Comment Re:Is this ... (Score 1) 22
Asking for a friend.
Rip the duct tape off your friend's mouth and ask them.
Submission + - AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations (newscientist.com) 2
Tufriast writes: Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95% of cases. The New Scientist has the full story, but in 95% of all cases leading AI from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI suggest nuclear strikes after taking 329 turns in total.
Submission + - AI hurts your credibility even if your work is great, study finds (nerds.xyz)
BrianFagioli writes: New research from Florida International University suggests that simply disclosing AI use can damage a creatorâ(TM)s reputation, even when the creative output itself is identical. In one experiment, participants evaluated the same video game soundtrack but were given different descriptions of the composer. Some were told it was written by Hans Zimmer, while others were told it came from an unknown student. When AI collaboration was disclosed, ratings dropped across the board, regardless of whether the name attached carried prestige.
The study found that reputation offered only limited protection. Participants were slightly more willing to believe a well known composer remained in control of the creative process, but overall perceptions of authenticity and competence still declined. Researchers say the issue is not performance quality but perception. Once AI enters the picture, audiences begin questioning whether the creativity is genuine, suggesting that, at least for now, AI carries a reputational tax.
The study found that reputation offered only limited protection. Participants were slightly more willing to believe a well known composer remained in control of the creative process, but overall perceptions of authenticity and competence still declined. Researchers say the issue is not performance quality but perception. Once AI enters the picture, audiences begin questioning whether the creativity is genuine, suggesting that, at least for now, AI carries a reputational tax.
Comment Damn right. (Score 3, Insightful) 63
One job-seeker in Texas even says he'll stop submitting an AI-written résumé when the recruiter stops using AI to evaluate them.
You can't cry about AI usage when you're the one using it without being a massive hypocrite. If you're a massive hypocrite, why should anyone give a flying fuck what you think?
Comment Wrong framing. (Score 2) 51
FTFA:
Home owners are grappling with the privacy cost of smart homes
People have been decrying privacy invasions since the beginning of the deployment of telemetry. What's happening now is the chickens have come home to roost and suddenly people are in disbelief that it could somehow happen to them, like they were somehow exempt.
To everyone who is playing stupid games: you are bound to win a stupid prize.
Comment Opportunity missed! (Score 2) 51
Man Finds Out He Sucks 7000 Times More Than Other People
This could have you been your headline slashdot but you let it get away!
Comment A) No. B) stupid (Score 0) 85
A) The iPhone is both a well recognized brand, designed by a US company, and a product that has never had the option to load an alternative firmware.
B) If this is your primary concern then you're an idiot.
Comment "cloud-based components"?! (Score 2) 85
Perhaps I'm not understanding the exact nature of the "cloud-based components" but that 100% sounds like a single point of failure for an enemy to disable every F-35 or at the very least sabotage them into being wholly ineffective. I now understand why there were concerns about a kill switch.
While, I do understand why countries didn't initially consider this a problem, as US leadership was rational, I don't understand why they have not been working on reverse engineering the whole thing since at least 2018. It entirely unfathomable why they would have bought more without the capability to use their own software. It would seem the deal-makers failed to recognize an obvious vulnerability.
This whole situation reflects the exact issue people have with closed-source software: you will get updates when and if it's convenient to the developer... or maybe you will for you to buy a the new version.
Comment They aren't. (Score 1) 5
If you aren't following the Debian example of how to keep repos safe (and they are not) then you're just playing a game of cat and mouse with criminals. They only thing that has changed is they are making the cat and mouse game official.
Comment GOOD. (Score 4, Informative) 15
Hopefully, this will make all the "everyone needs to learn to code" bullshit go away. Sure, it'll be replaced with AI but when the AI bubble pops then we'll be right back where we started.
Submission + - DHS billion-dollar contract with Palantir (wired.com)
sinij writes:
According to contracting documents published last week, the blanket purchase agreement (BPA) awarded "is to provide Palantir commercial software licenses, maintenance, and implementation services department wide." The agreement simplifies how DHS buys software from Palantir, allowing DHS agencies like Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to essentially skip the competitive bidding process for new purchases of up to $1 billion in products and services from the company.
People with "nothing to hide" approach to privacy should start rethinking their position.
Submission + - Mysterious spikes in Earth's 'heartbeat' are scrambling human brains with an eer (dailymail.co.uk)
fjo3 writes: Earth's natural 'humming' vibration has experienced a series of unusual spikes in recent weeks, raising questions about whether the phenomenon could influence mood and cognition.
Known as the Schumann Resonance, this vibration is often described as the Earth's 'heartbeat,' a steady electromagnetic rhythm generated by lightning and trapped between the planet's surface and the ionosphere.
Known as the Schumann Resonance, this vibration is often described as the Earth's 'heartbeat,' a steady electromagnetic rhythm generated by lightning and trapped between the planet's surface and the ionosphere.
Comment Anything to avoid the Epstein files. (Score 5, Insightful) 142
"Quick! Look! Aliens are real and Obama broke the law for saying so! Just stop looking at the Epstein files!" - The US Pedophile in Chief
Comment Sounds awful. (Score 4, Insightful) 39
Since AI tools can handle most routine coding tasks, the company’s junior software developers now spend less time on that and more time working with customers. In the HR department, entry-level staffers now spend time intervening when HR chatbots fall short, correcting output and talking to managers as needed, rather than fielding every question themselves.
It certainly sounds like IBM wants people to fix broken shit code that AI barfs out. I'm sure that won't have any native long-term consequences or anything.
Submission + - EPA to Kill Off Stop-Start Systems (caranddriver.com) 2
sinij writes:
Out of all of the features that come installed in modern vehicles, automatic stop-start technology ranks right near the bottom of the list for most buyers. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin has been open about his disdain for the ostensibly fuel-saving setup, going as far as to say he would eliminate it.
I absolutely hate Start-Stop systems, specifically shopped for a car without one. More so, the only reason it exists is because having it produced mileage credit. Yes, not the actual gas savings, but a credit on a test. In actual use, the start-stop system does not produce measurable fuel savings. This is because in circumstances where people actual idle — warmup in the winter, AC when waiting in the car in the extreme heat, etc. this system would not be active.
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