I looked at Replit's website, first I heard of them. Their "Multiplayer" live collaboration function looks a lot like VS Code's Live Share, which I also haven't used but is probably free. And they have an AI copilot. How much effort do you think it would take to set up a server to support VS Code with repositories and live share? Live Share: https://code.visualstudio.com/...

Maybe. But then actors will have to compete with dead actors.
I mean, writers compete with dead writers, and I guess engineers compete with dead engineers.. but fundamentally they make money being around to handle real world problems of the current era. It seems likely a dead actor could be manipulated to fulfill any script, even against the actor's beliefs or those of his family. Oh yeah, same for musicians so no more suing politicians for using their music without permission. I think you have to realize a person might not want to be forced to appear to be acting after they have left the world just so that their audience and producers can continue to be satisfied with their familiar voices and visages. Not a fan of your approach.

Nice. Not that I'm expecting an advanced species to place a gravitational frequency beacon just below the limit where prospective civilization needs to be able to implement. Just saying.

Yeah, a bit worried about the adhesive ruining the wall. But there is a big need for anti-earthquake stabilization for all kinds of big and heavy things like bookcases, free standing shelving, art objects, etc. I think they could make more money by selling a comprehensive system for THAT. Scrap the adhesive, keep the suction. If something happens it can pull the rack closer against the wall. I don't know about the parachuting system they have but if they could wrap an expensive vase in an invisible loop of plastic wire that will grab it and keep it cushioned and stable in an earthquake that could be something worthwhile. Thinking outside the box, that's the part I like. But I cannot think of any case in which I would want to allow the adhesive to be deployed. Better to make an airbag..

I couldn't find out if Prada really has a division making advanced engineered fabrics or not, but if they do I'd like to see them create something we can use on Earth. For example I lately see quite a number of everyday construction workers this summer wearing those puffy cooled jackets, which look ugly and nerdy but I expect are critical with the heat waves we are getting. And skiing always has used advanced materials. It would be neat if they could create items for protection from abrasion, temperature and pressure swings, maybe something that could be used by firefighters and construction workers. Maybe their system is just too expensive and bespoke now, though not even clear about whether it is the sails or the boat itself they were making. Probably lots of knowhow that would be cool to bring to the general market.

To put it in perspective, a new fire truck costs $2 million.
If he can produce for $3 or $4 million a serious rescue tool that can manipulate huge heavy things it would be a steal. I mean, if there is a multi-car pileup and no superheroes around this is what you need. But maybe needs to scale it up more, work on the strength, crashworthiness, armor, auto-stabilization, speed, etc. I always knew a young Japanese robotics engineer would be the first to make a mecha, and the use cases are (based on manga) rescue, space, construction, etc.

Yeah. Makes Apple's walled garden look like a great idea. Even though I got android to develop on it I had so many malicious ads show up, the security plus being a part of family iPhone messages chat made me switch to iPhone and I don't regret it.
Especially the below quote.. somehow I think Apple will do a better job of validating app stores too when they become legislated, one can hope.

"This code often allows them to exploit other vulnerabilities or to install malicious payloads for spying on the phone user. Attackers often gain local access to a mobile device by tricking users into downloading malicious applications from unofficial repositories"

For several reasons, people going into AI should think long and hard on whether they are willing to base their career on weapons development or not. It seems the morality of individuals will drive how AI will impact the world.. and for those who like weapons, whether in games or not, basic attitudes will enable a broader range of potential fuckups than with nukes alone when semi-autonomous battle platforms become the norm. I was hoping the world would stabilize a bit before we got here but sci-fi seems to lead the way..

This is so funny. While TFA almost makes you feel sorry for the airlines, in reality they are well known in the automated pricing industry as being the ultimate goal (as told to me by a pricing expert on a project I was on once upon a time). Us plebes call such pricing schemes as used by airlines and Ticketmaster rapacious.

There actually is a whole corporate software genre focused on automatically building and updating huge pricing schemes, and an industry group where experts on automated pricing schemes meet periodically to share info on how to approach the unobtainium of airlines' (ideally) nefarious pricing schemes.

https://www.pricingsociety.com...

Look at the people in the About us section of this site. These are the people who make money off enabling this shit. Sure, automated pricing is probably important in this day and age, but the actual features being delivered are being molded to fit what the clients want.

Awesome, more power to them. Also it would be best to stay far, far away from Oracle which is just a barrel of rapacious sharks. Maybe Rocky et al and SuSE can make beautiful music together without IBM or Oracle. My first linux was SuSE so I have a warm place in my heart for them.

We'll see if the EU agrees.

I think those salivating would-be ad moguls are not understanding the term "AI Apocalypse". They should ask Bard. Look, it is way easier to replace readers with AI than to replace writers. The only reason I do not Ad Block the hell out of everywhere is I recognize that they have to pay their server bills somehow. But if they pursue shoving AI generated crap down our throats, then we can shove AI enhanced bots back and have the bots read and click instead. The only losers will be their clients (the brands advertising, not the reading audience) who will be spending their money on a cacophonous echo chamber. Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Cross-index with gun sales, shootings... What happens if they correlate.

Okay, I was pretty much disparaging all these anecdotes about people using ChatGPT for work and so on. And of course I don't trust anything it says since it lies like, all the time. It is a lying machine. That said, maybe if it is only fed true information then in small domains it might be really useful? I tried a few things just for kicks in Bard, my first time with it.

What is 5 factorial -> Seems right
What is e -> nice explanation
what is e^I pi -> nice explanation. Maybe coped from Wikipedia..
integrate pi x^2 over 1..10 --> Hmm.. it gives steps to calculate and then follows them, then provides code. Seems okay though didn't bother to check. Actually it uses an L symbol in there.. It says:

Sure, the integral of pi x^2 over 1 to 10 is equal to 157.086.

The integral can be evaluated using the following steps:

We can use the power rule to integrate x^2, which states that the integral of x^n is equal to x^(n+1)/n+1.
We can then evaluate the integral from 1 to 10.
The result is 157.086.
Here is the complete solution:

Code snippet
int_1^10 pi x^2 dx = pi * (x^3/3) |_1^10 = pi * ((10^3/3) - (1^3/3)) = 157.086
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What blew me away though I guess it shouldn't is:
In Apex language, how do you avoid triggering duplicate matching rules when saving data to the database?
-> It gives a pretty good, concise yet comprehensive explanation so obviously it has digested all of Salesforce's Apex developers guide it seems.. of course can't be bothered to see how much it is cribbing from the docs but still it was pretty interesting to get the answer back so quickly.

what is the length of my nose?
-> okay, it tells me how to measure my nose with a totally not snarky mathematical explanation of how to use a tape measure.

what is the length of a ramen noodle

A single ramen noodle is typically 16 inches (40 cm) long. However, the length of a ramen noodle can vary depending on the brand and type of ramen. For example, some instant ramen noodles are only 12 inches (30 cm) long, while some hand-made ramen noodles can be up to 20 inches (50 cm) long.

What??? How does it knowwwww??!?!?!

If there was really no way to avoid then I agree with you. And, tldr. But I'd like to say that if (as it sounds, though tldr) you are driving along a narrow street with closely packed cars then a super cautious driver, which is what I WANT an autonomous vehicle to be, should maybe creep ahead, beep its horn or whatever. So that it actually has the option of stopping if a kid darts out instead of saying (well it says nothing but its owners' PR division would be saying) that's the way the cookie crumbles and you must accept some deaths. Nope. I prefer these things to be super criticized now while there is a chance to you know, put more thoughtful programming into cars, listen for loud voices if possible, maybe even make dog tags it can detect? How about putting crash balloons on the FRONT of the car instead of inside it so dogs and children have a chance of survival? Who knows, I'm just saying it would be a good idea to pressure companies to build in as much safety as possible. I do not want to make it easy for robot manufacturers to justify any deaths or damage caused in connection with their products, and if it was an act of god like a lightning strike drove it crazy then ask why wasn't it surge protected, etc.