Comment Re: Apple Vision Pro users have no concerns (Score 1) 39
No, but people can spy on people having sex.
Comment Re: First, I would need someone to explain lo-fi m (Score 1) 179
And they were right (73M).
Comment Re:Shifting goalposts (Score 1) 261
The purpose of a Turing-type test is to act as a filter so that systems that fail
such a test can be disposed of without wasting any more time on them.
But what if the system doesn't fail the test?
Does that mean it is "generally intelligent"?
No, it means that the test was too easy.
Thus the goalposts will forever be in motion, as it should be.
After all, even if the system succeeds on thousands of tests,
it could always fail the next one.
such a test can be disposed of without wasting any more time on them.
But what if the system doesn't fail the test?
Does that mean it is "generally intelligent"?
No, it means that the test was too easy.
Thus the goalposts will forever be in motion, as it should be.
After all, even if the system succeeds on thousands of tests,
it could always fail the next one.
China Advances Abandoned US Nuclear Technology (technologyreview.com) 71
Chinese scientists have achieved a significant nuclear breakthrough by successfully refueling a thorium-based reactor while it remains operational, according to reports from Chinese state media.
The experimental 2-megawatt thermal reactor, which came online in June 2024, represents the revival of technology originally developed and abandoned by the United States in the mid-20th century. The milestone was revealed during a closed meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where project leaders shared results demonstrating the reactor's ability to be refueled without shutdown -- a capability conventional uranium reactors lack.
Though small compared to MIT's 6-megawatt research reactor, this achievement shows China's accelerating nuclear ambitions. The country has surpassed France in nuclear generation and recently approved 10 new reactors worth over $27 billion in investment. This thorium reactor joins other revived nuclear concepts, including molten-salt cooling systems and high-temperature gas reactors, as developers look to the past for solutions to advance nuclear energy's future.
The experimental 2-megawatt thermal reactor, which came online in June 2024, represents the revival of technology originally developed and abandoned by the United States in the mid-20th century. The milestone was revealed during a closed meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where project leaders shared results demonstrating the reactor's ability to be refueled without shutdown -- a capability conventional uranium reactors lack.
Though small compared to MIT's 6-megawatt research reactor, this achievement shows China's accelerating nuclear ambitions. The country has surpassed France in nuclear generation and recently approved 10 new reactors worth over $27 billion in investment. This thorium reactor joins other revived nuclear concepts, including molten-salt cooling systems and high-temperature gas reactors, as developers look to the past for solutions to advance nuclear energy's future.
Comment Who sponsors this? (Score 1) 92
"If state Sen. Martin Looney , D-New Haven, gets his way,
moviegoers will be able to avoid all the preliminaries
and arrive just in time for the film. "
This must be satire.
moviegoers will be able to avoid all the preliminaries
and arrive just in time for the film. "
This must be satire.
Comment Re:This is Actually the Wrong Way to Look at this (Score 1) 254
More women than men have been entering college/university AND graduating than men.
And overwhelmingly in arts, not STEM.
Comment Re:Worthiness of AGI (Score 1) 79
>Now this isn't automatically going to be "Kill all humans"
Until someone hacks it to do that.
And it will be hacked, like everything else.
Comment Re:Worthiness of AGI (Score 1) 79
Emphasis on "maybe".
In other words, no way to know how fast it may be until it exists.
Which it doesn't.
Comment Re:Worthiness of AGI (Score 1) 79
Known Physics would at least need a fundamental extension to explain it
Nonsense. We have no idea how AGI relates to "regular" physics.
Comment Re:Many use/like speech style on the verge of flir (Score 1) 87
Seriously? People change their voice on purpose for some perceived benefit?
Yes. They are called "actors".
Comment Re: As a parent (Score 1, Informative) 40
If you had been on /. longer, you would know not to respond to that drooling idiot angel'o'sphere.
Comment Re:Woohoo... (Score 1) 26
Or:
1. print the image on a high-quality large size printer
2. scan the print to a new image file
3. PROFIT!
Comment Re: Pretty please with sugar on top (Score 1) 85
If someone writes a libelous article about someone else, do
you punish MS Office? No, you punish the fucker who
wrote it. This "holding an AI legally responsible" is just a
gimmick so the company that uses it won't be held
responsible.
"No, I didn't shoot you. The gun shot you!"
Comment Re:Real AI will be a theory breakthrough (Score 1) 94
There's no reason to think it can't be, outside of hand-wavy
philosophy.
We just don't fucking know.
Comment Re:Real AI will be a theory breakthrough (Score 1) 94
> The massive hardware is necessary to do Fake AI, but I don't think it will be needed to implement Real AI.
That's right. All you need is a human brain. I wonder where
we could find one?
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