Is there any other kind? Every photo of him I've seen looks like the result of a poorly formed query processed by a janky LLM.

Maybe it's the ghost of Windows 3.1 haunting Microsoft for giving it such a shitty legacy.

Then again, perhaps it's the essence of MacOS, taunting Windows users.

You really said a mouthful there. From my Canadian perspective, it's utterly shocking to watch American news and to see even the supposedly liberal media soft-peddling current events. And when I hear average American citizens being interviewed, and see the fathomless ignorance many of them have regarding what's going on even in their own country - never mind in the rest of the world - I feel as though I'm watching a parody.

I think America's approach to education has a lot to answer for. Sadly, even my own province's education system seems to be drifting that way. Gee - I wonder if it's just a coincidence that our Premier is a knuckle-dragging nepo-baby whose allegiance is to property developers and (allegedly) to organized crime.

Brilliant! Thanks for the laugh - wish I still had mod points.

Too late - they already handed the keys and the contents to Palantir a long time ago.

It would appear that LLMs aren't content to be merely replacements for low-level and mid-level workers. This latest behaviour qualifies them for the upper echelons of HR, the consolation-prize positions in the C-suite, and even - or perhaps especially - the CEO slot.

I'm pretty sure investors could get behind letting chatbots run a company, given that they're more than sufficiently psychopathic and cost said investors a lot less money.

Before I rant, I'll just say that yes, I know there's really no effective way to put social media toothpaste back into the tube. Once it's out there, it's out there - the internet can have a pretty relentless memory.

Having said that, I now ask: Why are social and reputational matters being wedged into the context of, and made contingent on, fucking commerce?

ANY minor, upon coming of age, should be able to demand the removal of ALL social media posts made about them by ANYONE. That includes posts which they themselves made.

The presumption is that minors aren't capable of informed consent - because of lack of maturity, experience, and brain development. That lack of capability has nothing to do with whether or not the people who made the posts profited from those activities.

Cool!

Are you sure? I don't know about the effects on bodies of fresh water, but the effects of data centres using ocean water for cooling are pretty concerning: https://planetarypl.com/the-ar... .

I'd be surprised if there aren't similarly bad effects from similarly heating bodies of fresh water.

I don't normally encourage advertising in the comments, but in this case I'm happy you made the recommendation and will buy the album. Thanks.

then grease up, and prepare to be Vizioed!

Seriously, I think we all should start using the word 'Vizioed' as slang for being ass-raped. If the term ever gained popular usage, it could result in the end of the brand. Then Walmart would be the one who got Vizioed. Who wouldn't want to Vizio Walmart with their own cheap consumer electronics?

Even if it starts out that way - and I have serious doubts, because those who collect such data collect ALL they can and do what they please despite promises - it's going to end up being used to decide who stays and who goes. Anybody who believes that it won't be used to cull the herd is an all-day sucker.

Wikipedia defines a humanoid as "a non-human entity with human form or characteristics". So given how utterly inhuman Trump and his sycophants are, it seems that the sad and cringe-worthy 'Robot-and-Melania' episode came very late to the 'Real Humanoids of Washington' unreality TV show.

.. the in-car experience will feel "much more invasive and the latest advertising will reach your eyes and ears faster," ...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Fuck Google with a running chainsaw, sideways. Google needs to Just. Fucking. DIE!

How many years has it been since we figured out that Chinese computing and internet software can spy on users and report back to Beijing? And Washington is just now banning imports, without having first found and vetted alternative sources?

Even the routers that aren't actually made in China may use Chinese silicon which could have its own backdoors. The way to fix this is to have other manufacturers lined up, ready to deploy with tested designs and audited supply chains. The time to do it was - at the very latest - five years ago.

Given that, it's still better late than never. But doing it without having alternate suppliers lined up, and with no plan for carefully staged infrastructure replacement, seems rather lame.