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Comment Reading has a higher bandwidth (Score 1) 73

If you can't read, then you are as crippled as a person who can't use the internet. 8-)

Video runs between 30 to 60 words per minute. Even if it is accelerated it is only about twice that. It goes by the speed people can hear.

Reading goes by the speed people can see, which can be much faster. Forget the old saying that 30 fps is max, that is wrong. Tests show that the human eye, in good lighting, can see text projected for only 1/10000 of a second. With a little practice, people can read hundreds of words per minute. I, myself, was tested at 1500 words per minute with 80% comprehension, although I slow down a bit for technical stuff.

Being stuck with videos is like being stuck with an old telephone modem, you know the ones that made a terrible sound... 8-)

Comment Re:Why is the 5 year tech cutoff (Score 1) 45

...But why stop at the arbitrary cutoff at AI which practically is 5-ish year old technology

Why not go full luddite and require art to be created the way it was 100 years ago? ...

Because this type of action is normal when a "sudden" change occurs. There is a time delay and then a "reaction" shows up, but too much. Then a reaction to that shows up and it continues until the swings damp out. Lots of things in a civilization seem to work that way...

Comment Re:How does one distinguish AI art from non-AI art (Score 1) 45

It is accepted practice to hire people to prepair canvas (or what is used) and paint backgrounds, and has been since the Middle Ages. So maybe having an AI do that is acceptable?

Don't assume the AI is perfect, at least some people can tell the difference. And it seems like some "creators" are intentionally putting in mistakes.

Just because something is on a computer does not make iot perfect, I make my living fixing such stuff...

Comment Re: Good decision (Score 1) 45

Anything created with aesthetics in mind is art, even if it's shit. ...

Not really. Art is a form of communication and if it fails to communicate anything, then it fails as art. Even if the creator claims it is art.

And the current chat AI is more like a copy machine, although it is not totally impossible that it might make art someday.

By the way, the proper designation is "Artificial Stupid" (AS), sometimes written as "Artificial Stupid System" 8-)

Comment Re: Rather long, but a bit pointless (Score 1) 221

We do not have any deterministic mechanisms. We try to make electronic computers as deterministic as we can, because they usually crash immediatly if not. But the slightest influence from random occurrances can cause random behaviour. In fact, many programs, including the current chat AI, have gone to great lengths to inject a small amount of randomnes for "creativity".

So most of the arguments, here, particularly the ones assuming a True/False answer, are purest male bovine solid waste. 8-)

And, if all of the hopes for AI / Slaves come true, you would still not want one driving your car.

Comment Re:Mod this... (Score 1) 211

Great example of the kind of crap you don't get on Blue Sky - people armchair diagnosing you with autism.

I wasn't armchair diagnosing you. I was insulting you and your general lack of humour and inability to understand the term edgelord. ...

Now that's the way, be clear and don't assume other people will understand subtlety. 8-)

Comment Re:LOL (Score 1) 82

Does your empty server have 300k people logged in right now playing? No this is like a carefully calculated move to find a server empty enough for you to get the top frag on. Eve Online is still very active and I'm amazed this worked.

It's probably a bit like real life. My bin is full of shareholder voting forms that I've never bothered to open assuming someone else will.

This stuff does happen in real life, but the corp usually covers it up to prevent drop in the share prices... ;-)

Submission + - The story behind the creation of GIF at CompuServe in 1987 (fastcompany.com)

harrymcc writes: Steve Wilhite, who died on March 14 of complications from COVID-19, is well remembered as the creator of the GIF image file format. But the details behind his invention—which dates to CompuServe in 1987 and still rules the web—are not so widely known. Over at Fast Company, I talked to Wilhite’s colleague Alexander Trevor, who initiated the GIF project, about what the company was trying to accomplish—and why Wilhite should be remembered for much more than one pervasive graphics format.

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