Nobody cares about "AI" (Chatbot: I disagree.)

[Isabeau]

I have nothing to add except that I love fish sauce and once lived in Richmond (BC).

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

LOL they're taking that LessWrong tranhumanist bullshit too seriously.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Score one for the humans!

AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information, government trial finds

A test of AI for Australia's corporate regulator found that the technology might actually make more work for people, not less.

www.crikey.com.au

this is interesting since I've seen bots used to summarize articles a fair bit, especially on reddit. I thought it seemed like they were working alright but it also makes sense why a bot might not really understand what information is important to people. Meanwhile, Large Language Models just know "Here is a grammatically correct sentence on something!"

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

They don't even know that. They know "this is supposed to be a plausible continuation of what I've already output".

 

[Khamon]

We often cook with fish sauce as well; that is all.

 

[Free]

Cookin' with fish sauce. Not a great neo-punk band name, but I'll allow it.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Cookin' with fish sauce. Not a great neo-punk band name, but I'll allow it.

More like a ska name?

 

[Free]

More like a ska name?

Would work a lot better.

 

[Khamon]

STOP TO TROLL FISH SAUCE IN BOXES!

 

[Free]

More like a ska name?

 

[Free]

Google's AI teaches us how to wipe our ass.

Google's Search AI Suggests Smearing Fecal Matter on Balloon to Potty Train Children

Should you smear human feces on a balloon to potty train your kid? According to Google Search's AI Overview, the answer is yes.

futurism.com

 

[Free]

Is this an "AI" story, or an Elon Musk story?

How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer

xAI launched in July 2023 with the stated mission to “understand the universe” and a plan to “accelerate human scientific discovery.” It says it raised $6 billion in funding in May. Since xAI’s arrival in Memphis, flight logs show that Musk’s private jet has flown back and forth to the city twice a month.

When the supercomputer gets to full capacity, the local utility says it’s going to need a million gallons of water per day and 150 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 100,000 homes per year. Last week, Musk posted on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, that Colossus was brought online over Labor Day weekend, saying “from start to finish, it was done in 122 days.”

The factory that xAI now inhabits sits on 217 acres of land and has the possibility to add an additional 580 acres. The main building is 785,000 square feet (roughly the size of 13 football fields) and comes with a cooling tower, heavy electrical power feeds and is fully air-conditioned. Phoenix Investors, which is leasing the site to xAI, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Alongside the factory are at least 18 portable methane gas generators, which visibly emit a steady stream of hazy smoke into the air. These turbines help fuel the company’s AI.

They started to appear in June and have multiplied over the last couple of months. According to the Southern Environmental Law Center, it’s estimated these generators can provide enough electricity to power 50,000 homes. And they have the capacity to emit 130 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides per year, potentially making them a major source of the pollutant in Memphis.

xAI doesn’t have air permits for these turbines, according to the Shelby County Health Department and the Environmental Protection Agency.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Why, you might ask? Because Ellison wants to build a large scale surveillance AI...

Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior'

Billionaire Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison said he expects AI surveillance systems to reach a point where all citizens are under constant watch.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

LOL they're taking that LessWrong tranhumanist bullshit too seriously.

Can I borrow you and install one on every other forum I'm in? Because I'm telling ya, it's lonely and rough out there.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Why, you might ask? Because Ellison wants to build a large scale surveillance AI...

Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior'

Billionaire Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison said he expects AI surveillance systems to reach a point where all citizens are under constant watch.

www.businessinsider.com

I love this part to bits:

"We're going to have supervision," Ellison said. "Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there's a problem, AI will report that problem and report it to the appropriate person. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on."

Larry gets it, he knows that we're all horrified by the surveillance technotopia he's so horny for, so he tries to temper it with "oh don't worry, we'll be watching the cops and all their misconduct will get reported too", like anybody believes that would ever lead to consequences.

 

[Noodles]

Why, you might ask? Because Ellison wants to build a large scale surveillance AI...

Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior'

Billionaire Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison said he expects AI surveillance systems to reach a point where all citizens are under constant watch.

www.businessinsider.com

> Rich assholes tend to be racist

> Laws tend to be racist

> AI systems often have difficulty with black people due to bias in the system

Oh wow, I am sure absolutely NOTHING will go wrong here at all.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The thing which amazed me is that Larry Ellison is now 80 years old, thanks to the wonders of his doctor (?) he doesn't look like that. So when in his whatever time left on this planet wants Ellison to do such things???

 

[Innula Zenovka]

SocialAI: we tried the Twitter clone where no other humans are allowed

Surround yourself with adoring bots instead of humans.

www.theverge.com

SocialAI - AI Social Network App - App Store

Download SocialAI - AI Social Network by Michael Sayman on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like SocialAI - AI…

apps.apple.com

 

[Free]

The social media where you don't socialize with other humans. Fantastic.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Antisocial media.