‘A relatively rare occurrence’?? I envy you, may I ask where you live? (definitely not in central Europe or the Middle East).

Have they never heard of Cannibal Corpse? Titles such as ‘eaten back to life’, ‘fucked with a knife’ and ‘meathook sodomy’ sure trigger the same warning ?

Being an enemy of his is a compliment, not an insult or a threat.

Most Austrians (especially bureaucrats) already ‘think’ and act as machines anyway, which might also explain why their government is the first to come up with this absolutely idiotic idea.

Pumpkins are the largest species of…berries. Yes, seriously.

A corollary to this thought is the so-called [persistent] “attacker’s advantage”: attackers need to do stuff just right only once to be successful, while the defender must do always, everything right to be successful at defending.

Out of everything that has been written about AS, I’ve found The Oatmeal’s write-up about AS ‘art’ to be the most accessible and insightful one.

This is what LLM pundits and ‘vibe coders’ don’t seem to understand.

I made something. It might not be…

• the tastiest cookie;
• the best song;
• the most efficient software…

But it’s mine.

Making stuff is what makes us humans. Fuck ‘’‘’‘AI’‘’‘’.

Not me.

No matter how often I read this kind of stuff, I simply don’t buy the ‘AI is dangerous for humanity!! We gotta stop their development or at least press for sane guardrails!!!’ narrative.

It’s a bit of a shorthand and pretty mundane, but I always compare parenthood with the part of the flight safety demonstrations concerning the loss of cabin pressure (you do pay attention, don’t you?):

Put on your own mask first, then help others.

You have to take care of yourself and ensure your own security and well-being before even thinking of helping others. It’s really that simple.

If what you actually mean is that ideas can’t be copyrighted, then yes, you are right.

Content, or simply works, is different: in most jurisdictions, whenever you create anything, you own its copyright whether you like it or not. In Europe, IIRC, there is not even a way of waiving that right.

The point here is that AS crawlers not only use but also reproduce information (sometimes verbatim) they don’t own the copyright for and is therefore not theirs to publish. As anyone who went to the university knows, presenting the work of others as yours is the one thing you’re not allowed to do.

How’s this for a headline:

The Greek government wasted 3 billion in taxpayer money for a defense system they won’t be able to use or further develop without ‘Israeli’ consent.

I clicked the first referenced article just out of curiosity, and the guy is like ‘The Brits are pissed because of the erosion of their national identity and that’s understandable’!

Dude. You’re talking about the biggest colonial empire in history…yet people like you actually love to complain about migrants and praise those who do the same…? Self-awareness of a rainworm.

All of the Broligarchs (Zuck, Huang, Thiel, ‘The Mummy’ Ellison) are annoying and dangerous, but Altman sure has the most punchable face of all, for whatever reason.

This is exactly why all those ‘Custom ROMs are not the solution!!!’ believers are right.

For a wild moment, I thought those were pigs in a slaughterhouse…

I used to work for a humanitarian organisation, that is to say, I was overworked and underpayed. During my time there, I developed what I think is the perfect answer to pushy bosses who put you under time pressure to deliver:

Do you want the job done quickly ? Or do you want the job done well?

(Neutral tone, neutral facial expressions, average voice volume are a must)

I’ve changed jobs often ever since. To this day, no boss or client has chosen ‘quick’, questioned the veracity of my statement/question (this obviously means that you must, indeed, deliver quality) or had the nerve to answer ‘both’.

Hehehe. Nope, I mean the classics, actually. TR I-IV on a PS2

Granolla it is, then.