Or at least not in the next 50 years or so and by then the human race will be in a fight for survival against climate change and have other priorities.
I like your optimism but don't share it. I think even 30 years may be a tad optimistic.
It's amazing to me. We have had these cycles of tech in schools where there are all these promises about the latest tech, laptops, learning apps, massive open online courses, virtual reality, big data's going to revolutionize schools and like democratize access to education for kids and get them these great career skills, and we keep having these cycles. My concern is that we don't learn anything.
It's not "amazing to me". The best friend that modern propagandists have - and I trace "modern propaganda" back to the 50's and 60's when TV advertising became ubiquitous - is fractured attention.
The entire "let us help you with that" and "we're here for you" and "we know what we're doing" messaging relies on the mantle of authority adopted by those in power. And that mantle is the emperor's new clothes - it only exists because people have been led to mistrust and deny the evidence of their own senses. Plus, it's an easy, comfortable, low-effort state of being most of the time.
The levers of power in our society exist in a carefully cultivated mass hallucination. In America, that hallucination is - like The Matrix - starting to stutter and show gaps; the illusionists have overplayed their hand a bit. But in most of the rest of the developed world, people are still plugged in and under the spell. And in fact, the crisis in America is actually shoring up the illusion in other parts of the world.
I see this here in Canada. I voted for Carney, and for a while I liked the guy. And realistically, he was the only viable choice; the alternative - Pierre Poilievre - is a bumbling, stupid fool whose only experience of real-world employment is as a paper boy. But Carney represents more of the same elitism which ultimately causes countries and civilizations to fall.
I see Carney as a wartime leader, though the war hasn't gone hot yet and may not do so. I think he's more of the same old same old: privileged, wealthy, powerful, and covertly elitist. He wants to restore the oligarchic status quo. You can see that in his rebranding of privatization and corporate welfare as a "soveriegn wealth fund".
What I just wrote may seem off-topic, but I think it ties in solidly with the "collective amnesia of schools" referred to in the title of the summary. We're looking at multiple facets of the "bread and circuses" approach to ruling.
It would convince people to elect an orange-haired tyrant who starts a thermonuclear war to avoid being outed as an Epstein accomplice. That makes me wonder, has AI already taken control of our country???
I don't think AI is responsible for Trump being president. The shocking-though-not-surprising election of somebody like Trump, as well as the dysfunction which allowed it to happen, have been predictable and predicted by many of us for a long time. Trump or something like him has been on the bingo card at least since 9-11, and arguably even farther back.
I'm less worried about Artificial Intelligence than I am about the Artificial Humanity evidenced by Thiel, Musk, Yarvin, Karp, Andreessen, and the rest of that lot. Those whack jobs need to be pushing up daisies.
Every time humanity invents a tool that fundamentally changes how we live, a wave of panic follows. When writing was invented Socrates warned it would ruin our memories. When the printing press arrived, critics claimed that an overload of books would make people foolish and immoral. steam trains were feared, with experts claiming that traveling at the high speed of 30 miles per hour would cause the human body to disintegrate or drive passengers insane. In every case, these technologies did not destroy us; they simply became normal parts of daily life. Todays fears about AI are being heavily pushed by the tech companies themselves, but for a very different reason. By keeping everyone focused on sci-fi scenarios about killer robots ending the world, these corporations divert attention from immediate & real-world lawsuits. They are actively lobbying governments for protection against copyright theft claims and suing for immunity when their systems cause real world harm. Calling for strict safety regulations allows them to create a "regulatory moat", making it too expensive and legally risky for smaller competitors or open-source projects to survive, while keeping the big players legally protected.
I don't entirely agree with you, but you make some good points and it's an interesting take. I'm not sure why you were modded into the sub-basement - maybe you touched a nerve somehow.
This whole discussion has been fascinating. Sadly, the majority of it is over my head. Right now I'm just wondering if this is the moment in history where Mint starts to abandon Ubuntu and goes all in on LMDE.
... did not understand the degree to which AI could "hallucinate" facts.
As the judges implied, I'm pretty sure EVERY practising lawyer has heard about AI hallucinations biting lawyers on the ass. This guy is either lying or hopelessly out of touch.
Either way, he should be disbarred because he is either too dishonest and corrupt, or too stupid, to practise law.
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I don't recall ever seeing that sentiment expressed here, except perhaps as a quote in a story summary. Do you have a specific comment in mind?
If shining 810nm light at someone's head a few times a week really does reduce the neurological consequences of repetitive impacts, that's potentially a pretty big deal.
How about avoiding those impacts in the first place? Or would that be un-American?
Repetitive head impacts aren't always associated with sports. Shit happens, and for some unlucky people it may happen several times.
Also, if red light helps brains which have endured repeated impacts, perhaps it will also mitigate the negative effects of singular, more traumatic injuries.
You're assuming they can't connect to a nearby open wifi net. Some reports have them doing that, though I don't know how valid those reports were.
Check out the recent Gamers Nexus videos on YouTube. They show the (redacted) logs of LG sets probing local WiFi networks and connecting to open ones. Their investigation is quite technical and well documented.
So I either have to agree to being spied on or be unable to use the TV a paid for. I agreed to the terms and then went on to block any known server it pings back to. Since then I am monitoring the firewall logs to make sure it is not phoning a server I don't know of.
And as I pointed out in an earlier comment, if your TV happens to find ANY open WiFi network - and it's constantly looking for them, even when it's connected to YOUR network - then you're screwed anyway.
I strongly recommend watching both Gamers Nexus videos on YouTube just to see what you're up against. Even just watching the second video - which contains LG's weasel-worded response to the first video - is eye-opening.
LG is evil, and I don't think I'm being hyperbolic in the least when I say that.
Or just accept a lot of people like and use these features or are indifferent so you can't avoid it, every company will do it so just never connect your TV to your network.
Gamers Nexus pointed out in BOTH videos that the LG TVs look for open WiFi networks and make use of them. So never letting it connect to "your" WiFi network is nowhere near a solution.
Their second video also featured a lawyer who analyzed LG's literally hundreds pages of TOS which can be changed at any time. The current TOS includes language holding LG blameless - and the TV purchaser legally responsible - for consequences which might be suffered by, say, the children of friends you have visiting your house.
The problem here goes so far beyond a "my tech is spying on me" viewpoint that it's breathtaking. I recommend watching the Gamers Nexus videos, if only to see and hear the slimy, scum-sucking excuses for human beings who represent LG. Creeps like them almost allow me to believe David Icke's reptilian conspiracy theories.
Nice pun there!
I shudder to think of AI getting religion. Irrationality, zealotry, and delusions of infallibility on the part of any powerful entity are not conducive to mankind's long-term survival.
As tiresome and nasty as we humans can be, I'm still rooting for us.
... space nerd and visionary like Elon
So THAT's what shills and trolls are calling grifters and con men these days? Good to know.
Checked: the new camera's maximum aperture is f1.48. The 17 Pro Max is a fixed f1.78.
Thanks for doing the homework. I remember from using 35mm film cameras that f1.4 lenses were usefully faster than f1.8, but not dramatically so. Still, every extra stop is welcome.
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