The problem seems to be with perception. Apparently breeding dogs is fine but genetically modifying directly is still questionable.

Like moving from botanical engineering to genetic engineering is somehow evil.

Maybe people will feel better if instead of dogs they start modifying and breeding especially large rats.
(ROUSes - lol)

...you got me guys! Very LOL but like do I still get the ring??

How were they "put on the island"? Also "left alone" means what? Someone started a command prompt and didn't type anything in and they became "bored"?

Honestly what is this really about? Because AI doesn't feel, doesn't think and doesn't play. At best it fills in the blanks with everything greater sophistication.

What did the researchers tell the AI to do? Because without telling it to do something it does nothing.

Oh look the AI started playing! -I call BS.

If it raises the Data centre cooling bill due to AI demand maybe they'll get it back on track...after all as a species it seems we'd rather spend $1.5 trillion on AI than on healthcare or world peace.

Sometimes you have to read the fine print.

Had multiple OK experiences with Air B&B but the fee that were bad were enough to make me never do so again.

Smoking friendly doesn't mean you can smoke if you want to. It really means your gists smokes. So nonsmokers thinking it's OK as they don't smoke don't expect the stink and stench everywhere.

When suddenly your host wants you to wash dishes and then gets embarrassed you washed their dishes as well it tells you all you need.

Sometimes it's like a B&B in the UK (generally high standard) most of the time it's someone's house and sometimes you host is having sex or has a dog they forgot to mention because it's "a small dog" or they "used to have a cat" etc

Personally I'd happily spend more not to be in a shit or hit and miss arrangement.

...that protected your privacy so well previously comes a service that protects it just as well.

They mean well, really. All they want is to sell you, the product to enrich themselves. Good intentions.

That wasn't the only reason Microsoft Decided to abandon it. Strain on cashflow and over commitment is another element.
Of course they do have an easy excuse now...the grid struggles to keep up...AKA "they refused to give us such cheap rates other consumers will have to be charged more".

Good old Microsoft.

So are they suggesting I won't need an activation server? Hope the company that made the game doesn't go bust or deactivates the servers in 2-3 years?

Can I at least be forced to sign into their proprietary platform with my user account?

I own several Raspberry Pi devices. From the first gen to the 5th.

Unfortunately upgradability has often been hampered more due to planned obselence than quality. How much predictable quality is really sacrificed due to allowing RAM upgrades? Perhaps what they need are licensed partners that can do the upgrades...

"You cannot upgrade RAM yourself because , sorry for the inconvenience."

Plenty of competing options will allow it. Vote with your wallets.

The Delorean 2.0 - I can see how the SpaceX ties into it. Wait til they get to 88mph!

...to get AI onto my desktop so I train on everything I do? Maybe in the future my unique or even middle of the road skills can be entirely supplanted faster.

Where can I sign up to that?!

See they *want* those things but most companies agree with this administration that that's not what they *need* - not sure which correction was more correct or needed to the previous post to yours.

"If you use more AI to give us ideas how to manage the debt and eliminate it we can spend more on AI which will save more money."

Can't honestly say if it was Sam Altman or Dario Amodei that said this but it's probably something they would have said if they didn't.

...and by that mechanism a $2T valuation is modest.

Full disclosure: AI wasn't used to generate the sarcasm in this post.

They now provide a polished, yet more responsive, turd...and the good news, it's Free! - but other than self-loathing what does it really cost?