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8 hours ago, aderei said:
Is the U.S close in reality to how its repped in the media?
no. but you probably already knew that. there's a lot of pretty boring day to day shit that goes on here, which gets no media coverage. same like anywhere.
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3 hours ago, Rubin Farr said:
Anyone else a fan of this one?
I'm a fan of the book, never saw the movie.
FYI it was also made into a TV episode on Ray Bradbury theater - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683206/?ref_=adv_li_tt
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25 minutes ago, Alcofribas said:
sounds like chen has gone woke
maybe ChatGPT hacked his account
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1 hour ago, chronical said:
I wonder why you decided to post this here? it's just fear mongering, do you just want us to circlejerk complain about it? Or discuss.. AI leading to extinction? I'm so tired of seeing media exploit people's fears for clicks.
all of the above? I was making an obv sarcastic post... I lol'd when I saw that headline pop up...again.
yes I agree it seems to be stale at this point discussing about AI wiping us out. we went down the rabbit hole on it in this thread a few pages ago, including myself.
1 hour ago, dcom said:Say what now?
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*sigh*
another day, another news story about AI wiping us all out:
Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65746524
"experts" lol
this guy is definitely a watmm lurker
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18 hours ago, iococoi said:
p cool that in hell u can choose our own head costume. makes afterlife shit seem rad.
too bad it's just a made up fantasy scheme. hell is man made bullshit.
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5 hours ago, cruising for burgers said:
oh shit really? been avoiding succesion but that's enough reason to give it a try...
it's a lot funnier than I was expecting. I thought it would be more like a Sopranos type drama, with the occasional funny moments. but this show is packed with very dark and socially awkward humor.
On 5/24/2023 at 2:54 PM, beerwolf said:I won’t spoil it for you but it involves Roman and his mobile phone. Absolutely classic
I got to that bit, and immediately thought so that's what that beerwolf guy was talking about!
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6 hours ago, Ethel said:
My thoughts exactly. It’s okay to have a thread to focus on negative content, “What’s wrong with Florida?” but not this
having a thread making fun of a variety of shenanigans committed in a US state vs starting a thread in order to make a personal attack against a long time watmm member, are 2 separate things, brother.
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hey as long as the person in question's posts are not outwardly racist, promoting hate speech, or other such lunacy, then can't you just ignore them (or burger them) and move past it? Nebraska's been on here for awhile now, and has both shit posted and provided solid content...as I think we all have, mostly. just another unique voice on this forum IMO to get their take on the reality shit show out there...
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just started watching Succession. can already tell this is gonna be great for a binge watch, will fly by pretty fast. type of show that hooks you in easily, since the plot is fairly simple in the beginning. tons of Machiavellian scheming on display here.
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1 hour ago, cern said:
It seems that people in general have strong opinions on Behringer. Good or bad?
they are the sadists of the synth world. their entire marketing team needs to be fired. they cocktease out all these cool affordable looking products, then never release them. they must revel in pissing off potential customers...it's like announcing an album that will be released in 3 years time, then delaying it another year. who tf does this?
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3 hours ago, cruising for burgers said:
painkillers are helping a lot but Im almost certain I'm taking the double of what I should...
Tim J spiraling down a painkiller addiction worm hole in 3...2....
just imagine it bro...in the future you won't need to take these addicting little hard powder capsules in order to deal with the aches and pains our bodies cause us to feel. there'll be tiny little AI nano bots that will run up and down you, diagnosing and repairing the damage immediately. question is, would you trust them? or do you trust a crusty old Cypress "specialist," who you know is gonna tell you "we need to run tests" that take forever, and by the time they get results you've already adjusted to the pain, and/or you have already repaired yourself. hmm....
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1 hour ago, Summon Dot E X E said:
We're never going to be able to believe video evidence ever again.
at the 0:02 mark right when he turns his head (aka the moment Tom's face gets superimposed on the other dudes body), you can tell it is ever so slightly off before the software corrects it.
video forensic experts will be sharpening their game thanks to all this deep fake BS.
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23 hours ago, cruising for burgers said:
been trying to buy walkman's from friends and such, it's unbelievable how everybody threw them away...
hey I bet you threw one away there mister... I threw many away. we all threw them away! why? CD's of course! we all took that glorious leap from analog to digital. then we took the leap from physical to mp3. now we're going back from mp3 to analogue. cycles man...it's all about cycles...
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why any civilian needs an AR-15 is beyond me. I know 2 people IRL that have admitted to having one. 1 is a deceptive lying piece of shit human, who once told me he wears body armor when he goes to get his kids from his ex-wife. the other is a divorced ex-Marine with his own personal demons.
they were actually banned for 10 years in USA (1994 - 2004) - https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750656174/the-u-s-once-had-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-why-did-it-expire
Republicans play dumb and blame mental health. I blame Republicans for continually stalling legislation, allowing high powered military grade assault rifles - designed for killing in the battlefield - to be allowed to be sold legally to anyone 18 or older. there is zero common sense applied here. these weapons do not need to be sold to the public.
gun violence is nothing new in USA. I remember growing up in Houston in the early '90s, the murder rate was through the roof (570 homicides in 1990, 608 in 1991) https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/4318129/embed. every night on the local news, it was first 10 minutes of nothing but murders. I remember as a kid, not thinking I'd live to be 30, because I figured I'd get shot. that shit was majority gang on gang violence though, not this mass shooting of random civilian crap that sadly happens every month now in USA. just seems like no end in sight to this...which is just incredible, because it all goes back to one thing - guns - and how fuckin easy they are to get here.
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good recap of where we're at in the AI philosophical dilemma -
Threats by artificial intelligence to human health and human existence
https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/5/e010435
lol here's a good idea for Skynet! it'll be able to wipe out large swaths of the population with ease:
QuoteFor example, it is possible for a million tiny drones equipped with explosives, visual recognition capacity and autonomous navigational ability to be contained within a regular shipping container and programmed to kill en masse without human supervision.
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6 hours ago, cichlisuite said:
This is very well written, and I thoroughly agree. But will we be able to stop the giant grind stone?
no, we won't. the humans at the top of the chain running the planet don't like to hear the truth, because it doesn't fit in with their delusional view of reality. I agree the author of that article really nailed it on just about all points. this one especially so -
QuoteThere is a world in which generative AI, as a powerful predictive research tool and a performer of tedious tasks, could indeed be marshalled to benefit humanity, other species and our shared home. But for that to happen, these technologies would need to be deployed inside a vastly different economic and social order than our own, one that had as its purpose the meeting of human needs and the protection of the planetary systems that support all life.
imo you always have to look at the psychology of any situation involving the human decision making process, take into account individual's personal motivations when they are faced with important choices to make. this slow AI roll out is no different. it is being pushed out in an entirely capitalistically way, to a global society already totally addicted to the latest and greatest technology, by profit motivated mega rich humans. and there is no end game planning here. just keep building it, keep competing with other companies, and see what eventually happens.
and kinda ironic that on an IDM forum, there are a lot of folks that seem to recognize this barrel of a loaded gun the collective us are starring down. 20 or so years ago when AI was still very far fetched, a lifetimes away sorta thing, I was all about the idea that AI should replace humans. now I dream of a society where computers were never invented. where there are no screens, no phones to stare at, telling us what to do.
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3 hours ago, randomsummer said:
The courts are supposed to be the neutral party here
agreed. branches of govt and all that.
3 hours ago, randomsummer said:but the Rs strategy of stall until the last minute forced the Ohio voters to go to the polls with the same unconstitutional districting maps, with no real consequences for the politicians failing to do their job.
and there's the problem. time and time again we see this - politicians failing at their jobs, yet no consequences. bad actors getting voted back in, despite their absolute lack of altruism/empathy/intelligence/leadership ability.
like you mentioned, normal folks would get fired for less than this. that's why this political shit show is all such a charade.
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2 hours ago, randomsummer said:
All I'm saying is, that I have a hard time seeing either party when, in control, striving to draw truly fair districting maps.
you're right. it's almost as if we need a completely neutral, non-political take on how to best determine this.
half joking/half serious - feed the American voting district map into chatGPT, let it come up with the best solution...then let it tell us how dumb the whole 2 party system is lol.
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saw this posted in my Linkedin feed:
QuoteHow can #ChatGPT effectively help and develop the #Manufacturing industry?
Artificial intelligence has impacted the social and working world to a high degree, and it’s everywhere! Everywhere I look, I see new articles and posts about the great benefits of ChatGPT- in almost every setting imaginable.
I thought I’d give it a try…
So, in its own words, how can ChatGTP help manufacturing:
1) Quality control: ChatGPT can analyse large amounts of data and help identify patterns and anomalies in the manufacturing process, which can help improve quality control and reduce defects.
2) Predictive maintenance: ChatGPT can analyze sensor data from machines and predict when they may require maintenance, allowing manufacturers to perform maintenance proactively, reducing downtime and improving productivity.
3) Supply chain optimization: ChatGPT can help optimize supply chain operations by analyzing data from suppliers, inventory, and logistics, identifying potential bottlenecks or inefficiencies, and suggesting ways to streamline the process.
4) Customer service: ChatGPT can help manufacturers provide better customer service by answering customer inquiries in real-time, providing product information, and resolving issues quickly and efficiently.
5) Innovation: ChatGPT can help manufacturers develop new products and processes by analyzing data and identifying new trends and opportunities in the industry.
Sounds great right?
Of course, there will always be limitations and concerns, like with any implementation of new #technology. However, the early signs are showing promise as many industry experts agree that the application of ChatGPT within manufacturing will allow businesses to make faster decisions, reduce running costs and improve product quality.
Learn more about ChatGPT and its potential relationship with the manufacturing sector below, and let me know your thoughts on AI in the commentsthe people that commented were all cheering ChatGPT on.
the post mentions "in its own words"... so ChatGPT is dictating its advantages to the humans, and the humans are loving it.
"of course there are concerns" but blah blah blah it will reduce costs + improve product quality. yay!
this is how it happens. the slow adoption of AI tools into the workforce among the masses. we're already more or less there, I guess. it starts with an AI-lite tool like ChatGPT, then progresses to whatever next more enhanced version comes along. finally we get to the point where AI is viewed as 100% essential for business/society to function. AI at that point may have "woken up," therefore the machines will have the upper hand. again, I suppose we're already there, since we all rely on phones/computers/internet for just about everything.
yes this is more doom and gloom. but based on my observations of how human beings easily adopt to new technologies, are always hungry for more information, and have a tendency to get swept up in emotional decision making, there will be things that get overlooked, and will come back around with incredibly negative consequences. chances are the consequences will end up in more destruction of the planet we live on. and more societal division.
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3 hours ago, ignatius said:
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign
QuoteIn an email sent at 2:19 a.m. EST after the story was originally published, Musk wrote a message without any text in the body but with this subject line: "You suck."
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11 hours ago, toaoaoad said:
- Other things seem to be falling into place. It's as if that job was dragging my whole life down and I couldn't see it because I always thought it was a "chill job". And now that the weight has been lifted, new and exciting things keep happening
it's all connected man. I too went through a job change last year, and know exactly what you're talking about. I didn't want to accept the fact that I was stuck in a bad job with a bad boss, because the alternative of being unemployed is always far scarier. and I didn't realize at the time just how much of that negativity from the bad job was bleeding into my personal life. we try and tell ourselves we can separate our work selves from our personal life, but we all know that's not how it works. that work bullshit keeps lingering on in our heads after we clock out, and it affects us. yeah after I changed jobs, I noticed other positive life things started to occur... I'm just trying to keep riding that wave as long as possible. try and tell myself that I worked so many shit jobs in the past, it's finally time that good ones start appearing. and there's a lot to be said about the power of positive thinking, trying to get as much clarity and reality in your headspace as possible. once you can find that then sooner or later, you'll find yourself on a much better life path.
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14 hours ago, Summon Dot E X E said:
Of course, there will need to be something in place to take care of the people who no longer are needed to work 5 days a week. Maybe what little work remains could be divided up fairly? One workday a week?
that's the gazillion dollar question no one has any answer to. if we don't need people with expert level knowledge (because AI is an apt substitute) and can get by with a lower paid, less expert level group of folks to do the work - then what becomes of the experts? what then motivates people to want to become doctors, etc., if an AI thing can do it better? these are some of the big picture questions I know are getting churned up at this point in time, and rightfully so. any time any new piece of tech or work flow process is introduced, it rarely goes entirely as planned.
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1 hour ago, auxien said:
related:
maybe correct, maybe expecting too much, who knows…but seems quite serious. and this shit’s only been out for like, a matter of months at this point. things are going to change in big ways over the coming years.
there was an old school Twilight Zone episode that predicted this would happen - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734633/?ref_=tt_rvi_tt_t_2
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RIP to our friend, MIXL2
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sorry to hear this. RIP. I do remember him opening up on here about mental health struggles.
could be due to the fact that it's hard to 100% trust someone's online persona. sure, hard to 100% trust anyone IRL as well... but at least you can get a sense of them through body language/vibes, which isn't possible really online.