Who cares how many die, that's your problem. I also think it's naive to say that AI researchers "don't know" how modern AI, i.e. transformer models, work. They know, it's just impossible to predict results given the immense size of the models. What they don't know, because they don't care, is why models generate such catastrophic results at times. Once upon a time, AI research would consider this their highest priority, not anymore.

So who exactly has AI killed so far?

What catastrophic events has it caused?

Genuinely curious....

I've been experimenting running mistral small models locally on a M4 Mac mini 24GB....with ollama. So far that seems to work nicely for what I'm doing with it so far....

The fact that this approach is catalytic rather than requiring a binding agent seems positive in terms of longevity and not being directly depleted by repeat exposure; but I'd be curious how durable the material is under real-world conditions(clothing that gets hard wear tends to get hard washes) and also how specific it is. 'Organophosphate' means something moderately specific in the context of chemical warfare; but a lot of fairly prosaic compounds are, technically, 'organophosphates'(like DNA and RNA when held together by phosphodiester bonds); and this would be considerably less helpful in practice if it is busy chewing up the genomes of random soil bacteria; and markedly less helpful in practice if there's a "do not perturb the nanites in your clothing if you want them to not migrate into your cells and start mitigating the harmful effects of your DNA" user notice on the treated article.

I can't recall the last time I ate a burger at McDonald's that tasted better than the wrapper it was served in. A while ago I tried the McRib as well and was left wishing it had stayed in the 90s.

Yeah, I thought of that after I posted. Unfortunately bribery isn't quite as illegal as it should be.

Congratulations, here's your medal for pedantic dickweedery. The example of shouting "Fire!" in a theater has always had the implicit assumption that there isn't really a fire. Everyone (except you, apparently) knows that, which is why nobody bothers saying it every time they bring up the example.

Ah, so when Jesus said "Love God" what he ACTUALLY meant was: act as if you love God, regardless of how you feel inside. Even if you outright hate the bastard, so long as you put on a good show of loving behavior you will be able to hang out in heaven and watch as he tortures your friends in fire forever.

That checks out, since this technique of explaining that the speaker ACTUALLY meant something totally different than what they plainly said is a foundation of Biblical interpretation.

When Paul told Timothy that "God saves all men, especially those who believe" what he ACTUALLY meant was "God wants to save all men, but only saves those who believe"

When James said "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." what he ACTUALLY meant was the exact opposite: "Faith alone justifies, but we can expect that any faithful person would show good works."

And when Jesus said "The coming of the kingdom of God can't be seen. People won't say "look, it's over there" or "look, it's over here", because the kingdom of God is within you." what he ACTUALLY meant was "I am standing right here!"

Once you make a habit of totally changing what people say so that it fits your narrative about what they should have said, everything clicks right into place.

It's just fear porn.

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Which is what you'd want to do for any prototype system.

They should then track foot traffic, gross sales, and net profit and see whether the recommendations increased or decreased them when followed.

Having a control group is valuable, not a target for punishment. If McD Corporate were sane, anyway (cf. ice cream machine fiasco).

The one near me was charging over $6 for fries three years ago - I can't imagine what it's up to now. Haven't been back since.

Reuters is mostly jschool grads emoting and distributing propaganda.

Is it just me?

I can't think of a single McD's item that I would be willing to pay $5 or more for.....?

Isn't 'Dots" just a commercial version of OpenClaw?

I"m working to set up OC myself and just use local models.....and try to retain some shred of privacy.

"Democracy" gave us Trump. Maybe we should try something else.

You seem to almost be saying that like it was a bad thing....?

> Amazon mechanical turk slaves

What does 'slaves' mean to you in this context?

You mean Communism?

I don't disagree, but I think that's there's a nuance here that needs mentioning.

Trump is a special case. Everything he does is some form of a grift. It's not hidden - it's completely transparent. Those who fall for it are ignorant by choice. If they choose not to examine it, or (more likely) to ignore what's in front of them, they are to blame.

The other politicians would have a different standard to meet because they would have fooled the people. Trump cannot be other than he is, and those who are fooled have chosen it.

Do I think it should be allowed? Of course not. I'm only pointing the finger and doing my best Simpson's Nelson.