If I were a massively overvalued LLM company and were discovering that LLM autophagic self-improvement is a dead-end, I'd try to make everyone think the REAL reason we're slowing down improvements is that we're so close to and so scared of super-intelligence.

I know you're being sarcastic, but regarding Elon's claimed (now abandoned?) dreams to get our asses to the red planet, I'm pretty sure that, at least since life evolved on Earth, current-day Mars is less hospitable to life (as we know it) than Earth on its worst day, even in the weeks after the meteor that killed the dinosaurs hit or after thousands of years of super-volcanoes pumping toxics into the atmosphere. Curious to see if anyone here disagrees.

I mean from the Audacity site, not downloading the builds from Github.

They encourage you to download the "installer," which involves a lengthy come-on from Muse, the company that is maybe funding the rewrite?

It has name: Earth 2

...this can only be to extort further bribes in terms of money and favors from Bezos.

George Washington, the first president, in legend: I cannot tell a lie. Dumbold Trump, maybe the final president, in reality: I cannot tell the truth. It's been quite 250 year run!

Every Trump voter sits somewhere on a line that extends between evil (ie Stephen Miller, JD Vance) on one end and ignorant (your sweet but FOX-brained mew maw) on the other. The purely ignorant end is lightly populated. The part of the line where racists claim not to be racist is very populous.

Funny how almost all the vile fascist pigs on this site are anonymous cowards. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

I like you "parts car" metaphor, but I prefer this one: When a whale dies it sinks to the ocean floor and creates a massive feeding opportunity, called a "whale fall." The collapse of the Soviet Union created the biggest whale-fall in the 20th Century. Putin and treasonous American oligarchs, along with the Republicans, are trying to repeat it with the USA.

"Whomever wrote?" You don't speak English very well. Google it. LOLOLOLLLL

I can't believe I used all of my moderation points before I could upvote this.

Pretty sure data centers producing 99% porn (etc) AI slop bullshit for dummies affect the real world. Glad you're able to be productive with it, though.

Literally all of them. Technology is always a double-edged sword. If you want a specific example: the exploitation of fossil fuels. Does amazing things! Pollutes the ocean! Pollutes the air! Pollutes groundwater! Helps despots! Mutates the climate! (Even if you claim not to believe the last one, you can't argue the rest.)

I've always wanted the "pitch meeting" guy to do one on this topic. "So, you have a constitution for me?" "Yes sir, I do!"