scott-smith_us

Why say "ripped" when you can say "removed" and avoid bias in the subject/headline?

I think these should be installed in cars in such a way that they can be removed by owners. And then make removing it a crime.

In the foreign invasion (or US govt goes full fascist) case, people can remove these devices.

Meanwhile many if not most high-speed chases won't happen any more, because the person being chased didn't plan ahead.

There will still be getaway cars, etc. where the device was removed. That's no different to what we have now, and it'll be an extra violation to charge them with when they're caught.

Since driving is, and has always been a privilege and not a right, I don't see a problem with having a remote kill switch that cops can use in specific cases.

> remotely controlling our freedom of movement, is a new dystopian level of government control.

*Freedom of movement* doesn't require that you are able to drive your own car. It's not *new* either. Get pulled over for a DUI, and you won't be allowed to drive for a while.

"Freedom of travel" means the government can't tell you you're not allowed to move to (or visit) another location.

It absolutely does not mean that they can't tell you you're not allowed to drive. Driving is, and always has been a privilege in the US; not a right.

Where I live, at least, if you're in public, there's no expectation of privacy. There's no valid legal objection to someone taking photos or videos.

Some exceptions:

- Commercial use of (recognizable) photos of people in public is regulated.

- Following someone around or getting in their face with a camera is harassment.

Of course, your right to take photos or videos stops the minute you step onto private property; the owners are within their rights to disallow it.

Yeah, I had the same reaction. Looking at the different 'tools', it just seems like a bunch of random drawing demos that get shipped with some drawing library. I didn't spend a lot of time playing with it, but I didn't see anything where AI seemed to be involved...

Also, the tools seem to be of very low quality. For example, many of the sliders are set to initial values that are 'tuned' to give a typical example. Most sliders have fairly large ranges for which (it seems) only a small sub-range typically yields interesting results. Their 'Random' button doesn't seem to be weighted toward these subranges, so the result is usually a bunch of extreme settings that all look similar.

I joined Audible a few years back and although most narrators are OK, I noticed very quickly how a bad narrator could ruin an audio book. I started paying attention to who the narrator was, and Ray Porter immediately stood out as one of the best. Someone else must have noticed too, because he's narrated a surprising number of the books I've read so far.

Online coding tests (I refuse to do them now, though I'll happily provide samples of my source code):

- You never know how it's going to be judged (style, efficiency, error handling, abstraction, thread-safety, type-safety, commenting, etc).

- You're given a very short time-limit, but well-designed, maintainable software is almost never written like that.

- etc., etc.

"I am truly ecstatic about the unparalleled opportunity to become a part of the Hardee's family, a prospect that aligns seamlessly with my life's passion and professional aspirations.

From the moment I first savored the delectable aroma of your signature charbroiled burgers, I knew that my destiny was intertwined with your esteemed establishment. The synergistic blend of your brand's values and my personal ethos is a match made in culinary heaven, a union that promises to revolutionize the gastronomic landscape.

The prospect of contributing to Hardee's renowned legacy of taste innovation and unparalleled customer satisfaction resonates deeply with my quest for self-actualization in the fast-food industry.

Each meal served, every customer smile elicited—these are the very keystones that embolden my commitment to fulfilling my dream of championing a new era of succulent satisfaction. With utmost fervor, I implore you to consider my application, for it is not just a role I seek, but a calling I am destined to embrace with zest and zeal."

Isn't that ILLEGAL pretty much everywhere?

I interviewed at a very small company in Santa Monica in the late 80s, and they also had all of their applicants submit a handwriting sample for analysis. They claimed that it was a very reliable indication of something-or-other.

I went ahead and filled it out while I was there, but I'd already decided not to move forward by the time the interview was over.

Is there significantly more to this than just tokenizing a document's words and then ZIP-ing the stream of tokens?

Alignment with human norms and values. Yes, that's not a well-defined thing. But to paraphrase, "I know misalignment when I see it", for example when an AI suggests something like "feeding the homeless to the hungry".

No one is claiming that alignment is a well-defined thing with crisp edges. They're saying that the mechanisms of AIs will favor solutions without regard to any specific constraints we haven't explicitly stated.

You're mischaracterizing the concern, I think. I agree with you about Luddite alarmism based upon ignorance. This (the concerns voiced by many leading researchers in the field of AI) absolutely isn't that, I promise you.