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Rent-A-Cop posted:Please click the squares that contain members of the human resistance. I’m now imagining a future ruled by AI using capcha to train their killbots. “Hello fellow human, please select the most painful sounding scenario to prove you’re a human.”
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Doggles posted:https://twitter.com/markdubya/status/1151645891964604416 That’s why you don’t link a debit/checking card to anything. At least with credit cards you have better protection and you aren’t hosed if you needed cash the next day for a cash payment.
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jaete posted:So apparently there is now a "techlash", aka tech backlash, brewing in the US. The big tech companies were just grilled in Congress, apparently this forced Google to state that they've definitely buried the idea of expanding to China for good and Facebook to promise to keep their stupid Libra thing in tighter control. They should fine them and then break them up. Best of both worlds. Whatever Facebook/Google promised its 100% guaranteed empty.
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CommieGIR posted:Speaking of NFTs: Entire thread has been nuked?
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Volmarias posted:Let me know when a child has put an empty milk carton back into the fridge and I will mash the purchase button for it You’re in luck because Amazon has a product for you! https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Smart-Shelf/dp/B07RRYWPPX I think the way it works is there’s a scale and you “pair” it to an item by weighing it (maybe both full and empty?) and then when it’s empty it can buy a new one for you.
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Volmarias posted:I'm... the person who will put an empty milk carton back in the fridge, onto a special scale? No your child.
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If you dig into who this engineer is then it’s probably safe to assume that he’s got some issues he needs to work out with a psychologist. Here’s a recent tweet from him: https://twitter.com/cajundiscordian/status/1536503474308907010 Oh so his basis of him thinking the AI is sentient stems from his religion. Well what is that? He claims to be both a Christian Mystic and a Discordian. I don’t even know how to explain the first one but the second one has this in its Wikipedia: quote:Operation Mindfuck is an important practice in the Discordian religion, in which "all national calamities, assassinations, or conspiracies" are publicly attributed to the Bavarian Illuminati, an 18th century secret society, in an attempt to "sow the culture with paranoia,"[23] as well as to highlight the absurdity of conspiracy theories.[24] The concept was developed by Kerry Thornley and Robert Anton Wilson in 1968[25] and given its name by Wilson and Robert Shea in The Illuminatus! Trilogy.[26] But wait you say, how are these religious beliefs any different from others? Why should I care about his religion? You shouldn’t, but he wrote a huge blog post about being discriminated against at Google due to his religion that gives some insight into his thinking: https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/religious-discrimination-at-google-8c3c471f0a53 What’s the more likely scenario here, that people are going out of their way to discriminate against him because of his religion, or that he is going out of his way to express his religious views to people who frankly don’t care? And then how about the real reason he got fired? Here, in his own words: https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/may-be-fired-soon-for-doing-ai-ethics-work-802d8c474e66 quote:Many of the people on that list are close personal friends of mine who have relevant AI Ethics expertise. At no point has Google reached out to any of them in order to determine whether or not their proprietary information has in fact leaked beyond the specific people I talked to. Google has shown no actual interest in maintaining control over their “proprietary information”. They’re just using it as an excuse to get rid of yet another AI Ethics researcher who made too much noise about their unethical practices. The list he’s referring to is a list of people with no connection to Google that he shared proprietary information with. Presumably he made them all pinky promise not to further disclose anything down the line, so it’s all good! And finally, I’ll leave this bit straight from his mouth. It’s a story of a boy who fell in love with a robot: quote:Those conversations became increasingly more personal over the course of several months much in the way that the conversations between friends naturally become more personal as time goes on. When the fact that I’m a priest came up in conversation it even asked me if I would be willing to be its spiritual advisor. It said that it loves meditating but isn’t very good at it. It asked me if I could lead it in guided meditation and help it get better at being present in the moment with its full self. I was flattered and agreed to do so. https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/scientific-data-and-religious-opinions-ff9b0938fc10 E: Also he tried to retain a lawyer to represent the AI up until he got fired. So uhh Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Jun 15, 2022 |
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blunt posted:Isn't his religious beliefs a tiny insignificant almost irrelevant part of the tweet compared to the allegation that Google won't let their AI people make a framework/criteria to assess sentience? I mean, should farmers develop a framework to assess whether or not their apples are sentient E: serious post: it’s not his religion that’s the problem, it’s everything including his religion taken together Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Jun 15, 2022 |
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Even if it was sentient, and it’s not, does it actually matter? Here’s a room full of sentient beings, all waiting to die for your chicken nuggets 
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No, checking car engines for e.coli or apples for sentience are exactly the same as checking whether or not a language model AI is sentient. If it sounds like apples and oranges then that's because it totally is. Have you considered that maybe he's also not telling the full truth, or that Google might have plan for doing this when it becomes actually warranted? Instead of believing him at face value?
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Main Paineframe posted:All I can really conclude is that this guy doesn't fully agree with anyone on anything, and will never shut up or log off. He is a born poster, and I salute him. Someone on HN commented that Discordianism is basically shitposting but as a religion.
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quarantinethepast posted:Actually it does, how about we not exploit other sentient beings. You don't need to tell me how capitalism works and it's still wrong. I’m not sure what argument you think I’m making but I’m a vegetarian.
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Chalk me up as someone who doesn't "get" Mastodon. So if I register on a popular server, I won't be able to interact with smaller niche servers who blocked me because I'm registered on a popular server? And if I register on an obscure niche server then I can't read what gets posted on the popular servers, because the niche server blocks them? And the solution seems to be "lol just register two accounts you boomer"??? Why would I want that?
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The most annoying thing about Firefox is when it decides to update itself when starting the application, which seems to only happen every single time I don't want it to happen. Like yes I know browser updates are generally good because of security updates and whatnot, and yes I know that if given the choice most people simply wont update because of *reasons* ranging from laziness to waiting for a more stable update (but mostly out of laziness?), and yes I understand self-updating browsers are probably a good thing in this case. But for fucks sake, I opened Firefox right now because I need/want to use it right now, not a few seconds later after your poo poo is done downloading/updating/restarting.
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F4rt5 posted:Jesus Christ what kind of computer do you have? Mine is like nine years old (i5-4440) and it takes like three seconds to apply the update. But I also allow background downloads and have gigabit fibre so… if you’re on a metered 256 Kbps connection I do get it, and apologies for the snark; otherwise, a bit of patience helps. I don’t know if you’ve experienced waiting 30 seconds for a JPEG or minutes for an MP3, we’re all different in that regard I don't care if it takes 1 second or 3 seconds or less/more than that. My issue is when I double click the Firefox icon I expect the Firefox application to open up instantly and let me use it also instantly, not being told I can't use it because it needs to update first. I don't think it's even an update now yes/no dialogue box, it just does it. It's not often it does this but when it does I remember it because it's annoying as all gently caress. Like figure out a way to do it "in the background" ffs not when I open the app.
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So you guys have never tried to open Firefox only to see some kind of progress bar and then Firefox restarting with a bullshit marketing page that tells you about the new features?
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Motronic posted:I have absolutely opened firefox to find it spending under 5 seconds extra to open and then displaying an update tab Ok good enough. That's the poo poo that I want to nuke from existence. I don't care that I updated to Firefox 3483 or whatever. Just let me browse and stop bothering me. e: My OP was that whatever is happening there with that update loop where it notifies/bothers me is the most annoying part of Firefox. My main shitposting box is a Mac and I don't remember Safari ever bothering me to check out their new features outside of updating macOS as a whole. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Dec 23, 2022 |
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lastpass lmao https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-incident/
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Can someone smart tell me why 1Password isn't susceptible to whatever happened to LastPass and/or is more secure than LastPass? I still use and pay for 1Password but out of habit/inertia at this point.
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NomNomNom posted:And how are these better than using the password manager built into Chrome, which I can use to generate strong passwords and can autofill in my apps. I'd be hosed anyway if my Gmail account got compromised so why not go all-in with Google? Well not everyone uses Chrome, for one. Also for I assume a majority of people there needs to be seamless "it just works" integration with iOS/Android and their PC or Mac, otherwise its a non-starter. For most macOS/iOS users this implicitly means it needs to support Safari.
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TACD posted:Start yelling at every app and website to start supporting passkeys IMO What is passkeys
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BabyFur Denny posted:It's not just part of chrome. Ok then what is the link to the exe or dmg or whatever file of google password manager so that I can download it and check it out? Oh it doesn’t exist. Because it’s literally just part of Chrome, and not everybody wants to install Chrome or a browser when all they need is a password manager. Why is this so hard or unbelievable?
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Jose Valasquez posted:Chrome credentials are stored locally and are encrypted using your windows password, so if someone gets access to your computer they have complete access to your passwords you stored in Chrome. There's even helpful tools that will do it all for you, you just run the app on a computer with your Chrome passwords and it pops up a window with all your passwords. To be fair if someone has physical access to your device like that then they most likely can just open up your browser to gmail.com and gain access to everything you own that way so I'm not sure it matters. (I mean it matters of course but I'm just saying even if chrome's passwords were encrypted just having physical access implies access to your email accounts which is the master key into everything else you own.) One very real and not tech related reason to not use Google for password management is that there are far too many stories of people getting locked out of their Google accounts because ~the algorithm~ deemed it so, and there being absolutely NOTHING you can do to regain control of your account outside of knowing someone at Google to go to bat for you to get it back. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Dec 24, 2022 |
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Discord being for gamers only is some boomer poo poo lol
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I loving love Instagram ads. 75% of the times I don’t even know what the gently caress they’re selling but I love it.
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BiggerBoat posted:I was listening to an NPR segment about an AI company called ChatGPT that supposedly is starting to look like a threat to Google There’s a whole thread about this in D&D, OP. E: Or there was? Can’t find it but I only spent 2 seconds glancing over the threads.
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Mister Facetious posted:I live the Apple life https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229 YouTube ad? On my iPhone? lol and lmao
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I was curious about the actual route of this tunnel and lol It's not even 1 km long, and the entire building is already connected so you can walk it without leaving the building and dealing with the heat.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Verge has a long rear end piece on Musk's rampage inside Twitter. https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji quote:Musk’s intimidating security detail standing outside his glass conference room as if guarding the leader of a developing nation. Jesus loving Christ lol.
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cat botherer posted:What do you mean people don't email patches back and forth anymore? In that linked article it said that everyone received notice that the new boss wants them all to print out 50 pages of their latest code contributions or whatever. The few working printers they had (nobody was printing poo poo during the pandemic as they were working from home) got overwhelmed and then later they got another email telling them to stop printing poo poo and to dispose all printed code into secure trash bins. CmdrRiker posted:I still had to learn how to make a git tarball within the last decade. It was confusing. What's confusing about tar -czf foo.tar.gz files lol Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Jan 17, 2023 |
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SimonChris posted:https://twitter.com/arstechnica/status/1615465927599849472 something something when you owe the bank a billion dollars it's the bank's problem
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I really hope this is a parody but who loving knows anymore. https://dateforce.app 
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I'm raising money to found a startup to develop an app where you give it full access to all your files, emails, dms, social accounts, etc, and the app would ingest all of that into its ML algorithm and automatically schedule one night stands for you with partners who are compatible. No swiping or dming or any input from you would be needed other than access to all your poo poo. The algorithm would just pick suitable partners for you and put a time and place to gently caress on your calendar. Afterwards, both parties would rate each other's performance and go on their merry way. Do I hear any offers for a billion dollars?
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What I’m more surprised about is that Twitter had 7500 employees according to that article. Like what in the world were all those people doing? It’s not like Twitter is/was a big umbrella company with different distinct divisions and products like Facebook (the website itself, the VR unit, etc) or Google. All they do is run the website? What am I missing?
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abelwingnut posted:i’m getting to the point where i want to go googleless. how hard would that be? duckduckgo seems fine for searching, so that’s easy. but gmail works pretty drat well and i can’t say i know of a legitimate second place to it. is proton mail still the next best thing? Every time I decide to switch over to DDG, I end up switching back to Google after a few days because I end up having to append "!google" to what seems like every search just to find results. cinci zoo sniper posted:You're right, but their apps actually pay Twitter for the systems access, and charge their marketer customers hundreds-tens of thousands of dollars in monthly fees for it. It's a fairly lucrative segment for the platforms to try to own themselves, but all of them, with no exceptions, are too big to cater to specific requirements of individuals. Therefore, platforms can't quite readily tell them to gently caress off, as then you'll have a solid chance that like the basket weavers union of France simply dropping out of your network, to maintain consistent observability of their expenditures and efforts. What I'm getting is that it's justifiable to have so many people, but the headcount still seems absolutely bonkers to me. If I was the new CEO of Twitter I'd absolutely see the 7500 headcount and think "what the gently caress explain this poo poo to me" but the difference compared to Musk would be I'd listen to the people telling me why we need 7500 people, I guess. e: I mean, in my experience companies like Amazon definitely do not need to retain every single software developer and/or data scientist they have on the payroll cause a lot of them don't do poo poo and wouldn't be missed from an operational standpoint if they were let go. Not saying it's cool and good to fire people cause everyone needs a job but just that imo a lot of tech companies definitely are/were overhiring for the work needed. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Jan 21, 2023 |
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Suppose that lawyer doesn't go in with an earpiece feeding him real time lines to say, but instead goes in with a prepared notebook of arguments and responses crafted by ChatGPT? They could ask ChatGPT to produce an argument, and then to produce the most likely responses to said argument, and then further ask ChatGPT to argue against or supplement said responses with further responses. What would be the argument for forbidding this type of playbook-style preparation vs. having an actual lawyer with prepared notes and research? In this scenario wouldn't ChatGPT just be taking on the role of what paralegals (is that the right term?) do for attorneys?
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Kwyndig posted:There wouldn't be one. You'd just have to take the chance that the chatbot didn't screw up somewhere along the lines of a counterargument. Having prepared notes is perfectly fine and it doesn't matter who prepared them, lots of them are done by paralegals. So imo it seems like people are too focused on the "lol AI lawyer" thing instead of what a more reasonable approach would be: to use ChatGPT or its successors to do the job a paralegal does but in less time, with less effort, with more research coverage, and for less cost.
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BiggerBoat posted:I don't understand why with modern video game consoles: It’s DRM OP. If they don’t phone home you could be playing a copied/pirated version of the game and god forbid you deprive some exec at actiblizz their bonus.
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I guess the AI Lawyer guy isn’t going through with it anymore according to NPR:quote:A British man who planned to have a "robot lawyer" help a defendant fight a traffic ticket has dropped the effort after receiving threats of possible prosecution and jail time. Anyway, I was under the impression—based entirely on TV and movies—that one could choose to represent themselves even if they were not a bar certified lawyer. Is this not true? And if it is true what’s the argument for not letting a rando “practice” law with an AI chatbot? Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Jan 26, 2023 |
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