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Comment Re:Is this really what people will pay for? (Score 1) 92

That "Nitro" stuff makes zero sense rationally. My guess is pure appeal to vanity.

If you're vain enough to want to stand out with exclusive emojis or animated whatevers, then spending money on a Nitro subscription makes rational sense.

Comment Re:Which is it? (Score 5, Insightful) 113

It can destroy us if we entrust it with too much stuff. Let it run all the stores, and the logistics for those stores. And military logistics while we are at it. Maybe balance our power grid. Let it suggest governmental policy. Teach our kids.

It won't destroy us because it "decides" to; LLMs do not make decisions. It optimizes for certain goals, using shitty instructions and shitty training data. Which means that under certain conditions it can make completely unexpected and illogical actions, like those Chinese bipedal robots glitching out. So... it will destroy us because - under certain conditions - it will utterly suck at its job.

Comment Re: Actively stalking is a different behavior ... (Score 0) 253

You libs are destroying everything, blaming others trying to stop it, and demanding we ignore our own eyes Can't anything out of your mouths be true, even accidentally somehow?

Arguing with me in your mind, widdle cawardette? There are many different levels, and don't for a New York minute think that if you stand with Trump, means you are a conservative. All you are is a widdle caward, who was a prime example of the need for your daddy to pull out before he came, and done the world a favor by spilling his splooge on the floor, where at least it could be recycled without producing a waste of oxygen.

Or are you a fifth grader, thinking that he can effectively ytroll a person who can grind him down, and feed him to Facebook as an example of the need for a license to have cildrfen.

If you are that fifth grader, make certain you give mommy and daddy their laptop back, ans make certain to delete those special pictures you enjoy so much. Don't want mommy and daddy to think you need chemically castrates, yaknow, Oh yeah, and mommy wanted to know why some on the keys on her laptop got stuck, and why your socks are all stuck together. Jezuz H Kryste , coward, at least use paper towels and toss them in your future prospects folder AKA the trash.

Haven't done a Saturday night Curb Stomping in a while - I think you so very much!

Comment Re:Translation: (Score 1) 94

I was waiting for a simple eloquent post to hit, among all of the conjecture posted, like we're all gonna die!, or this is the birth of skynet!

Yes, the AI bubble paradigm is likely to collapse before too long. In its present form, it is unsustainable, in my estimation will create a positive feedback loop that ends up requiring infinite power demands to store a huge amount of self referential data.

It isn't that there is no use for AI, there definitely is. But not like the tech bros are trying to create, which is more like a grift bubble. There's going to be a hella lot of money vaporizing overnight one of these days.

Ahh yes, proof by blatant assertion, a favourite for those whose IQ's lurk in middle age.....but maybe, just maybe the reason some humans are trying to produce **Artificial** Intelligence is because there's not much being generated by humans.

And yet, it extends beyond the stupid. My wife, who is very smart, (VP at a construction associated corporation) but very non-technical, is scared AF about AI. And me trying to explain my "insiders outlook" just doesn't sway her.

She looks at me askance sometimes when I tell her I use AI, but think the concepts at the moment are wrong...."How can you be both, honey?" And trying to explain localized AI to a person who thinks it's all about humongous Data Centers using up groundwater, destroying farmland, and requiring as much power as the rest of the country uses for themselves...... damn, I wish I could get her off of Facebook!

Otherwise, yes, there are plenty of stupid people around.

Keep in mind, I have no issues with people being against Data Centers. When the paradigm changes, and it won't be too long, those centers will be pretty useless - maybe repurposed as a fulfillment center?

Comment Re:Translation: (Score 1) 94

alternative translation - we have hit the wall.

I was waiting for a simple eloquent post to hit, among all of the conjecture posted, like we're all gonna die!, or this is the birth of skynet!

Yes, the AI bubble paradigm is likely to collapse before too long. In its present form, it is unsustainable, in my estimation will create a positive feedback loop that ends up requiring infinite power demands to store a huge amount of self referential data.

It isn't that there is no use for AI, there definitely is. But not like the tech bros are trying to create, which is more like a grift bubble. There's going to be a hella lot of money vaporizing overnight one of these days.

Comment Re:Shine On, Football Brain (Score 1) 54

If shining 810nm light at someone's head a few times a week really does reduce the neurological consequences of repetitive impacts, that's potentially a pretty big deal.

How about avoiding those impacts in the first place? Or would that be un-American?

Is avoiding futbol head injuries un- European? https://www.sciencealert.com/s...

Check your narrative

In other news, scientists are looking into geoengineering to cool our planet, so we can continue to drill-baby-drill until kingdom come.

Using a Sarah Palin quote from almost 20 years ago? And no serious scientist is looking at injecting sulfuric or hydrochloric aerosol atmospheric injection for the thousands of years it would take for the residual greenhouse gases to drop to 1750 levels. The results would be worse than the present AGW issues.

Comment Re:Shine On, Football Brain (Score 1) 54

Another difference, BTW, is not just "shooting it up your nostrils", it's scattering. Sun just hits your skin and much of it is lost through scattering and absorption in blood, esp. hemaglobin. Red light therapy targeting deep structures is delivered by a contact probe that compresses the skin, displacing blood. This increases penetration into deep tissues 2-5x.

Hmm, maybe if I use a couple red laser pointers stuck up my nose, I'll achieve at least some beneficial effect. I'll look like a walrus, but considering what I see walking around these days, that might be considered kewel.

Comment Re:Shine On, Football Brain (Score 1) 54

It always starts with "promising results" and ends with somebody selling a $799 helmet on Instagram.

I've seen ads for women's panties with red-light features. So it's here now, and people are using this kind of stuff.

Now after it is proven that it does nothing, the true believers will start moving the goalposts. This test didn't work, they'll claim it was the wrong shade of red, and on and on.

And we do live in an age where we've moved beyond tinfoil hats, and there are ads online of faraday cage caps. Actual metal mesh under what looks like a normal cap.

Comment Re:Unpossible!11! (Score 1) 132

I tried to find a space to post something on the topic. But somehow it is all about the Orange twatwaffle.

You can thank his "flood the zone" tactic for that.

People are doing it for him. Never knew Slashdot had so many stupid people, and paid shills. Regardless, I hope they enjoy what he has given them.

Comment Re:I used to think that AI doesn't use much energy (Score 1) 132

Look at rail maps from 1937 and prior. If it was worth going to, there was a rail line there or nearby.

Chew on this a while - So should the Country you hate abandon the incredible amounts of freight we move so you can go to the places the track goes? Not a hyperbolic question.

The thing is years ago, the US went hard to freight train delivery. Europe is by law to have a maximum freight train length of around a half kilometer. Here a 5 kilometer train is pretty usual. And despite the fixation some have on HSR, our trains move on teh straightaway. I've regularly clocked 65 mile an hour many miles long stacked freight trains a I travel beside them along the Juniata River. Many carry long lines of trailers, ready to be unloaded and travel the last miles on trucks Note that your system requires last miles for the passengers to get to or away from. There are places it makes sense, and there are places it does not.

So it is a different world, mon ami. Europeans and you appear to believe that the USA abandoned railroads. we just went in a different direction. One you think is completely wrong. It isn't wrong at all. It functions as designed, and in a manner that serves the country, not just urbanites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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