In 1936 Alan Turing published “On Computable Numbers”, proving that it was possible to create a computer. This has made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
Opinionated autistic guy. Tech, ethics, digital rights, chess, AI, gamedev, anime, videogames.
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Axon plans to launch an AI based police report writing tool - thoughts?
From axons website:...
Is there a specific religious term for the belief "God exists and he is evil"?
I am not an atheist, I genuinely believe that God exists and he is evil, like a toddler who fries little ants with a lens.
No sign of greenhouse gases increases slowing in 2023 - NOAA Research (research.noaa.gov)
Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders (Wacken 2013) (youtu.be)
Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality (www.axios.com)
motivation to deGoogle: Creditors can lock your Android remotely if you are delinquent. (infosec.pub)
The technical mechanism:...
I am the Rust programmer, I will rewrite everything in Rust. (youtu.be)
I am the Rust programmer, I will rewrite the world in Rust. I will rewrite the world in Rust because the world is unsafe. As I am the Rust programmer I will keep writing rust until the world is safe. After the world is safe, I will not rewrite it in Rust. Because I am the Rust programmer I will retire from programmer in Rust....
magnetic fields (lemmy.sdf.org)
Is it worth buying the Mac keyboard for a dedicated Linux PC instead of the windows one?
What is your personal preference based on experience? I Assume because Mac is Unix and Linux is Unix based, it would be more suited, but I have no personal experience with the layout. I am willing to try something new if i hear enough merits for it, and I also find the windows layout somewhat inadequate(The grass is greener on...
What's the most evil hellish thing you've experienced firsthand in life?
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Is global heating accelerating? (slrpnk.net)
Data from Climate Reanalyzer says that daily sea surface temperatures for January 2024 are higher than they were in January 2023.
How our drinking water could come from thin air (www.bbc.com)
Southern Nevada is in the grip of one of the worst droughts it has experienced in recorded history, leading to water shortages and restrictions on use. So, in water-stressed areas such as this, the prospect of wringing water from thin air is an appealing prospect. And it is exactly what Cody Friesen is trying to do....
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer” (arstechnica.com)
The Cult of AI: How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
From the (middle of the) story: The reason CES was so packed with random “AI”-branded products was that sticking those two letters to a new company is seen as something of a talisman, a ritual to bring back the (VC) rainy season.
"We're nowhere near the point where an AI can do your job, but we're well past the point where your boss can be suckered into firing you and replacing you with a bot that fails at doing your job." (Pluralistic) (pluralistic.net)