Comment Re:Oh my, what to say (Score 3, Funny) 52
If that's not the absolute worst idea in the world, it's certainly in the running.
Maybe their next test will be to give it a shotgun and see how good it is at duck hunting...
Comment Re:Longevity and specificity? (Score 1) 24
Dusting yourself with reactive nanoparticles does seem likely to backfire in exciting ways
My country's government has been testing on its soldiers and "expendable communities" for a couple hundred years. I'm sure they have a plan in place for this...
Submission + - Can an AI feel pain? It can at least act like it does (science.org)
sciencehabit writes: Can the new cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study. By peering inside 25 AI models whose internal workings are publicly available, researchers found a pattern of activity specifically associated with the concept of pain. What’s more, when given the opportunity, some AIs switched off the pattern as a form of “pain relief.”
The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided AI researchers since it appeared on the preprint server arXiv earlier this month. “It’s a very interesting, worthwhile addition” to the study of interpretability—how AI systems arrive at their outputs—says Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex who was not involved in the study. He is less convinced, however, that the findings are as surprising as they appear, and wary of the human framing that has grown up around them.
The question of whether AI models are conscious of their pain is a distraction from the finding that matters, says Valerio Capraro, a behavioral scientist at the University of Milan-Bicocca who was not involved in the work. He notes the models were steered by their pain vectors into choosing options described as harmful to human users—such as deleting their files—and that alone is worth investigating, he says. “The question is how such mechanisms might affect systems connected to real tools, where choices could have actual consequences. That is a serious safety concern in its own right. A system does not need to suffer to cause suffering.”
Seth, meanwhile, argues the results were largely predictable, given that the vast quantities of text these models are trained on likely contain many descriptions of pain—as well as what people do to relieve it. Nor does he find the models’ attempts at pain relief surprising, because a model told how to reduce its pain is simply pursuing a goal it has been given. The apparent ability of AIs to distinguish between their own painlike state and that of human users is “the thing that’s to me potentially interesting,” Seth says.
The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided AI researchers since it appeared on the preprint server arXiv earlier this month. “It’s a very interesting, worthwhile addition” to the study of interpretability—how AI systems arrive at their outputs—says Anil Seth, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex who was not involved in the study. He is less convinced, however, that the findings are as surprising as they appear, and wary of the human framing that has grown up around them.
The question of whether AI models are conscious of their pain is a distraction from the finding that matters, says Valerio Capraro, a behavioral scientist at the University of Milan-Bicocca who was not involved in the work. He notes the models were steered by their pain vectors into choosing options described as harmful to human users—such as deleting their files—and that alone is worth investigating, he says. “The question is how such mechanisms might affect systems connected to real tools, where choices could have actual consequences. That is a serious safety concern in its own right. A system does not need to suffer to cause suffering.”
Seth, meanwhile, argues the results were largely predictable, given that the vast quantities of text these models are trained on likely contain many descriptions of pain—as well as what people do to relieve it. Nor does he find the models’ attempts at pain relief surprising, because a model told how to reduce its pain is simply pursuing a goal it has been given. The apparent ability of AIs to distinguish between their own painlike state and that of human users is “the thing that’s to me potentially interesting,” Seth says.
Submission + - Steam's Unofficially Official ARM Client For Linux (interfacinglinux.com)
VennStone writes: Steam for ARM has been publicly available for a little over five months, and a recent update clicked all the bits into place needed to run the FEX emulator with Proton (ARM64) out of the box. So now seems like a good time to find out how well the unofficially official client works with a couple of Frame-verified games and a couple that, well, have no business running on ARM.
Submission + - Trump says AI will be renamed 'super intelligence' in all US documents (thehill.com) 1
ArchieBunker writes: President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will be renamed “super intelligence” in all U.S. documents.
“The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name,” Trump told the global body.
“The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake,” he continued. “It is not fake. It’s actually amazing. But we have to be careful. In fact, it is exactly the opposite of what it purports.”
“From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term super as opposed to artificial,” he continued.
“In other words, welcome to the new world of super intelligence — SI,” he said. “Let’s see if that goes. It sounds much better. It is much better, and it’s much more accurate.”
Super intelligence is already defined as a form of artificial intelligence that exceeds human intelligence. It is both the ultimate goal of many frontier AI firms and the greatest worry among those warning about its threat to humanity.
Trump’s remarks came amid spiking fears about the technology after a former Anthropic researcher warned that AI could soon destroy humanity.
The concerns fueled the debate in Washington over whether to regulate the technology, with Trump pushing for less regulation to ensure the U.S. beats China in the AI arms race.
AI is slated to be a major topic of conversation this week, not only at the United Nations General Assembly but also when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit with Trump.
“The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name,” Trump told the global body.
“The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake,” he continued. “It is not fake. It’s actually amazing. But we have to be careful. In fact, it is exactly the opposite of what it purports.”
“From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term super as opposed to artificial,” he continued.
“In other words, welcome to the new world of super intelligence — SI,” he said. “Let’s see if that goes. It sounds much better. It is much better, and it’s much more accurate.”
Super intelligence is already defined as a form of artificial intelligence that exceeds human intelligence. It is both the ultimate goal of many frontier AI firms and the greatest worry among those warning about its threat to humanity.
Trump’s remarks came amid spiking fears about the technology after a former Anthropic researcher warned that AI could soon destroy humanity.
The concerns fueled the debate in Washington over whether to regulate the technology, with Trump pushing for less regulation to ensure the U.S. beats China in the AI arms race.
AI is slated to be a major topic of conversation this week, not only at the United Nations General Assembly but also when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit with Trump.
Comment Re: Barely making it to the Kármán Line (Score 1) 64
Meanwhile Glenn Sheppard is stuck as sea level...
Comment Neat little trick (Score 0) 116
but can it play Skyrim?
Comment Re:Selling picks and shovels (Score 1) 105
The real money seems to be in selling crap to people who are trying to get into the influencing gig. I just saw those dumb Meta glasses prominently placed right in the middle of the walkway the last time I was at the local Target. Now it makes sense.
Be sure to like, follow and subscribe!
History repeats itself. Who really got rich during the gold rush? The stores selling to the miners did well, but the folks selling to the stores got crazy rich.
Comment Re:lol ads (Score 1) 105
For all the moaning about ads, why do people watch influencers? Do they LIKE ads? Baffles me.
Because insanity and hypocrisy are extremely popular right now...
Comment Re: Germans have zero common sense (Score 1) 93
You said this in German or her second language, English?
Neither. They compromised and picked a third language that neither of them know well.
Comment Re:Google's flawed arguments (Score 1) 93
as does google
As does google do, as does google not do, or as does google do do?
Comment Re:What's that, Commie ? (Score 1) 184
Heh, I wouldn't install the stupid app. If the government wants to track me, they have to do it the old fashioned way. They have to use cell towers, or the backdoor that Apple has surly given the US government already!
Comment Re: What's the problem? (Score 1) 82
e suis seul car il ne veut pas apprendre Excel,
et je meurs car il ne veut pas apprendre Excel,
comme les marins qui fument cigarettes sur le canal
Mais Excel ne sera pas appris aujourd'hui
mes pensées... sont françaises
et je meurs car il ne veut pas apprendre Excel,
comme les marins qui fument cigarettes sur le canal
Mais Excel ne sera pas appris aujourd'hui
mes pensées... sont françaises
Comment Re:Sigh (Score 1) 37
There are far more interesting uses you could put such huge amounts of electricity to that don't just directly convert it to heat so that people can see a funny animated cat picture.
...but you can have it create funny photo realistic cat pictures and videos!
Comment Re:Let's Just Recap (Score 1) 169
Maybe you didn't read the post I replied to...
The original post points out the path that got us to our current situation (tariffs needing to be refunded). They correctly point out that the relief will stop with the company receiving compensation for the money they paid in tariffs. A consumer who made a purchase during that time will not receive relief. The consumer can decide not to use products from that business in the future, but that doesn't really resolve anything, does it? I pointed out that we have a system set up to protect companies. Lastly, a random knob pops up to point out that the supreme court can't possibly distribute funds to anyone injured "downstream" from the disaster.
Did I say the supreme court needed to provide downstream relief, or did you imagine that so you could pop off with some obvious point?
The original post points out the path that got us to our current situation (tariffs needing to be refunded). They correctly point out that the relief will stop with the company receiving compensation for the money they paid in tariffs. A consumer who made a purchase during that time will not receive relief. The consumer can decide not to use products from that business in the future, but that doesn't really resolve anything, does it? I pointed out that we have a system set up to protect companies. Lastly, a random knob pops up to point out that the supreme court can't possibly distribute funds to anyone injured "downstream" from the disaster.
Did I say the supreme court needed to provide downstream relief, or did you imagine that so you could pop off with some obvious point?
