Show us how you know essentially nothing about the Ford Pinto without telling us that you know essentially nothing about the Ford Pinto.

On the plus side, at least we still have enough readers on this site to have at least one person who meets that criteria. I guess that's something.

If you were worried about being chased by kill bots, go and watch some videos from drone operators in Ukraine. Robots don't need feet for that job.

turn off Rust's safety features (cargo run --release), when you're done.

That's like removing your seat belts after the vehicle crash tests are done.

Social media addiction is a subset of screen addiction, and screen addiction is destroying Gen Alpha at an alarming pace. I have so far found zero specialists who can help with this. It's not just a matter of taking screens away, we have literally turned an entire generation into junkies who will lie and cheat to get their fix. The adolescent mind never stood a chance; male or female.

If Meta wants a nicer spot in hell they can at least help with the mess they have profited off of. Help train the next generation of rehab specialists and help people find help. We made big tobacco do it, we can make these monsters do it as well.

That is not a trivial feat in the least. You don't have to give your kids smart phones, you don't have to have a PC at home. You can try to send your kid to a school that deemphasizes technology. And yet your kid will still end up with a screen addiction because it is that consuming. Kids don't have a chance. What today's kids face today is so far beyond what any of us grew up with that there really is no comparison.

My youngest siblings grew up on a heavy diet of Barney and Friends and it drove me up the wall. At least there was only a certain time of the day that was available on broadcast TV. And my 8 bit NES was not portable in any reasonable meaning of the word. Those barriers are gone now and the programming targeting kids makes Barney look like Mr Science.

Author is on a book tour, so I've heard a couple interviews with him. Based on those, I'd characterize Duran's perspective as "Worst likely case", i.e. it's a plausible outcome. What I don't know is whether the people who have the beliefs described in that book are as organized as the book says.

And for at least 5 years, I've been saying "Palantir is the most dangerous company in America."

But at least you know who sets the price on Apple products, no hiding behind third parties, bulk licenses, collaborative marketing, etc, etc, etc.

"Don't worry, be happy!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

And to misquote someone else, will AI become the new "Opiate of the masses?"

Unfortunately, my moderator points ran out. someone please mark +1 Insightful

Uber and Lyft drivers almost certainly wouldn't count on this, as they - with very few exceptions - use GPS to navigate. A taxi is a completely different animal in that regard.

Yet you took the time to reply. You could have chosen to ignore it instead. Glad we can count on folks like you to continue to drive down the signal to noise ratio here.

Yes, I know my ID is also 7 digits long. I don't consider myself longtime, even having read and posted for over 20 years here.

Horace Dideu characterized this as an unprecedented transfer of cash from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle shareholders to NVIDIA shareholders. Those are companies with real, substantial revenues and until now, significant positive cash flow (yielding shareholder value.) Draining the tub this way is something that should worry those shareholders. But of course, it's a great year to be an NVIDIA shareholder, with all those other companies (plus OpenAI, Anthropic, and other smaller AI companies) all pouring their free cash flow AND their growing debt, into NVIDIA, and into other companies that supply AI data centers.

That paranoid, "The Zucker will do anything" side me is thinking, "Is this a case of Meta doing something to show their models can keep up with Anthropic/OpenAI?"

And the post above this one, advocating for 'AI hacking is a crime,' is on target. No mod points, so I'm commenting instead. BUT once again, the goal should be to not code these vulnerabilities in the first place! Liability (civil or even criminal) is probably a necessary condition to change how systems are constructed.

No mod points, I'd say +1 funny...