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bryan_w··on OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable
I have a copy of the weights on my HD and to my knowledge, it hasn't spontaneously went out and acquired web hosting and stood up a web site.

That doesn't seem to be something any AI company says is currently possible.

If things change, and AI becomes able to act on its own initiative, then it will be easy to change this law

bryan_w··on FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages
You know you can just use a different picture app?
bryan_w··on Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers
Can we trust them to not build the data center anyways? If you think companies always get their way, then a ban is useless, as they will just do it anyways.

If on the other hand, believe in the rule of law, then creating a good airtight law that sets the stipulations that would be needed before building a data center is what lawmakers should be doing

bryan_w··on Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
I'm pretty sure you're thinking of tuberculosis, not social media
bryan_w··on Age verification as mass surveillance infrastructure
Can't set local proxy because of parental controls, can't setup cloud proxy because of ... Being a kid.
bryan_w··on Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai
But it's not a significant amount, compared to other uses in a city. You know this, right?
bryan_w··on DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems
Be careful, you open yourselves up to be used by companies like iDenfy, AgeChecker.Net, IDscan.net, and others as they would HATE to see a local-first solution like what's been proposed in CA and IL to take hold.

They want to kill those bills so that their laws that they passed in TN and TX are expanded and they make more money.

I don't really like either solution, but I definitely don't want to help the companies that want to keep a copy of my ID and face scan.

bryan_w··on Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case
> How much personal responsibility should we expect children to have?

This is what parents are for.

bryan_w··on Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
Do you think Meta wouldn't want to be legally mandated to ask for your id? The improvement to ad targeting alone would be enough to pay for any lost users. They would probably want nothing more than to be in the same business as idema and the other online identity/age verification providers are.

Critically think about this for a second before believing some ChatGPT generated "OSINT" report on reddit. Otherwise, you'll allow corpos to use your mob hatered against you

bryan_w··on Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
You want people to be kicked off the internet because they have a baby face? You think the law should mandate the use of an imperfect facial recognition system?
bryan_w··on Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia
The problem is knowing before today how to handle the case where a ground vehicle isn't across the runway in those 30 seconds.
bryan_w··on Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents
They reinvest that generous 10% to buy more tools and hire more talent to build 10x as many homes at 2%. Seems pretty straightforward to me
bryan_w··on Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
How would you define degenerate?
bryan_w··on Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age
It's not a slippery slope if it's already slipped. In over 20 states you have to do age verifications with online companies in order to do "adult" things online
bryan_w··on Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age
Some people are being played like a gosh dang fiddle.

Y'all are so pavlovian that you see Zuck/Meta and instantly rage.

The alternative to OS based verification isn't no verification. It's cloud-based verification

The cloud verifiers have all the interest in the world to making you hate the idea that this problem could be solved at the OS level without any third party involvement

bryan_w··on Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act
Oh no, you fell for it.
bryan_w··on Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues
Would you say that generally books would be considered a small file or a BIG file?
bryan_w··on Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
This is rage bait
bryan_w··on A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification
I think you would find widespread support from the various websites out there for this. Most porn websites today voluntarily implement some type of mechanism that advertises them as not for children.
bryan_w··on In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5%
If anything it hurts the workers because now people won't listen to him anymore
bryan_w··on The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection
Please get the kids some help before we have to send you thoughts and prayers
bryan_w··on Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw
Oof. Google definitely fired too many people if this is how they are handling account violations for people paying them multiple hundreds of dollars a month.

Normally there would be a normal, well adjusted person in the room to remind them that "zero tolerance" policies for situations that can happen by mistake is silly

bryan_w··on Microsoft guide to pirating Harry Potter for LLM training (2024) [removed]
I guess legal was a part of the layoff these past few years. Too bad we can't get a bounty from the RIAA of books, whatever that is
bryan_w··on Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can't Trust His Testimony
Why are you so scared of people defending companies? Why can't your arguments stand on their own?
bryan_w··on Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial
I don't know, I just went to find an ad in my feed and the first one was for a house plant that was easy to take care of. I'm not saying I'm the smartest cookie in the shed, but I didn't detect any manipulation. Seems like it was a person who just wanted me to know about their product.

Let me know what I'm missing.

bryan_w··on Waymo exec admits remote operators in Philippines help guide US robotaxis
The assistants don't have access to the gas pedal or steering wheel input. The car is the only thing actually piloting the car i.e. self driving

* Unless it gets super stuck, then a human drives out and gets into the physical driver seat and takes over

bryan_w··on Waymo exec admits remote operators in Philippines help guide US robotaxis
> “They provide guidance. They do not remotely drive the vehicles,” Peña told the Senate committee. “The Waymo vehicle is always in charge of the dynamic driving tasks, so that is just one additional input.”
bryan_w··on The Waymo World Model
> Ski lifts man, ski lifts all over the city

Don't they have those somewhere in South America?

bryan_w··on India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
You're talking about making the internet as a whole a view-only experience where all content is curated and made by trusted gatekeepers.

As long as a website allows user generated content, there will be this need to moderate it

bryan_w··on X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
Do you think that data is stored at the office? Where do you think the data is stored? The janitors closet?
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