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FactChecker reacted to rcgldr's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with
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At my first job in 1973, on a multi-computer multi-tasking database server using HP 2100s, the system had the advantage that it was... -
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There is a lot of wisdom in many of the above comments. My two cents is, don't go overboard. Code documentation ought not be a design...
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FactChecker reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning? with
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FactChecker reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning? with Like.
Here's the paper. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07192
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FactChecker reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning? with Like.
How is that different to real intelligence, where conspiracy theories abound. Entire cohorts of humans become corrupted when the...
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FactChecker reacted to Astronuc's post in the thread Radiation Hard Electronic Design for LVO Long Mission with Like.
LVO = Low Venus Orbit? What references has one found regarding the radiation environment around Venus, or at For example: Venus...
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FactChecker reacted to DDTJRAC's post in the thread In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs with Like.
Hello scientists, engineers, etc. I have not had any questions for you recently, so have not participated here. I was scanning some...
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FactChecker replied to the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning?.This really strengthens the case for restricting the data sources. It will cost money for subscriptions, both for the input data and for...
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FactChecker reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning? with
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https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-size-doesnt-small-malicious-corrupt.html The researchers were able to poison an LLM with only 250... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.There is money to be made. The best will hide their trade secrets. Possibly just because they are the best, or they will be the best...
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FactChecker reacted to harborsparrow's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with Like.
IMO, current AI systems are far from being able to take over the whole of software development. One might trust a chatbot to cough up...
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I've also set up systems from scratch where my immediate boss seemed to think that just RAIDing the database server was enough. My...
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In the latter part of my career, it became increasingly obvious that many data centre operations were dependent on the reliability of... -
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Years ago my wife and I arrived at Heathrow to find our airline was processing check ins on paper after a massive IT failure. The story...
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FactChecker replied to the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one.Long ago, before backup utilities were so widely available, I worked in a computer lab that did backups to tape every night. The disk...