But at the same time it also increases the proliferation of new designs, which causes too much efficiency in production.

Horrendous. It seems to be the norm that enormous resource usage is justified as long as it's cost-friendly. No wonder we have an environmental crisis. I'd suggest boycotting this newspaper immediately.

But as usual, they went for the short-term profit and worsened the platform significantly for the most dedicated users. It might work in the short-term but they'll be driven away by their lack of uniqueness soon enough.

I only wish I could do more than disable: tear the code right out of firefox. I hate AI with a passion.

Trust is more than just technical stuff. You actually have to have the right attitude. Pottering's pretentious and overconfident attitude already casts doubt that he can be trusted.

The idea is if more bans take place, manufacturers would have to make refilling easier. An interim period of difficulty in refilling is a small price to pay for forcing manufacturers to make more eco-friendly products.

I agree loosely with monitoring and regulating Apple's almost monopoly. However, it's rather ironic because Brazil is practically the very definition of stifling competition. They have huge tariffs, much worse than anything the US has ever experienced, and they have exceptionally tight import/export restrictions.

And it's also weird because almost no Brazilian can even afford an iPhone. The cost of one new there is more than twice the cost in North America because there are so many laws and people to bribe that anything that is imported at all increases in price 2-4x the cost outside of Brazil. The vast majority of people use Android phones.

Basically, business doesn't happen in Brazil until the gentlemen's club at the top get a huge slice of the pie. And they get a very huge slice indeed. They themselves have a monopoly on free enterprise....rather hypocritical if you ask me.

Countries shouldn't aim to be competitive. They should aim to be more self-sufficient from the global economic system, so they can have decent lifestyles without increasing their population.

The fact is, human beings cannot control their greed in the presence of surplus. So, it's just as bad to build things that are exceptionally good and stimulating that greed as it is to take advantage of them. Silicon Valley building stuff is a mistake that should be rectified. It is akin to allowing a toddler to play with a gun. All those who contribute to AI are just as guilty as such a person and are enemies of humanity.

Coffee from a moka tastes burned. Some people like it, but it's almost impossible to avoid the water from becoming too hot.

I'd be a very happy person if all AI companies were ruined to the point of bankruptcy and their CEOs sent to prison for life.

Does this take into account the immense amount of energy demanded from AI companies?

> I think it's too miserable and unpleasant a thing for anyone around here to be willing to think about. The idea that Civilization does not progress on a line and does not always improve.

I am perfectly fine thinking about it, and I do think that after studying the topic for a long time, civilization is in a decline in the sense that life isn't really getting better for more people. I mean, it's not really a logical consequence that just because some technology has made life better, that continued innovation will always improve things. After all, the power of a tool is proportional to its potential for misuse, and the probability of misuse is proportional to the complexity of the society. So I think it's actually quite likely to experience severe decline with the invention of AI.

Personally, I think Ted Kaczynski was quite right.

...is it a good thing? Can we even handle this rapid rate of new software, a lot of which will be used for highly commercial purposes? The question is not whether AI makes programmers more efficient, but whether it's actually a good thing.

The default aspect ratio for all ILC cameras except micro four thirds is 3:2. Of course, I would never use IG anyway.