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My job here is done! Away!

This was a really interesting article. The parallels with modern day concerns are remarkable.

AI is generally bad because it tends to steal content from human creators...

Again, this is an argument that I see a lot, that's simply not true. AI is not stealing anything. Theft is a specific legal term. If I steal your TV, I have your TV and you don't. If AI is trained on some content that content still exists. Whatever training takes place steals nothing.

...because corporations want another excuse to throw more workers on the street in favor of machines...

Your point is a valid one, but this not unique to AI and is the inevitable result of the onward march of technology. The very thing we're using to communicate right now, the Internet, is responsible for billions of job losses. That's not a valid reason to get rid of it. Instead of blaming AI for putting people out work, we should be pressuring governments to implement things like UBI to provide people with a basic living wage. That way people need not fear the impact the advance of technology will have on their ability to feed and house themselves.

There are some AI uses that are good though, such as AI voice generation to help those that can't speak to communicate with the world and not sound like a robot.

These are great examples.

Sure, but there's never a qualifier in these arguments. It's just 'hur dur AI bad' which is lazy and disingenuous.

IT'S NOT A PHASE, MUM!!

Given how harder it's becoming to tell apart AI slop from something made by a human...

If AI is that good, it's not 'slop', is it? I see this argument all the time. AI is both awful slop, devoid of merit and also indistinguishable from human made content and a threat to us all. Pick a side.

This is great news!

This is the book this is based on: https://simonstalenhag.se/es.html

This film appears to bear only superficial resemblance to the art in question. It also pisses me off that the trailer doesn't even mention Simon in the first place.

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The developer of Thorium (a Chromium based browser) has stated they intent to maintain older functionality for as long they're able.

Most likely you're correct, but I was basing my assumption from the following:

However, the Port Authority of NSW said no oil spills had been reported by vessels.

Time may tell I guess...

Question: why is this boss called a Hippopotamus, when it has a horn like a Rhino?

Natural undersea oil leak somewhere?

I don't know, Owen looks more ready to throw-down than Destroyer does.

All of which should be done by human beings. Period.

Currently, maybe. But technology is fantastic at accuracy, better than humans in many regards. Gemini might have a way to go before it gets there, but it or its successors will get there and it's moving fast.

Productivity is irrelevant here

I'm not sure it is. Productivity also refers to efficiency of services. If AI can make the services of the National Archives more productive for its staff and/or the public then surely that's a good thing?

Pretty cool. I went to Uni in Liverpool in the early 2000s and then it was the last place one would associate with the climate and rewilding. Good to see it turned around.

I have to say this is my concern as well. Deregulation rarely works well for the environment or climate because it's shorthand for 'letting businesses do what they want' and businesses don't tend to care about anything other than profit.

🎵 Tesla Optimus! Humans in disguise! 🎵

Could make for an interesting Limited Series on Netflix. Get Mike Flanagan onboard maybe.