The same may be asked about Microsoft. And these purveyors of insecure and hard to use crap are not only still in business, they are raking in cash like crazy. My conclusion is that the customer is essentially stupid.

Those that understand Science and statistical effects and those that do not. The first class knows that this was not "caused" by climate change, but that climate change made it much more likely, exactly as predicted. The second class is clueless anyways and there is no way to change that.

Well, I will make one last attempt since you seem to be honestly struggling to perceive reality here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Nope. If you have to ask, you are blind to reality. Nothing I can do about that.

Well, if you are "narrowly concerned" about the US situation only, any uncertainty there may be enough to kill the idea. Or not. I really do not care much, most of the "freedoms" US-Americans get indoctrinated about having are not really there or are only there under certain conditions (such as you being rich and able to afford expensive lawyers). But you are welcome to any illusions you may have about the US being the "greatest country in the world". Have a look abroad if you ever want to verify that assessment, or do not if you don't want to. Also remember this is not just about bomb making instructions. That was (very obviously) just an example. There are countless other problematic topics. For example, specific for the US, I would imagine any kind of commercial (!) assistance in racism, sexism, etc. to be highly problematic and an LLM that cannot be prevented from giving that assistance being a non-starter. Or think what would happen if an LLM gives sex advice to minors. Or advice on abortion. Or countless other topics. It does not even need to be legal problems that kill it, a crusade by the religiously deranged (of which there are many in the US) would already be enough.

It hardly matters because, as I stated, LLMs are products that need to compete globally to be profitable and that happens to be relevant to the story posted. If you want to discuss some narrow issues about your perception of the US, do it with somebody else. I do not care enough.

That is nice. Not quite true and basically one of the things that get vastly overstated to make everybody there believe how great the US is. But you know what? LLMs need to compete and survive in a global market. Most US tech companies make most of their business not actually in the US. Recent events have nicely shown how much clout the EU alone has and in the EU, putting bomb-making instructions online is decidedly illegal. Same in many other places of the world.

You have a very good point about the "blackmailing". I have seen that in direct action with employees of large banks here getting access to cheap credits. Of course, those that fall for the trap then cannot leave, because the interest rate is tied to the employment. Obviously, that is an extreme case, but the more general principle you describe applies nicely. People used to be kept in line by the fear of "God", now they are kept in line by the fear of losing their material wealth. Funny how both approaches seems to work pretty much the same.

I have not thought about this that much, because I am not affected. I am nicely in the plus and have no dependants I need to care for. Hence I am one of the factors that makes populations shrink slowly. But quite frankly, I do not feel bad about that at all. For one thing, we have massive overpopulation on this planet. For another, all my retirement will be paid for by money that I paid into the respective insurances, not by tax money. And finally, I see massive, massive waste and inefficiency everywhere. The smaller generations can easily hack it if those inefficiencies are just a bit reduced. Obviously that also means that some really big egos need to be deflated, but that is in no way a bad thing.

As to employers having to compete for workers, damn right. But somehow the economics graduates do not understand what a market is and how it works. I just quit a side-job where they will not be able to replace me and that was because of stupid demands from one of those economics grads. When I told them some time back that they usually would not even have access to somebody on my level of expertise (quite true, they only got access to me by a partnership), and that if they continue this funny business I would leave, they just tried to sabotage the conversation. These people are not rational. They somehow think they own employees (i.e. a "slave holder" model) and that the whole thing is not a market. I guess these will have to grow up now and face reality. I see that as a good thing.

I know of some examples of these. Typically small, say 10-employee range, but usually these work well, and managers actually manage and are not mistaken for decision makers. As these usually use some form of democratic process for important decisions, I am not sure the model scales. For democracy to work, you need to have everybody be conversant with the facts and make rational decisions. The larger the group, the more difficult it gets to explain things and present facts and the easier it gets for people to bunch into factions that just chose to believe something that has no connection to the actual facts. My guess would be this model works up to something like 100 people or so, not many more. Still, with that size you can do almost anything.

You can tell your tiny mind whatever you like. Does not make it true.

You know that The Anarchists Cookbook is a trap, right? Most of the recipes in there are more dangerous for the one trying to cook things up.

That said, this is about products that will be sold globally. An LLM that can essentially only be used in the US and is criminal to use in the rest of the world will not be a commercial success.

You need to look at the actual research. Harsher penalties make a society _less_ safe. People that are all about revenge never understand that, no matter how clear the data.

And that is why you have no insight: You are all about judging people and groups, and cannot see aspects in isolation. Here is a hint: _Every_ group on the planet is doing things wrong and _nobody_ is doing really well in all or even most aspects. There are thing to be learned though and if you accept that some group does something well, that does _not_ mean you are validating the whole group or cheering for it.

If you only see groups as a complete profile and then judge everything that group does the same as the complete profile, you will never learn and never understand what works and what does not. My guess would be that is intended. This way you can crap on everybody and feel snugly superior, with no need to ever change any of your pre- and misconceptions. Well done.

The rules were complex as possible before software existed. *yawn*

$20 is essentially zero for me and anyone with a real job

What lie? The non-google protesters were outside.

You sound like a lying pro-Israeli trying to spin.

Customer service jobs have seen high losses. As soon as the current AI is combined with a physical presence then jobs like stocking, shelving, janitorial services, security, and many more will see rapid replacement.

I agree there's a problem with confabulation. But see the CNBC article, 'TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Recent data shows AI job losses are rising, but the numbers donâ(TM)t tell the full story" where it says, "According to a recent report of 750 business leaders using AI from ResumeBuilder, 37% say the technology replaced workers in 2023. Meanwhile, 44% report that there will be layoffs in 2024 resulting from AI efficiency."