Yeah, I'm not in any doubt that the C-level and marketing team are goosing the numbers like crazy to keep the buuble from bursting, but I also think they're the ones that are most cognizant of the fact that ChatGPT is definitely not the Doom Machine. But I also believe they have employees who they cannot fire because they would spread a hella lot doomspeak if they did, who are True Believers.
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Wasn't the space ship in Niven's Ringworld series both literally indestructible and transparent? There's no way I'm going back to check because Niven is one of those authors I realized decades after reading him was a dirty old man.
True blockchain has not yet been implemented apparently.
Edit why do crapto posts regularly breach containment?
jfc what did I just spend 20m reading
This came up in a podcast I listen to:
WaPo: "OpenAI illegally barred staff from airing safety risks, whistleblowers say "
archive link https://archive.is/E3M2p
OpenAI whistleblowers have filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the artificial intelligence company illegally prohibited its employees from warning regulators about the grave risks its technology may pose to humanity, calling for an investigation.
While I'm not prepared to defend OpenAI here I suspect this is just to shut up the most hysterical employees who still actually believe they're building the P(doom) machine.
Worldcoin manages to convince Bloomberg it's 2022 and not 2024
tbf I believe a contributing factor for US banks being stuck in the 1950s is regulation designed to prevent giant mergers. But I may be wrong.
Babe, new AI doom vector just dropped: AGI will corrupt knitting sites so crafters make Langford visual hack patterns![1]
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-ai-scams-are-infiltrating-the-knitting-and-crochet-world/
[1] doom scenario is my interpretation, not actually included in ZDnet article.
Sadly, Langford hacks seem to have never achieved memetic takeoff. Having an internet legally enforced on pain of death to be text-only would probably be a good thing.
"Inexplicable Cimmerian Vibes" is the name of my next band.
Bonus points if this turns out to be the output of an LLM trained by phrenologists.
We usually trail a bit behind here in Sweden so none of the plastic cards in my wallet have raised numerals anymore, but the last generation I had did.
I’m old enough to literally handling cashing checks as a bank teller. Nowadays I guess a cashiers check is still in demand for big ticket items like vehicles but last time I got a car (via credit) it was all done by my digitally signing a bunch of stuff on my phone.
Tangentially topical, here's a startup (of course) who offers CNC-milled marble statuary:
Bloomberg: This Startup Will Make a Sculpture of Your Dog for $10,000
https://archive.is/xHcHH
Via this HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41248112
Not really TESCREAL, more really really late stage capitalism.
Although weirdly I'd be up for one of those really cool late Roman Republic realist busts.