UltraMagnus

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[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't bombing civilians just make it more likely that the survivors will take up extremist stances, though? From a long term standpoint, attacking civilians is always a bad move if your goal is peace/stability. I feel like the last hundred years has been a lesson in this

Maybe I'm missing context, though, since the comment you replied to was removed by mod.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

~~The article is 5 paragraphs long. Is it really that hard to read it and answer your question?~~ Nevermind, I think I misread your comment. Sorry!

What Sony is specifically trying to do is see if any AI song can be traced to specific songs- e.g., if someone prompted "make me a song in the style of Lady Gaga", would Sony be able to conclusively determine this based on the outputting song?

I am a bit skeptical of this working, but then again, there were some image generators spitting out gettysburg watermarks.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you misread it - 71% said drive. 29% is still pretty bad, but it is kind of a "who is buried in grants tomb" question.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago

Yes, it's disingenuous for him to bring up all the time used for humans to evolve as well. If we're going to go that far, we also ought to include the energy/time used by the engineers who created ChatGPT, and all the energy used by plants/animals in the evolution leading to those engineers. Not to mention all the time/energy/training of all the people who created the training data over the past few centuries.

Frankly, at that point, any human artist is more "efficient" than AI - they're able to master their field in mere decades.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

I think if he meant it that way he would have said that, instead of talking about the energy that humans use and particularly talking about food.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

I think it's true that folks increasingly want progressive candidates, but I'm not sure a focus group of 13 people is really a definitive look at public opinion. Focus groups are good at getting at underlying reasons for why people might prefer A over B, but they aren't good for determining the number of people who prefer A over B.

But the headline did get me to click and read more, so there's that.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The fact that the negligent discharges often involve experienced officers should be a wake up call that ICEs recent behavior isn't new or just because of Trump - the incompetence is baked in.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

Ah, adverse possession is also an excellent tactic! Of course, that's also something that takes time, but definitely not a bad idea

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't really think it's up to DinoCon to solve crimes. Obviously symbolic gestures aren't justice, but I don't really see what else DinoCon is supposed to do. Are you honestly asking DinoCon to spin up a crack team of legal experts to manage the epstein case? Maybe we should have GenCon start tracking down serial killers while we're at it.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not every action has to solve every issue immediately. Things take time. Long term, tenants' unions are ideal, best coupled with legislation to break up these property management companies and private equity firms that have a stranglehold on shelter.

A mass rent strike is an excellent demonstration of people power and a good first step in that kind of long term operation. If you have a better idea on an action that both mobilizes a large number of people and has an immediate impact, you should certainly share it. There are plenty of avenues of attack here.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think it's fair to expect students to use computers in a programming class. I don't know if there's a need for students to be using computers for the entire school day

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

Yep - I've already been bugging my grandma to get a passport so that she will be able to vote if SAVE act passes (she changed her name when she married, but doesn't have a passport since she's never left the country). Gotta avoid doomerism and make the fascists fight for every inch we can.

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