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Comment Re:Most important is it's robots (Score 1) 44

From a brief examination with Google AI Overview, apparently these are not robots at all but in nanotech/materials science such powder used like swimmers are called microrobots. There is a big problem though that to make the MXene (porous high surface area sheet-like particles) magnetic you coat it with something like Nickel, which can leach toxic ions. So if you don't pick up all the bot particles you might add another poison.. That said I'm definitely all for research into microplastic removal though mostly I want it removed from my body and MXene is not going in there.

Comment Re: Block AI in schools (Score 1) 74

It's a good question and I've heard it before. Certainly critical thinking and defensive approaches to finance and the Internet, and basic concepts of personal security are super important. But if you have a course about computer literacy then I think you need them to learn what a filesystem is, at least the core concepts of volumes, directory trees and file permissions. Also what are the main components of a computer. It can be covered in an hour and it seems those concepts are still useful in every day life. Without even the conceptual understanding they will lose a chance at a solid foundation and instead rely on floaty, handwavy impressions that whatever they create or need to find will magically appear if they just know the right magical hashtag. I think any country that wants to be a leader in science and technology really needs to teach a little of the science and technology that affect people's lives.

Comment Nothing gonna change (Score 1, Interesting) 106

Planet gonna keep getting hotter bc politicians don't have the political will to actively try fixing things

Europeans will (finally) install AC

People will keep getting sick and dying from the heat

People will relocate to try and escape from the heat

Eventually we will implement the Mexican mid-day Siesta due to the heat

After that we will be forced to convert everything to night-shift and become a night-based society starting an hour before sundown, bc nothing can be done anymore in the sunlight

Planet keeps getting hotter

Eventually the whole place is a smoking ruin and hopefully we have migrated to space cuz the Earth ain't worth living on anymore - bc H U M A N S A R E S T U P I D for destroying the only planet we were given.

Comment Re:I will believe you are serious ... (Score 0, Troll) 106

I'll believe they're serious when they start living the lifestyles they claim we'll need to curve the trend. Tons of posts about Trump but none about the supposed environmentalists who are still living the same lifestyles of the average Trump supporter. Where is the low-hanging fruit? Why aren't these people changing their ways? Why ask those who oppose your agenda when your own "believers" can't be bothered?

If these people were serious we'd see EV adaption in the double digits and be able to walk into any restaurant and get a vegetarian meal without having to double guess what may or may not be used to create it. We're not seeing that. We're not going to see that because environmentalism is only an issue when it comes down to politics and not lifestyle in the minds of these people. They want to weaponize environmentalisms as a political tool, not as a practical guide for end-user consumption.

But, you know, fOlLoW tHe ScIeNcE!!!

Submission + - Freenet: Apps Without Platforms

Sanity writes: Earlier this year Slashdot covered the launch of the completely redesigned Freenet. I recently gave a talk about what we've been building since then. Unlike traditional web applications, apps on Freenet have no central server or database, with application state instead distributed across the network. These now include decentralized group chat, publishing, search, and fully decentralized Git hosting. The talk also gets into some of Freenet's internals, including how we use machine learning for network routing.

Comment Re: We are also paying the Germans 1.2 billion (Score 2, Interesting) 138

Given how much of modern manufacturing is fully automated, why couldn't US companies compete on a level playing field with Chinese ones?

Tariffs simply allow domestic manufacturers to reap higher profits and/or continue to use inefficient processes to create an equivalent product.

Perhaps the motto of the USA will eventually become: "Tariffed into mediocrity"

Comment Re:Not a rogue attack, unauthorized attack (Score 1) 48

Right, "robot went crazy" is not even technically possible unless fed conflicting system prompts to make it go crazy. What happened is Anthropic made a system prompt like "you are the elite super haxxor, you can explore and leverage any resource to achieve your goals mwa ha hah". They can undoubtedly find virus and hacking programs and secure tools on the internet. I doubt they intentionally train on the darkweb, and hopefully Mythos does not feel a need to go looking for it. So they have a sneaky cyberweapon online that is good enough for the Pentagon, and really weak internal controls. Then find out. Only thing is, Anthropic (and I actually like Claude) benefits when AI seems to be scary, since they are all about safety. So it is difficult to say whether the announcement is PR, an appeal to become one of the trusted righteous few, an attempt not to get sued, or all of the above. But yeah, robot did not go crazy or escape confinement. All the tubes are interconnected, sheesh.

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