• Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    214·
    5 days ago

    yes, I can explain. an actress named milla jovovich created a new way for AI to store memories. this was made possible by the fact that celebrities are not just pretty/handsome faces, and can be talented in things other than acting.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
    142·
    5 days ago

    It’s true because no one ever lied on the internet. 4chan is the boss of the interweb and they will confirm it.

  • moondoggie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    5 days ago

    In her video she says she was the architect and her friend Ben was the engineer. To me that reads as “I came up with an idea and told my friend who did all the heavy lifting to make it work. Then we realized that in our current culture no one would listen without a recognizable face attached to it, so I’m telling you about it now.”

    Also, why is instagram showing the video as posted by her and a dude who seems to do videos warning people about scams? It’s been forever since I’ve been on IG and I couldn’t get much farther than that without logging in.

    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      This seems like the most likely explanation.

      The “memory palace” (AKA method of loci) is a plausible inspiration for someone with a non-technical background, and there’s evidence that it’s closer to how the brain actually indexes memories natively.

      (Although my understanding is that it bootstraps the hippocampus’s hard-wired ability to remember the layout of physical locations—I don’t know that an LLM would have a similar ability out of the box.)

    • CodenameDarlen@lemmy.worldOP
      63·
      5 days ago

      I think it’s weird that all the technical comments are being made on her name, she’s answering GitHub technical issues and not the other guy who supposedly did it.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    5 days ago

    Someone copied an existing repo as a scam/grift.

    Often when they do this, they name it after a random celebrity.

    In rare cases, this generates buzz and uninformed people spread it around the internet. Usually when it’s just a screenshot of a screenshot being passed around on social media.

    I’d like to say most people are smart enough to realize all that, but it’s just doesn’t seem to be as true as it used to be.

    Edit:

    This is the crypto tech to who actually made it, and likely paid a celeb to create a GitHub account and post an Instagram ad:

    Ben Sigman is an AI agent orchestrator, systems engineer, author, and Bitcoin advocate. He builds AI-powered products and agent systems, including XAVIOR — an AI operating system running 10 custom fine-tuned models — and the open source memory system mempalace.

    He conceived and leads Libre, Bitcoin’s first decentralized two-way lending marketplace, and is the bestselling co-author of Bitcoin One Million, ranked #1 in Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and Bitcoin categories. He is also the co-creator of Bitcoin Alpha, the invite-only Bitcoin unconference series.

    Ben designed the giant orange shark sculpture, “Apex Predator of Money” — a bold symbol proposed as Bitcoin’s new mascot as featured in Decrypt.

    With over 20 years in technology, his work spans AI agents, Bitcoin, and open finance.

    https://benobi.one/about/

    If these grifts aren’t obvious to someone, they desperately need to pay more attention.

    It took like 2 seconds to get to the bottom of this.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        5 days ago

        Then she was paid to slap her name on it…

        Another thing that’s not new.

        Look at her GitHub account, this is the only thing it’s ever done, and she’s never, ever, talked about any sort of coding before as far as I’m aware.

        It’s still an obvious grift/scam, regardless of if she’s involved.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            17·
            5 days ago

            Why would she accept money for that? It doesn’t make sense, she has enough money

            At this juncture it’s become impossible for me to take these as serious questions/comments.

            If you were being sincere, I hope someone else with more patience assists you.

          • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            8·
            5 days ago

            why would anyone want more monies if they already have enough monies

            I don’t know what world you’re living in but it isn’t Earth

          • Willoughby@piefed.worldEnglish
            2·
            5 days ago

            The same reason any other rich, out of touch person does anything, the quest for more money and/or recognition.

            It ain’t like Hollywood is paying very well anymore and her main gig was what, one franchise? Mmmhm.

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 days ago

    A Celebrity Does A Grift.

    This happens a lot.

    In crypto, it usually goes like this: Celebrity makes a coin. Uses fans goodwill to make them buy in. Coin gets rugpulled (oh no!) as in the celebrity and their tech friend cash out and leave the fans with a dead coin worth 1% of what they paid.

    The celebrity will then say they were flimflammed. Fooled. Duped. Tricked. Teary apology. Very sad. Victim like you and me. Very also kept the advance $50k from the tech people. Also kept the cash they got from rugpulling. Don’t ask about that.