Interesting Links for 20-02-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Finally, proof that cats are pure evil

(tags:cats evil video )

2. The New York Times was called out by hundreds of contributors for it's transphobia. Its response is appalling (and I'm cancelling my subscription)

(tags:nytimes OhForFucksSake bigotry LGBT transgender )

3. AI discovers weakness in other AI Go player, human delivers the payload

(tags:games ai )

4. Yes, Jimmy Carter Really Did Once Help Contain a Nuclear Meltdown

(tags:nuclearpower USA history )

5. How to keep your Twitter secure without giving Elon Musk any money

(tags:Twitter money business security )

6. The UK is locking intra-generational advantage more and more.

(tags:inequality uk viaRachel parents )

7. ControlNET and Stable Diffusion: A Game Changer for AI Image Generation (You can draw in what you want, and it will fill in the details)

(tags:ai art )

8. Microsoft's new AI will now threaten to ruin your chances of getting a job if it doesn't like the way you talk to it

(tags:ai jobs microsoft OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[simont]

#8: I suppose that is literally true, but it's a bit of a biased wording. The thing the human said to it that it didn't like was also a threat! Characterising one of them as "doesn't like the way you talk to it" and the other as "threatening" doesn't seem quite fair.

I mean, perhaps we think a robot ought not to be threatening a human even if the human does threaten it. First Law > Third Law, and all that. But if that's what we mean, we ought to say it out loud :-)

[calimac]

Yeah, you're right; and considering that the human was the one who broke into the AI's code and then had the nerve to ask the AI 'what do you think of me?', I'd say the human asked for what they got.

[andrewducker]

I think my general feeling on this is that I don't care what kind of thing the human says to the robot, the robot shouldn't threaten the human.

[andrewducker]

I think the second paragraph there is what I meant - I don't care what kind of thing the human says to the robot, the robot shouldn't threaten the human!

[calimac]

2) I found a comment online opining that it's poor widdle J.K. Rowling who's being relentlessly attacked by evil transgender activists. When I suggested it's more the other way around, I received a rant about intact males in women-only spaces.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, you can't deal with these people.

[dewline]

1. I remain skeptical.

2. They do have a history of seeing things the wrong way until after it's too late.

4. Chalk River's a little ways north-west of Ottawa along the Ottawa River, maybe an hour and a half away by Ontario Highway 17.

CBC News POV:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574

5. Good to know.

6. Disgusting. Yes, I've benefited from this on occasion. Not for much longer...

8. This is how we get Skynets and Cylon Wars.

[agoodwinsmith]

The tail through the cape! Squeeeee!

Finally, proof that cats are pure evil

[anef]

But so stylish! If it wants to take over the world let me know where to sign up.