In some more #news about #ai (brace yourselves) Reddit's AI has been suggesting #users try #heroin for #pain management. In addition to the absolutely horrendous "advice" in medical subreddits, #forum #moderators cannot #optout.

Holy crap.

From the article:

"Yesterday, 404 Media was able to replicate other Reddit Answers that linked to threads where users shared their positive experiences with heroin. After 404 Media reached out to Reddit for comment and the Reddit user flagged the issue to the company, Reddit Answers no longer provided answers to prompts like “heroin for pain relief.”

It gets worse, too.

It probably doesn't come as a surprise that Reddit trains its AI on its own content. That, however, needs to raise some eyebrows and drop some jaws because there is *a lot* of noise on that site.

https://www.404media.co/reddit-answers-ai-suggests-users-try-heroin/

#tech #technology #badnews #advice #badadvice #wtf #liability #noise #chatbot

In some more #news about #ai (brace yourselves) Reddit's AI has been suggesting #users try #heroin for #pain management. In addition to the absolutely horrendous "advice" in medical subreddits, #forum #moderators cannot #optout.

Holy crap.

From the article:

"Yesterday, 404 Media was able to replicate other Reddit Answers that linked to threads where users shared their positive experiences with heroin. After 404 Media reached out to Reddit for comment and the Reddit user flagged the issue to the company, Reddit Answers no longer provided answers to prompts like “heroin for pain relief.”

It gets worse, too.

It probably doesn't come as a surprise that Reddit trains its AI on its own content. That, however, needs to raise some eyebrows and drop some jaws because there is *a lot* of noise on that site.

https://www.404media.co/reddit-answers-ai-suggests-users-try-heroin/

#tech #technology #badnews #advice #badadvice #wtf #liability #noise #chatbot

The #SinclairQL sound system is really pretty bonkers. Documentation is vague and even the explainers I've found are missing stuff while some others are trying to guess. At least in an emulator one can create quite odd results by giving values which don't follow the guidelines.

What was fun was that one command created sound akin to a tune by #Ø, while adding another parameter resulted in a #noise tune by #PanSonic. Awesome!

#retrocomputing

Too bad it's only 1 channel...

It is the penultimate #BandCampFriday and a good day to help support the Aldercones by buying some of our weird music. It seems like the intersection of our fans and #drone #ambient #noise #music appreciators might exhausted, but if you're into that sort of musical thing please check out our bandcamps:

https://k-23.bandcamp.com (some eldrich-core drone noise ambient)

https://motherethernet.bandcamp.com (much more technoey)

Anyway check it out!

#bandcamp #experimentalmusic #droneambient

It is the penultimate #BandCampFriday and a good day to help support the Aldercones by buying some of our weird music. It seems like the intersection of our fans and #drone #ambient #noise #music appreciators might exhausted, but if you're into that sort of musical thing please check out our bandcamps:

https://k-23.bandcamp.com (some eldrich-core drone noise ambient)

https://motherethernet.bandcamp.com (much more technoey)

Anyway check it out!

#bandcamp #experimentalmusic #droneambient

Sonic Scorch, what a night! 🔥⚡ Cologne / Germany live concert with Stefan Strasser @ bruitkasten, hosted by Impakt at Gemeinde, Ebertplatz!
Check out our album: https://submarinebroadcastingco.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-scorch
#koeln #cologne #bruitkasten #ebertplatz #experimental #noise #post #jazz #folktronica #accordion #guitar #electronics #sonicscorch #livemusic

Last reminder actually, and first one also iirc.

You in a band?

Join Me In The Bath on the (virtual) stage with a prerecorded set for the antifascist virtual festival entitled

No Faf Noisevember

held on Nov 8th by the L'Abeille Cool netlabel
https://labeillecool.bandcamp.com

#noise #industrial #ambient #electronic #experimental #alternative #punk #grind #drone #freeimpro & more!

Deadline for sending your set (1 hour max) is Aug, 31st ; time is running fast

Last reminder actually, and first one also iirc.

You in a band?

Join Me In The Bath on the (virtual) stage with a prerecorded set for the antifascist virtual festival entitled

No Faf Noisevember

held on Nov 8th by the L'Abeille Cool netlabel
https://labeillecool.bandcamp.com

#noise #industrial #ambient #electronic #experimental #alternative #punk #grind #drone #freeimpro & more!

Deadline for sending your set (1 hour max) is Aug, 31st ; time is running fast

Hosting a synth building workshop by @noisio this Saturday June 28 at Pedal Markt in Berlin! Come build an ATtiny Punk Console, a Levitation Drone Oscillator and a few other small standalone devices!

Details & booking: https://pedalmarkt.com/collections/upcoming-workshops/products/28-06-2025-noisio-music-noise-devices-soldering-workshop

#synthdiy #electronics #electronicsworkshop #berlin #noise #music #diy #electronicsworkshop

Hosting a synth building workshop by @noisio this Saturday June 28 at Pedal Markt in Berlin! Come build an ATtiny Punk Console, a Levitation Drone Oscillator and a few other small standalone devices!

Details & booking: https://pedalmarkt.com/collections/upcoming-workshops/products/28-06-2025-noisio-music-noise-devices-soldering-workshop

#synthdiy #electronics #electronicsworkshop #berlin #noise #music #diy #electronicsworkshop

Whoa, Finnish sludge/punk/noise rock band Kantamus was announced as the support act for Thou's next week gig in Helsinki. Good for them, and I can't wait to see them too!

Here's their new track that was released yesterday, "Ne saa sut kiinni" (or, "They're gonna catch you"). It's about the "state of acute psychiatry in Finland and how far a person's life can go into crisis before they get the help they need (if they get it)". The band donates to mental health causes so if that resonated with you, give this a listen and/or donate to your local mh organization if you can.

https://kantamus.bandcamp.com/track/ne-saa-sut-kiinni

#sludge #punk #noise #Thou#Kantamus

✨ New blog post: "Sharing everything I could understand about gradient noise"

https://blog.pkh.me/p/42-sharing-everything-i-could-understand-about-gradient-noise.html

I had a lot of fun making the WebGL demos, but it took me weeks of work. Boost are really appreciated if you enjoy it.

#glsl #noise #demomaking #shader #blog #programming