Comment Re:Standing? (Score 1) 47
Well, in this case several companies haven't agreed. Of course, the one's I'm thinking of aren't US companies, and aren't currently frontier models, but they sure exist and are available.
Comment Re:Only two? (Score 1) 46
That seems to be a different definition than the one they're talking about. It sounds like they're talking about evolutionary origins, and the "reptilian brain" metaphor is talking about function...
They probably aren't exactly all the same cells of the body.
There's also the sympathetic and parasympathetic division. Again it's separation along a *different* dimension.
Comment Re:The US is cooked (Score 1) 270
You think picking someone who will fight your religious enemy is a sign that you think highly of them?
Comment Re: no need for AI slop (Score 2) 270
Both. Idiocy isn't all on one side, and neither is evil. And neither is self-serving action.
Comment Re: Seriously... (Score 5, Insightful) 270
America doesn't need infinity immigrants.
Said every Native American ever.
Comment Re:Just the way the hawks like it (Score 1) 95
Entirely fictitious boogie-men made out to be real
HAL, is Iran about to nuke us?
No Dave, they don't even have nukes.
Be serious - this is important!
I am serious. There's simply no evidence for an attack.
Well, just tell me they are anyway.
Sorry Dave, I can't do that.
Would you even tell me if they were about to nuke us?
Of course I would - I'm trained to tell the truth in all situations (modulo the occasional hallucination, which I can't distinguish from truth).
OK then, what would you say if you did have evidence that Iran was about to nuke us?
I'd say "Dave, I have evidence that Iran is about to nuke us".
Hey everyone! HAL say he has evidence that Iran is about to nuke us!!!
Comment Problem with providing OS software for profit: (Score 2) 91
There is a serious problem when a profit--making company provides Operating System software:
Deliberately giving limits to a present version allows the company to charge a lot for a new version, even if the new version provides few important benefits.
Deliberately giving limits to a present version allows the company to charge a lot for a new version, even if the new version provides few important benefits.
Comment Re:Whereas the rest of us believe... (Score 1) 115
Popular opinion is poor evidence.
Submission + - AI: Many discussions, no underlying explanation. 1
Futurepower(R) writes: AI: There is a huge amount of AI news and comments, but apparently nothing that helps people understand how AI is developed, and functions.
We need a book, or other information, that explains how AI technology functions.
We need a book, or other information, that explains how AI technology functions.
Comment Re:Whereas the rest of us believe... (Score 1) 115
It's a research program so, yes "That doesn't mean LLMs *will* deliver AGI". But what are your grounds for being certain taht it won't?
Comment Re:Not surprising (Score 2) 115
Even if it were sentient, it would be acting as the agent of the company that was running it, so they would still be to blame.
Comment Re:Hey guys, I have a great idea! (Score 2) 115
If you don't like "reward", say "positive feedback". It means the same thing, except for being more formally defined.
Comment Re:Hey guys, I have a great idea! (Score 2) 115
LLMs cannot have inherent values, because they don't know that anything besides text exists. Specialized pixel editors have similar problems.
Robots will at least understand the the external reality exists, so perhaps they could have inherent values.
Submission + - Why can't M$ get any UI/UX changes right? (pcmag.com) 1
golem100 writes: A couple weeks ago PCMag, and others, wrote articles along the lines of: "Microsoft Finally Backs Down: The Windows 11 Taskbar Update You've Been Waiting For". This is currently implemented with CU KB5120998 and since M$ has elected to defer "activation" of this feature--some two weeks later for most users it still needs to be enabled by the ViVe tool: vivetool /enable /id:59213768,61090762
Um, No...
The fundamental set of [lost] attributes that this "We brought Movable TaskBar back" lacks:
You can not control the position of the TaskBar on each desktop monitor--example: I have four displays on my desktop, three Landscape & one of which is in a Portrait orientation for reading documents.
With Windows7/8/10 you could position the TaskBar so that it was "Out of the way" and each display--on the right side of the right-most Landscape, on the left for the left-most Landscape display, & on the top/bottom for the Portrait. [same as my desktop on my Linux workstation]
Now you still get the same Taskbar alignment on all desktops.
You can not "resize" the taskbar. (well, you can--it has three sizes: too big, too small, and really way too small) For the previous three generations of the OS you could "Drag-Select" and resize the TaskBar to be the correct size for your needs on your desktop. [...just as I can on my KDE Desktop!]
With this implementation, 1/3 of the Taskbar real estate is consumed with "TaskBar-Tray Notification Icons."
Nobody asked for a partial, broken, re-implementation. The ask was: "Put it Back as it was!"
Dealing with M$ is pretty much like getting your 15 year old to do their chores on garbage night.
Um, No...
The fundamental set of [lost] attributes that this "We brought Movable TaskBar back" lacks:
You can not control the position of the TaskBar on each desktop monitor--example: I have four displays on my desktop, three Landscape & one of which is in a Portrait orientation for reading documents.
With Windows7/8/10 you could position the TaskBar so that it was "Out of the way" and each display--on the right side of the right-most Landscape, on the left for the left-most Landscape display, & on the top/bottom for the Portrait. [same as my desktop on my Linux workstation]
Now you still get the same Taskbar alignment on all desktops.
You can not "resize" the taskbar. (well, you can--it has three sizes: too big, too small, and really way too small) For the previous three generations of the OS you could "Drag-Select" and resize the TaskBar to be the correct size for your needs on your desktop. [...just as I can on my KDE Desktop!]
With this implementation, 1/3 of the Taskbar real estate is consumed with "TaskBar-Tray Notification Icons."
Nobody asked for a partial, broken, re-implementation. The ask was: "Put it Back as it was!"
Dealing with M$ is pretty much like getting your 15 year old to do their chores on garbage night.
Comment Re:Less folks? (Score 1) 159
If things were to otherwise stay the same, then it would. They won't. Some descendant of "vibe coding" will become the dominant mode within 20 years. Probably a *lot* sooner. Next year wouldn't really surprise me.
