[Cyberpunk] Artificial turf is giving kids cancer.

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Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

withak posted:

Kill them with your car while they are crossing the street, then stay at the scene and act distraught. You will be home in time for dinner.

You don't even need to be white or wait for them to be crossing the street, you can just run up on the sidewalk.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gideon-fekre-sentenced-1.4412121

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Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

This is the future liberals want.

# ? Dec 9, 2023 22:41

Zoeb: Oct 8, 2023; Can't post for 4 hours!

https://www.wbez.org/stories/bank-j...11-dfeddb2f43ce

Armed robber criminals are using banking apps on stolen phones to drain victim's bank accounts and those apps have inadequate security to protect customers.

Also Chicago police suck poo poo, like all police, and in particular don't bother to investigate any crime they can't solve by looking out the window of a patrol car because CPD emphasis is on shows of force rather than detective work. Also they use strategic work stoppages and slowdowns because they don't like Kim Fox or the new mayor when they try to fire the racists, torturers, and nazis who happen to have been there for years.

# ? Dec 9, 2023 22:49

Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006

Zoeb posted:

https://www.wbez.org/stories/bank-j...11-dfeddb2f43ce

Armed robber criminals are using banking apps on stolen phones to drain victim's bank accounts and those apps have inadequate security to protect customers.

Also Chicago police suck poo poo, like all police, and in particular don't bother to investigate any crime they can't solve by looking out the window of a patrol car because CPD emphasis is on shows of force rather than detective work. Also they use strategic work stoppages and slowdowns because they don't like Kim Fox or the new mayor when they try to fire the racists, torturers, and nazis who happen to have been there for years.

honestly it�s better than what used to happen. when I lived in Hyde Park they�d do this sort of a thing:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/10/chicago-police-report-robbery-victim-abducted-river-north-bank-atm.html

and keep people for a couple of days, in a car trunk, to do max ATM withdrawals then dump them on the Highway. it�s a lot better to have them just take the money and then be done with it.

# ? Dec 9, 2023 23:12

Zoeb: Oct 8, 2023; Can't post for 4 hours!

Bar Ran Dun posted:

honestly it�s better than what used to happen. when I lived in Hyde Park they�d do this sort of a thing:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/10/chicago-police-report-robbery-victim-abducted-river-north-bank-atm.html

and keep people for a couple of days, in a car trunk, to do max ATM withdrawals then dump them on the Highway. it�s a lot better to have them just take the money and then be done with it.

Christ

That makes me question my opposition to the death penalty. These people have nothing but contempt for life and the rights of their neighbors.

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gimme the GOD DAMN candy: Jul 1, 2007

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

# ? Dec 9, 2023 23:46

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

lol

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Heck Yes! Loam!: Nov 15, 2004; a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

# ? Dec 10, 2023 01:18

Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

holy moly

# ? Dec 10, 2023 01:59

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

# ? Dec 10, 2023 02:09

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

# ? Dec 10, 2023 05:37

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

also as i said in the chicago thread, that wbez article is some 100% grade a bullshit. "no honest a scary thug MADE me give him 1000's in cash to a woman named Felicia Onlyfans.com!!!"

# ? Dec 10, 2023 05:38

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

Peanut President posted:

also as i said in the chicago thread, that wbez article is some 100% grade a bullshit. "no honest a scary thug MADE me give him 1000's in cash to a woman named Felicia Onlyfans.com!!!"

I have to admire the man's commitment to the lie though. Some real Larry David poo poo to take it all the way to pitching it to media.

See honey, WBEZ believes me

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Centrist Committee: Aug 6, 2019

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

yeah, and the kidnappers aren't great either

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smellmycheese: Feb 1, 2016

# ? Dec 10, 2023 22:42

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

No way that's legal right?

_{I say as a take a big swig of coffee}

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SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

The fact that the united states has alienable rights at all is loving insane

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tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

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Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

tokin opposition posted:

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Alucard: Mar 11, 2002; Pillbug

tokin opposition posted:

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Should have sent a read receipt on that post, totally inadmissable as evidence.

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Biplane: Jul 18, 2005

Haha you fool, you imbecile! I have neither money nor assets. Checkmate :smug:

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Desert Bus: May 9, 2004; Take 1 tablet by mouth daily.

Y'all know the old saying, "Can't squeeze blood from a Biplane!"

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Biplane: Jul 18, 2005

If selling blood was legal I would be a-squeezin' myself

# ? Dec 10, 2023 23:19

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

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Biplane posted:

If selling blood was legal I would be a-squeezin' myself

maybe if you stopped squeezing yourself you wouldn't need to sell blood

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Nichael: Mar 30, 2011

tokin opposition posted:

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Lordshmee: Nov 23, 2007; I hate you, Milkman Dan

Mandoric posted:

Yes, that's exactly the problem. I had a program that produces raw binary to stdout, a program that accepts raw binary from stdin, and just wanted to do "program1 | program2", but Powershell went "well huh that doesn't look like text at all I should automagically fix it."

Only way to get it to stop was to change my keyboard layout. I ended up getting the task done in bash under WSL.

this alone would make me curse the bones of the people responsible and never think about touching the language again. you don�t get to make decisions of this kind! you�re a tool. stop it!

I haven�t had to use powershell in a long time, but I�m getting steamed just thinking about this, lol

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Kitfox88: Aug 21, 2007; Anybody lose their glasses?

SniperWoreConverse posted:

The fact that the united states has alienable rights at all is loving insane

# ? Dec 11, 2023 01:02

eSports Chaebol: Feb 22, 2005; Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

Milo and POTUS posted:

No way that's legal right?

_{I say as a take a big swig of coffee}

it is expressly forbidden by the bill of rights

obviously the Supreme Court ruled that it�s legal

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tokin opposition posted:

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is debt an asset?

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christmas boots posted:

is debt an asset?

if you have enough of it, it is

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SplitSoul: Dec 31, 2000

AI-generated search engine results continue to pay off.

# ? Dec 13, 2023 06:52

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

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SplitSoul posted:

AI-generated search engine results continue to pay off.

officer down

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Cup Runneth Over: Aug 8, 2009; She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate

vaxxed?

# ? Dec 13, 2023 07:45

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Cup Runneth Over posted:

vaxxed?

He played a cop so probably not

# ? Dec 13, 2023 08:04

ymgve: Jan 2, 2004; Offensive Clock

gay cop so maybe

# ? Dec 13, 2023 09:39

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

"Use artificial intelligence (AI) from third-party partners so you can work faster in Dropbox"

?? ��

# ? Dec 13, 2023 21:39

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

if AI can figure out where the gently caress frank from accounting saved the spreadsheet in this directory structure, I will take back everything bad I said (no I won�t)

# ? Dec 13, 2023 22:18

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

goatsestretchgoals posted:

if AI can figure out where the gently caress frank from accounting saved the spreadsheet in this directory structure, I will take back everything bad I said (no I won�t)

if AI could figure that out it'd already be running the world

# ? Dec 13, 2023 22:40

Unless: Jul 24, 2005; I art

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/technology/ai-acceleration.html

quote:

On a Monday night last month, a few hours after OpenAI held an event for developers in downtown San Francisco, hundreds of artificial intelligence aficionados packed into a three-story nightclub several blocks away to celebrate a looser, less corporate vision of the A.I. future.

Under colorful lights and screens showing anime images, the mostly young, mostly male crowd danced to a D.J. set by the musician Grimes, who is better known in tech circles as Elon Musk�s ex. A big banner on the wall read �Accelerate or Die.� Another sign showed a diagram of an A.I. neural network emblazoned with the motto �Come and Take It.� An A.I. start-up handed out promotional fliers that read �THE MESSENGER TO THE GODS IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.�

The party was called �Keep A.I. Open,� and it was a coming-out bash of sorts for Effective Accelerationism, one of the weirder and more interesting splinter groups that have emerged from the A.I. boom of the past year.

Effective Accelerationism (often shortened to �e/acc,� pronounced �e-ack�) is a loosely organized movement devoted to the no-holds-barred pursuit of technological progress. The group believes that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies should be allowed to move as fast as possible, with no guardrails or gatekeepers standing in the way of innovation.
The group formed on social media last year, and bonded in Twitter Spaces and group chats over memes, late-night conversations and shared scorn for the people they call �decels� and �doomers� � the people who worry about the safety of A.I., or the regulators who want to slow it down. It has moved offline, too, with parties and hackathons in the Bay Area and beyond.

Effective Accelerationism began as a cheeky response to an older, more established movement � Effective Altruism � that has become a major force in the A.I. world. E.A., as the older group is known, got its start promoting a data-driven approach to philanthropic giving, but in recent years has been worrying about A.I. safety, and promoting the idea that powerful A.I. could destroy humanity if left unrestrained.

The battle between the e/accs and the Effective Altruists is one of many quasi-religious schisms breaking out in San Francisco�s A.I. scene these days, as insiders argue about how quickly the technology is progressing, and what should be done about it.

E/acc prefers the all-gas, no-brakes approach. Its adherents favor open-sourcing A.I. software rather than having it be controlled by big corporations, and unlike Effective Altruists, they don�t see powerful A.I. as something to be feared or guarded against. They believe that A.I.�s benefits far outweigh its harms, and that the right thing to do with such important technology is to get out of the way and let it rip.

Some of the ideas e/acc has adopted, like its opposition to regulation, are standard techno-libertarian gospel. Others resemble tenets of older Silicon Valley subcultures, like the Transhumanists and the Extropians, who also valued progress and resisted attempts to contain technology. The movement also borrows from the works of the British philosopher Nick Land, who wrote years ago that the accelerating forces of capitalism and A.I. would ultimately collide in a �techno-capital singularity,� a point at which technology would outstrip our ability to contain it. (More recently, Mr. Land has fallen out of favor after endorsing far-right ideas about race and authoritarianism.)

In a manifesto posted online last year, e/acc�s founders � all of whom used inside-joke pseudonyms like �Bayeslord� and �Based Beff Jezos� � described their goals in lofty, bombastic terms, writing that their goal was to �usher in the next evolution of consciousness, creating unthinkable next-generation lifeforms.�

Most people, of course, want to keep the life-forms we already have, and critics of e/acc chafe at the idea that we should roll over and let the robots overtake us. Peter S. Park, an A.I. researcher at M.I.T. and the director of Stakeout.AI, an A.I. safety advocacy group, told me he considers e/acc �a dangerous unaccountable ideology inspired by replacing humanity with A.I.�

I first heard about e/acc about a year ago. At the time, the movement seemed to consist mainly of bored tech workers who gathered late at night to have heady conversations about politics and philosophy, discuss the news and complain about the emerging narrative that A.I. was a looming threat to humanity.

�A lot of my personal friends work on powerful technologies, and they kind of get depressed because the whole system tells them that they are bad,� Guillaume Verdon, a 31-year old French-Canadian physicist who once worked in an experimental lab at Google, said in a Twitter Space earlier this year, which was transcribed by someone who attended. �For us, I was thinking, let�s make an ideology where the engineers and builders are heroes.�
Initially, I wrote the movement off as a fringe novelty � a bunch of Twitter-addicted techies with persecution complexes turning warmed-over Ayn Rand into edgy memes.

But a few months later, tech luminaries like Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, started showing up in e/acc�s Twitter Spaces, and proclaiming that he, too, believed in effective accelerationism. (Mr. Andreessen�s profile on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, now includes �e/acc,� and he listed Based Beff Jezos and Bayeslord as two of his �patron saints� in the techno-optimist manifesto he published in October.)

Garry Tan, the president of the influential start-up incubator Y Combinator, signaled his support for e/acc. Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, replied to a Based Beff Jezos tweet and joked �you cannot outaccelerate me.� And the movement gradually broadened beyond A.I., with some leaders pushing for cryptocurrencies or nuclear fusion.

Soon, the movement was gaining steam in Silicon Valley, and officials in Washington were warning about its growing influence. It was a sure sign, to the e/acc crowd, that they had trolled the right people.
Last week, Forbes revealed that Based Beff Jezos was actually Mr. Verdon, who now runs an A.I. hardware start-up called Extropic. (Mr. Verdon, who has had enough media exposure for one week, declined to be interviewed for this column.) His unmasking took some of the mystique out of e/acc, but it didn�t seem to dampen followers� enthusiasm.

I interviewed several e/acc supporters recently, ranging from early joiners to more recent converts. All of them praised the movement as a refreshing antidote to the pessimism of the A.I. safety crowd.

Amjad Masad, the chief executive of the A.I. coding start-up Replit (and an investor in Mr. Verdon�s start-up), told me that he liked e/acc �as a meme counterweight to all the A.I. doom and gloom.�

Julie Fredrickson, a start-up investor, said that e/acc is �a fun shorthand for a future that prioritizes progress and solutions.�

Rochelle Shen, a start-up founder and biohacker, said she was welcomed by the e/acc crowd after being turned off by the stuffiness and insularity of Effective Altruism.

�E.A. is so 2019,� she said. �You go to their parties, the guys don�t know how to dress, and the conversations are totally controlled by these one or two thought leaders.�

E/acc, she added, is �fun to be around.�

These are, of course, verdicts on e/acc�s vibes, not its ideas, some of which are still too extreme for many people to swallow. Critics have pointed to the fact that some of e/acc�s leaders, including Mr. Verdon, seem to actually agree with the Effective Altruists that a rogue A.I. could wipe out humanity, but aren�t bothered by the idea, since superhuman A.I. could represent a logical next step in evolution. And some have noticed that the movement has gotten more partisan and serious as it has grown.

�I liked it when it was an ironic countermovement instead of what seems to be transforming into an earnest libertarian movement,� said Aidan Gomez, the chief executive of the A.I. company Cohere.

Even Grimes, who played the e/acc party last month, has distanced herself from the movement, saying in a post on X that she was �dj-ing in enemy territory because I think healthy discourse is constructive!�

Like any good sect, e/acc has also spawned sub-sects. There is �bio/acc,� for people who want to use technology to augment human biology. Grimes proposed �a/acc,� for �aligned acceleration,� a more human-friendly version of the original in which the robots would act in accordance with our values. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of the cryptocurrency Ethereum, favors �d/acc,� another split-the-difference compromise that tries to stay optimistic about technology while taking its risks seriously.

Will any of these movements amount to more than people arguing on the internet? Hard to say. What feels more certain is that we have entered a new era of A.I. tribalism, where grand pronouncements about unknowable futures are honed into homilies and passed down by techno-priests to their followers, who just want to know what lies ahead.

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