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THESE PEOPLE SUCK SO BAD OpenAI CTO: AI Could Kill Some Creative Jobs That Maybe Shouldn’t Exist Anyway | PCMag — Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-06-22T17:51:38.000Z
The new growth industry will be based on protecting tech execs from angry mobs of unemployed artists.
re: #3 jaunte
The new growth industry will be based on protecting tech execs from angry mobs of unemployed artists.
Aren’t most artists unemployed already?
from below:
re: #218 silverdolphin
Trump Just Revealed How He’ll Attack Biden
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You can’t say you weren’t warned: At the upcoming presidential debate on June 27, Donald Trump plans to highlight a handful of horrific murders—allegedly by undocumented migrants—and blame them on President Biden. We know this because Trump told us so right on his Truth Social feed.”
Oh. I’m so scared. All Biden has to do is say that he had a bipartisan bill ready to pass both the House and Senate that would have taken carfe of things like this and Trump stopped it because he did not want
TrumpBiden (edit) to get a win. He spoke and his lapdogs answered, even on something they wanted themselves.
Well, yeah. But that’s not going to stop the RW Media from editing anything the President says into a non-response/bad-response/dissemblement. In my thought, their framing of the issue (no matter what anyone says) is likely to be something like:
“Trump points out illegal-immigrant murders: Biden ducks issue”
I’m guessing producers at every RWNM outlet are going to be spending their days before the June 27 debate diligently crafting a thoroughly-detailed (and, of course, thoroughly misleading) “response” to it, which will paint Trump in as good, and Biden in as bad a light as they possibly can.
And unfortunately, they know their audience: logic, facts, statistics, realities, etc. are all virtually irrelevant in a political campaign. They know The Donald is unlikely to come across as a serious candidate, so they will just push the bullshit even harder and louder. And their viewership will eat it with a huge grin and cheer even louder.
Biden could agree that immigration status should be rigorously reviewed, starting with the work papers of Slovenian models.
Do I really even exist any more?
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-06-22T18:28:46.000Z
re: #9 Charles Johnson
You have always been valid with us.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Well I certainly hope you do!
Last night’s thunderstorm here brought down another one of my trees.
It was at the back of my backyard and fell into the yard. No street blocking this time. It just missed our shed.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
What happened here? Your posts are still there all with “invalid handle”?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Agreed.
Also: “The CTO said of AI’s role in the workplace. “I really believe that using it as a tool for education, [and] creativity, will expand our intelligence.”
Assumes facts not in evidence. Like REALLY not in evidence.
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
Agreed.
Also: “The CTO said of AI’s role in the workplace. “I really believe that using it as a tool for education, [and] creativity, will expand our intelligence.”
Assumes facts not in evidence. Like REALLY not in evidence.
If we used it to improve finding the truth, yeah. But they’re using it to destroy jobs and move money to the wealthy even faster, so no.
re: #14 Hecuba’s daughter
What happened here? Your posts are still there all with “invalid handle”?
I don’t know. I haven’t changed anything and as far as I can tell everything is normal on my end. I think they have a bug.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
I don’t know. I haven’t changed anything and as far as I can tell everything is normal on my end. I think they have a bug.
That comes from one of BlueSky’s labellers. I’m not sure which one but you could probably poke around and find out.
“Invalid handle” means an impersonator.
re: #5 jaunte
Popular misconception.
” Oh, you’re an artist? Which restaurant?”
Or is that only for actors?
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That comes from one of BlueSky’s labellers. I’m not sure which one but you could probably poke around and find out.
“Invalid handle” means an impersonator.
No, it’s not a labeler - the handle field comes from Bluesky. Labels show up underneath that.
Invalid handle can mean you didn’t set up a custom domain correctly, but I double-checked that.
Toddler trapped in a Tesla after its battery discharged
She had put toddler into car. Closed door and batteryhas died. So could not open door from outside. A toddler is not going to know how to open the door from the inside. Heck, adults would not know how to from the back seat.
The Tesla approved way to deal with this is too open up a hidden door that gets you access to wires that let you open the hood. Then jumper the battery to provide power and open the door.
Like somone has a jumper to use even if one figures out how to open the hidden door. Really stupid.
She had to call the fire dept. who broke the glass to get in. What a stupid design.
re: #22 JC1
” Oh, your can artist? Which restaurant?”
Or is that only for actors?
What are you defining as an artist?
re: #25 silverdolphin
“The Tesla approved way to deal with this is too open up a hidden door that gets you access to wires that let you open the hood. Then jumper the battery to provide power and open the door.”
This is some of the most convoluted bullshit I’ve ever seen.
re: #26 Belafon
What are you defining as an artist?
Fixed the spelling/grammar typo in the original post.
Joke being that actors and artists have a hard time supporting themselves with their craft, so they work as waiters and bartenders until they get their big break.
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***** California PUC officially rejects
AT&T proposal to be relieved of landline responsibilities *****
With their vote today, 4-0 with one recusal, the CPUC today officially rejected AT&T’s proposal to be relieved of carrier of last resort responsibilities in a long running proceeding. While this does not prevent AT&T from modernizing their equipment to other technologies, this is widely viewed as a pushback to AT&T’s efforts to pretty immediately kill landlines in the state and relieve itself of responsibilities to provide universal telephone service in all of their traditional service areas. Public interest in this proceeding was enormous with a massive number of public comments (their site stoppe counting at 5000), overwhelmingly negative to AT&T’s proposal.
The Commission also voted to begin a proceeding to study if and how the last resort responsibilities should be updated to take account of technological changes. So this will definitely be a continuing story.
As you probably know, I was firmly opposed to AT&T’s proposal, and I want to thank everyone who let the CPUC know how they felt about this situation.
re: #29 BeenHereAwhile
I let the CPUC know my opposition to AT&T’s request. Also let them know how ticked off I am that they discontinued landline service to my apartment building because they said the wiring deteriorated.
Hmm. My handle is showing correctly in embedded posts. Hmm.
re: #29 BeenHereAwhile
Lauren Weinstein
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***** California PUC officially rejects
AT&T proposal to be relieved of landline responsibilities *****With their vote today, 4-0 with one recusal, the CPUC today officially rejected AT&T’s proposal to be relieved of carrier of last resort responsibilities in a long running proceeding. While this does not prevent AT&T from modernizing their equipment to other technologies, this is widely viewed as a pushback to AT&T’s efforts to pretty immediately kill landlines in the state and relieve itself of responsibilities to provide universal telephone service in all of their traditional service areas. Public interest in this proceeding was enormous with a massive number of public comments (their site stoppe counting at 5000), overwhelmingly negative to AT&T’s proposal.
The Commission also voted to begin a proceeding to study if and how the last resort responsibilities should be updated to take account of technological changes. So this will definitely be a continuing story.
As you probably know, I was firmly opposed to AT&T’s proposal, and I want to thank everyone who let the CPUC know how they felt about this situation.
I suspect there will come a day when traditional landlines are no more. I know some folks still swear by them but they are getting less and less common as people increasingly use VOIP and cell phones.
Don’t expect the telecoms to stop making requests to kill POTS.
re: #25 silverdolphin
Toddler trapped in a Tesla after its battery discharged
She had put toddler into car. Closed door and batteryhas died. So could not open door from outside. A toddler is not going to know how to open the door from the inside. Heck, adults would not know how to from the back seat.
The Tesla approved way to deal with this is too open up a hidden door that gets you access to wires that let you open the hood. Then jumper the battery to provide power and open the door.
Like somone has a jumper to use even if one figures out how to open the hidden door. Really stupid.
She had to call the fire dept. who broke the glass to get in. What a stupid design.
A manager of mine put his daughter in her car seat in the back, shut the door and then realized he had locked his keys in the car. He broke a front door window to get in and then drove over to an auto glass place to get a new window. He did this all in one afternoon, before his wife (a lawyer) found out he’d been a doof and locked their child in their car on a warm Austin afternoon. At least for as long as I worked there, she never found out.
re: #28 JC1
Fixed the spelling/grammar typo in the original post.
Joke being that actors and artists have a hard time supporting themselves with their craft, so they work as waiters and bartenders until they get their big break.
Let’s leave my grand-daughter and her Musical Theatre degree out of this.
Ralph Nader chimes in on the 2024 election.
Just shut the fuck up, Ralph. You gladly let Dumbya get in the White House…
re: #25 silverdolphin
Like somone has a jumper to use even if one figures out how to open the hidden door. Really stupid.
She had to call the fire dept. who broke the glass to get in. What a stupid design.
And that assumes there is someone with a car nearby and is willing to jumper the car
re: #30 Decatur Deb
The MAGA’s are at Temple U. That is North Philly. Not the NE.
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
“The Tesla approved way to deal with this is too open up a hidden door that gets you access to wires that let you open the hood. Then jumper the battery to provide power and open the door.”
This is some of the most convoluted bullshit I’ve ever seen.
Being a engineer, I’m reluctant to throw shade on other engineers except, like this time, when it’s well deserved. Too many times I’ve see designs proposed with absolutely no consideration for how it would be used in the meat world. The designer comes up with something they think is really cool and stops there. A little thought along with some use cases just might reveal the flaws but, like here, they weren’t done.
re: #42 sizzzzlerz
Being a engineer, I’m reluctant to throw shade on other engineers except, like this time, when it’s well deserved. Too many times I’ve see designs proposed with absolutely no consideration for how it would be used in the meat world. The designer comes up with something they think is really cool and stops there. A little thought along with some use cases just might reveal the flaws but, like here, they weren’t done.
Actually, I’m absolutely sure they were done, but someone (cough cough) over-ruled the due diligence folks to make it “cool”.
re: #43 gwangung
Actually, I’m absolutely sure they were done, but someone (cough cough) over-ruled the due diligence folks to make it “cool”.
Move fast, break things.
‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners tapped a tech nerve in viral rally video
Pretty smart. People did not know for certain if it was real or not. Well done.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
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I saw yesterday that Jennifer Hudson’s dad had 27 children. She’s still working on meeting them all.
re: #43 gwangung
Actually, I’m absolutely sure they were done, but someone (cough cough) over-ruled the due diligence folks to make it “cool”.
*Musk drops a Tesla in a lake* “See all those bubbles, that’s space that can be removed.”
People with no empathy always think they’re smarter than everyone else
— Mara Wilson (@marawilson.bsky.social) 2024-06-17T19:44:36.019Z
re: #47 Belafon
*Musk drops a Tesla in a lake* “See all those bubbles, that’s space that can be removed.”
But I was told Cybertruck could serve briefly as a boat.
When you purchase a Tesla, YOU are the crash test dummy.
re: #42 sizzzzlerz
The results appear to the outside world as if inside Tesla the goal was to redesign everything about the vehicle, even if it meant elements like the windshield wiper would fail to do the intended job.
re: #45 silverdolphin
‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners tapped a tech nerve in viral rally video
Pretty smart. People did not know for certain if it was real or not. Well done.
More on-the-nose that it was Microsoft Night at the park with a lot of MS employees in attendance during that game lol
The double empathy problem:
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher.[2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people struggle to understand and empathize with non-autistic people, whereas most non-autistic people also struggle to understand and empathize with autistic people. This lack of understanding may stem from bidirectional differences in communication style, social-cognitive characteristics, and experiences between autistic and non-autistic individuals, but not necessarily an inherent deficiency. Recent studies have shown that most autistic individuals are able to socialize, communicate effectively,[3] empathize well,[4][5][6][7][8] and display social reciprocity[9] with most other autistic individuals.[2][10] This theory and subsequent findings challenge the commonly held belief that the social skills of autistic individuals are inherently impaired, as well as the theory of “mind-blindness” proposed by prominent autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen in the mid-1980s, which suggested that empathy and theory of mind are universally impaired in autistic individuals.[11][12][13][14]
The double empathy concept has been consistently supported by a substantial number of studies in recent years and has the potential to radically shift goals of interventions and public psychoeducation regarding autism.[13][15][16][17] In recognition of recent findings that support the theory, Baron-Cohen positively recognized the theory of the double empathy problem in two research articles in 2018[18] and 2022,[19] as well as in multiple podcasts since 2020.[20][21]
re: #4 JC1
Aren’t most artists unemployed already?
As an artist who’s been employed in his field for 30 years:
1. As mentioned above by others, be a little more specific with your definition.
2. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you were trying to make a joke. Even then, there’s a whiff of “Ha ha, look at creative losers who think they should be paid for their work.” Try harder; joke writing is a creative endeavor and it’s okay to admit you’re not good at it.
re: #42 sizzzzlerz
Being a engineer, I’m reluctant to throw shade on other engineers except, like this time, when it’s well deserved. Too many times I’ve see designs proposed with absolutely no consideration for how it would be used in the meat world. The designer comes up with something they think is really cool and stops there. A little thought along with some use cases just might reveal the flaws but, like here, they weren’t done.
My long held theory is that most engineering fuck ups would never happen if Design Engineers had to spend a minimum of one semester in the field working with the Techs who have to maintain/repair the equipment. Like connectors that are easily accessible in the design lab, but become a nightmare to access once the equipment is installed in its intended location.
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Just going over the list of Trump VP suspects, er, candidates. I think Tom Cotton is the most likely choice at this point. He is a completely sold-out Trumper but not a drooling idiot so he will not draw attention from the all important candidate, either deliberately or through some act of brazen stupidity.
re: #55 Mattand
I’ve been making commissioned artwork since high school days, so 50 years plus. One aspect of the work is usually to make small changes in the work at the client’s request. This is specifically the part of the work at which AI is so far an abject failure, and I haven’t seen any tech leaders addressing how it can improve.
re: #59 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Just going over the list of Trump VP suspects, er, candidates. I think Tom Cotton is the most likely choice at this point. He is a completely sold-out Trumper but not a drooling idiot so he will not draw attention from the all important candidate, either deliberately or through some act of brazen stupidity.
I was thinking Burgum, because he can give Trump a yuge amount of money, Trump’s primary motivator.
re: #56 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
My long held theory is that most engineering fuck ups would never happen if Design Engineers had to spend a minimum of one semester in the field working with the Techs who have to maintain/repair the equipment. Like connectors that are easily accessible in the design lab, but become a nightmare to access once the equipment is installed in its intended location.
As a software engineer, this is what we tried to do when we’d come up with a new product. We’d go and actually talk to the users in the field who would be using it, and try to design what they wanted. “Try” being the operative word; 9 times out of 10, we’d give them what they asked for, and they still wouldn’t like it. But at least it was an effort, as opposed to the Cybertwuck, which is literally the brain-child of a spoiled man-baby who thinks his designs are better than anyone else’s just by virtue of being his.
re: #62 Nerdy Fish
As a software engineer, this is what we tried to do when we’d come up with a new product. We’d go and actually talk to the users in the field who would be using it, and try to design what they wanted. “Try” being the operative word; 9 times out of 10, we’d give them what they asked for, and they still wouldn’t like it. But at least it was an effort, as opposed to the Cybertwuck, which is literally the brain-child of a spoiled man-baby who thinks his designs are better than anyone else’s just by virtue of being his.
We actually got to do proper agile at my job once and proced something both functional and usable. One of those rare wins.
re: #64 Belafon
We actually got to do proper agile at my job once and proced something both functional and usable. One of those rare wins.
Part of the problem with the job that I had where we actually sat with users during the design process was that I was being asked to design user interfaces. That is not my strong suit. I am horrible at it. And the bosses wouldn’t pay for a proper graphics designer, choosing instead to utilize the boss’s son, who, to be fair, was intelligent and capable, but also manifestly unhelpful.
re: #62 Nerdy Fish
As a software engineer, this is what we tried to do when we’d come up with a new product. We’d go and actually talk to the users in the field who would be using it, and try to design what they wanted. “Try” being the operative word; 9 times out of 10, we’d give them what they asked for, and they still wouldn’t like it. But at least it was an effort, as opposed to the Cybertwuck, which is literally the brain-child of a spoiled man-baby who thinks his designs are better than anyone else’s just by virtue of being his.
My nightmares were designed by Engineers in the Defense Industry. I actually met one of the Designers of said piece of equipment. When I asked him about the locations of said connectors, his response was that they were easily accessible IN THE LAB. He was aghast at the suggestion that he go down to any boat in port at the time and try to access them there.
re: #65 Nerdy Fish
Part of the problem with the job that I had where we actually sat with users during the design process was that I was being asked to design user interfaces. That is not my strong suit. I am horrible at it. And the bosses wouldn’t pay for a proper graphics designer, choosing instead to utilize the boss’s son, who, to be fair, was intelligent and capable, but also manifestly unhelpful.
UIs are the worst when it comes to gaining a consensus between the intended users and the design team. Every one has their own idea of what it should be and, more annoyingly, what it should not be. If you drew a Venn diagram for everybody’s design ideas, you would end up with a disjoint circle for each person in the room. In one meeting, we spent an hour or so discussing whether a button’s text should be Halt or Stop. True story. It almost made me want to change careers and go play piano in a whorehouse.
re: #56 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
My long held theory is that most engineering fuck ups would never happen if Design Engineers had to spend a minimum of one semester in the field working with the Techs who have to maintain/repair the equipment. Like connectors that are easily accessible in the design lab, but become a nightmare to access once the equipment is installed in its intended location.
Like the inline fuel filter on my Nissan I was running down today. I need to move at least 2 hoses and possibly a bracket to get to it. What a crock. Yes it is better than getting to the one in the tank (which I am told is a no maintenance one, just replace the whole fuel pump). All I want to do is change the inline to see if that is the problem I am having with it stalling every once in a while. I already went the fuel line cleaner route which helped a bit.
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