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Comment · 28 days ago
The system may return, but less diversity means less resiliency. The 'return' isn't a return to baseline. That system return is an attempt to attain a state of function that is no longer available. That leaves this returned system in a constant state of stress. Stress on any system reduces function, increases failure rates, and extends repair times greatly. When a stressed system attempts to heal, many factors inhibit or outright prevent healing from occuring.

That's all observation, reasoning, and logic. Merely observing what occurs in a system that loses or gains is enough data to make fairly striking conclusions. The systems never return to baseline. Not once. Not ever. We've never observed a return to baseline after a species is destroyed, nor if an invasive species enters the system.

Once balance is lost, it cannot be attained again. Will not be. Has not been. Observed data is clear about this pattern. There is no equilibrium. There is a system that is functioning and then there is a system that no longer functions. There are no return to function systems in nature. Humans have not observed a mechanism that would bring that about, nor observed the occurrence of such.

One failure leads to another, and to another. Cascading. That's what we observe over generations of data collection.

Comment · 1 month ago
Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes made out of ticky tacky. Little boxes made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.

The agents are trained by contained data. All agents. Similar data sets. Human knowledge packaged into little boxes that all look just the same.

When the boxes are doing all the work for us, the differences between them will come down to color.

There’s yellow ones, and blue ones…. And, they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all cost just the same…

Comment · 2 months ago
Violence begets violence. A theft of a thousand plus dollar item is grand theft in the US. Ending a continual threat to society should be lauded not threatened.

How many thefts, by a single individual, is tolerable before society is allowed to remove the threat with permanence? Ten? A hundred? A thousand?

Some would answer one, single instance is enough for a weapons discharge. I would ask. How many times is allowable?

The criminal has no care for society, or its lives, so why should society care about that life?

Every life is sacred? Why?

Comment · 3 months ago
Humans are the tool, the weapon, and the strategy. Everything else is an accessory and should be treated as such.
Comment · 6 months ago
In order To be confident in your claim one would think that the word intelligence must first be defined.

There is no general consensus in the scientific community, engineering community, psychology community, or any other group of humans as to what exactly counts as intelligence.

Seems like you’ve nailed the definition. Care to share your brilliance with the rest of the planet? We’re all waiting…

Comment · 8 months ago
The way to enforce this would be to provide US citizens with free electric and charge companies only.

That will never happen, but would prevent we the people from bearing these costs directly.

Comment · 9 months ago
"relatively" is just a word added to done and the fact that there is a qualifier precludes the word from bearing truth.
Comment · 9 months ago
My observations:

The calligraphic font is antithetical to the theme of your app. The apps colors and ux suggest playful. The font suggests school marm, which is it?

The app itself doesn’t differentiate itself enough to stand out on first use as unique. What does this provide over other similar platforms? How is this different?

The space you’ve chosen is highly competitive. Most of the big players bear a unique signature from ux down to the syllabus they teach.

I applaud you for sharing with us. Sharing here takes grit. Good fortune with your endeavors mate.

Comment · 9 months ago
Voyager? Is that you? We miss you bud.
Comment · 9 months ago
Cambridge Analytica was the blueprint, unfortunately, and not a deterrent. Much like movies ands television shows attempted to warn viewers of the dangers of robotic and automated militaries.

The EU said ‘hold my mead,’ and built the literal Skynet from the terminator movies. Has the same damn job too, coordinate, communicate, control.

Humanity doesn’t learn from its past because it is too focused on its future. Unfortunately for us, war… war never changes.

Comment · 10 months ago
Twas brillig, and Santas toes were freezing in the sleigh.

All icey were the Reindeer hooves, moody and unlikely they were to play.

Then Christmas Eve did come about and, Santa, mounted slay he did.

Present bag taken firm in hand, one for each and every kid.

Down-down-down chimney stacks around each and every town.

Milk and cookies, warmth and hearth.

Every present for every home. Boys and girls light and dark.

Good or bad, used to matter. But Santa had a change of heart.

We all mess up sometimes. And, sometimes, we need a brand new start.

Enjoy the gifts! Santa yelled, as the reindeer took off once again.

Be kind to one another all, and try to make new friends.

Merry Christmas!

Comment · 10 months ago
Twas brillig, and the slithey-news did gyre and gamble on the title. All manic were the Borogoves and gnome-rat's Anti-AI rhetoric in full recital. Beware the SLOP my son! The jaws that slurp, and claws that don't match. Beware the Amazon-nerd, and shun that Facebook Hack.

He took his local well in hand; long time the perfect pose he sought. So prompted he by the decision tree, and waited while the AI Thought.

Spaghetti. Meatballs. Slurp. Will I? No. Will Smith. IYKYK

Comment · 11 months ago
I love qwen, it tries so hard with its little paddle and never gets anywhere.
Comment · 1 year ago
Sing me a song, Mr. Kalason man. Sing me a song on a bus. We'll miss all of those pure-ish tone melodies. Driving your competitors nuts.

That was an interesting read. There is a movie called RV, and in that movie there is an RV with a kalason type select-a-melody horn installed. I'm glad we don't have these distractions in our vehicles, but they would surely be a fun diversion while stuck in traffic. Can you imagine the cacophony of a congested California freeway, with each vehicle belting out their own melodies on their own kalason? I can. No thank you. But, to dream...

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