ImAnAmateur

Yup. That website's no good. Looks like it either does a new tab popup or redirects the page. I can still read it if I use a harsh filter.

So long as I know it uses AI generated vocals or instruments it's A-OK with me. It's an emerging genre. Whether it's junk is going to depend a lot on how the director corrals the output. I've listened to plenty of junk already. Amateur work can be fun to try and I'm curious how this will compare to Vocaloid or autotuned stuff.

Could anyone recommend a Noam Chomsky talk about language? I'm curious about his work but have never read or listened to anything from the man.

Sounds like they're doing something when I look it up. It's hard to tell what the final outcome is going to be, but I do expect a big change.

That quote comes from an article ( https://grist.org/climate-energy/the-least-sustainable-city-... ) that argues that multiple infrastructure failures would be a disaster. I agree that there's a risk here in such an extreme scenario, though that's exactly why those services are as robust as they are.

My response is that if you aren't prepared for the A/C to go out during the summer or for your car to break down, then you're living on the edge. It's easy to put yourself in a bad spot.

I think we're okay, so I challenge the notion that were not, but it's something we need pushback on to keep us sharp. There are problems everywhere and it's key that we focus on ours.

People have been moving from California to AZ since before 2000. We get plenty of people from all around the US. I generally don't want to care about California's policies because focusing on Arizona's policies is more practical, but I do wish California and Nevada would waste less water. We take water security seriously because a lack of water is a meaningful threat. That stuff requires long-term planning that puts safety first instead of optimizing for profit.

I'm a native too, though I've lived more in the "greater Phoenix area" than only Phoenix.

It is comically true how we tend to live in AC bubbles. On one hand, I completely understand. When the heat is so heavy that you can walk outside for 15 seconds, come back inside, and only then start sweating... I can't fault people for avoiding it as much as possible.

Growing up, I'd always shivver during the summer and sweat during winter. Places like schools and stores will blast their AC constantly so the entire building is the opposite of the temperature outside. Often I'll wear layers to get around it, putting on up to three shirts when going indoors for a longer period of time.

When I worked in construction for a year I learned how to safely work in 110°F heat. After that, I tried really hard to not adapt back to the colder weather, which is kind of hard when where I'm working requires me to bundle up during the summer as if it's winter because they keep it as cold as they can.

I love the state too.

I got an ad for an AI legal consultant and it made me upset. Someone is trying to make a cheap buck by outsourcing legal advice to an unreliable source. Now I'm more prepared to explain how it's a bad idea, instead of just why.

I like that the article explains a few different ways hallucinations creep in, besides the obvious. Maybe what's most needed is a better retrieval/search system? If the AI can't fetch high quality data, then it's doomed before it tries.

The local news article linked inside has some more details. https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Anonymous-tip-claims-raw-m...

I think it still might be illegal to "distribute" raw milk? After all this time, I wonder what the current state laws in West Virginia about this are.

I was thinking of following along to the AI generated output for inspiration. But you're right that that's a major feature.

Surveillance capitalism? What are behavioral futures?

It took me until the 5th reading of Austria, including the title here once, to realize this wasn't about Australia.

I wish I could read that article. The comments imply it has more information.

>Through high-level contacts I had at Microsoft I was asked to file a vulnerability report – the drop-down list of affected products on Microsoft's web page didn't even include Copilot. I selected "Other," reported the flaw, and a day later heard back from their security team:

>>"We've looked over your report, and what you're reporting appears to be a bug/product suggestion, but does not meet the definition of a security vulnerability."

>That left me wondering whether Microsoft's security team knows enough about LLM internals and prompt attacks to be able to grade a potential security vulnerability. Perhaps – but I got no sense from this response that this was the case.

I'm sympathetic with the author. He doesn't trust the boilerplate response he got. Calling it a "product suggestion" doesn't inspire confidence even if I understand why they'd call it that.

I think that the author doesn't understand what happened, but it must look concerning to them. Maybe it started outputting code as babble because more LLMs have been trained with that? That could be concerning without coding experience, especially if the words that the author can understand sound important or relevant to the LLM itself.

Sounds like a "SolidGoldMagiKarp" issue, which is fairly benign. It's neat that something like that still exists in current LLMs.

You can use the pop out video feature in a web browser to see the video directly without any overlays. It works on Firefox, though managing that new pinned-on-top window is messy sometimes.

I think it's closer to tracing. If the end result of following an AI is capped by being somewhat flawed or the artist not learning certain skills, is that a bad thing? I see it as a limitation instead of a negative. Copying AI art can only get someone so far. The best results will come from the artist making their own decisions.

Fair. It's important to have the facts straight.

Okay. Let's talk specifics.

I log in to an end-to-end encrypted chat with a family member. We talk about life and the subject drifts to plane tickets we already bought for next month and how the neighbor across the street isn't going to be home until the end of this month.

The thief who stole my laptop now has also stolen a recorded conversation along with my passwords. Now they know when two houses will be empty. This would not have happened without pictures of my screen being taken frequently.

This extremely short demo video was embedded in the article. It gives a good gist of what it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEd3YbCeXYk

Neat to see this particular tech again. I think it's cool for art's sake. Something someone can use as they paint, so the final result is all their own brush strokes.

"It's already bad, I don't see why making it worse is a problem. It's just one more thing to worry about."

There's more at stake here than passwords. These repeated screenshots are essentially a slow, silent video of all computer activity. That has far more information than you may think it does. It compromises HTTPS content, it records data that otherwise would only be in RAM, ...I could go on.

The data is still being recorded and saved. For example, it could make my security weaker by recording a password briefly displayed on screen. Now there's a second copy stored elsewhere on my computer than the password manager.

Also, that only mentions the snapshots (the images) themselves. It feels like its leaving them an out for data pulled from the pictures or summaries of locally processed data.

This could make for a good action scene in a movie. A hacker has to get access to data secretly, so they constantly minimize what they're doing every 10 seconds to avoid the AI monitor.

In the end, just as they breathe a sigh of relief and stretch their arms, a popup gives them away.

Then the scene cuts to a security guard getting an email. Then the scene cuts back to the hackers booking it.

No they won't. If you care so much, why do you not care more about the laws that give them full permission to do this?

Edit: I'm being too harsh. To rephrase: No, I don't think they will. I think that history will sooner put the blame on society and government as a whole. The people flying private jets do not do so in a vaccuum.

Its frustrating because it buries better points under mud. The effective way to reduce jet emissions is not to publicly rag on the people who have the money to use the service. I would go so far as to say that the author does not actually care about the subject at all, only perhaps being able to deride others to prop themselves up as not as bad as them.

The subject as presented like this leaves little room for talk about alternatives or ways to reduce jet emissions. It poisons the conversation by starting down the wrong direction.

At least curate your AI's output. This needs better punctuation and could use some editing.

I wouldn't have realized if you hadn't said anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

That single sentence makes a strong point. It illuminates a weak part of Wozniak's reasoning. But I still disagree, you've got to look for happiness where you're at.

So, what next? Without the ability to identify a hazard, I cannot make a meaningful change. This is very clearly not saying "all plastics" but instead "this plastic". That's a start... but how can I tell?