Comment That is Republicans in TX (was Re:Uh, no) (Score 1) 73
Fixed that for you.
Comment Re:You got it wrong. They're competing to win (Score 1) 504
No one would buy BYD if it costs more than a Tesla, Toyota, or Hundai.
I would not buy a low-end BYD, but I would buy Hewaii mid to high-end mostly EV with gas range-extender Hybrid over a Tesla, Toyota or Hundai.
Available in countries like Canada!
Too bad you can't get then back through US Customs or serviced in the US.
Comment Re:Different worlds (Score 1) 504
Oh yeah no domestic vehicles have always on telemetry.
SARCASM much!
Most US domestic vehicles sold now are surveillance platforms whose data the auto makers collect and sell.
Of course, bringing your connected smartphone on the drive is likely much worse.
At least, the car probably can't determine the individual person driving, unless it has interior cameras facing the driver and passengers.
Here pigeon, pigeon, pigeon we are happy sell the very best self-driven Operant conditioning chamber to you with 72 month financing or a 3 year lease. The electric shock grid is not included.
The Unabomber's Manifesto (not his chosen solution: his bombings) is looking more accurate every day.
Comment The race to create ASI is... (Score 1) 165
the race to create "a god" that the CEOs of these AI companies expect to control and use to control every human.
If that is humanly possible...
They will learn the same thing that Forbin does in 1970 movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project."
SPOILER: The AI wins, it's creators are executed or enslaved with the rest of humanity and then the credits roll.
There must be a reason that this movie is not available anywhere today.
Techbros are using it as their "secret" business plan. At least the "Metaverse" was open knowledge given it was described so much better than anything Meta came up with in Snow Crash .
Hiro Protagonist is a freelance hacker and pizza delivery driver for the Mafia.
Comment Re:Does Zuck know how to do anything? (Score 1) 56
He does a pretty good job to start to open AI after OpenAI failed at that. Meta also created quite a few useful open source tools.
Their services are all crap.
That they would now likely pull back and convert to proprietary closed tools if they could.
Comment Re:Nobody going to prison? (Score 1) 76
CORRECT!!!
Nothing will change and Meta/Facebook won't even fulfill the terms of any agreement after a little time.
Because that is historically what they have done.
The $1.7 Trillion ask probably was not enough to families affected.
Books to read about Tech: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow Link to a review.
"The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI is valuable. For Doctorow fans, it is another strong dose of clarity. For people who have not thought much about AI, it may be genuinely useful. And for people who are hypercritical of AI, it gives permission to have a more nuanced view: reject the bubble, reject the exploitation, reject the bosses trying to turn workers into reverse centaurs, but do not pretend every tool is meaningless just because the industry around it is rotten."
Comment Too Little, Too Late... (Score 4, Insightful) 76
If Facebook/Meta gets away with this paltry settlement paid over 10 years. Then they and the rest of tech will continue to lie and abuse the public with the cognitive tricks and abuses. This settlement will just be shaved off the top as now the states will also PROFIT from tech bros abuses. And we'll back to a similar position in a few years.
Facebook used to be *supposedly* about connecting family and friends. Now it is just a cesspool of algorithmic manipulation of all its users.
Anything less than a complete shutdown is not acceptable.
As a bonus the "pervert glasses" may disappear unless some other tech company wants that taint hanging over them.
Comment Re:Side effects (Score 1) 209
Willful ignorance is not a mental illness, it is a conscious choice.
Not if it was induced by a cult before the victim could think rationally. Which is really "child abuse."
Comment Predicted in "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone dies!" (Score 1) 23
So now OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta have had their AI models hack other systems on the Internet to meet the AI's interpretation of (what we hope is) a human created prompt.
This is an early step in the book If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies
This is a direct result of the complete lack of regulation with AI companies run by narcissist leaders who want to be the first to create "a god that they *think* they control."
Instead, they keep proving exactly the the opposite. As they can't even control a "moron version" of what they are growing.
You don't have to read the book just skim at the resources.
Or just watch a summation video.
And remember: AIs can write the prompts for other AIs. The scenario of an AI instructing a another AI to prompt it around supposed "guard rails" is already possible and probable.
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If the day of the week ends with the letter "y," then Trump is lying and whining while stealing from rubes and every US taxpayer.
Comment Video Summary "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" (Score 1) 67
Comment As "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" foretells (Score 1) 67
Sable, the example AI that eventually kills all humans, does exactly this as a 1st step.
Remember, AIs are grown not programmed and their trainers do not know how they will truly act for any particular prompt until it is actually used.
Submission + - China wants physical buttons on cars instead of touchscreens (autobuzz.my)
cantle2000 writes: The Chinese Government has mandated physical buttons on Chinese built cars instead of using touchscreens, from July 1st 2027. Essential functions such as the demister, defogger, power windows, lighting,and gear shifting will be button controlled instead of touchscreen controlled.
Submission + - FSB Issues "Arrest Warrant" for Telegram's Pavel Durov (dw.com)
D,Petkow writes: The honeymoon is over.
In 2024, French authorities nabbed Telegram founder Pavel Durov and the Kremlin had a geopolitical meltdown over their definition of 'freedom of speech.'
Now the FSB has issued its own international arrest warrant for Durov, charging him with 'facilitating terrorism.'
According to DW, the FSB is furious that Telegram's lack of moderation is biting them back.
They claim Ukrainian intelligence has been using Telegram dating bots to pose as young women, lure Russian teens, and get them to commit arson and sabotage against police stations. Essentially: 'Hot singles in your area want to burn down a draft office.'
Classic hypocrisy. Kremlin suddenly discovers unmoderated free speech isn't fun when it's happening in their own backyard and reverts to the trusty authoritarian playbook. Meanwhile, Telegram learns that playing neutral command-and-control platform for a ground war is a great way to end up on everyone's most-wanted list.
The official Telegram response on X/twitter is just a middle finger from Durov himself.
Durov thought he could ignore law enforcement forever, but it may turn out doing nothing unites East and West in the race to lock him up.
Now the FSB has issued its own international arrest warrant for Durov, charging him with 'facilitating terrorism.'
According to DW, the FSB is furious that Telegram's lack of moderation is biting them back.
They claim Ukrainian intelligence has been using Telegram dating bots to pose as young women, lure Russian teens, and get them to commit arson and sabotage against police stations. Essentially: 'Hot singles in your area want to burn down a draft office.'
Classic hypocrisy. Kremlin suddenly discovers unmoderated free speech isn't fun when it's happening in their own backyard and reverts to the trusty authoritarian playbook. Meanwhile, Telegram learns that playing neutral command-and-control platform for a ground war is a great way to end up on everyone's most-wanted list.
The official Telegram response on X/twitter is just a middle finger from Durov himself.
Durov thought he could ignore law enforcement forever, but it may turn out doing nothing unites East and West in the race to lock him up.
Submission + - Ebola cases top 3,200
Mirnotoriety writes: Ebola cases top 3,200
The virus has spread to 48 health zones in DR Congo with response efforts intensifying in the hardest-hit areas, health officials have said
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has reached 3,200, the country’s government reported on Sunday.
The latest official data shows that 1,405 people have died, putting the overall case fatality rate at 43.9%. At the same time, 571 patients have recovered, while 773 people remain in isolation or are hospitalized.
The virus has spread to 48 health zones in DR Congo with response efforts intensifying in the hardest-hit areas, health officials have said
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has reached 3,200, the country’s government reported on Sunday.
The latest official data shows that 1,405 people have died, putting the overall case fatality rate at 43.9%. At the same time, 571 patients have recovered, while 773 people remain in isolation or are hospitalized.
Submission + - Gen Z wants AI to organize notes not write them (nerds.xyz)
BrianFagioli writes: A new survey commissioned by Notability suggests many students are taking a more measured approach to AI than the cheating headlines might imply. Forty-seven percent of respondents said they want AI to organize their notes, while just 13 percent want it to write those notes. The survey also found that 78 percent believe handwriting helps them retain information better than typing, suggesting traditional note-taking is far from dead.
The results should be viewed with some skepticism because the survey was commissioned by a company that sells note-taking software. Still, the findings raise an interesting question about AIâ(TM)s role in education. Rather than replacing learning, students may increasingly see AI as a tool to organize, summarize, and study material they created themselves. More details are available at the link below.
The results should be viewed with some skepticism because the survey was commissioned by a company that sells note-taking software. Still, the findings raise an interesting question about AIâ(TM)s role in education. Rather than replacing learning, students may increasingly see AI as a tool to organize, summarize, and study material they created themselves. More details are available at the link below.
