Comment Re:Embrace and Extend. (Score 1) 72
The Halloween Documents gave Microsoft's stretegy to Embrace/Extend/Extinguish applied to open source.
Comment Re:That wasn't why Trump did it (Score 1) 197
I feel like he's been hinting at doing a ground invasion of Iran after the election, but it doesn't take much strategic thinking to do the unpopular stuff after an election.
In any case, it's a convenient hypothesis because it's easy enough to test, just have to wait a few months and we'll know. Don't even need to set up a double-blind to be sure.
In any case, it's a convenient hypothesis because it's easy enough to test, just have to wait a few months and we'll know. Don't even need to set up a double-blind to be sure.
Comment Re:The practical implications of all of this? (Score 2) 10
Wow, the 1800s called and want their critique of scientific research back.
Fundamental research with no immediate payback has led over and over to discoveries that have real practical benefits, including nearly everything in this computer. Even Thomas Edison, who was mainly a practical inventor, was willing to investigate properties of electronics that operate in transistors, even if there was no obvious application at the time.
Fundamental research with no immediate payback has led over and over to discoveries that have real practical benefits, including nearly everything in this computer. Even Thomas Edison, who was mainly a practical inventor, was willing to investigate properties of electronics that operate in transistors, even if there was no obvious application at the time.
Comment Re:unpossible (Score 1) 10
"No matter how bright, an LED can't be an incandescent lamp."
In order to say that, you'd have to be confident about what is producing the light.
Comment Re:Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evid (Score 1) 63
citing Terminator is apparently this guy's only evidence... without any humans noticing or intervening?
To be fair, in Terminator humans eventually intervened too, and after some pain that's how they ultimately survived.
Comment Worries (Score 1) 63
The chances of nuclear war in the next two years is far higher than an AI doom.
Comment unpossible (Score 2) 10
The new little red dots couldn't literally be stars
When looking into space, our ignorance is far too large to say something can't be.
Comment Re:Jacob Coxon is a nobody (Score 1) 63
Coxon
Sounds like he's in a better position to understand what's going on than Sam Altman, who is only an executive.
He is not speaking from a position of any kind of authority or even specialized knowledge.
He has quite a bit of specialized knowledge.
Comment Re:Cui Bono (Score 1) 73
If you're talking about students, maybe. If you're talking about tech bros (I wasn't), probably not possible,
Tech bros don't know about technology, they're just salespeople.
Comment Re: I'm still wondering (Score 1) 197
Well, the citation is here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FNewIr...
Whether that's accurate or not, the main thing that matters to me is the loss of legitimacy of the Iranian dictatorship no longer representing their citizens. In the last year they've killed an order of magnitude more of their own people than we have.
Whether that's accurate or not, the main thing that matters to me is the loss of legitimacy of the Iranian dictatorship no longer representing their citizens. In the last year they've killed an order of magnitude more of their own people than we have.
Comment Re:I'm still wondering (Score 1) 197
Thanks
Comment Re:That wasn't why Trump did it (Score 1) 197
So some say. Unless he declares martial law and the military enforces it (and don't be too sure they will), his power is going to be rather constrained.
I was thinking something more realistic like "invade Cuba," or "massive tax cuts for the rich."
Comment Re:Where (Score 2) 73
In Korea, only old people use non-AI plumbers.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Febadastudio.com%2FAI%25EC%25...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dalsu.net%2F
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https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dalsu.net%2F
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhandman.co.kr%2F
http://www.knrsys.com/eng/pipe...
Comment Re:Cui Bono (Score 1) 73
I saw the resistance to solid state technology in full force as I was going through school. Yet we're talking about the late 60's early 70's. Considering that the first all transistor computer was put together in 1952, well before I was born, that's some serious time lag. There were tube radios being made well into the 70's.
Oh yeah, in the 70s some analog stuff was clearly better than the solid state. Core memory was persistent without power. CDs didn't come out until the 80s. Those were beautiful things.
Comment Cui Bono (Score 5, Insightful) 73
it feels like we have collective amnesia. Now we're in the sixth or eighth cycle of this — and shouldn't we be asking questions
In the sixth or eighth cycle, it's not amnesia, it's [bureaucrats|politicians|administrators|someoneWithPower] benefiting in some way.
Sometimes these schools actually get grant money, and then the benefit is obvious. I assume that's not always the case, though.
