Currently you are overrating AI. There are circumstances where it's the right choice, and circumstances where it isn't. But the point keeps changing.

Well, yes. Because it enables people to take precautions against it. But it sure doesn't prove it won't happen.

Note: It doesn't even have to be done with malicious intent. Lots of people just write really unexpected prompts. The more you have doing that, the more edge cases you have.

It's not the "AI slop", it's "the slop". People are quite capable of generating slop. So you must rate the contributors on their history, not on what tool they choose to use.

But if they don't use AI to filter the contributions, they're likely to drown in slop. The problem is the false negatives.

FWIW, I think master/slave means controller/controlled. And it's shorter (though not by much). Blacklist I'm less clear about. (I can pretty much guess most of the meaning, but edge cases leave me uncertain.)

And that's a problem. Python survived Guido's abdication, but what are the plans for Linux?

See "Plan A". That will never happen because it assumes the US govt. will make only wise, honest, and insightful decisions, but just try to come up with a better "Plan B" that doesn't start WWIII.

1) We keep changing the training methods.
2) We keep improving validation methods.
3) The evidence we've reached peak AI is, at the very best, shaky.
4) The best models at any time probably aren't public either in accessibility or even in knowledge that they exist.
5) John Henry may have driven deeper than the steam engine, but the steam engine drove deep enough. And the strain killed John Henry. You don't see many people driving steel pegs anymore.

etc.

There's no guarantee the the models will continue to be open weight.

Also, if it's actually done by distilling, it will be quite fragile outside the predetermined area. (But bet on harnesses to solve that problem.)

1) What do you mean "earth like"?
2) How do you know there isn't any life?

There's a problem there. Centralized power means a single entity is in control of that power. I don't think there's any way around that. If that single entity has an agenda, it will use that power to further the agenda. The only solution I can see is decentralization of power. That was what the tripartite government was supposed to achieve. It worked pretty well until the executive branch became too powerful. It's worked increasingly less well since FDR. But things are so complicated that the legislature has been giving the executive branch increasing power, and the courts have been acquiescent.

Trump is a symptom of a much more basic problem. Presidents have always abused their power, but it used to be a lot more limited. (Though look a Lincoln.)

That's a reasonable guess, but I bet the language was French or German, and there often are changes in meaning when one translates. (Even within the same language. Consider "Baby sitter" vs "nanny".)

OK. That's a specific use case that's hard to argue with. It didn't occur to me as I've never needed it...and I can't think of anything that it would be useful for that I either do or would like to do.

I wonder what "wearables" represents in the original language of the decision. That would make a big difference.

What do you use an oura ring for?
(Since you've bought an upgrade, you must have some uses...but I couldn't think of any, so I never considered buying one.)