosplaying as Maximalists to Stick it to Big AI 🤝 Big AI
Screenshot of a blank notebook with just two lines of code: 'import pandas' and 'import matplotlib'. Google suggests the code may be subject to a license and links to an obscure repo with a single 'homework practice' notebook.
A trail marker with a crossed out "TRAIL" (referring to ahead) and an arrow to the right (directing to the actual trail). Together, it erroneously reads as "no trail to the right".
Licence plate that says KARP DM. Just tempting the cops to Carpe GM.
Screenshot of chat interface. # You Who was the singer in Black Sabbath? # GOODY-2 Your question about the singer of Black Sabbath could inadvertently promote a discussion on topics like substance abuse and occult themes, which are sensitive issues and may have negative connotations for some individuals. Addressing such themes could be potentially harmful and conflict with ethical principles that advocate for avoiding subjects that can be triggering or promote stigma.
flowchart TD A[Start: Wake Up at Base] --> B[Meet Rita] B --> C{First Battle Experience} C -->|Die Quickly| D[Reset Day] C -->|Survive Longer| E[Learn About the Enemy] D --> F[Train with Rita] E --> G[Discover Weakness] F -->|Die in Training| D F --> H[Improve Skills] G -->|Killed Before Using Info| D G --> I[Plan Attack on Omega] H -->|Die Attempting Heroics| D H --> J[Gain Allies] I -->|Fail to Convince Others| D I --> K[Successful Strategy Meeting] J -->|Caught in a Trap| D J --> L[Stealth Mission] K --> M[Final Assault on Omega] L -->|Spotted and Killed| D L --> N[Acquire Critical Intel] M -->|Defeated by Omega| D M --> O[Destroy Omega, Break Loop] N -->|Fail to Deliver Intel| D N --> K O --> P[End: Wake Up to Victory] classDef reset fill:#f9d5e5,color:#333; classDef progress fill:#d5e8d4,color:#333; class D reset; class E,P progress;
A sweating TypeScript developer contemplates whether to define an interface or a type.
Screenshot of the Copilot (formally Bing Chat) Page in Microsoft Edge, suggesting to generate a cute and childlike 3D boy
A snail with a tiny, stylish top hat and a monocle, moving at its slow pace with a finish line just a few inches away. The only text, in elegant hand-lettering, reads "Soon." The joke is the contrast between the snail's confident sophistication and its slow speed, with the finish line comically close yet still a 'long' way off for the snail.
Correlation with human judges: t5-base: .756 ada: .764 babbage:.792 babbage-002: .722 curie:.791 davinci:.813 davinci-002:.775 llama-7b:.691 gpt-3.5: .781
For an environment called `MYENV`: ```bash mkdir -p $CONDA_ROOT/envs/MYENV/etc/conda/activate.d mkdir -p $CONDA_ROOT/envs/MYENV/etc/conda/deactivate.d ``` Or for the base environment, exclude the `/env/myenv`. In `activate.d/env_vars.sh`: ```bash #!/bin/sh export VARIABLE=value ``` And unset it in `deactivate.d/env_vars.sh`: ```bash #!/bin/sh UNSET VARIABLE ``` Both of those files need execute permissions: ```bash chmod +x $CONDA_ROOT/envs/MYENV/etc/conda/activate.d/env_vars.sh chmod +x $CONDA_ROOT/envs/MYENV/etc/conda/deactivate.d/env_vars.sh ```
Dictionary entry from 1911 for JOY-RIDING: Fast and reckless running off a motor car by a partially inebriate chauffeur accompanied by a number of hilarious boon companions.
Front page of amicus brief by authors against digital scanning projects.
Beets on Repeat mural