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    “Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says

    IIRC: It's a statistical engine determining what token should come next. However, there was that study a few months ago where the tested LLMs tried to blackmail and/or kill a researcher before he could turn off the LLM. That's very concerning. And these things keep leading to suicides and...
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    “DROP DATABASE”: What not to do after losing an IT job

    If Romania is any example, most people working for governments these days will be deleting everything when they leave. Can't leave that evidence behind! Edit: And honestly, that handwriting... it's so pretty!
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    Infants are bleeding to death after parents shun routine vitamin K shots

    If the stupidity were optional, I might agree with you. However, they have made it abundantly clear they want to force their stupid decisions on everyone.
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    Infants are bleeding to death after parents shun routine vitamin K shots

    I'm pretty sure I can't tell if the billionaires are evil supervillains or evil moron supervillains, but I'm certain they're evil either way.
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    Infants are bleeding to death after parents shun routine vitamin K shots

    Coddling them has given them plausible deniability. They are not polite to us. It's well past time to stop being polite to them, and it has convinced none of them. Do not try to negotiate with cruelty. They only see it as weakness.
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    Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage

    Somalia? North Korea? Russia? A U.S. 3-letter agency? The list is endless.
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    Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage

    Kirk shouldn't have saved Edith Keeler. Spock told him.
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    As Artemis II zooms to the Moon, everything seems to be going swimmingly

    From Science Made Stupid by Tom Weller. Strongly recommended.
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    Getting formal about quantum mechanics’ lack of causality

    Huh. Well, as I've heard it explained, because photons travel at light speed they don't experience time passing. It's the twin paradox taken to the extreme case. So, in their reference frame, they are created and destroyed simultaneously regardless of how far they travel. I could be quite wrong...
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    Internet Yiff Machine: We hacked 93GB of “anonymous” crime tips

    I've personally known a fair number of cops in my town. The one thing that always struck me is at some point, when some other cop in another part of the country was discovered doing something heinous that was covered up by local law enforcement, they would casually mention that they wouldn't...
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    Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?

    I honestly wondered the same thing. Radiative cooling is nowhere near as efficient as what's available here on the planet, so good luck getting rid of the heat of all of those AI processors. And enjoy the trade-off of latency vs constant solar power. The Earth does shade low orbit satellites for...
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    Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

    Seems like people are making the same assumption they have for the last several wars the U.S. has started in the middle east. "It's about access to oil." It is, but it's not about securing access to oil, it's about limiting access to oil and increasing the price.
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    The US is looking at a year of chaotic weather

    When you push chaos theory...
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    AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

    Interestingly, if he had gotten in early enough and the company had gotten big enough, his falsehood probably would have simply added to his legend.
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    AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

    Along with "I did it all myself" levels of self-delusion.
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    AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

    I like your point. It really does all feel like part of the whole AI smoke-and-mirrors. "We definitely have a way of paying for all of this energy and equipment and still making a huuuuuge profit! You can trust me! The AI says I've been in this business for 137 years and have a doctorate in...
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    AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

    I'm not sure how I would feel about Nvidia going kaboom. I don't like the idea, and I don't hate it either. I'm open to discussion.
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    AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

    Sounds like "only if the nearby bylaw enforcement officer isn't already busy."
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    AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé

    Are these the white-collar jobs that AI is supposed to replace?