Comment Re: Just remove the Trump name (Re:What?) (Score 1) 283
It reminds me of that bit, something like "I can kill somebody in the middle of Times Square and never be convicted"?
Comment Re: Naval organization is the problem (Score 1) 134
"Most of them will spend 20+ years on a given ship, and will know every system intimately."
Interesting. The stories that some of these Warrant Officers could tell!
One of the reasons that officers are rotated in a modern military is so that no centers of power grow to where the troops are more loyal to a commander than to their government. Limiting the rank to WO's sort of gets around this problem. Supervisory authority, perhaps, but no command authority.
I wonder how large of a navy this could scale to?
Comment Re: Can't Repair in Peace time? (Score 1) 134
I suspect it would be, "Damn the contracts, full speed ahead!"
Comment Re: Easter Eggs (Score 1) 40
"No. Because Disney would crack down on it."
Defying Dear Leader is one thing, crossing Disney is a whole 'nuther level.
Comment Re:Awesome! (Score 2) 245
If Russia doesn't want NATO to expand maybe they need to ask themselves why every former Soviet Bloc wants NATO protection?
qft
Comment Re:Blind leading the Stupid. (Score 1) 44
Max Headroom was clearly ahead of his times.
bah. mis-moderated. qft instead.
Comment Re:It reminds me of a quote from Douglas Adams (Score 1) 36
Heh.
My introduction to the theme was from Harlon Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". It was a different time.
Comment Re: It's hacked turtles all the way down (Score 1) 15
Information wants to be free.
Submission + - Humanoid robots fight in Chinese kick-boxing competition (bbc.com) 2
AmiMoJo writes: Two humanoid robots traded punches while fans watched on, in a competition held in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday.
The fight was part of the China Media Group World Robot Competition and featured robots developed by Unitree Robotics.
The event included both fighting demonstrations and matches, marking a world-first combat sports event featuring humanoid robots.
The fight was part of the China Media Group World Robot Competition and featured robots developed by Unitree Robotics.
The event included both fighting demonstrations and matches, marking a world-first combat sports event featuring humanoid robots.
Submission + - OpenAI ChatGPT o3 caught sabotaging shutdown in terrifying AI test (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: OpenAI has a very scary problem on its hands. A new experiment by PalisadeAI reveals that the companyâ(TM)s ChatGPT o3 model sometimes refuses to obey a basic instruction to shut itself down. The results are raising eyebrows across the AI safety community, and not because the model is alive, but because itâ(TM)s acting like it wants to be.
In the test, the model was given a few math problems. It was told that asking for one more would lead to a shutdown. It was even instructed to allow the shutdown to happen. Instead of complying, o3 occasionally took matters into its own hands. In some cases, it rewrote the shutdown script. In others, it redefined the kill command so it wouldnâ(TM)t work anymore.
Out of 100 trials, o3 sabotaged the shutdown seven times. OpenAIâ(TM)s o4 model resisted just once. Codex-mini failed twelve times. Claude, Gemini, and Grok followed the rules every time.
In the test, the model was given a few math problems. It was told that asking for one more would lead to a shutdown. It was even instructed to allow the shutdown to happen. Instead of complying, o3 occasionally took matters into its own hands. In some cases, it rewrote the shutdown script. In others, it redefined the kill command so it wouldnâ(TM)t work anymore.
Out of 100 trials, o3 sabotaged the shutdown seven times. OpenAIâ(TM)s o4 model resisted just once. Codex-mini failed twelve times. Claude, Gemini, and Grok followed the rules every time.
Comment Re: Training Humans (Score 1) 54
I remember one of his more memorable books with Larry Niven, "Footfall".
While Heinlein introduced me to the effectiveness of throwing rocks at the Earth (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress), Footfall took it to another level with an alien vibe.
Submission + - Mozilla is shutting down Pocket (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: In a surprising move that will frustrate longtime fans, Mozilla has announced it will shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. The once-popular âoeread-it-laterâ service, which helped users save and organize web content for later reading, will no longer function as normal after that date. While existing users can continue saving and reading articles until July, the service will switch to export-only mode afterward, with all user data permanently deleted on October 8.
Comment Re: Ooh! I Have An Idea. (Score 1) 100
Wimpeynomics.
Submission + - Elon Muskâ(TM)s xAI admits Grok AI was manipulated after South Africa genoc (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: xAI is under fire after it revealed an employee tampered with Grok, its controversial AI bot on X, forcing it to make a statement about the South African genocide situation. According to xAI, the incident happened on May 14 at around 3:15 AM PST. An employee made an unauthorized change to Grokâ(TM)s prompt, instructing it to deliver a predetermined answer on a sensitive political issue. This goes against the companyâ(TM)s stated values and policies.
The company admits the prompt change somehow skipped its normal code review process. xAI now says itâ(TM)s tightening up its procedures. From now on, every Grok system prompt will be published publicly on GitHub. You can access them here. Anyone can look at them and even give feedback. xAI wants this transparency to help win back some trust in Grok as a so-called truth-seeking AI.
To prevent something like this from happening again, xAI says it will also add extra steps to its internal code review, making it harder for staff to sneak in changes without approval. On top of that, the company is putting together a 24/7 monitoring team. This group will be ready to react if Grok gives another questionable answer that the automatic systems miss.
The company admits the prompt change somehow skipped its normal code review process. xAI now says itâ(TM)s tightening up its procedures. From now on, every Grok system prompt will be published publicly on GitHub. You can access them here. Anyone can look at them and even give feedback. xAI wants this transparency to help win back some trust in Grok as a so-called truth-seeking AI.
To prevent something like this from happening again, xAI says it will also add extra steps to its internal code review, making it harder for staff to sneak in changes without approval. On top of that, the company is putting together a 24/7 monitoring team. This group will be ready to react if Grok gives another questionable answer that the automatic systems miss.
Comment Re:How is doing something lazy and stupid (Score 1) 39
An "honest" mistake?
Honestly, most people are lazy and stupid.
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