@operationroot

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I blog about Linux and finance topics as well as general aspects concerning futurism and the environment.
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dr;dr: I feel like a pair of curtains. Pull yourself together.

I see generative AI on the web the same way I see forever chemicals in the real world. The effects may not be immediately apparent but they are poisoning mankind. Those who acquired knowledge and skills in the before era will be fine, but newer generations won't have the same reference points to tell reality from fiction. They will search for "baby peacock" on Google and have no reason to believe the actual birds look any different to what they're shown. I find that sad somehow.
KI-Update kompakt: KI auf dem MWC, Europol, Intel Foundry, 60-Stunden-Woche

Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.

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Looks like magical thinking once again triumphed over reason. Well done for Apple on standing its ground. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

BBC News
Brain dump on why humanoid bots will probably be with us before L5 self-driving vehicles. 🤖 https://operationroot.com/the-autonomous-future-humanoids-vs-self-driving-cars-part-3.html
The Autonomous Future: Humanoids vs. Self-Driving Cars - Part 3: The power (and business) of orchestration

This is part 3 of a 3 part series of post on the topic. You can find part 1 and part 2 here. The previous post explored the two other key advantages humanoids have over self-driving cars, namely: 'Interacting at Human Speed' and 'More Benign Failure Modes'. Now let's look at the potentially most important advantage of them all: 3) Orchestration and Context Dependency: This final element is the most decisive advantage, one that will actually allow humanoids to get by on much less power and cooling-hungry hardware compared to their four-wheeled automotive cousins. As humans, we tend to operate and interact within defined contexts, and we sequentially switch and move from context to context. We get up, we walk across the room, we brew a cup of coffee. But we don't do all this while juggling three colored balls…

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Looks like past petty and vindictive behavior by uk rail minister could have seriously chilling effect on safety culture on Britain’s railways. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rail-minister-peter-hendy-fired-gareth-dennis-engineer-safety-concerns-trains-london-euston-station/
UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns

Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action.

POLITICO
Of course, VC's require an exit, and an acquisition is the classic exit. But a healthy and competitive innovation landscape does not.

Taxing equity is also, of course, very alarming to investors.

But the argument that this hurts innovation and competition also falls flat IMO. Taxing unrealized investment value would check the overhype-to-acquisition cycle that makes VC's rich, but directs so much energy and capital into overvalued bullshit that doesn't meaningfully work/help people/etc.

We're aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries. As a reminder, Signal's built-in censorship circumvention feature might be able to help if your connection is affected:

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The latest example of robust, longstanding expert consensus tirelessly pushing back against politically motivated magical thinking:

https://x.com/carmelatroncoso/status/1785980270664929481

Carmela Troncoso (@carmelatroncoso) on X

Statement, signed by 250+ researchers, warning that the modifications of the Regulation to detect CSAM proposed by the EU presidency dont solve the issues pointed out by experts. It still introduces societal risks without solving the CSA problem. https://t.co/Jmu3dZ2YXL

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