Experts sound the alarm on ByteDance's new AI model

TikTok wasn't banned. It was all very confusing, I know. I gave up on following it a few weeks ago, and just read yesterday that Trump issued an executive order to keep TikTok online for another 75 days https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-executive-...

ByteDance is the owner of TikTok app.

Re: Experts sound the alarm on ByteDance's new AI model

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Post by WarOnPrivacy » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

Today we're given 2 AI models to be freaked out about.

From the article: UI-TARS https://venturebeat.com/ai/bytedances-ui-tars-can-take-over-...

And also from today, Deepseek R1: https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-everyone-in-ai-is-freaking-ou...

Re: Experts sound the alarm on ByteDance's new AI model

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Post by keernan » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 2:41 AM UTC

The author focuses on the pace of technological change as a big insight. I had the same experience in 1970 when I read Alvin Toffler's book, Future Shock. The theme of the book was the impact upon humanity of the ever increasing pace of change through millennia.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock

Reading Future Shock shaped my world view like no other single event in my life; and it sparked a life long fascination with, and love of, technology. It's how I spend almost every waking hour of my day at the age of 72.