Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > Writers' Corner

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 01-29-2023, 06:31 AM   #16
Quoth
the rook, bossing Never.
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,352
Karma: 92073397
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11
Chess programs had beaten ordinary human opponents much earlier.
Neither computer Chess nor computer Go uses AI. It's brute force. Also a computer Neural Network is a marketing term. It's a kind of data-flow database fed with content curated by humans. Neither system can be taught an unrelated game, like a 5 yo could teach a 3 yo.

ChatGBT is just another deterministic engine like Eliza, Parry, or ALICE, but with a separate big database (scraped from the Internet and curated by humans) rather than the data coded into the rules. It's also, like Watson winning Jeopardy, getting a lot of media hype. The Watson medical system only shared branding with the Watson that won Jeopardy and was a failure. There is basic problem with so called AI diagnostic systems apart from the fact they don't match media hype. They depend on a human curated database of diagnostic results by human experts. But diseases change over time. In the unlikely event such computer diagnostics would be a success, in a generation there would be no human experts to update them and eventually such computer systems would become useless.
See also issues with auto-pilots and degraded reaction of human that has to take over in an emergency on an aircraft.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2023, 08:05 AM   #17
Pierre Lawrence
Connoisseur
Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 55
Karma: 2600000
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New Jersey
Device: kindle, nook
As you point out, I should have said "world champion" (i.e., Kasparov) rather than "human opponent."
Pierre Lawrence is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2023, 07:18 PM   #18
gmw
cacoethes scribendi
gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.gmw ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
gmw's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,815
Karma: 137770742
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650
While I share many of Quoth's technical reservations about AI current systems, I think it's a mistake to be too dismissive. It's an evolution and it will get better. Plus the objective is not necessarily to replace human intelligence but to complement and supplement it.

My biggest reservation is a mostly philosophical one regarding self-learning AIs used in any sort of social context ... but that's a whole new discussion.
gmw is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-19-2023, 04:16 AM   #19
Pierre Lawrence
Connoisseur
Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Pierre Lawrence ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 55
Karma: 2600000
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: New Jersey
Device: kindle, nook
Here's a link to another article on BookTok, from a feminist perspective. If you can get by one of the more gratuitous, contorted uses of the f-word occurring shortly into the piece, the rest of it might be of interest.

https://lithub.com/booktok-is-good-a...ly_master_list
Pierre Lawrence is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-13-2024, 11:27 AM   #20
estral
Just trying to survive
estral doesn't litterestral doesn't litterestral doesn't litter
 
Posts: 66
Karma: 210
Join Date: Mar 2009
Device: Nexus 7 2013, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014
I gave BookTok a shot to promote my book of poems, but it didn't quite catch on. No sales from there. Maybe poetry isn't the go-to for that crowd, but it was worth a try.
Now, I'm eyeing digital billboards. Has anyone tried this kind of advertising? I found Blindspot, a platform where you can place your ad on billboards for as little as $0.03 per play, which sounds pretty reasonable. Thinking it might be worth a shot to broaden my reach.

Last edited by estral; 05-13-2024 at 12:56 PM.
estral is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-16-2024, 06:44 AM   #21
techytita
Junior Member
techytita began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 4
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2021
Device: None
BookTook didn't really work for me either. But made some movement on other social media. I thought it would be a good idea to make a qr code for direct download. So I started integrating these codes into my content (and blog posts). Whenever I post about my ebook, I include a qr code that leads directly to its landing page. It's a simple way for interested readers to access more info or even make a purchase right away. I've also experimented with printing the codes on flyers. Made great partnerships with a couple of book cafe owners. It's a passive way to promote but for now it seems to be effective. And it's easy to track metrics. I can see exactly how many people are scanning the code, when they're doing it, and where they're located.
techytita is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-18-2024, 09:17 AM   #22
Quoth
the rook, bossing Never.
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,352
Karma: 92073397
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11
Several QR code generators are free on Windows and Linux. Probably Mac too. Don't use any online site.

I think they are pointless. The supermarket took them off the veg section, because too many phone scanners go direct to site and a public QR code is easily replaced (a form of hacking).

We do have one above the URL in our books copyright page.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Watching the ebook reader market jbcohen Amazon Kindle 2 11-13-2012 10:58 AM
Apple has only 10% of ebook market, not 22% HansTWN News 21 06-15-2010 03:32 AM
Intel on eBook market? Kris777 News 0 03-04-2010 11:27 PM
Estimate of revenue in eBook market mgmueller News 12 01-17-2010 05:26 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:31 PM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.