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Comment Re:Copyright infringement (Score 1) 395

"respect the wishes of the picture subject and the copyright holder"

You can certainly make an argument for the former, but as for the latter, the copyright holder in this case has been aware of the image's use for decades and taken no action to defend their copyright. Case law on this is clear: they have no claim at this point. Further, the implication of legitimate academic and research use over the course of several decades would itself make any copyright claim difficult at best. At this point, it is highly unlikely that the wishes of the copyright holder matter, from a legal perspective.

Comment Cost/Benefit (Score 5, Funny) 44

Not only that but someone, having spotted this reoccurring hallucination, had turned that made-up dependency into a real one, which was subsequently downloaded and installed thousands of times by developers as a result of the AI's bad advice, we've learned.

If you're married, then you know that sometimes this kind of thing can be worth it just to avoid starting another argument.

Comment Tremendous Accomplishment (Score 4, Interesting) 120

Everyone involved can be proud of the improvement made to a billionaire's bottom line.
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...

The Portland-based utility — part of billionaire Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway — agreed to remove the aging dams after determining it would be less expensive than trying to bring them up to current environmental standards. The dams were used purely for power generation, not to store water for cities or farms.

The dam will never produce so much as a watt of clean power ever again.

Comment Re: Lack of training data for domain specific task (Score 1) 95

Gratuitous sexism aside, youâ(TM)re exactly correct with your comment.

We donâ(TM)t need machines that generate pro forma bullshit that mimics all the genuine bullshit weâ(TM)re already drowning in. We need machines that can reliably perform menial but important real-world tasks, like food preparation.

Comment Re: Poor performance (Score 1) 95

A bad developer is often worse than no developer, as the workload introduced by the bugs and maintenance load they add to the project outweighs the benefit of their coding effort.

Iâ(TM)d be very surprised if that doesnâ(TM)t turn out to be the case with Devin. At least with a badhuman programmer you can hold out hope that they will become better with time and experience; I donâ(TM)t think that is the case with AIs as they anre currently implemented.

Comment That'd Be Great; Bet It Won't Last (Score 5, Insightful) 90

YouTube is no longer showing recommended videos to users logged out of a Google account or using Incognito mode, making people concerned they are being bullied into always being signed into the service.

Not tracking someone is bullying them . . . that's rich. Who is concerned about this? What did they say, and where did they say it? This sounds like the story of the woman suing Facebook for not serving her ads.

This "news" article's logic is so bizarre it sounds bought.

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