Discovery … I still can’t believe what they did to the Klingons and I have other issues but… goddamnit that show won me over in spite of itself. Will start season 3 in a while. And I liked the first two seasons of Picard I don’t care what anyone says.
I’d like to point out that while some things about the assassination of MLK don’t add up, conspiracy theories don’t agree about exactly who was behind the assassination. A civil case in 1999 pointed to the Mafia and Nashville law enforcement, for example.
Although there isn’t sufficient evidence, I think, to draw a solid conclusion about any of these theories, I don’t think they are outside the realm of plausibility.
As threatened as racists in power were by MLK, it isn’t a huge stretch to imagine one of the more corrupt ones going farther than simply attempting to discredit him or push him to suicide, since those tactics didn’t work.
I stuck with Mint for about a decade but switched to Nobara for gfx drivers. Now that Mint is on a newer kernel I’m seriously thinking of going back because my current distro is just not as stable as Mint was. And I like Cinnamon better than Gnome. I miss my Mint.
I am so so divided on if I should vote for biden or not. I wanna vote third party to at least do something or should I just stay home and protest and advocate where I can? Thoughts?
Recently I stumbled over an article, about how to customize your shell prompt. What really surprised me, is that it lacked one of the most basic tips I learned nearly 20 years back: Always display a timestamp in the prompt, to be able to check how long a process is running or when it ended. (Don’t need it daily, but every so...
Two members of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group, have reported several Florida school librarians to law enforcement. They claimed they had evidence that librarians were distributing "pornography" to minors and requested that law enforcement officers be dispatched. This represents a serious escalation of the tactics...
Want to get rid of religion? Educate kids with critical thinking and get them excited about science – the whole process. Teach them to find their own answers scientifically. Religious zealotry can’t survive in minds so cultivated.
Good to know. I really need to settle on a replacement soon. I wished we could just keep a phone for 10 years with no issue. Because I really like this damn thing and nothing else really ticks all the same boxes.
We then provide a theoretical impossibility result indicating that as language models become more sophisticated and better at emulating human text, the performance of even the best-possible detector decreases. For a sufficiently advanced language model seeking to imitate human text, even the best-possible detector may only perform marginally better than a random classifier. Our result is general enough to capture specific scenarios such as particular writing styles, clever prompt design, or text paraphrasing.
Interesting. Now, this is just one paper. And one paper does not mean the science is settled on that topic.
The implications are certainly interesting.
I’m curious how much data would be required to successfully mimic a specific writing style (e.g. lemmy post or research paper or letter to family) for a specific person. And conversely how easy it would be to detect.
I haven’t thought about this in depth yet. But the threats that come to mind are: someone spoofing me for some reason or me using AI to “research” and write for me (school, say) so I don’t actually have to learn anything. The former makes me wonder if digital signatures will become more widely adopted. The latter probably requires a different approach to assessing the knowledge of students. I’m sure there are other threats we can think of given a little more time.
To me this question hints at the seismic paradigm shift that comes from generative AI.
I struggle to wrap my head around it and part of me just wants to give up on everything. But… We now have to wrestle with questions like:
What is art and do humans matter in the process of creating it? Whether novels, graphic arts, plays, whatever else?
What is the purpose of writing?
What if anything is still missing from generative writing versus human writing?
Is the difference between human intelligence and generative AI just a question of scale and complexity?
Now or in the future, can human experience be simulated by a generative AI via training on works produced by humans with human experience?
If an AI can now or some day create a novel that is meaningful or moving to readers, with all the hallmarks of a literary masterwork, is it still of value? Does it matter who/what wrote it?
Can an AI have novel ideas and insights? Is it a question of technology? If so, what is so special about humans?
Do humans need to think if AI one day can do it for us and even do it better than we can?
Is there any point in existing if we aren’t needed to create, think, generate ideas and insights? If our intellect is superfluous?
If human relationships conducted in text and video can be simulated on one end by a sufficiently complex AI, to fool the human, is it really a friendship?
Are we all just essentially biological machines and our bonds simply functions of electrochemical interactions, instincts, and brain patterns?
I’m late to the game on all this stuff. I’m sure many have wrestled with a lot of this. But I also think maybe generative AI will force far more of us to confront some of these things.
For more complex devices, I agree videos can be better.
For simpler repairs, text and stills take me less time to understand than videos, especially with ones that pad a 2 minute video to 10 minutes so it can be monetized, with like 4 minutes of intro, 2 minutes of content stretched to 4, and 2 min of outro.
A side note/observation: good videos also take significantly more time to create/edit, along with getting decent equipment, which means a much higher startup cost.
Starbucks employees are getting more pay and new benefits, but some are only going to baristas that haven’t unionized. A National Labor Relations Board judge previously found that similar moves by Starbucks violate federal labor law, with the company appealing the decision....
I hope they poke harder. This seems to be the year of unions rising up. Let the Starbucks union gain some more power and maybe the effect snowballs some more.
The older and balder I get (since I can’t get any whiter), the further left I shift.
Asshole right wing nuts have been working together for the past 40+ years to gain power, overturn Roe v Wade, and implement a Christofacist state. They’re closer than ever.
For me it was “buy high quality pillow” because you sleep for one thrid of a day etc. I needed a new pillow anyway so I came to the store and bought the best they had. And it was … ok. Like it’s a fine pillow but my sleeping haven’t improved really, it’s basically the same. So I was disapointed :(...
Totally agree. It’s always a risk buying used. You have to be savvy on what to look for, research if there are common catastrophic problems, and hope the vehicle was maintained properly (any car needs more than just oil changes, including Toyota and Honda) and was not abused.
Generally you’re taking less of a risk buying new because of a good warranty and known history, but be sure to get a reliable car not something that will give lots of problems over its life. Plenty of data on which cars are best in that regard. Some makers are better than others on average but reliability can vary by model and model year, even.
Yes, cars depreciate in terms of resale value. That’s why we keep ours for 10-15 years. By then it doesn’t matter.
Similar situation here for the last couple years with chat and meeting apps, plus file store app, document app, etc. We are finally ditching everything extraneous. Can’t happen soon enough. Having to check 4 different apps for missed messages is insane.
Absolutely sickening. Waste of a life. Fucking small minded hateful bigots can’t possibly live and let live. They have to cram everyone into a box or mercilessly ridicule or kill them if they don’t fit that mold. Because it upsets them if someone is different. JFC.
Cope (lemmy.world)
Just once I’d like a post where everyone is chill and positive about stuff instead of focusing on negative...
Hundreds of thousands march in London to call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas conflict (news.yahoo.com)
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Electorialism (tempted to vote biden) (slrpnk.net)
I am so so divided on if I should vote for biden or not. I wanna vote third party to at least do something or should I just stay home and protest and advocate where I can? Thoughts?
What’s the strangest unexplained thing that’s happened to you ?
Tamarian out of order sign. (lemmy.world)
A happy computer is a productive computer. (startrek.website)
Custom shell prompt tips and tricks?
Recently I stumbled over an article, about how to customize your shell prompt. What really surprised me, is that it lacked one of the most basic tips I learned nearly 20 years back: Always display a timestamp in the prompt, to be able to check how long a process is running or when it ended. (Don’t need it daily, but every so...
This may be the dumbest thing I've made yet. Sorry, Risa. (startrek.website)
Aaaaaand it's over (lemmy.world)
What a mouthful [ADHDinos] (lemmy.world)
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‘AWESOME OPOSSUM’ [OC] (feddit.nl)
Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters (www.foxbusiness.com)
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status (techcrunch.com)
Moms for Liberty members call the cops on Florida librarians (popular.info)
Two members of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group, have reported several Florida school librarians to law enforcement. They claimed they had evidence that librarians were distributing "pornography" to minors and requested that law enforcement officers be dispatched. This represents a serious escalation of the tactics...
Your Old Pixel 4a Just Got a Surprise Update (www.droid-life.com)
The Pixel 4a just got an Android 13 update despite being scheduled to be EOL in August 2023 👀
Can't fool Vreenak or our neighbors to the north. (files.catbox.moe)
Just in case....
‘ChatGPT detector’ catches AI-generated papers with unprecedented accuracy (www.nature.com)
Poor thing is clearly starving (The oatmeal) (lemmy.world)
Sure buddy just take as many spots as you need (lemmy.world)
The Cobra Effect: Why Anti-Adblock Policies Could Hurt Revenue Instead (www.youtube.com)
Starbucks announces higher pay, but union workers will have to bargain for it (www.cnn.com)
Starbucks employees are getting more pay and new benefits, but some are only going to baristas that haven’t unionized. A National Labor Relations Board judge previously found that similar moves by Starbucks violate federal labor law, with the company appealing the decision....
Abortion Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (www.youtube.com)
'Couldn't See Anymore:' Bored Ape Conference Attendees Wake Up With Searing Eye Pain, Vision Loss (www.404media.co)
How far can Lemmy support nested comments? Let's find out
Comment on the top level thing and someonw will hopefully comment on yours. Just say like “Test”
Which Life Pro Tip disappointed you?
For me it was “buy high quality pillow” because you sleep for one thrid of a day etc. I needed a new pillow anyway so I came to the store and bought the best they had. And it was … ok. Like it’s a fine pillow but my sleeping haven’t improved really, it’s basically the same. So I was disapointed :(...
Donald Trump fraud trial live updates: Former president takes the stand - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Trump is now being asked whether the valuations of a number of his properties are accurate....
Starfleet Academy of Delinquents and Troublemakers (pixelfed.social)
This level is when 80s kids learned for the first time that it's ok to give up. (lemmy.zip)
Workers are being overloaded with too many apps and chat services | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
The outed crossdressing Mayor is your regularly scheduled reminder
What is uploaded to the internet stays on the internet. For analysis by random people until there ceases to be an internet....
Anyways (startrek.website)
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video (www.rollingstone.com)
It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
The white stuff. (lemmy.world)
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