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Comment No algorithm (Score 0) 157

by olborer (#65171017) Attached to: What If People Like AI-Generated Art Better?
There is no "algorithm" creator in a standard sense, only stolen (in copyright sense, non-permitted use, IANAL) art works fed to a system which automatically creates the steps to generate a similarly styled image from noise (if diffusion-style network was used). If the developer of the model used only works from public domain and when explicitly permitted to do so, then we can talk fair, but we all know what the current state of almost all big "AI/ML" models is...

Submission + - Google switches name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America for US users 2

Submitted by hcs_$reboot
hcs_$reboot writes: The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America. The change follows an executive order by US President Donald Trump renaming the area. Google has previously said it has “a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.” Google also wrote in a blog post: “People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Gulf of America,’ and people in Mexico will see ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ Everyone else will see both names.” Google said last month it would also change the name of Mount McKinley, the nation’s highest peak, from Denali following Trump’s order.
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Terminator Salvation Opens Well, Scientists Not Impressed 344

Posted by Soulskill from the come-with-me-if-you-want-to-groove-baby dept.
destinyland writes "A science magazine asks an MIT professor, roboticists, artificial intelligence workers, and science fiction authors about the possibility of an uprising of machines. Answers range from 'of course it's possible' to 'why would an intelligent network waste resources on personal combat?' An engineering professor points out that bipedal robots 'are largely impractical,' and Vernor Vinge says a greater threat to humanity is good old-fashioned nuclear annihilation. But one roboticist says it's inevitable robots will eventually be used in warfare, while another warns of robots in the hands of criminals, cults, and other 'non-state actors.' 'What we should fear in the foreseeable future is not unethical robots, but unethical roboticists.'" The new movie got off to a good start, drawing $13.4 million in its first day. I found it reasonably entertaining; pretty much what I'd expect from a Terminator movie. If nothing else, I learned that being able to crash helicopters and survive being thrown into the occasional wall are the two most valuable skills to have during a robot uprising. What did you think?

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