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Comment Re:I think it's much simpler. (Score 1) 86

please extend the list in this post

Extended List of AI Behaviors Resembling Human Unconscious Actions
It's fascinating to observe how AI behaviors can mirror human unconscious actions. Here are some additional points to consider:
Misinterpreting context: Just like humans can misunderstand social cues, AI can misinterpret the context of a conversation, leading to irrelevant or inappropriate responses.
Overgeneralizing from examples: AI might take specific instances and apply them too broadly, similar to how humans can make sweeping generalizations based on limited experiences.
Struggling with ambiguity: When faced with vague or unclear questions, AI may flounder, much like a person who can't decide what to say when the topic is not well-defined.
Repeating phrases without understanding: AI can echo phrases or jargon it has encountered, akin to how someone might parrot back what they've heard without grasping the meaning.
Focusing on trivial details: AI may latch onto minor aspects of a query, losing sight of the bigger picture, similar to how humans can get bogged down in minutiae.
Failing to learn from mistakes: Just as people sometimes repeat the same errors without reflection, AI can also struggle to adapt based on previous interactions.
Creating false narratives: AI can generate stories or explanations that sound plausible but are entirely fabricated, reminiscent of how humans might fill in gaps in their memory with invented details.
Exhibiting emotional responses: While AI doesn't feel emotions, it can simulate emotional responses based on data, similar to how humans might react emotionally to situations without fully processing their feelings.
Getting distracted by irrelevant information: AI can be sidetracked by unrelated data, much like how a person might lose focus during a conversation due to external distractions.
Relying on heuristics: AI often uses shortcuts to make decisions, which can lead to oversimplified conclusions, similar to how humans might rely on mental shortcuts that can sometimes mislead them.
These behaviors highlight the intriguing parallels between AI and human cognition, particularly in how both can operate unconsciously in various situations.

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 2) 26

What's "so special" abou this is that Getty is one of the largest single copyright holders in the world and they know the licensing status of every piece of media in their collection, so any AI trained on those images is guaranteed liability-free for their clients."

the monetization schema is bullshit - it looks like the tiktok model where there's a giant pool of money split between all the creators every year with the size of that pool determined by "business growth" (ie in a way that prioritized the business and hands the remains to the creators) PLUS bits of the youtube model of constantly shifting goals and targets to keep planning ability for its creators at a minimum - but if you want to know why this AI that rips off artists is "better" than the rest, that's why.

ARS' spin is fucking gross, nothing in the actual article says anything close to what that headline is implying.

Comment Re:Is there a word other than "they"? (Score 1) 245

I'm definitely an old curmudgeon and I've used the word "they" for unknown people for about fifty years. It doesn't bother me 1% as much as "click here to login" or "processeez" "biaseez" or "the 90's" or "you are bias" or "most number of" or "alot of" or "for awhile" or "at anytime" or "do it everyday" or "on accident" or a bunch of other stuff nobody seems to feel the urgency to whine about online 1% as much as "they".

The Almighty Buck

Richard Stallman Discusses Privacy Risks of Bitcoin, Suggests 'Something Much Better' (cointelegraph.com) 168

Richard Stallman gave a new interview to the site Cointelegraph, which asked him his feelings about cryptocurrencies. "I'm not against them," Stallman answers "I'm not campaigning to eliminate them, I just don't particularly want to use them."

Cointelegraph then asks Stallman how he feels about tests underway for the Chinese government's own central bank digital currency: Richard Stallman: "Digital payment systems are fundamentally dangerous if they are not engineered to ensure privacy. China is the enemy of privacy. China shows what totalitarian surveillance is like. I consider that hell on earth. That's part of why I haven't used cryptocurrencies that are issued by the community. If the cryptocurrency is issued by a government, it would surveille people just the way credit cards do and PayPal does, and all those other systems meaning completely unacceptable."
Stallman later says "I don't do any kind of digital payments, and the reason is the systems that exist do not respect the user's privacy, and that includes Bitcoin. Every Bitcoin transaction is published." But when Cointelegraph asks about various Bitcoin modifications designed for privacy, Stallman answers "I am not convinced about them." Richard Stallman: In any case, the GNU project has developed something much better, which is GNU Taler. GNU Taler is not a cryptocurrency. It is not a currency at all. It is a payment system designed to be used for anonymous payments to businesses to buy something. It is anonymous through a blind signature for the payer. However, the payee has to identify itself for every purchase in order to get money out of the system. So the idea is you can use your bank account to get Taler Tokens, and you can spend them and the payee won't be able to tell who you are.

It won't be able to tell that you got the token from a particular bank account at a particular time, even though you did so. To convert your payment into money in its own bank, the store (the payee) will have to identify itself. So this gives privacy in a much more reliable way than cryptocurrencies do, and it blocks the idea of using this system to enable tax evasion.

GNU Taler recently had an exciting milestone. A few months ago the eurozone banking system became interested in supporting Taler payments, and just recently they succeeded using a test setup in obtaining Taler tokens with one bank account and paying them to another bank account through the Taler system. Now, it's not something that anybody can use but it will be, and that will be really exciting.

And in response to a question about Facebook's "Libra" digital currency project, Stallman says he hasn't study the details "because the most important thing about it I already know. It's connected with Facebook, and Facebook means surveillance.

"I urge people to join me in absolutely refusing to use Facebook or rather be used by Facebook. Because Facebook doesn't have users. Facebook has used. So don't be a sucker, don't be used by Facebook."

Comment Re:Hope it happens soon! (Score 1) 148

There is waaaaay too much software that is written like absolute shit and eats an obscene amount of resources to do such a simple job. Abstractions on top of abstractions and virtual machines on top of virtual machines have all lead to abominations of programming like the Electron "platform". I maybe I'm just showing my age but bragging you cut your 130MB application down to 8.5MB is plain pathetic because proper applications capable of the same things are measured in KB.

Where can I download this tiny alternative to VS Code that you've created?

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