This may be related, but I saw an interview with Jon Lord, now passed-on keyboardist for Deep Purple. He was classically trained which enforces a certain regimented form of playing. When he saw Jerry Lee Lewis, it made a big impression on him. It was clear to him that Jerry Lee had no classical training but he initially could not play that way. He learned how to play, what I can only describe as, free form. The classical training still "informed" his free form playing but he learned how to do it. He remarked that most classical musicians cannot "get off the page".

I somewhat think that playing real good solos (free form) is what happens when you are able to ignore the neocortex and its authoritarian functions. My Ma once told me that rock musicians just played whatever they liked, not what was on the score. When soloing, she was correct, but that is what you need to solo well. Training is still there, but now it is in the background and not controlling.

What we really need to ban are humanoid politicians. There's no reason they need to look like humans since they are nothing more than vending machines.

Gee, it is almost like it is silly building giant data centers when companies can run their AI models in-house.

See Nazi Germany and see how well your philosophy worked out for them. Too ancient, try N. Korea.

That's not how he's protecting Americans. He is sucking up all the graft he can to protect his fellow Americans from it.

Maybe the author has it backwards, the geologic activity on Earth causes asteroids to pay attention and want to be here rather than there.

So, this fixation you have of liberals' asses, you know there is a support group for you. Personally I find your fixation a bit extreme, but if it is what you need to get through the day, then have at it.

The Singularity will happen with Kurzweil goes tits-up. He'll have himself taxidermied and put on display with a vial of his DNA hidden in a cryogenic device inside. Someday, in the fullness of time, he'll be thawed and sent to Mars after Elmo.

Elmo, Bezos, Andreessen, Kurzweil, etc., are part of the Silicon-Valley-ish myopic philosophy of Themselves-as-a-Precious-Resourc; they are attempting to echo what they read is science fiction when they were kids. As they grew older, they never matured into separating fact from fiction.

Their idea is that mankind is destined for the stars or to live Forever, the two are connected in Kurzweil's orgasmic dream of the Singularity. Only problem, you cannot get there from here and your brain won't survive functioning very well after 100, so they figure they can transplant themselves into their silicon wannabees. Somehow LLM AI will hallucinate brand-new shit not contained in their training data.

This is ridiculous, LLMs are merely rearranging the deck chairs in their training data. They can never escape that box because they are not designed to do that; escaping is not in their training data to put it bluntly.

Oh, but stardrives, wormholes, etc. Yes, right out of science fiction. Even science fiction writers tell people not to believe their work is in the prediction market.

The fantasy they are selling is also closely connected with their views on living forever. They believe they are SOOO important that humanity owes it to them to survive death. Hence they don't give a damn about humanity and will gladly doom the planet to heating up beyond any possible human habitation. They figure they'll simply survive in their bunkers.

That would fix nothing. The Fascist state you would require to implement that would have people at each other's throats very shortly.

And do not forget Jane Fonda. That look of hers when she sees Dolly and then looks down at her own is priceless. Small are actually cuter.

Given how whiny are the Maggots, the talking head at the head of DoD is not wrong to worry about the testosterone level of his flock.

You have to understand that there is no difference to the clanker between accurate output and inaccurate output. 'tis the nature of the beast. There's no fixing that.

Sending Elmo's ass to Mars is the only success I want for SpaceX. Watch out for the radiation, Elmo. And I hear those solar flares can be a bit toasty, but that should be nothing for your he-boy self, eh? You can defend yourself from them using chainsaw, you know.

Back in the previous administration, the Department of DEFENSE whacked Oracle and brought in SAP for help in getting procedures and software that could stand up to audits. Ya, SAP too can be a clusterfuck but it is a damn sight better than any of the crap Oracle produced. This is Larry getting his nose back in under the tent because el Bunko in the main office is getting kickbacks.