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Comment How much time? (Score 1) 192

The issue I always had was homework time wasn't coordinated. A bunch of teahcers could give a bunch of homework one day, and barely any the next. Some teacher's respected this by almost giving homework but not if the students talked about getting a bunch of homework already, but the fact is there was no coordinated system for how much time a student was expected to spend on homework after each day. In addition to that, the school I went to didn't really have a study period where I could work on homework without going home.
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Florida Launches Criminal Investigation Into ChatGPT Over School Shooting (npr.org) 103

Florida's attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over allegations that the accused gunman in a shooting at Florida State University last year used ChatGPT to help plan the attack. OpenAI says the chatbot is "not responsible for this terrible crime" and only provided factual information available from public sources. NPR reports: The Republican attorney general, James Uthmeier, said at a press conference in Tampa on Tuesday that accused gunman Phoenix Ikner consulted ChatGPT for advice before the shooting, including what type of gun to use, what ammunition went with it, and what time to go to campus to encounter more people, according to an initial review of Ikner's chat logs. "My prosecutors have looked at this and they've told me, if it was a person on the other end of that screen, we would be charging them with murder," Uthmeier said. "We cannot have AI bots that are advising people on how to kill others."

Uthmeier's office is issuing subpoenas to OpenAI seeking information about its policies and internal training materials related to user threats of harm and how it cooperates with and reports crimes to law enforcement, dating back to March 2024. At the press conference, Uthmeier acknowledged the investigation is entering into uncharted territory and is uncertain about whether OpenAI has criminal liability. "We are going to look at who knew what, designed what, or should have done what," he said. "And if it is clear that individuals knew that this type of dangerous behavior might take place, that these types of unfortunate, tragic events might take place, and nevertheless still turned to profit, still allowed this business to operate, then people need to be held accountable."

[...] Ikner, 21, is facing multiple charges of murder and attempted murder for the April 2025 shooting near the student union on FSU's Tallahassee campus, where he was a student at the time. His trial is set to begin on Oct. 19. According to court filings, more than 200 AI messages have been entered into evidence in the case.

Comment Re:Color me shocked (Score 3, Insightful) 132

*Good* programmers have long since taken responsibility for their own actions. They know pretty much every piece of software out there has a way to screw you over and you've got to protect yourself and your data well in advance. Yes this is terrible UI, but terrible UI is everywhere. Also ChatGPT is still a relatively new product that's still trying to evovle. As such "not completely unexpected" isn't so much giving them a pass for bad UI design, but more an accurate assessment of the situation. But yeah, it does suck for the user, I hope the guy recovers from it okay, it should be fixed (the article may encourage that to happen), but for most programmers the lesson is less "this specific company should improve this specific piece of UX design", it's "never put all your reliance on a single piece of software, ESPECIALLY when its cloud based, and DOUBLE ESPECIALLY if it doesn't have regular backups."

Comment Re:so NFTs but even dumber (Score 3, Insightful) 55

It's more like Trading Cards, which have been around a long time. American Baseball Trading Cards, for example, had many cards that could command a fortune. I heard a lot about them growing up, but not so much these days, so I guess Pokemon is this generation's Baseball to a lot of people.

Comment Clear Agenda (Score 5, Interesting) 72

I talked with someone who had a firm principal at work: If the meeting didn't have a clear agenda explaining its purpose and what it would be covering (usually emailed around beforehand), he wouldn't go to it. If the organisers didn't put in the work to clearly communicate what the meeting intended to achieve, then the meeting was not worth the time he'd spend attending it.

Comment Look up Eliza (Score 1) 124

Eliza was 60s program that acted like a therpaist. Apparently, despite being incredibly rudimentary (only responding to the last thing you said and usually turning it into a question), a lot of people got weirdly attached, and the creator of the program was shocked at how easily people trusted the computer with moral issues that the program hadn't a hope of understanding. He wrote all this in his book Computer Power and Human Reason (1976) if you want an old fashioned take of a very modern issue.

Comment I like good Autralian content (Score 1) 53

Grew up watching Round the Twist which was great and a deranged kids show in just the right way. Soaps like Neighbours and Home and Away were mainstays. My niece grew up watching mermaid show H2O. Also been some good Australian films. Also, more of a sketch comedy group that got a season on Netflix, but can't forget the awesome Auntie Donna. Australia really does have some good talent and I hope this encourages more of it. Living in Ireland, I'm not sure what the situation is but I hope there's more investment in the arts here too (there is Bodkin I suppose).

Comment Re:Subversive long tail marketing? (Score 2) 19

No. At best it'll be an underground niche game. The only way it could take off is if the fans do some *REALLY* impressive modifications to it, which is possible, but if the game wasn't successful with the backing of one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world, it's unlikely a fan revival project will do anything more than keep it alive for some enthusiasts and maybe bring in a few new fans (That's assuming the stakeholders don't claim copyright infringement as they've already done with the video).

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