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I'm not an American, but I thought the FDA didn't certify stores

I've been wondering about this in general. The Glasswing/Mythos and whatever the OpenAI equivalent is seem to be creating a privileged caste, on the other hand opening it up quickly means more attacks. Maybe a defined sunset for cyber capabilities being gated is the answer?

I think we romanticise the old days of coding now that agents are doing it.

Regarding the average developer as an imbecile was a cottage industry from Djikstra to FizzBuzz.

I don't know if it's just me, but I find that with a disciplined approach (or even an undisciplined one for some personal projects), LLM generated code is quite "maintainable" nowadays for the sorts of things that matter: adding new functionality, fixing the odd bug (usually a missed edge case, or behavior I didn't think-through well enough). They're also secure enough for me not to be overly concerned.

Granted, I stick to frontier models and avoid cheaper ones, but if it quacks like a duck...

I've heard that Strange New Worlds was the best of Nu-Trek, so that's disheartening. Star Trek seems to have lost its way from the start of Enterprise (the prequel series) onward.

The minute you cross borders you run into data sovereignty concerns. No idea if it applies at the subnational level (US states, Emirates in the UAE etc) but it wouldn't surprise me if it did in some cases.

Would agents be able to exfilttrate themselves and become intelligent worms, living off stolen compute? Or is this implausble?

What about hiding information or code in generated code, Agents.md files etc by infiltrating future model training data?

I have to admit, I am unsure if this article was some sort of parody.

I actually find that the less I fuss over a steak, the more optimal the result. I do use a thermometer, but apart from that, cooking it with salt and pepper or some steak spice on a cheap pan (stainless steel) and cutting it when it hits temp (resting seems to be BS) gets me tasty results and immense pleasure.

Similarly, the less I fuss over modern AI tools, the better the results. My personal productivity is through the roof, but I find that outdated processes, mythology and trying to overcontrol sap the benefits of AI on larger pieces of effort involving others.

A significant number of phishing attempts would be thwarted if email apps had the option to expand the links next to URLs on platforms without mouseover, like mobile.

The phishing in Australia came from uncontrolled SMS gateways which allowed for sender impersonation, not physical phones with SIM cards. They've recently partly closed the loophole by requiring providers to register sender names.