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Comment Re:Just accel the move from Blue to Red states (Score 1) 50

The ops jobs at a data center be they phys plant, security or IT, are a pretty decent and better than many jobs available in rural areas.

While this is true, those jobs are few in number.

Also, again, what negative "quality of life" impact is it having?

Historically, little. The bulk of DCs have typically been located where people could go to them because that used to be more necessary, and therefore they were concentrated around tech firms. And they were planned out years in advance, and mostly sited where it made sense. They also weren't maximally power-dense, as there were other considerations. AI DCs are more power intensive, as they're shoving as many processors and as much memory as possible into every rack. And they're building them fast and desperately, so anywhere they can find to cram them in.

That means yes, noise issues, but also lots of other problems associated with rapidly installing extremely power intensive facilities in awkward locations when infrastructure is already strained. Resulting issues with power and water availability are now well documented.

Comment Printed Integral Munition Systems (Score 1) 45

Integral drone batteries would reduce complexity and likely
enhance structural strength. Warheads could similarly integrate explosive filler (with removable fuses for the usual transportation and handling safety reasons) and projectiles. Circuit boards could be rigidly supported without complex parts.

The simpler and more water and weatherproof a munition the better. Printing makes prototyping and mission-specific custom loads easy to fab. A nearly-non-metallic, low observable AI-assisted integral munitions drone package could work wonders on the battlefield and enable David to deter Goliath.

Comment Re: Is vice signaling the new virtue signaling? (Score 3, Interesting) 50

Godwin's law obviously has no modern relevance given that it was invented for USENET and that was effectively destroyed.

Now seriously though it never spoke to whether or not the comparisons to Hitler were apt, as that is situational, only that they would occur.

And sidebar, Mike Godwin explicitly stated that such a comparison is apt when it comes to der pedofuhrer. Just like to toss that in there.

Submission + - How a Seemingly Harmless Image Can Jailbreak AI (nerds.xyz)

BrianFagioli writes: Florida International University researchers have developed a technique called JaiLIP (Jailbreaking with Loss-guided Image Perturbation) that uses subtle image modifications to bypass AI safety guardrails. Unlike traditional jailbreaks that rely on carefully crafted prompts, the attack works through images that appear normal to human viewers.

The researchers tested the technique against BLIP-2, a multimodal AI model, and found that manipulated images significantly increased the likelihood of harmful responses. According to the study, the approach outperformed previous image-based jailbreak methods and nearly doubled the number of unsafe outputs generated during testing.

The findings highlight a potential security risk for businesses deploying AI systems that process both images and text. While most discussions about AI safety focus on prompts, the research suggests that seemingly harmless images may also serve as an attack vector.

Submission + - AI lawyer enables freelancer to win in court (theguardian.com)

Bruce66423 writes: An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial has been won using an AI lawyer.

A freelance HR consultant, Tamires Camal Taquidir, paid the firm, called Garfield AI, about £400 to send a legal letter and then issue court proceedings over an unpaid debt of £7,000.

Comment Re:Official SteamOS (Score 1) 48

There is no value to running SteamOS on your PC over some other distribution except simplicity. If you actually want to do non-game things with it you'll wind up installing enough additional packages to erase the benefit. If you want simplicity, you'll also buy a steam machine, so you don't have to figure out the PC.

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