The bot shouldn’t give lethal advice The person or company that runs the bot that gave lethal advice should be charged with homicide.

A LOT of fraternities have gotten in BIG trouble for hazing practices that led to the death of a ‘candidate’.

I asked an AI to describe itself and it told me: “I am not a sentient being; I’m a program designed to process and respond to text based on patterns in data. I don’t possess consciousness, emotions, or intentions, so I can’t be held accountable in the same way a human would be.”

The other day an AI, at the end of a remark, replied: “If you have more thoughts on best practices or specific measures that could enhance clarity and safety in AI, I’d love to hear them!”

That last phrase contains the words ‘I’ (suggesting it’s a sentient being) and ‘love’ (suggesting emotion).

These ‘programs’ have clearly been designed/allowed to create a fraudulent impression that they ARE sentient, conscious, and emotional.

The words “I can’t be held accountable” also suggest that SOMEONE should be.

nobody important cares

And you’re sure of that because …

In most fairy tales, it takes more than one blow to kill the dragon…

Since the beginning of human history …

I’d join! But what topics would it be about? Films for one I guess. Speaking of which, here’s a great list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls059908237/

Mintcast, for one. Used to be mostly about Mint, but now is broadly about Linux. https://mintcast.org/ (The site linked above also has a titled episode archive of shows. In addition, all shows back to #163 (2012) are stashed at https://archive.org/details/@mintcast … hover over each show’s slot to see a list of topics covered )

Distrohoppers (monthly) https://distrohoppersdigest.org/

Because he knows his shit.

Not to mention all the adverts after all the stories … including anti-capitalism stories

He’s been writing a lot lately … ever since enshittification hit the fans

His blog: https://pluralistic.net/

Pretty sure a superb writer like Cory chose reverse centaur for a reason - to make it clearer that a human is becoming the servant of a machine.

A few more years? Try Mint 22.3 Cinnamon, like millions of others are!

I am and will always be a huge fan of TOS, but they’re not getting another nickle outta me. It must be declared Public Domain at once!

Reading the other day a June 2011 Elec. Musician mag. Story on Moby in it, he’d collected hundreds of old analog boxes, after digital came along. Used to make his ‘Destroyed’ album.

I heat 2 slices of already-toasted bread in the microwave often …with a slice of cheese between them… for 12 to 15 seconds (with 1100 watts), just long enough to start the cheese melting.

Faster than grilled-cheese in a pan if ur in a hurry … and ZERO cleanup.

AMazing! Archive: https://archive.ph/2rbva

it’s also it’s own rabbit hole.

I quit all that tech & dozens of learning curves when I realized I was spending more time in the tech zone that than on music. Think how technically shitty that record ‘Louis, Louis’ was, yet it got covered thousands of times. Can’t ‘quantize’ or ‘EQ’ or ‘reverb’ or ‘mike arrange’ or ‘24-track’ a great song.

Oh geez, so your electric bills go up a little bit. But in 4 more years they’ll make so much money you’ll never have to work any more, just party until the day you die!

I’d not like to ride a communter, but long-distance rail has always been a pleasure. Even moreso when I knew something of the land and history that was passing by. Hitch-hiking is closer to the ground, but slower and much less rewarding … more like labor vs. a concert.

Especially rewarding when you’re free to get on-and-off when/where you want, and be welcomed back aboard when you’re ready to move further on!

Super!