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samyazaa t1_j8ogu1b wrote
Reply to comment by kfractal in Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
Hey finally a cancellation I can get behind!
Infinite-Night8374 t1_j8ogqkt wrote
Reply to comment by BOSS-3000 in 11 states consider 'right to repair' for farming equipment by Ranew
I’m sitting on a 1988 850 with only 1000 hours. Maybe I’ll actually get to retire.
Redrump1221 t1_j8ogq0w wrote
Reply to comment by grahamulax in 11 states consider 'right to repair' for farming equipment by Ranew
They do this to phones (especially Iphones), printer cartridges, cars and just about any other product they can get away with. Digital rights management software is preventing people from using devices they bought under the premise of copyright and safety. The farmers feel it the hardest but everyone should be aware that everyday you have less rights to use the things you bought just so some CEO can give himself a 20 million dollar bonus instead of 10 million y seedling you a subscription to something you bought.
MPenguinGaming t1_j8ogk3v wrote
Reply to comment by RepeatOffender21 in Texas Taxpayers Face a $100M Bill to Update Voting Machines with Equipment That Doesn’t Exist Yet by Sorin61
You’re the one who’s made a second account and dug back a few days worth of posts to fail again
QristopherQuixote t1_j8ogjgs wrote
Reply to comment by ethereal3xp in Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
Do you need a history of all the things SciFi got wrong? Asimov, Heinlein, etc?
Contagion is based on actual science. Read books by Robin Cook if you want to see an actual scientist write science fiction. His book "vector" predicted the use of Anthrax as a terrorist weapon. However, folks like Michael Crichton have been spectacularly wrong even though he had an MD. Crichton was a science skeptic in some respects who questioned bans on DDT and wrote a book that made a mockery of environmental activism. He also wrote a book against AI called "Prey" which had a swarm intelligence using nanobots that was beyond silly.
We don't even know if strong AI is possible. It doesn't appear to be necessary for us to get value from task based AI. Artificial neural nets are everywhere including in cruise control in cars, smart thermostats, etc. Some smart phones like the Pixel have them. Components of AI are being used more and more.
We cannot confuse complexity with strong AI. Very complex AI systems can still be weak task based AI. Consciousness and independent action are not part of AI now. No existing AI system can be considered to be "thinking." This idea that an AI overlord will emerge to override human action is pure science fiction. The human brain has trillions of interconnections between billions of neurons with an incredible input system. No computer can match it yet.
SillyRookie t1_j8ogfhl wrote
Even with a converter they're still bad chargers. Speaking from experience.
But removing the proprietary nonsense is certainly a first step toward making EVs ubiquitous and able to travel cross country easier.
It's an actual good idea at the basic level, so we know an uncredited person did it.
Sirmalta t1_j8ogee5 wrote
Reply to comment by very_bad_programmer in They appeared in deepfake porn videos without their consent. Few laws protect them. by LiveStreamReports
Leftist here. The only reason I dont watch deepfakes is because theyre stupid. Show me a video of the actual person fucking, and I'm in. Deep fakes are just dumb fan art.
I dont care about them, and frankly neither should anyone else. Its lame, not sexy, and too dumb to be offensive.
scienceAurora t1_j8ogdpq wrote
Reply to Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
Okay can we not give Musk a platform? He's not an innovator, he's a conman with way too much money.
ickarus99 t1_j8ogdok wrote
Reply to comment by kfractal in Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
Unfortunately his view of AI is the only thing I agree with that’s come out of his mouth.
littleMAS t1_j8ogasi wrote
Reply to Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
He will prove himself right by incorporating AI into Tesla cars and Twitter feeds.
BravoCharlie1310 t1_j8og38r wrote
Reply to Lufthansa Passengers Are Stranded Because of a Severe Tech Outage | Airline passengers on 177 flights were impacted when a construction company accidentally cut fiber optic cables, effectively shutting down the airport by Hrmbee
It’s always that early morning hungover backhoe operator that causes the most havoc.
Uristqwerty t1_j8og1o5 wrote
Reply to comment by EmbarrassedHelp in They appeared in deepfake porn videos without their consent. Few laws protect them. by LiveStreamReports
The dataset used to train the model needs to be sourced ethically, just like the supply chain used by a physical manufacturer needs to be audited to ensure a supplier isn't using slave labour in a country too remote to attract much attention over the issue. In this case, I'd say the companies need to either dilute their datasets further, using fewer samples from any given person to the point that AI can't replicate the appearance of a specific person or the style of an artist except by improbable coincidence or extreme genericity, or get consent from each person who (or whose work) appears in the training data.
Though this is deepfakes, which I think involve users applying additional training material specifically of the target, so that the AI over-fits to that specific output. If the original AI was ethically/respectfully produced, then the people responsible for the additional rounds of training ought to be the ones at fault, at least as much as the prompt-writer themselves (assuming they're not the same individual!). For that, the only good solution I can think of is legislation.
Sirmalta t1_j8ofspo wrote
Reply to They appeared in deepfake porn videos without their consent. Few laws protect them. by LiveStreamReports
I dont get why anyone cares about this.
It isnt you... people have been doing this with photoshop for like 25 years.
Why do you care? You cant stop people from picturing it, or drawing it, or painting it, or photoshopping it, so why do people care if a computer puts your face on someone in porn?
jh937hfiu3hrhv9 t1_j8ofmy1 wrote
Pretending to be magnanimous when it does not cost anything.
lebastss t1_j8ofjwj wrote
Reply to comment by Tomcatjones in Tesla Agrees To Open Thousands Of Its Chargers To Other EVs By 2024 by 10MinsForUsername
That makes more sense. I thought they were putting these at actual rest stops out there which would be crazy to me.
steepleton t1_j8ofglw wrote
Reply to comment by Throwaway08080909070 in Elon Musk donates almost $2bn of Tesla shares to charity by Nergaal
And as if to prove it, it was originally the Alfred Nobel manoeuvre
who_you_are t1_j8ofauk wrote
Reply to comment by radiocate in 11 states consider 'right to repair' for farming equipment by Ranew
I'm watching Louis Rossmann so I know their greed. But even us, we can see it with stuff targeted for us.
I already hate marketing because they lie on everything. Show me the specs, then the specs (if possible) in my common situation (it change, eg. Battery over temperature). Then, if you want put common use, then your bullshit generic marketing.
I also do electronics (not a lot though, and as personal). What they call "datasheet" (read it specifications) is gold by modern standard. You want to know the output at 10, 30, 60 degree? 3.3v, 5v, 50v? Here, take this! Usually the first section describes the product with general usages. Then the features.
All that in a short way. Except the first paragraph that somewhat look like generic marketing blabla, the other part are straight to the point.
All companies want to get all your money. If they could, they would just get it straight from your pay check without providing anything.
The way to go around is with subscription (free money on a regular base) and closed part (so you need to buy exclusive from them so they can get all the money).
Also, and it is a damn big issue, "we can barely do anything". Do you have the money and knowledge to start your own farming equipment manufacturer? To produce cellphones? Cars?... I would like, but I can't. I won't even be able to do 1/90 of that.
If I could, I would almost sell it for the price to build. Make sure management don't eat all the money for no reason (like their wage). trying to block wage increase if the bottom get any, reduce stupid layout to be always on the low hierarchy one (you know, the one actually making money to the company?)
Unfortunately, life suck and all that is impossible.
lebastss t1_j8of850 wrote
Reply to comment by fmfbrestel in Tesla Agrees To Open Thousands Of Its Chargers To Other EVs By 2024 by 10MinsForUsername
Oh thanks for the clarification. Thats a misuse of the term test stop, at least in California. I'm a real estate developer and started out doing commercial land off freeways in rural areas and we specifically could not refer to ourselves as a rest stop in advertising.
RepeatOffender21 t1_j8of4sx wrote
Reply to comment by MPenguinGaming in Texas Taxpayers Face a $100M Bill to Update Voting Machines with Equipment That Doesn’t Exist Yet by Sorin61
Ahh yes trolling away are we? The page says odd, not even.
[deleted] t1_j8oezbr wrote
Reply to comment by Nopants_Jedi in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
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greatersteven t1_j8oe0vt wrote
Reply to comment by happyscrappy in Tesla Agrees To Open Thousands Of Its Chargers To Other EVs By 2024 by 10MinsForUsername
You mean why should only Teslas be allowed to use the charging network that Tesla solely funded and built themselves?
I'm glad they're opening the supercharger network up but you're comparing a privately owned and funded charging network to public ones.
FPSPoonzy t1_j8odnz9 wrote
Reply to comment by desperate_coder in They appeared in deepfake porn videos without their consent. Few laws protect them. by LiveStreamReports
Same with politicians. Both local and national wise. It'd be the only way as you said.
Nopants_Jedi t1_j8odgt8 wrote
Reply to comment by 647843267e in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
Pretty much, yeah.
647843267e t1_j8odf63 wrote
Reply to comment by Nopants_Jedi in Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by strokeright
Trolls teach these AIs to act this way.
Sensual_Pudding t1_j8ogujk wrote
Reply to comment by desperate_coder in They appeared in deepfake porn videos without their consent. Few laws protect them. by LiveStreamReports
Wouldn’t be hard to put some in a lemon party video.