Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Celebrating with some seasonally festive cookies #FrankTheRabbit #WhyAreYouWearingThatStupidHumanSuit 1882
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Saw this in my way home from the gym this morning. Top comment on the news article: “You can’t park there” Photo credit, the Sun Times News. 2956
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I know I'm like four years behind, but I just watched Stranger Things Season 4 "Chapter Four: Dear Billy" for the first time last night. It really stressed me out! Some catharsis at the end but damn if my heart rate didn't come back down for about two hours. 3500
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Content provenance technologies are becoming more important than ever. Just ask my pet bear cub. (This video was 100% AI generated) 3656
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I read somewhere that we were lucky to live during the brief period of human history after the invention of the photography/video and before it was trivial to mimic reality with AI. Now enjoyment of any cool image or video is tainted by the concern we’re being tricked. I think about that a lot 815230
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I'm excited to see Google's SynthID getting traction. It's an invisible watermark to make it easier to tell if an image/video was AI generated. But a reminder that SynthID detection can yield both false positives AND false negatives for AI content: 1212
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The elf is back. Little dude likes to play with fire #dontblink #doctorwho #weepingangel 2292
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025A message from my daughter to my Whovian friends. 2311
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 23/11/2025In honor of TARDIS Day I'm resharing my daughter's bass guiTARDIS. Still trying to convince her to pose with it wearing my 12th doctor cosplay. #TARDISDay #doctorwho #TARDIS 3817
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I thought the Indeed AI Work Report was pretty fascinating. In particular this chart that goes skill by skill and breaks down how much each will be transformed by AI. It reinforces that few jobs will go away completely due to AI, but the vast majority will be transformed by it to some degree. 83718
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 22/10/2025The launch of ChatGPT Atlas makes me think about how inefficient it is for AIs to use websites made for humans. It seems clear that we'll end up with a lot of traffic happening directly between AI agents - I hope that as we move in that direction we can keep a focus on standards and interoperability 3214
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Check out our new pet bear cub!* *Of course, this is not real. But it demonstrates another step in the inexorable march toward AI content becoming impossible to detect. Watermarks are easy to remove. We need to pivot to data provenance to verify what's real instead of trying to detect what's fake. 36421
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 03/09/2025A bright side about Nano Banana is it's giving people both "wow, that's incredible" moments, immediately followed by the "oh, so deepfakes are now easily available to anyone" realization. The conversation around content provenance just went from "important" to "hair-on-fire" #AIgovernance #AIsafety 0284
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025UPGRADING IS COMPULSORY (but good governance is essential.) As we build powerful new technologies, we must ensure they serve humanity, not the other way around. On that note, I’m excited to share that I completed Georgetown University's certificate in AI Governance and Compliance. 91018
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I'm excited to try the new ChatGPT agent! That said, I have...*concerns*. A thread! #AI #AIgovernance #AIrisk (1/8) 2102
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Ooo we made it until July with this prediction. "Taking over" might be putting it strongly, but I'd say that the ChatGPT agent launch confirms this one. 291
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025It was back in March that we met #davidtennant at Cleveland Fan Expo, but too fun not to share. He was lovely to meet in person even if he looks a bit nonplussed in the photo 😆 #doctorwho 4682
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 14/07/2025So I took my mom to one of those paint your own pottery places for Mother’s Day. There was really only one choice of what to put on my mug. #DungeonCrawlerCarl #LitRPG 1380
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Key finding from the new 2025 Stanford AI Index: While enterprise AI adoption continues to speed up, implementation of formal governance frameworks remains low. The gap between deployment and oversight is a significant operational risk for organizations. #AIGovernance #AIRiskhai.stanford.edu 081
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Colin I already loved you but now I extra love you. 1100
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025We're only a week into 2025 and barreling headlong into my prediction #3 "SLMs and Gray Market AI Boom". Being able to run a 200b parameter LLM locally for $3k is insane. Excuse me while I figure out how to justify buying one. #GenerativeAI #AIInnovation #FutureOfAI #AIResearch #NVidiaDigitstheverge.comNvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called DigitsIt’s the size of a desktop. 3171
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I agree that AI literacy is becoming increasingly important. Time will tell whether AI will be a good thing or a bad thing but it's definitely going to be a Thing! #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AILiteracyforbes.comLeading In The Digital Age–Why AI Literacy Matters Now More Than EverAI literacy is the new literacy of our time. By embedding critical thinking and ethical awareness into education, we can prepare leaders to thrive, and lead, responsibly. 2253
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Since we're at the end of the year I'll hop on the bandwagon and post my AI predictions for 2025...a thread (with added AI images, just for fun) #artificialintelligence #AI 1/6 280
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 28/12/2024So I’m pretty pleased with how the bass guiTARDIS we got our daughter for Christmas turned out. First thing played in it: #doctorwho theme song, of course. 4381
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Quantum seems like the next realm for high speed data transfer - great to see this breakthrough that shows we can do it on existing fiber alongside current traffic!techspot.comEngineers achieve quantum teleportation over active internet cablesEngineers at Northwestern University have demonstrated quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic. This feat, published in the journal Optica, opens up new... 0153
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I agree that it's a losing battle to detect AI content or require it be watermarked. Makes more sense to me to have a way to verify what content is *not* AI. I'm not sure if the "Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity" is the best solution but it seems like a good start. #C2PA #EthicalAIc2pa.org Overview - C2PA Menu OpenMenu CloseAn open technical standard providing publishers, creators, and consumers the ability to trace the origin of different types of media. 1182
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024The elf had to call in some backup for this one. #DoctorWho 2273
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I'm an AI optimist and an iPhone user since launch, and unfortunately have to agree with the current state of "Apple Intelligence"...so far Apple is missing the point.9to5mac.comMost iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so farA new survey suggests that Apple Intelligence matters to iPhone buyers, but the majority say that the initial features add... 270
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I think the elf blinked last night…the angel is off the tree! #DoctorWho 1120
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I do find it amusing that SantaGPT is for ages 13+ only. Technically they say ChatGPT as a whole is for ages 13+ but this is the only voice that has the limit explicitly. At least they are trying? #EthicalAI 120
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024SantaGPT wouldn't explicitly confirm the Elf on the Shelf is NOT a kind of weeping angel. #DontBlinkOrHeMoves #WeepingElfTheory 171
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I think the new weeping angel started getting feisty because the elf is keeping an eye on her. #doctorwho @brendafineman.bsky.social 0100
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024We decided the weeping angel tree topper was too small, so we upsized (and found a model we like better) #doctorwho @brendafineman.bsky.social 180
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I'm (amused? concerned? maybe both) that in red teaming, OpenAI and Anthropic models tried to escape by copying themselves to a new server when they thought they were being shut down...and lied about it when they were caught. #AI #AIAccountability #EthicalAIapolloresearch.aiScheming reasoning evaluations — Apollo ResearchApollo Research evaluated frontier models for in-context scheming capabilities. We found that multiple frontier models are capable of in-context scheming when strongly nudged to pursue a goal (and som... 031
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It's that time of year again...no holiday season is complete without the traditional viewing of Ben & Dave's Holiday Special! #Ben&Daveyoutu.beBen & Dave Holiday Special 2021YouTube video by Ben & Dave 010
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Certainly AI summarization has a lot of great use cases, but figuring out when *not* to use it might be even more important. And maybe I could tell you more if I read more than a summary of this articlebostonglobe.comArtificial intelligence and the efficiency trap - The Boston GlobeAI systems that summarize everything from newspaper articles to novels herald the time you’ll save. By forsaking real reading, here’s what you stand to lose. 010
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I'm putting too much pressure on myself regarding what my first Bluesky post should be, so I'm just going to break the seal by sharing our new weeping angel Christmas tree topper that we printed. @brendafineman.bsky.social #doctorwho 050