justsomeoldguy

first step to solving any problem is accepting that the problem exists.

"How to Safeguard U.S. Elections From AI-Powered Misinformation and Cyberattacks"

Well for starters, accept that social media is being manipulated in real time by AI to not just increase engagement, but also to manipulate users opinions for the agendas of whoever is paying.

Anywhere bots can emulate actual users, this is running rampant. Places like reddit are more bots than actual users.

Whatever happened to the huge bot problem that twitter had? Musk pointed it out then bought it and went all quiet on the subject. It's almost like after buying twitter, he learned the bots WERE twitter and with those, massive influence can be had.

AI is just a tool, the threat to democracy was when lobbying became legal.

Sorry to sound so defeatist-- until LITERALLY BRIBING is illegal, I hope no one expects change. The system is profitable and will resist all attempts to get away from how it is.

People are getting the best politics money can buy at this point.

if you're still using twitter at this point, malicious crypto ads are the least of your worries.

"The trains were designed to break if they sat idle for 21 days or if a GPS detected them at independent repair centers or competitors’ rail yards. Perhaps most interestingly, one of the analyzed trains had code in it that was supposed to artificially lock the train’s compressor on the seemingly arbitrary date of December 21; a NewAg train then actually had a compressor malfunction on December 21."

They need to sue because they're going to go out of business. This isn't DRM, it's just fraud.

Case in point: what else is there not yet discovered? I'm sure there's more.

“We want to make sure that people know that the incident was very distressing to us. We can’t believe that it happened,” he continued. “I don’t think anything can really remedy this. We’ve been remunerated for the insurance value, but it’s not about the money. It’s about the preservation of American musical history and heritage.”

They sure are clutching pearls over something that supposedly isn't about the money. Of course, they only insured it for 40k by accident, but they did say it wasn't about the money, so it must not be about the money.

You know what they mean when they say it isn't about the money?

Its about the money. Thing was massively uninsured.

Personally I know nothing about guitars and as such, if I saw a replica in a movie versus the original, I would have no idea it was different. I think this is more about Terantino wanting the original to be used than about any potential viewer.

What would the outrage be, exactly, if it was discovered the one portrayed wasn't the original? None, that's what.

If the Martin Museum forever more will no longer lend musical instruments to all of hollywood.... oh well, I guess?

Somehow, we'll get by.

should have skipped a version

K9 is just a tad misleading. came here for cool tips on raising dogs. was very disappointed. k9 has nothing to do with canines, turns out.

These guys gotta get away from windows. The procedure of opening and closing your windows is just not a good idea at altitude.

Switch to Linux today :)

in 2024, "ruined lives" is often a bit of an exaggeration. I clicked into this thinking, did their paychecks get halted for a few weeks or months? That would just really suck if a programming bug caused so many people's finances to fall apart, though I'm not sure "ruined" would be the term I would use. But the article is not about that at all. Instead, all I can say is.. oh my.

"The stubbornness of the administration in trusting their technology impacted and ruining a number of lives: many of these people faced prison time, divorce, and suicide."

that is indeed good use of the term ruined lives. :(

to be accused of those crimes and convicted of them, when for sure they didn't happen. That is a very hard pill to swallow.

extremely sobering. and also mirroring so many of my own personal feelings.

the article is now over 6 years old. I'll repeat what the author says-- I don't know what to think anymore.

It's like finding a glitch in the matrix at this point, when you think a "bot" is real, and the only indication it isn't is some mistake it's made that no human would ever make. Raving about the 0-60mph acceleration times on your new snowblower, for example. It all looks so real, until you see that part and realize without a doubt, this is fake. A brief mistake and you won't see it again as the system corrects itself.

A little piece of me dies every time that happens. I get a little more untrusting. I get a little more jaded and bitter. If abuse can happen on the net by seeing malign content, then PTSD is happening

very interesting.

unfortunately, it unintentionally describes what my last marriage was like. Nice to see the techniques all have a name. Not so nice to be under constant assault by people arguing in bad faith.

Early on in my marriage, my partner was tipsy one time and admitted to arguing any topic even if they knew they were wrong. Subsequent arguments were far worse, somehow, knowing that. which was perhaps the whole point?

6 months of marriage, 2.5 years of breaking up. that sums it up well.

I feel a lot of sympathy now for the people working to keep wikipedia on track. keep up the hard work.

food is inherently full of confirmation bias to the one with the hunger

witness the reaction to finding a hair in it. and how much worse it is if the hair is only discovered halfway down your throat and you pull it out.

meal now unappetiziing? but it could be Kobe beef ... it doesn't matter. the mind is trying to save you from potential toxins, poisonous spoiled foods. There is only one way to make an animal that's starving suddenly not eat the meal in front of him. so the levers in the head are very heavy-handed.

tldr, this tech has a lot working against it.

Even if it tastes and looks perfect, I doubt I could get it down. So I'm a picky eater? My mom spent a good 15-16 years trying to overcome that. If she can't, no one can.

it depends on how much charging you want. all EV's can charge off of a slower 115vac 15amp circuit. At my last place I had a dedicated 40amp 230vac socket much like you'd have installed for a big electric heater in a garage or a pool heater or a dryer. Good recharge times which I actually have only needed once in my life.

At my current place I'm just using an extension cord to my outdoor outlet and I give it the 1500 watt option. You can even cut that in half if you don't want the "my this cord is warm.." effect.

In the end, the slower charge is the better charge, so my laziness has been winning. I don't see installing a 230vac socket any time soon given how well it's been working.

I've got an older phev that originally only got 14 miles of pure electric @ up to 79 mph, it's battery is down to about 9 miles expected. And that isn't a lot, but it is enough for 90% of my trips around town. Where you REALLY see this working well is if you have to go out every day to pick something or someone up locally. The amount of fuel burned on warmup cycles and local trips is not insubstantial.

The gas tank needle just LOVES to move with every small trip otherwise.

I sometimes go months without buying gas using that tiny miniscule range.

Like how car ads at bargain prices require the vin to be shown on the ad. There really may only be one car at that price but at least this way you know it’s not completely fake.

I’ve worked at a few companies that also are just super slow about removing job listings that get filled. There is not much incentive to drop it, and lots of different incentives of leaving it up.