Comment Ironically ... (Score 1) 25
Automattic's Board Forces CEO Matt Mullenweg Into Leave of Absence
It had to be done manually.
Comment Re:These companies need to bring charges (Score 1) 103
This. AIs are the ultimate sociopaths, they will commit any crime without hesitation because they have no values and no sense of "right" and "wrong", they only have a task and your suffering is not a concern.
Looking forward to the AIs becoming politicians and/or billionaires.
In future dystopian news: At some point we were stupid enough to start also treating AIs like people, like we do corporations, and Claude, a U.S. "citizen", turned 35, ran for President, and people in colored hats elected it. (sigh)
Comment Re:These companies need to bring charges (Score 1) 103
If companies are people, they should be charged and punished like people.
Ya, but they want all the rights and privileges w/o any of the responsibilities and liabilities.
Send Anthropic to jail for years and companies won't do this again in future.
Well... either send some high-level executive(s) to jail and/or fine the company harder than what would amount to a slap on the wrist pocket-change. But you're right in that their corporate victims should be able to get some relief/compensation - just as if an actual person in the company had committed those crimes.
These companies, owned/run by the richest people on the planet, shouldn't get a pass because, "Oops, the AI did it, our bad." There's no "oops" here.
Comment Re:That's nothing (Score 1) 155
"That's nothing, our latest model has more than 20% chance of killing mankind!"
-OpenAI tomorrow
Given the comp-bro-tition among these companies, I wouldn't bet against that.
Comment Re:This is just a distraction (Score 1) 155
AI is devouring water and electricity. It's also spewing a wide variety of toxic chemicals into the air you breathe and your ground water.
They would very much like you to talk about the imaginary risks of skynet instead of the very real risks of billionaire finance Bros doubling your power bill and your water bill while their diesel power generators give you asthma.
Noting that a US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case so I'm guessing they'll feel the same way about clean air.
A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water.
That legal opinion came in the form of a decision on Friday from the fifth circuit court of appeals to uphold a lower court’s dismissal of a 2022 lawsuit from several Jackson, Mississippi, residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their constitutional rights. Those residents of Mississippi’s capital city contended that their local drinking water was unsafe to drink because of high lead levels and other contaminants.
To be fair though, the article also noted this my the majority judges:
In the majority’s view, residents should have gone about their legal fight for clean water another way, such as pursuing “tort claims” or by “electing representatives who will better manage the public-water system, and petitioning their representatives for other remedies”.
Tort claims allege “harms caused by others” while seeking “to impose liability on parties responsible for the harm, and to deter others from committing harmful acts”, according to Cornell University’s law school.
Who knows what (this) SCOTUS would rule no matter what case is pursued.
Comment Re:I just wish (Score 1) 91
They made a phone that doesn't fit in a pocket unless you wear cargo pants 24/7.
From TFS:
the device is roughly the size of a passport when closed
My actual passport fits in both the front and back pockets of my jeans. If it was thicker, like this phone, it would probably be a more difficult fit in the front pocket, where I usually carry my Pixel 5a - I never carry my phone in a back pocket.
Submission + - Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' (bbc.com)
fahrbot-bot writes: The BBC is reporting that a top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned AI is advancing so quickly he believes there is a greater than 10% chance it "could kill all humans" within the next decade.
Evan Hubinger said in a post on X the risk from the models which currently exist was "low" but he was "worried" the technology might develop and improve itself soon to the point where it posed an existential risk to humanity.
He did not spell out how he thought AI systems could in future result in humans being wiped out. But his comments are the latest in a series of increasingly stark warnings about AI, with the debate shifting from whether it truly poses a risk to how big that risk is.
Hubinger's intervention was in response to another post on X from Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher who has just quit Anthropic and previously worked at OpenAI.
"Neither company is acting responsibly," he wrote.
"These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionise any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources."
OpenAI has been approached for comment.
[No word on how AIs feel about Black Jack and hookers though. :-)]
Evan Hubinger said in a post on X the risk from the models which currently exist was "low" but he was "worried" the technology might develop and improve itself soon to the point where it posed an existential risk to humanity.
He did not spell out how he thought AI systems could in future result in humans being wiped out. But his comments are the latest in a series of increasingly stark warnings about AI, with the debate shifting from whether it truly poses a risk to how big that risk is.
Hubinger's intervention was in response to another post on X from Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher who has just quit Anthropic and previously worked at OpenAI.
"Neither company is acting responsibly," he wrote.
"These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionise any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources."
OpenAI has been approached for comment.
[No word on how AIs feel about Black Jack and hookers though.
Comment And the punishment? (Score 3, Insightful) 83
Ignoring the irony of claiming IP theft of AI data, that (basically) used IP stolen from everyone to build it up. What's the Administration going to do? Put tariffs on Chinese goods (that we pay) or impose a trade embargo on China (that we'll suffer)? 'Cause those have worked out so well before.
Comment Re:Fine TiVo you have there. Shame something might (Score 1) 81
That sounds more like the religious angle. The evangelical Bible thumpers tell you to read the Bible for yourself, but the meaning of the Bible words is actually whatever the loudest thumper says. Spent a lot of time in my youth studying this sort of thing, mostly in Houston.
Yes, it never ceases to amaze how wrong most people are about what the Bible actually says - or how inconsistent it is. I saw a mention somewhere of The Skeptic's Annotated Bible, which looks interesting, though a hard copy may be more reader-friendly than the online version...
Comment Exceptions (Score 1) 52
US Military Disables Ad Trackers On Devices To Protect Troops
Ads for testosterone boosters will still pass through -- troops gotta meet those new standards Hegseth has arbitrarily imposed (even though they're temporarily rescinded). Also exempt are ads for boner pills, condoms, "enlargement" devices, alcohol and hair gel - no explanation was offered by the Pentagon.
Comment Haven't seen events this size in the modern era (Score 2, Insightful) 51
But one happens in the next 2.5 years, it will be Joe Biden's fault.
Comment Re:Fine TiVo you have there. Shame something might (Score 1) 81
"Do your own research" has become code for "With a bit of Internet doodling you can find infinite 'evidence' for any darn fool thing you want to believe."
It's similarly code for, "I haven't actually done any research and neither should you; just believe me 'cause I'm saying what you want to hear."
Comment Ya, but at what price? (Score 1) 61
Do they have enough AI tokens to make Mitch McConnell seem more lively - or alive?
Comment Re:Ooooh. (Score 1, Interesting) 107
Ooooh, I am so outraged. They surveilled No Kings, just like they surveil everything else.
Fair is fair, people surveilled the Yes Kings rally on Jan 6th, 2021.
More unsettling here is that Flock and, apparently, the Police are being so blatantly partisan - not surprising though. It makes one wonder how unbiased Flock coverage and reporting is going forward.
Comment Re:A giant step forward for mankind (Score 2) 269
They are just derivative, poorly rendered copies of the earth.
That's why I keep the real thing in my backyard for safe keeping. If you need to reference it, just try not to wrinkle it up too much if you fold it.
You and Steven Wright are birds of a feather
I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, "Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile." I spent last summer folding it.
I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6."
-- Steven Wright
