Peterin a class on using AI for data analysis and i genuinely don't want to work in information technology anymore. none of this shit works and everyone is required to use it anyway. it sounds like hell. i would literally rather flip burgers or whatever.
feels like the worst time to be alive if you are the kind of person who is passionate about learning to do things the right way.
Violet MadderYeah, it's bad and getting worse fast.
I can't even use normal search engines to look up news that I clearly remember from a few weeks ago. Everything useful is being buried under an avalanche of shit.
"AI" is a weapon, we are under attack, and more people need to recognize the threat for what it is.
Daughter of DiscordThere are news stories I remember - ones that back leftwing points of view - that are just gone now, it seems.
And articles about regular stuff are all written by AI and full of just wrong information.
dpflug@CosmickTrigger
It's time for (some of) us to become archivists. Keep copies and/or notes of anything we care about.
@violetmadder @peter
It's time for (some of) us to become archivists. Keep copies and/or notes of anything we care about.
@violetmadder @peter
Daedalean
mathew@dpflug @daedalean @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter Carrington Event. Aurora borealis visible in Italy. Another one would take out the entire Internet and every AI data center.
@mathew @dpflug @daedalean @CosmickTrigger @peter
It will definitely make things Interesting.
Although I'm sure they've got some centers shielded and/or buried deep enough to get through it, the infrastructure in general will be pretty screwed up.
@violetmadder @dpflug @daedalean @CosmickTrigger @peter A major event would likely damage transformers and substations across the entire electrical grid, so we'd be without power for weeks, likely months in at least some areas.
Even fossil fuels would be a problem. Gasoline left sitting in large tanks goes bad after about a month and can be unusable after 3, and if all the trucks have melted alternators that'll be a problem, as will food. Gas supplies for heating rely on delicate electrical SCADA systems. And of course, all the solar panels would likely be fried.
Lloyds of London have studied this kind of thing:
https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/pdf-solar-storm-risk-to-the-north-american-electric-grid/1/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf
@mathew @dpflug @daedalean @CosmickTrigger @peter
And there would be no controls or cooling on any nuclear reactors. (as far as I am aware NONE have actual passive shutdown safety yet) So there's that, too.
@mathew
Ah. I considered that, but thought I had to have it wrong because it matters regardless.
@daedalean @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter
Ah. I considered that, but thought I had to have it wrong because it matters regardless.
@daedalean @CosmickTrigger @violetmadder @peter