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Comment · 3 days ago
Depends. If it is uranium, the lead will only continue to increase.
Comment · 8 days ago
It is notable in that it’s the first time an open Chinese company openly stated they were reducing intelligence for “safety”.

“Our lock can be picked by the robot.” We ban the robot instead of fixing the lock. It’s shortsighted.

Comment · 25 days ago
Note the Israeli training data scandal to influence AI responses. AI is not reliable for this purpose.
Comment · 1 month ago
My kid wasn’t progressing quite as well as their older sibling at a young age. They would trip over things and not be as interested in certain play activities. Dark under eye circles were also more pronounced (straining).

During a checkup, they had the option for an eye screening (basically an iPhone app) that takes pictures and flags possible issues. The concerning part was that the nurse’s default was to offer to “skip” this exam since it wasn’t covered by insurance and many parents chose to for financial reasons.

We didn’t skip it, and it found the need for a correction. The first time with the glasses on still brings tears to my eyes rewatching the video. “I see everything!” as they went to look at everything they were missing. The under eye circles also resolved immediately after.

The developmental delays aren’t even the biggest issue. Your eyes learn to work together at a young age, and skipping the glasses can lead to permanent eye issues if not addressed early. Many children likely have a permanent disease that a checkbox and cheap pair of glasses would have prevented.

This is long overdue and in no world should we be training health care providers that early age eye health is “skippable”.

Comment · 1 month ago
Did you read the article?
Comment · 1 month ago
Then they should stop selling hardware they don’t plan to support. Me-ish when you spend $1,500 on a piece of hardware is completely acceptable.
Comment · 2 months ago
They also open just as fast! Near instantaneously! Yuck!
Comment · 2 months ago
Hardware debugging and firmware details lead to thinking/testing loops on all but the frontier here.
Comment · 2 months ago
I’m fine with that being the default. I know plenty of people who would have emulated the Win malware situation on their phone otherwise.

I’m not ok with it being the only option.

Comment · 2 months ago
They will be instantly bought out by companies, not individuals. The consumer bubble won’t pop for quite a while yet. Production also won’t ramp up while lack of real competition keeps the demand high.
Comment · 3 months ago
It’s not hypothetical. Magic strings are a known and implemented feature for standard model interaction. Nearly impossible to detect unless you know where to look with current technology.
Comment · 3 months ago
Next up. CPUs that will spit out the wrong calculations 1/1M times. You’ll have to pay more for the enterprise version to get uncorrupted processing. The spare traces cost 5 cents, but we can charge 20% more for the privilege instead.

Just because you can allow it, doesn’t mean you should. I don’t want to live in a world where you need a PhD to avoid being scammed by increasingly sophisticated ploys. Data isn’t free anymore and the right questions are becoming harder to ask.

Comment · 3 months ago
Right, the opinion shifting to the people being unworthy of uncorrupted data unless they’re wealthy enough to pay the artificial extortion price for integrity.
Comment · 3 months ago
This will ensure there never is.

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