It claims (from TFA) that the prompt used is a copyrightable work. Midjourney's output is clearly a derivative work based on a copyrightable original. How can that not be copyrightable itself? The claim could be made (in this case) that Midjourney modifies the original prompt in ways that are hidden from the user and the resulting work is a collaboration. Fair enough. However, it would not be broadly applicable to all synthetic images. If I use a local installation of Automatic1111 or ComfyUI, I have complete control over the entire process, from the primary model (checkpoint) used, any secondary models (loras), the prompt, to the seed, I can even (with ControlNet) create specific poses for a figure. I can even doodle an image and have the software build on that. Why can't I copyright the output of this process?

LLMs are a neat parlor trick. They can form sentences that are related to the input. However, there's no understanding of the input's meaning, which it why it hallucinates.

I suspect that Project Mogul also tested balloons as a nuclear weapons delivery system. It never would have carried live bombs, but even testing with simulated weapons (steel slugs the same mass and shape as real bombs) would remain classified.

Right now, AI can't do anything by itself. It has no initiative. Leave it alone, and it will simply wait for a prompt until it is shut down. The real problem is, as always, people using new technology as a tool to oppress or exploit.

...Selling England by the Pound.

"Everyone is a bot" is exactly the sort of theory that I'd expect a bot to spread..

I expect that it's an arbitrage play. Store power when demand (and prices) are low, sell it back when demand (and prices) are high.

Can they announce the winner without changing who it was?

This applies to corporate phones, i.e. ones that are provided by Wells Fargo. They provide the phone, so they can decide what's on it. Doesn't matter if it's TikTok, Candy Crush, or Sketchbook.

My company prints time-sensitive material, and we've had to stop using FedEx because things were being delayed. (Of course, UPS has its own problems as well.)

You know how sometimes scammers will ask for payment in Amazon gift cards? They need to convert those into cash somehow. Here's how it works: They buy cheap crap from AliBaba or some other Chinese e-commerce site. They put it up on Amazon for an inflated price. Then, they use the scammed gift cards to buy the junk from themselves. They probably use random addresses because Amazon might notice that all these purchases were going to one address.

1. Marty the Robot was around before the strike.
2. The union won the strike (got most of their demands).
3. The googly eyes are on the side, which looks stupid.

More like, "Insecurity state."

Charisma is being able to sell a tomato-based fruit salad as, "salsa." (Yes, I'm familiar with this meme.)

A hybrid system might be best. The UBI provides for the base level expenses, but only just. If you want a more comfortable lifestyle, you will be able to work for it.