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Submission + - AI 'slop' is transforming social media - and a backlash is brewing (bbc.com)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Whether it's TikTok, Threads, Instagram or X — there seems to be a people-power movement against this content.

Sometimes the number of likes for the AI backlash comments far exceed the original post. Such is the case with a recent video showing a snowboarder rescuing a wolf from a bear. The video itself had 932 likes — versus 2,400 likes for a commenter who wrote, "Raise your hand if you're tired of this AI s**t".

https://archive.ph/Gm7j0

Submission + - Still no answer to FPV drones as Ukraine beats back Russian troops (rmx.news)

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alternative_right writes: Pro-Ukrainian accounts have been releasing the type of footage seen throughout the war from both sides with FPV drones shown hunting down soldiers. The footage reveals that both sides lack effective means to counter these drones, which are systematically hunting down soldiers. Despite the threat of these drones, Russian forces continue sending troops on offensives, sometimes using fog as cover, but to little practical effect.

Submission + - Truth hurts: Prosocial liars perceived as more moral, study finds (phys.org) 1

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alternative_right writes: It turned out that people who resorted to prosocial lies (those intended to spare someone distress) were evaluated as more moral than those who told the truth directly. "Prosocial liars" who provided overly optimistic feedback, were perceived positively, likely because they demonstrated sensitivity to the needs of the other party.

Comment Re:And if that had been a human driving... (Score 1) 167

by noshellswill (#65957162) Attached to: Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica
Nope. Every true-Scottsman driver would have intuited the child preparing to leap from behind a parked car just as his car passed by. Humans are hardwired to do that .. both ... computers not so much.  It's like giving your gal-pal flowers on the Thursday , when  6-years ago  she lost her freckles.

Submission + - The 'Homogenocene': How humans are making the world's wildlife dangerously samey (phys.org)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: The age of humans is increasingly an age of sameness. Across the planet, distinctive plants and animals are disappearing, replaced by species that are lucky enough to thrive alongside humans and travel with us easily. Some scientists have a word for this reshuffling of life: the Homogenocene.

Comment Re:Don't say the quiet part out loud (Score 1) 54

by noshellswill (#65956838) Attached to: Google Says AI Agent Can Now Browse on Users' Behalf
Yes, normal people enjoy  new experiences, problem solving and interacting personally with external agents. Of-course I'm personally involved with maintaining  plumbing and wiring in my home, as I am with lawn mowing and tending the gooseberry plants.  Not overwhelmed, not multi-tasked , not isolated  and not pandered ---  we desire mid-range interactions and human contact as Aristotle observed.  It's to the financial advantage of BIG-DATA companies that they replace all other personal interactions with human-->computer addiction.

Submission + - Scientists found a way to cool quantum computers using noise (sciencedaily.com)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Quantum computers need extreme cold to work, but the very systems that keep them cold also create noise that can destroy fragile quantum information. Scientists in Sweden have now flipped that problem on its head by building a tiny quantum refrigerator that actually uses noise to drive cooling instead of fighting it. By carefully steering heat at unimaginably small scales, the device can act as a refrigerator, heat engine, or energy amplifier inside quantum circuits.

Comment Re: Why focus on the last mile? (Score 2) 28

by noshellswill (#65956630) Attached to: 'Hundreds' of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For US Roads
During truck deliveries by free-lance owner-operators the unloading is often performed by an unofficial, but well organized "grey market". Workers "appear" at the unloading site ( unemployed/illegals/felons/2nd-jobbers ) and do the merch unloading; they are paid cash by the owner-driver;  very "leaky" transfer, but no tax no bonding no security-check no union.

Comment toxic (Score -1, Flamebait) 28

by noshellswill (#65956584) Attached to: 'Hundreds' of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For US Roads
"... middle-mile trucking, which, like long-haul routes, has a severe shortage of human drivers, according to Narang."  No doubt bitch-Narang lies through his teeth. Wonder they  don't melt  ! Yes I DO have several friends in the trucking business, and for the last 40 years there have been plenty of  skilled USA-citizen  owner-drivers. Only issue has been driving-out the toxic border-jumping  illegals. Some states and trucking companies pimp-their-ride to buy votes or lower costs.  Scabs should be neekapped.

Comment Re:Homo Sapiens, last survivor (Score 1) 61

by noshellswill (#65955566) Attached to: 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found
"Neanderthals are considered to be descendants of Homo Erectus (as are Homo Sapiens). " This assertion is probably wrong. Fair chance HSS has/have  been around a long long time, evolving alongside those commonly called ancestors. Who "taught" hand-axe chipping to  those 750,000 YO Moroccans? We did.

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