Recent content by DaveC426913

I came up with this. The prompt is legit - someone actually said this (albeit not Billy). Trying to workshop it into a meme but so far I just have the text. Billy: "Dad, I'm taking my scope out to see if I can image Capella." Dad: If you want a capella you have to do it without instruments...

Finally started on my next story. A 19th Century Jules Vernian Space Opera. Gonna be more than a short. Right now, just doing small <$50 woodworking because were broke. A hanger for wife's cutting boards, a stretching rack for her crochet squares. But no project is too small to over-engineer...

Oh yeah. Your hard copy arrived. I'll send it off.

its not paranoia if it's true. :wink:

Indeed. Were we to do so it would cause the collapse of the world economy faster and more surely than any AI. Doctor: "It's not a problem we can amputate, like a finger or a tooth. I'm afraid it is a disease of the blood." Patient: "Perfect. Just drain it all out then!"

I think the thing is, there's a lot more to it than just the virulence of the bug. The stabilization and dispersion are big logistical problems. If I understand correctly, Anthrax for example, will kill people but it's not suitable for widespread dispersal and infection.

Not sure what you're disagreeing to. If it can be done with limited resources, it hasn't happened yet. Which is an indication that it's pretty hard. Do you agree that it would be easier for an AI to come up with a lethal mechanism?

It is not a blueprint; it is a schematic. The prism is nothing more than an icon, a symbol: "here be a refracting prism. The astute reader knows how they work." Notice these components are mere schematic symbols too: They don't really physically do that. Likewise, in network schematics...

Flip the switch. On the entire digital world. Right. Whether you and a half dozen people nearby get killed by a missile - or whether a global contagion is created by AI and it escapes containment, wiping out a sizable fraction of the planet - makes a big difference indeed. Leiter Reports: A...

If you multiply the tile sides by c you will get the frequency of the radiation. Just like cheese slices in your microwave.

:mad: I looked them up so y'all don't have to: random number generator. number that estimates a player's skill level based on their results against other players scoring bonus in board games and Japanese wordplay

Ironically, ChatGPT has some interesting suggestions about what kinds of games it might suck at. (I was going to transcribe and summarize this list, but the explanation s are enlightening, so I've decided to paste it verbatim): Diplomacy — probably one of the strongest examples. You have to...

Basketball? Tag? Red Rover? Frisbee? AI would absolutely suck at any of those, since it just sits in a data centre and broods. I'm only being somewhat facetious. Is it possible you are self-limiting your study to games that AI could excel at?

I don't know how difficult it might be to verify the setup but I assure you, recognizing a person, their clothing, and the room they are in is well within the capabilities of the latest AI. There's no reason for them to have scripted that. To be clear: just because the question wasn't...