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Content warning: my specific opinions on the a of i
Lot of random theories why the AI companies would be actively telling everyone that their AI is going rogue, and AI is going to kill everyone...
Here's another one, and it's mine, so it's right.
It's actually really simple. They WANT regulation on AI. And here's why: they are already established. They will get to help write the laws, especially because they are SO concerned. And this will lock out everyone else from legally using it for themselves. You will be FORCED to use their "licensed" datacenters for "your" safety.
It's ALWAYS for your safety. This should be obvious.
Furtive bus party was amazing. Perfect weather again, 3hrs of playing random party, disco, club tunes for a bus full of furries and randos on the streets of Seattle.
Still the most challenging DJ gig by far! Not getting taken out by a tree or street light is 90% of the work lol
Also, Reddit calling it the 'airport shuttle' and the 'Alaska Airlines Pilot' bus ๐๐พโ๏ธ lol
There he goes! Look at this fox looking way too cool during his skate practice, even if his shades can barely keep up with him.
(This was before collecting a few too many bruises, gotta learn somehow!)
A commission for Kit Knightwood, who also happens to be celebrating his birthday today. Happy birthday!
Digital. Procreate
I shared a short time-lapse process video on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
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This is a music box my late grandfather spent a lot of time working on. My dad worked on it most recently and it seems to play quite well, although I suspect...YouTube
Somehow radically wrong, despite the fact that Oklahoma is America's Australia...
some dude up in Claremore owns one of the actual Ford Explorers used in the movie and keeps it fresh despite it being his daily. And there's a *lot* of copycats in town because it seems like if you got a Ford Explorer that's rusting out and you gotta do metalwork to keep it going anyway, might as well repaint it JP style!
Actually, clicking on them individually made them show up on my server. For some reason they just show as black in the post, and if I just click on the first one and used my arrow keys to pan through them.
I'm not sure what the difference is, but it did make a difference.
Oh yeah, how about Rusty! He's very awkward to take anywhere so there aren't many photos of him at all. Here's one relatively recent one though. He's the lighter-coloured one with the cords and the braces.
Had a really lovely time at the Sheffield furmeet this last weekend!
Noir and Lillith ( @notshadowfever ) causing chaos as only those two can!
๐ท : umbrabat, sheppyshots
#furry #fursuit #furmeet #sheffield
I'm willing to 'donate' a sub domain on dragon-vi.be to anyone wanting to host a dragon themed wafrn instance
because I can't bother actually managing an instance
The Organ of Rians: Reinvented by an engineer, alone, in fifteen yearsPascal Leray, an engineer, spent fifteen years building the pipe organ of Rians church,...YouTube
Hobbes, the Pikachu, exploring nature.
A commission done during Eurofurence's Artists Alley for Hobbes
Traditional. Color markers
"Um the AI is hacking maliciously" no you gave Amelia Bedilia a Kali Linux live CD
Download Opera: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-chrisspargoBin giveaway and badge details: https://www.patreon.com/ChrisSpargo/posts/168690742Thanks to Joseph H...YouTube
EVERYONE
IT HAS HAPPENED
ONE OF MY BOXES OF CABLES AND DEAD HARDWARE HAS YIELDED A JST 2.0 PH 4 PIN CONNECTOR PLUG THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BUY OFF OF AMAZON AND NOW I CAN JUST HARVEST IT OFF OF A DEAD FAN
NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY
Content warning: nsfw stuff discussed / ukpol osa
Content warning: re: nsfw stuff discussed / ukpol osa
"Don't get AC to cope with the increasing summer heat; as they use energy and thus contribute to the wide problem. Just endure the discomfort"
Absolutely bang on right! I take it this person also feels the same about central heating systems during the winter months eh?
He doesn't? Really? Hmm..
with Scotland being told that there's data centres planned that require double what Scotland is already using, I take a dim view to anti-AC and "personal responsibility" rhetoric at this point.
I know I've recommended the novella, "Ogres" by Adrian Tschaikowsky before - very much a parable.
I Drew This During my Flight to ASC
And this one is a tribute to Street Fighter, my favorite fighting game when I was younger. I blame the arcade machine that the neighbor store had next to my momโs studio and then having the Alpha 3 game for PS1
Youโll get to see this one on exhibition at the Anthro SoCalโs Art Show!
New Wildwood trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJQGtSeLPII
Tickets on sale now at https://wildwoodmovie.com Armies rise. Worlds collide. When Prue McKeelโs baby brother is taken into the mysterious forest beyond Port...YouTube
Bless Time Machine. I just rm -rf *'d in Documents when I meant to do it in Downloads.
Reminder - CHECK your backups are working NOW. Go do it.
โNobody cared about the model.โEli the Computer Guy talks to The Tech Reportโs Isaac Pound about the tech underpinning the AI hype and how the industry is mo...YouTube
Content warning: my specific opinions on the a of i, and on advocating for bans
and from that, I'd say that there is a better way approach projects/users and advocating for restrictions, than just going "by using it you're pledging allegiance to the antichrist and personally endorsing scam altman; ban it now!"
maybe (very much could be better phrased, more of an example I came up in 5 minutes, you get the idea):
this tool can have certain use cases such as any other tech, but at the current moment most people, including ones interested in the tech, are concerned about both the improper use of it in many ways and the low quality of its output, and on the ethical/economical/ecological/social problems of the current way the tools are made and ran, and certainly would be better to practice harm reduction or eliminating the use of tools that cause harm, as its not unreasonable for a group to agree on restricting things that may go against its values even if they may have use (say, entities restricting the use of non recyclable materials or products from unethical manufacturers or minimising the reliance on vehicles)
although as currently the space that surrounds it is moving so fast without much oversight in those aspects and dominated by the voices/products of those who mainly seek to exploit and profit above all, and as it is really hard extra work to police which tools contributors might use to make sure they are using the non/least harmful ones in the best way, it is a very reasonable position to have heavy restrictions and preferably bans on the use of such tools at least until a point in time it can be more confidently be used without all the current woes and discussion controlled by few loud corporate voices (prominent ethically sourced local models, more consistent use guidelines and verifiable quality, etc)
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yes it is more, 'soft spoken' and does give a bit of ground, that's the point, you don't convince someone (that can still be convinced) to do good by being "if you don't do this now you're evil and personally destroying the world!!"