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Buffout··on Stop developing this technology
This "kid level" argument fooled even Albert Einstein, Roosevelt, and many others. into developing atomic bomb. "If we don't build it Nazis will"

Using it was achieved by different kid level argument "It will prevent even more death and suffering"

Buffout··on Stop developing this technology
Scientist have moral responsibility not to build weapons of mass destruction for example. Too bad even Einstein couldn't keep with your advice. Scientists are sometimes not so smart. They can be fooled like anybody else.
Buffout··on First It Came
"Hey, maybe I can use it for starting 10 remote jobs", said software engineer.
Buffout··on Ask HN: What will be the first AI “incident”?
- some guy uses ChatGPT to generate food recipe, doesn't check it. He poison himself.

- some guy uses ChatGPT to generate electronic circuit, doesn't check it. He electrocute himself.

Buffout··on Detect ChatGPT Generated Content
So, what prevents chatGPT to use detection tool and fine-tune its response accordingly?
Buffout··on Code Lifespan

   > I have more success writing reusable libraries that do very, very fundamental stuff
Same here. Things like logical and mathematical operators. Memory access and stuff.
Buffout··on Code Lifespan
Never said it is easy to build simple reusable code. Code itself must be simple but process behind devising it may not be. If the code is not simple it is more prone to error.
Buffout··on Code Lifespan
"generalized" means the most simple code you can come up with. This simple code is then used thousands times from very different programs, and it never changes.
Buffout··on ChatGPT has flaws and is underwhelming
Is this such a big problem? Everybody must verify data anyway. Otherwise bad things may happen. Like evil ai apocalypse that scientist have warned us about.
Buffout··on Smart ovens do dumb stuff to check for Wi-Fi
Researcher in article discovered that oven pings google , yandex and baidu to check if internet is present.

I think who ever coded oven firmware was fair because oven connectivity data will be equally shared with all major sides.

And also resilient, if it was only google, or only baidu or yandex, then they would have too much power to control the ovens. For example google may not respond and oven would never enter "internet present" state.

... Or they could just code different firmware for each region.

Buffout··on Aliens haven't contacted Earth because there's no sign of intelligence here
How will they contact us? We need Galactical mailbox. And you don't know how to build one unless you already have one.
Buffout··on Is Discord a Spyware?
BonziBuddy was spyware.
Buffout··on I Am the Only User
I have few apps that I Am the Only User, never shared them.

And the apps that I have shared, I never use them.

You should probably do opposite.

Buffout··on ChatGPT’s Dark Side: An Endless Supply of Polymorphic Malware
Interesting , article is about blog post, About how AI can be used to write Polymorphic malware. (writen also by AI).

What are they trying to prove?

Buffout··on Pwned or Bot
That's the easy part. Checksum algorithms are public knowledge.
Buffout··on Pwned or Bot
I mean how can Facebook check government ID if it is legit? ( not how to photoshop ID. )
Buffout··on Pwned or Bot

   > so they can verify that you didn't photoshop a fake government ID.
Huh. How?
Buffout··on The Chinese Room Argument
Counter argument to system argument goes like this: If man memorizes all the rules and procedures he will be the system. Still doesn't know Chinese.
Buffout··on The FBI Identified a Tor User
See my reply above, this are just bugs that are fixable.

"Timing attack" that will not be fixed is when police has warrant for your ISP, and police has ISP logs and destination server logs. (so it can compare the two)

Buffout··on The FBI Identified a Tor User
No, this is not the timing attack I was thinking of. Your version of timing attack comes from inside tor network and that is solved by Entry Guards. And besides you can also be Tor relay and a client. This attacks are just bugs that are fixed.

The real timing attack that is not fixed and will not be (it is not in threat model), is when your ISP works with police (that has warrant) and gives them data. And police also controls server or exit node.

Buffout··on The FBI Identified a Tor User
I don't think that is how timing analisis works. User can say to "entrance node" that it is also a node and that is how it can deny that it is originator. "Entrance node" doesn't know its position in a chain. Only Exit node knows its position.
Buffout··on The FBI Identified a Tor User
So what if they were? Only exit node see the message (encrypted or not). And it doesn't know where it originated.

I speculate this is most likely case of a ISIS server run by FBI.

Buffout··on Russian hackers are trying to get the worst out of ChatGPT
Article is about people on Russian forums trying to circumvent geofencing restrictions on ChatGPT.
Buffout··on Taliban Officials Introduce Sports Car with a Toyota Corolla Engine
This is strange, ( Taliban spokesperson using Twitter )
Buffout··on Why does the government worry about Apple encryption but not Signal et al.?

    Whenever Apple upgrades it's privacy scheme it seems the government becomes quite concerned requesting backdoors and such. However we have had apps like Signal and WhatsApp and a plethora of others with e2e for years.
link on government requesting backdoor?
Buffout··on Hackers discover that vulnerabilities are rife in the auto industry
There were no bugs then, there was very little electronics in a car. Not like in Uber.
Buffout··on Hackers discover that vulnerabilities are rife in the auto industry
Hi there , I'm from country where you could unlock many cars of same model with your car key, yet there was little or no car theft.
Buffout··on T95 Allwinner T616 Malware Analysis
You asked a good question.

Q: What this malware does?

A: probably nothing , but You kind of gave keys to Your device to 3rd party. And 2nd party (that also has keys ) doesn't like that.

Ideally You the owner should have the key and nobody else.

Buffout··on FAA NOTAM System Outage
NOTAM is a notice to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route...

Command control can see that NOTAM system is out and publish advisory. (Not via NOTAM system)

Buffout··on Are we on information overload? (2012)
If there is information overload, there is also many times more garbage overload.
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