I know it's really trivial, bordering on petty, but please oh please give her a different accent. She says "okay" so much, and the Valleygirl accent is never heard so pronounced as obviously as in that word that I really want any other accent. Mid Atlantic, Southern, Cascadian, Midwest, Irish, please anything other than Valleygirl.
Several minutes were spent on the new voices. So yes, you can.
This is an honest question (As someone that charges an EV commuting car at home): Can EVs be charged on the road without a phone? Is cash an option?
Cash might be difficult, I don't know, but at every charger I stopped at I could have tapped a credit card.
Nobody has ever, even one time, seen a single atom, anywhere, that is not behaving per the known laws of science. So, the brain, like the rest of nature, would appear to be a machine that we can analyze and duplicate if we wish.
It doesn't leave much room for a "soul" (other than as a psychological construct), does it ?! The soul can't be controlling our neurons if science is doing it.
> the brain is not digital
The energy efficieny of our brain is not because it is analog, but rather because it is an aychronous dataflow architecture. Each neuron only updates if/when one of its inputs changes.
> we can barely model the neural network of an ant
Actually a human is estimated to have ~100T synapses, and SOTA LLMs are already over 1T params, so we're not far off in terms of compute - just need to know what to do with it.
> We have absolutely no idea if such an "algorithm" even exists
Our entire cortex - language cortex, visual cortex, auditory cortex, etc is a very regular structure. If you uncrumpled it, it's basically a tea-towel sized sheet of 6 layers of neurons, all with a very specific interconnect pattern, and feedback paths through the thalamus. It seems HIGHLY likely that it all operates the same way, and this is the "algorithm" they are looking for.
You're not going to put this Genie back in the bottle.
AI image / asset generation is going to happen because not only is it faster but it can be done far cheaper than humans can do.
( It's akin to arguing that cars put the horse and buggy industry out of business )
You should get used to it because that is going to be the way forward regardless if you agree with it or not.
There is far too much money involved for it to be ignored.
Sure, the computing substrate doesn't matter. If you can figure out how our brain learns in terms of neurotransmitters and synapses, then you can abstract that and implement it in software (and/or hardware).
Social Media / Big Tech are only worried about the profit hits they're going to take if a huge chunk of their userbase
vanishes by banning non-adults from their platforms.
The only way we'll ever get rid of this whole " age-verification " idea ( to protect minors . . . . lol right ) is when
Social Media / Big Tech are potentially looking at crazy levels of profit loss due to the mass exodus of non-adult users.
They're ok with it as long as the age verification thing only impacts the adult content industry.
They will become the most vocal opposition to it, however, if same said rules are applied against their own platforms.
I wouldn't call it a publicity stunt, but it does seem bit crazy to fund something that amounts to a wish list, apparently with no plan other than "we'll work on it" to get there.
Doorbell cameras, dash-cams, home and business ( indoor and outdoor ) security cameras, license plate readers,
smartphones, body cameras, telemetry data, gps and an on-demand hot microphone practically guarantee you're
being tracked / monitored damn near 24/7. ( Despite assurances and denials to the contrary )
None of which have any " indicators " to let you know you're being recorded.
( Thus, I fail to see the issue with folks turning off the indicator on these glasses )
( It does amaze me, however, how people continue to act like idiots knowing cameras are literally everywhere )
When it comes to interacting with others, it's well known that people tend to behave quite differently when they know
( or suspect ) they are being recorded than they do if they think no one is watching. I find it especially amusing to watch
Law Enforcement throw a temper tantrum when they realize they're being recorded after doing something stupid.
The only way to catch folks being their " true " selves is if you have evidence to prove it beyond your own testimony.
Thus, the reason I think these glasses without the obvious indicator are a non-issue.
Moral of this story:
Behave like your actions are being recorded at all times because there is a decent chance that they are.
purchase the Cyc rule-base/engine and figure out how to integrate it with LLMs. It could then have a degree of common sense that LLMs lack.
Tell me his rockets are not intentionally phallic.
Schrodinger Factor is real! Screw you flat-time-liners!
I'm going to eat your cat for claiming this.
The more cordial the buyer's secretary, the greater the odds that the competition already has the order.
