Janus Rose
VICE
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Janus:
Keep Bluesky Weird
The nascent social network feels like a small community of unhinged friends and freaks—and that’s maybe its most promising feature. → Read More
School Apologizes After Using ChatGPT to Write Email About Mass-Shooting
Students at Vanderbilt University called the use of the AI tool “disgusting” after a school shooting killed 3 and injured 5 in Michigan last week. → Read More
I Had An AI Chatbot Write My Eulogy. It Was Very Weird
The inability to deal with heavy topics like death is another reminder that “AI” chatbots are just glitchy funhouse mirrors. → Read More
AI Can Now Make Fake Selfies For Your Tinder Profile
Get ready to swipe right on some AI-generated profile pics. → Read More
The Future of the Internet Will Be Nothing Like Twitter, and That’s a Good Thing
Mastodon is showing users a future beyond Elon Musk’s garbage fire, but there’s still a long road ahead. → Read More
This Tool Lets Anyone See the Bias in AI Image Generators
The Stable Diffusion Explorer shows how words like "assertive" and "gentle" are mapped to sexist stereotypes. → Read More
Watch Out, This Plant Can Cut You With a Machete
At last, they will have revenge. → Read More
Why Does This Horrifying Woman Keep Appearing in AI-Generated Images?
“Loab” is creepypasta for the AI generation, and nobody understands where she came from. → Read More
Facebook's AI Chatbot: ‘Since Deleting Facebook My Life Has Been Much Better’
The company warns users that BlenderBot 3 will make ‘untrue and offensive statements.’ It’s also just not very good. → Read More
Artists Are Using AI To Imagine Cities Without Cars
Amateur urban planners are using DALL-E to visualize what cities might look like if they were built for pedestrians and cyclists, instead of cars. → Read More
Inside Midjourney, The Generative Art AI That Rivals DALL-E
With a short text description, the tool can create surreal sci-fi environments and stylistic fine art—for a price. → Read More
Racist Algorithms Are Making Robots Racist Too
Researchers show that large AI models are threatening to bring racist and sexist bias into the realm of robotics. → Read More
Google’s ‘Democratic AI’ Is Better at Redistributing Wealth Than America
Researchers built an AI that gives out money based on who started with less resources—and humans preferred it. → Read More
People Are Using AI to Generate Disturbing Kids’ Bedtime Stories
DALL-E can use stories generated by AI to produce some unsettling illustrations—like a knife-wielding Pikachu leading his comrades into battle. → Read More
Google's AI Isn’t Sentient, But It Is Biased and Terrible
The question of sentient chatbots is fascinating but ultimately a distraction from the big tech companies creating them. → Read More
We Asked an AI to Draw a Self-Portrait
Pay no attention to the machine learning algorithm behind the curtain. → Read More
Technologists Are Using AI to ‘Expand’ Famous Works of Art
With the right inputs, DALL-E can make bigger versions of classic paintings like the Mona Lisa. → Read More
Scientists Are Training AI Robots to Write Graffiti
Researchers at Georgia Tech created a system that mimics human movements to create its own street art. → Read More
Platforms Are Temporary, Community Is Forever
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is a good reminder to log off and build deeper connections offline. → Read More
The AI That Draws What You Type Is Very Racist, Shocking No One
DALL-E can generate images from a few key words—with predictably racist and sexist results. → Read More