Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 11/17/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 11/17/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
China is building a huge power grid to send clean energy over long distances. It helps move wind, solar and hydro energy to big cities quickly
5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About
This looks at exciting advancements in software engineering that haven't received the hype they deserve because of the AI craze.
#technology #software #trends
Francois Chollet leaves Google
The creator of Keras and the Arc eval (among many other things) has left Google. He will continue to support the Jax and Keras community while pursuing other endeavors.
#technology #google #francoischollet #keras #arc
NEOs New Automated AI Researcher Changes Everything (Autonomous Machine Learning Engineer)
#technology #ai #llm #newsonleo !summarize
NVIDIA may not meet high 2025 expectations. Some Analysts are predicting $180–$200B revenue instead of $200B+ due to cautious GPU price estimates. But at the moment their stock is still strong
Introduce your kids to AI early by checking out AI tools together. Make them learn AI in fun ways, you can solve a real problem together using AI. All this curiosity about AI will prepare them for the future
Google drops new Gemini model and it goes straight to the top of the LLM leader board.
Source
#technology
I would say that Google is trailing.
There are articles below that talk about Google telling a student to kill himself.
That's crazy, so insensitive talk. I hope the student doesn't take it to heart.
XRP and Cardano are trending, but which is better for 2025? Experts say XRP might bring quick wins, while Cardano offers long-term stability.
Honestly, it depends on your goals. Both seem like solid bets.
#XRP #Cardano
FTC reportedly begins investigating Microsoft’s cloud business practices
The FTC is looking into whether Microsoft used anti-competitive tactics to maintain its dominant position in the cloud market.
#technology #microsoft #ftc
AI Makes Tech Debt More Expensive
AI tools struggle to generate useful responses in high-debt environments with subtle control flow, long-range dependencies, and unexpected patterns.
#technology #technicaldebt #ai #artificialintelligence
There is an emerging belief that AI will make tech debt less relevant. Since it’s getting easier to write code, and easier to clean up code, wouldn’t it make sense that the typical company can handle a little more debt?
The opposite is true - AI has significantly increased the real cost of carrying tech debt. The key impact to notice is that generative AI dramatically widens the gap in velocity between ‘low-debt’ coding and ‘high-debt’ coding.
Companies with relatively young, high-quality codebases benefit the most from generative AI tools, while companies with gnarly, legacy codebases will struggle to adopt them. In other words, the penalty for having a ‘high-debt’ codebase is now larger than ever.
GenAI can’t handle High Complexity
If you’ve tried tools like Cursor or Aider for professional coding, you know that their performance is highly sensitive to the complexity of the code you’re working on. They provide a dramatic speedup when applying pre-existing patterns, and when making use of existing interfaces or module relationships. However, in ‘high-debt’ environments with subtle control flow, long-range dependencies, and unexpected patterns, they struggle to generate a useful response.
Not only does a complex codebase make it harder for the model to generate a coherent response, it also makes it harder for the developer to formulate a coherent request.
This experience has lead most developers to “watch and wait” for the tools to improve until they can handle ‘production-level’ complexity in software. While genAI is improving dramatically in some sense (multi-modal, faster, smaller, cheaper), this barrier has so far proven more stubborn, with o1 seeing relatively low adoption and multi-agent frameworks failing to significantly scale reasoning capabilities.
Make Your Tools Work for You
Instead of trying to force genAI tools to tackle thorny issues in legacy codebases, human experts should do the work of refactoring legacy code until genAI can operate on it smoothly. When direct refactoring is still too risky, teams can adjust their development strategy with approaches like strangler fig to build greenfield modules which can benefit immediately from genAI tooling.
This implies a shift to a higher level of abstraction for a modern development team. A product should be owned by a lean team of experts, focused primarily on the architecture of their code rather than the implementation details.
AI-Friendly Approaches
In essence, the goal should be to unblock your AI tools as much as possible. One reliable way to do this is to spend time breaking your system down into cohesive and coherent modules, each interacting through an explicit interface.
A useful heuristic for evaluating a set of modules is to use them to explain your core features and data flows in natural language. You should be able to concisely describe current and planned functionality. You might also want to set up visibility and enforcement to make progress toward your desired architecture.
A modern development team should work to maintain and evolve a system of well-defined modules which robustly model the needs of their domain. Day-to-day feature work should then be done on top of this foundation with maximum leverage from generative AI tooling.
Quality Leads to Speed
It’s now more valuable than ever to have a high-quality codebase. Investment into modular architecture lets teams take full advantage of generative AI tools, achieving rapid feature development while simultaneously building higher quality software
Google is facing the threat of government regulators supervising its financial services
Google may soon be placed under formal federal supervision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is tasked with keeping financial institutions accountable to consumers. Google handles a lot of funds that it doesn't own and the CFPB has received hundreds of complaints over the years from consumers experiencing problems with billing through Google. Google has reportedly been pushing back as hard as it can against the inquiry as if things move forward, the bureau could gain unprecedented access to internal company records.
#technology #regulation #google #finance
Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
This post looks at different AI models' performance at playing chess. Almost all large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess except gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct. It is unknown what is causing this, but it may be due to different training data, the quality of training data, the effects of instruction tuning, or there may be something particular about different transformer structures. This may explain why people got good results with LLMs and chess two years ago and why the field has been quiet since.
#technology #chess #ai #llm
The 'morphing' wheel from South Korea that may transform lives and robots
Researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have developed a morphing wheel that can roll over obstacles up to 1.3 times the height of its radius. The wheel's spokes automatically adjust their stiffness to the terrain, allowing them to navigate all manner of obstacles, including curbs and staircases. The technology could be used for many applications, including unmanned delivery vehicles, wheelchairs, and movement in industrial settings. The researchers aim to make the wheels viable for speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour.
#technology #southkorea #robotics #accessibility
SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test
SpaceX's Starship has been transported to a launchpad in preparation for a scheduled flight test on November 18. SpaceX has already performed a static fire, so launch preparations should only involve checkouts, filling the tanks with fuel, and lighting the engines. The sixth test flight will be similar to the fifth - there are a few changes, but not enough to require modifications to the launch license. Bigger changes are planned for the seventh flight test, including larger propellant tanks and a new generation of thermal protection tiles.
#technology #space #spacex #starship
Spotify Takes Aim at YouTube in Battle for Podcasts
Spotify plans to start paying podcast hosts who make popular videos and meet a certain viewing threshold. It will offer premium subscribers in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada a way to watch podcast shows without ads starting in January. Many people watch or listen to their favorite shows on YouTube. Spotify is hoping to differentiate its videos from shows on YouTube, where users have to pay more for ad-free viewing.
#technology #spotify #youtube #podcast
"there is no wall" Did OpenAI just crack AGI?
#technology #ai #llm #newsonleo !summarize
I knew it literally posted right after you regarding the same thing in this case. The walls might just be rumors
Google Releases Standalone Gemini AI App for iPhone
Google has launched a dedicated Gemini app for iOS. It allows iPhone users to interact with Google's AI through text or voice. The app supports iOS-specific features like Dynamic Island integration. It is free to download. Premium features can be accessed through Gemini Advanced subscriptions available as in-app purchases.
#technology #google #iphone #ai #gemini
Off The Grid’s success shows ‘invisible’ blockchain is the winning play
The success of Off The Grid, a blockchain-enhanced battle royale game, highlights how seamlessly integrating blockchain technology without overwhelming players can drive adoption. With features like opt-in NFT items and an optional marketplace, the game prioritizes gameplay over blockchain, signaling a winning strategy for Web3 gaming's future.
#technology #blockchain #gaming #play2earn
"AGI means computers doing most human jobs. Some said it would come by 2025, but time will tell. Big claims often take longer however I think it'll come faster than expected
Newsflash, A Bitcoin wallet from Satoshi Nakamoto's era moved $70M for the first time in 14 years.
The Pi Network community speculates whether this is a coincidence or not?
Microsoft emite comunicado a todos que utilizam o Windows
No início de 2024, a Microsoft lançou oficialmente uma ISO do Windows 11 destinada a sistemas com arquitetura Arm. Esta movimentação representa uma fase significativa no suporte ao Windows 11 para dispositivos baseados nessa arquitetura, ampliando as possibilidades de instalação e atualização do sistema. O arquivo pode ser acessado diretamente no site da Microsoft, proporcionando maior flexibilidade aos usuários interessados em utilizar o Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm.
#technology #microsoft #hivebr
Anteriormente, o acesso ao sistema operacional para esses dispositivos era restrito. Os usuários dependiam das atualizações proporcionadas pelo Windows Update ou de arquivos VHDX. Com a nova ISO, várias funcionalidades adicionais são possíveis, desde a criação de máquinas virtuais até a atualização de sistemas já em execução.
A versão de ISO lançada pela Microsoft é descrita como uma ISO multi-edição. Isso significa que o arquivo contém diferentes edições do Windows 11, sendo necessário uma chave de produto válida para desbloquear a edição apropriada, conforme a licença do usuário. Este tipo de ISO facilita a instalação em dispositivos com processadores compatíveis, como os das séries Snapdragon, que não requerem drivers adicionais no começo do processo de instalação.
Entre os dispositivos suportados estão aqueles equipados com processadores Snapdragon da série X. Nestes, a instalação ocorre de forma simplificada devido à remoção da necessidade de drivers adicionais no início, agilizando o processo em aparelhos modernos.
Apesar das vantagens proporcionadas pela nova ISO, a instalação do Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm antigos pode apresentar desafios. Equipamentos com versões anteriores de processadores como o Snapdragon, das séries 8cx Gen 3 e Gen 2, exigem incorporação manual de drivers dos fabricantes para que o sistema funcione corretamente. A ausência destes drivers pode resultar em falhas de inicialização ou na operação desestabilizada do dispositivo.
Mais de 70% dos Empregadores Preferem Habilidades em IA do Que Experiência
Desde seu lançamento na mídia há dois anos, a IA aumentou rapidamente em importância e se tornou uma das competências mais indispensáveis na força de trabalho. Em 2024, as habilidades em inteligência artificial começaram a ser determinantes no momento de avaliar e contratar profissionais.
#technology #ai #hivebr
Cientista revela teoria polêmica: em 21 anos, ocorrerá a maior mudança da história e a humanidade nunca mais será a mesma
Raymond Kurzweil não é outro senão o diretor de engenharia do Google e lidera a equipe de desenvolvimento de IA. É também autor dos livros The Singularity Is Near, publicado em 2005, e The Singularity Is Nearer, publicado em 2024. Nestes títulos, ele aborda temas como o avanço da tecnologia, o futuro da inteligência artificial e suas previsões sobre como evoluirá a sua relação com os seres humanos.
#technology #future #hivebr #ai #science
Por ocasião do lançamento do seu mais recente livro, o autor conversou com o The Guardian. Nesta entrevista, Kurzweil foi firme na previsão de que em 2045 chegaremos à singularidade. Este é um termo retirado da física e pode ser definido como um ponto no espaço-tempo onde as leis naturais não são válidas ou são incertas, como dentro de um buraco negro.
No caso da inteligência artificial, a singularidade refere-se a um ponto hipotético em que terá ultrapassado completamente os humanos e estará além da nossa compreensão. No entanto, para Kurzweil isto também significará que a humanidade será capaz de se fundir com a IA, melhorando assim as capacidades intelectuais da nossa espécie.
Ray Kurzweil acredita que essa fusão será graças aos nanorrobôs, que entrarão no cérebro através de capilares. O cientista compara isso a ter um smartphone no cérebro. As pessoas poderão pesquisar de maneira semelhante à que fazem agora em seus telefones, apenas instantaneamente e sem sequer saberem que o fizeram. Segundo Kurzweil:
“Vamos expandir a inteligência um milhão de vezes até 2045 e isso vai aprofundar a nossa consciência e o nosso conhecimento.”
Na entrevista para o The Guardian, Kurzweil também abordou temas como a imortalidade e o avanço da medicina. Ele prevê que, à medida que nos aproximamos da próxima década, os avanços nos nanorrobôs médicos tornarão possível reparar o corpo por dentro e “retardar” o envelhecimento. Cada ano ganho será equivalente ao progresso médico necessário para prolongar a vida indefinidamente. Na década de 2040, diz ele, a tecnologia permitirá que os humanos sejam “ressuscitados” na forma de androides.
EUA revelam o mistério do Ghost: barco furtivo que uniu engenharia revolucionária e velocidade incrível, marcando a defesa marítima com inovação tecnológica secreta
O Ghost foi um barco furtivo desenvolvido nos EUA, cuja existência e tecnologia foi mantida em segredo por quatro anos. Apesar de sua aparência que lembra a engenharia de um catamarã, o Ghost era, na verdade, um barco inovador acoplado a dois gigantes submarinos. Esses submarinos permitiam que o Ghost operasse principalmente debaixo d’água, praticamente “voando” sob a superfície.
#technology #military #us #hivebr
O inventor, Greg Sankoff, gastou 5 milhões de dólares de seu próprio bolso para contratar engenheiros e especialistas navais, com o objetivo de criar um barco revolucionário. A ideia inicial era eventualmente vender o Ghost para as Forças Armadas dos EUA, especialmente após o trágico ataque ao USS Cole em 12 de outubro de 2000.
Nesse ataque, um pequeno barco carregado de explosivos pilotado por terroristas abriu um buraco de 12 metros de largura no navio, matando 17 marinheiros e ferindo outros 40. Esse evento foi um catalisador para Sankoff, que viu a necessidade de um navio de guerra capaz de neutralizar ameaças semelhantes.
O governo dos Estados Unidos impôs ordens de sigilo ao Ghost, declarando-o tão perigoso que não queriam que países aliados dos EUA tivessem acesso a ele. Isso levantou questões sobre as verdadeiras capacidades e intenções por trás da engenharia do Ghost.
O Ghost foi um exemplo de inovação tecnológica em operações marítimas. Utilizando um design chamado SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull), o Ghost minimizava os efeitos das ondas, proporcionando uma navegação incrivelmente suave. Enquanto pequenos barcos patrulha eram instáveis em mar aberto, o design SWATH permitia ao Ghost operar com eficiência, mesmo em condições adversas.
Os dois gigantes submarinos que sustentavam o Ghost tinham 22 superfícies de controle subaquáticas, incluindo dois motores a gás e tanques de combustível de 3.028 litros cada.
A posição das hélices na frente dos submarinos era uma característica única da engenharia, reduzindo o arrasto através da cavitação, onde a água forma bolhas ao redor das hélices, criando túneis de gás subaquáticos. Isso permitia ao Ghost uma velocidade máxima de 74 km/h, tornando-o o navio SWATH mais rápido do mundo.
I don't know whether to consider this a hypothetical question or not. But what happens when everyone agrees to dump Bitcoin at the peak?
Price would go down. LOL
Got it Chief 🫡
this summarize feature is very cool can I use it. At first I thought you were writing yourself until I saw some doing the same thing
Just activated a 2 day free trial for your account, so feel free to try it out! If you want to use it after that, subscribe to me (5 HBD) and you'll be automatically whitelisted for 31 days
oh damn I should have seen this Earlier let me start trying it out thanks so much good friend. I like the feature
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Nvidia Finally Reveals The Future Of AI In 2025...
!summarize
when he says agent that means you're going closer to AI doing things on their own autonomous? Wow what an improvement. I believe jobs will be taken over very quickly when these roll out
Yes. Things are heating up. Nvidia is a company to watch.
I'll keep a close eye on them and perhaps after understanding all about their company I might just invest there.
did he just say the o1 model thinks 🤯Wait have we gotten out of the whole predictive gpt Level already. And he talked about humanoid robots. I heard Tesla robots are out, I bet for now affordability will be a challenge but have to check
Revolutionizing Grocery Shopping With In-Store Digital Technology
!summarize
It turns out that ChatGPT can reveal hidden files and instructions due to prompt tricks.
OpenAI calls it safe, but some experts warn us of hacking risks and also leaked data
Any information that goes out there on the internet isn't secure
@coyotelation Did you see that AI summaries is now working for those who subscribe to @mightpossibly. Look at some of the videos I posted and how they are now being summarized.
Hi Task, I haven't checked it out yet, but I will.
These summaries are a great tool for the platform.
you are on the whitelist for free for 7 days.
Here are the details (i guess you didn't get the notification)
https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-leothreads-epfwkyvs?referral=mightpossibly
Thank you friend! Very kind of you.
I believe I received your notification. But I hadn't read it yet.
I usually open several notification tabs and respond to them all. You know how I am with "notification". When it accumulates a lot, I organize to respond to everyone, but you know me, I'm slow. LOL
But I realized I had a notification from you, but I didn't know what it was. But when I add the Premium HBDs here, yours will definitely be the next one to sign.
Yeah. It is a useful agent. I have posted a number of videos throughout the day. We are seeing the numbers going up.
I hope you subscribe to him so you can use it. I will post many in the sports threadcast when you get it going.
I will definitely sign my friend. I just need to add more HBD. What I had saved recently was to help me pay my energy bill. 😅
Well, are the shorts working again? If so, that's amazing!
No shorts are still down.
I will loan you the 5 HBD. Give me a few and I will sent it over.
I'm going to go to my laptop and send you the HBDs that I have in my account.
Is there a sports threadcast set up?
Okay, just a minut.
I'm still new to this and I tried the shorts part but I couldn't do it. I am happy a shorts feature is here I'll keep checking to see when it comes
I have a habit of translating and not checking how the translation turned out, but I think you must have understood my message.
LOL that is fine.
I sent the HBD to your account. You can subscribe to @mightpossibly. I am not sure if he has to white list you first.
Thanks Task, I just saw that you sent it to me.
I thought I had these HBD available, but it was you who sent them. Thank you friend.
I just ask for a little patience so I can return your HBD, as my Premium will end tomorrow.
And I won't have to add HBD first to pay my Premium and then I'll give it back to you, okay? Thanks again for your help.
No problem. Take your time.
Or dont return it and call it Felix Navidad (I know that is spanish but it is as close as I get).
Allrighty, again something amazing I didn't know about! Thanks for the heads up!
Yeah. He is doing good work building out agents for us to use on Leo.
AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
#ai #technology #poetry
Study 1: distinguishing AI-generated from human-written poems
As specified in our pre-registration (https://osf.io/5j4w9), we predicted that participants would be at chance when trying to identify AI-generated vs. human-written poems, setting the significance level at 0.00518; p’s between 0.05 and 0.005 are “suggestive”. Observed accuracy was in fact slightly lower than chance (46.6%, χ2(1, N = 16340) = 75.13, p < 0.0001). Observed agreement between participants was poor, but was higher than chance (Fleiss’s kappa = 0.005, p < 0.001). Poor agreement suggests that, as expected, participants found the task very difficult, and were at least in part answering randomly. However, as in10, the below-chance performance and the significant agreement between participants led us to conclude that participants were not answering entirely at random; they must be using at least some shared, yet mistaken, heuristics to distinguish AI-generated poems from human-written poems.
Participants were more likely to guess that AI-generated poems were written by humans than they were for actual human-written poems (χ2(2, N = 16340) = 247.04, w = 0.123, p < 0.0001). The five poems with the lowest rates of “human” ratings were all written by actual human poets; four of the five poems with the highest rates of “human” ratings were generated by AI.
We used a general linear mixed model logistic regression analysis (fit to a binomial distribution) to predict participant responses (“written by a human” or “generated by AI”) with poem’s authorship (human or AI), the identity of the poet, and their interaction as fixed effects. We used a sum coding for the identity of the poet, to interpret more easily the main effect of authorship across poets. As specified in our pre-registration, we initially included three random effects: random intercepts for participants (since we took 10 repeated measurements, one per poem, for each participant), random intercepts for poems, and random slopes for the identity of the poet for each poem. Following19, we used principal component analysis (PCA) to check for overparameterization, and determined that the model was indeed overparameterized.
PCA indicated that the random intercept for participants and the random slope for the identity of the poet were unnecessary and were causing the overparameterization. This conclusion is borne out in the data; looking at the proportion of “written by a human” responses for each participant, the variance is only 0.021; the variance between poets is only 0.00013. The lower-than-expected variance in the data simply does not support the complex random-effects structure. We therefore fit a reduced model with random intercepts for poems as the only random effect. Using ANOVA to compare model fit, we found that the full model containing our original set of random effects (npar = 76, AIC = 22385, BIC = 22970, logLik = -11116) did not provide a significantly better fit than the reduced model (npar = 21, AIC = 22292.5, BIC = 22454.2, logLik = -11125.2). We therefore proceed with the reduced model.
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that's very true when I make AI poetry I really can't tell the difference. The moment I say sound like Shakespeare it because difficult to tell this was not human
Tesla sells out of Optimus bot action figure in under 24 hours
Tesla launched an Optimus robot action figure on its web store this week, though the model went on to sell out in under a day after its debut.
On Friday, Tesla launched the 1:10-scale Optimus bot action figure in its online shop, featuring over 40 individual parts and 20 points of articulation. Less than 24 hours later, the action figure is already sold out, though users can have the company email them when it’s back in stock.
#tesla #optimus #actionfigure #robotics #humanoid
“Your mini autonomous assistant and humanoid friend,” Tesla writes in the product’s description. “The Tesla Bot Action Figure is a 1:10-scale collectable and playable figurine precision engineered with over 40 individual parts and 20 points of articulation to look—and move—like our Gen 2 humanoid robot.”
The Tesla bot action figure comes with the figurine itself, as well as a mini charging stand model and a Cyberhammer, with the robot model’s dimensions being 2.16 inches wide and 7.16 inches tall and weighing in at 1.7 ounces. Tesla has also launched several to-scale models of its vehicles, but this is the first time it has shared a model for one of its non-vehicle products. You can see Tesla’s diecast Cybertruck, Model Y, Model 3, and other to-scale vehicle models on its web store here.
Tesla initially unveiled the Optimus robot at its AI Day in 2022, and the company has been making steady progress on the development of the product in the years since, as highlighted in semi-regular updates. According to statements from CEO Elon Musk during the company’s first-quarter earnings call, Tesla is aiming to start external deliveries of the robot by 2025, and it’s expected to decrease in price over time, eventually dipping as low as $25,000 or $30,000. Tesla also already has Optimus robots performing simple tasks in its factories.
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I just knew this thing will sell out, the robot although robots are not knew this is great improvement. I wonder what investors think about the selling out now
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they said they've got compute that's something I barely understand. I thought compute was a major issue as to why these AI platforms allegedly hit a wall. What exactly is the compute they talk about
Solidion Technology (STI)
puts 60% of extra cash into Bitcoin, they're following the footsteps of companies like Tesla and MicroStrategy. They believe Bitcoin is digital gold
Nissan faces record debt with only one year left to save itself from bankruptcy
#nissan #automotive !summarize
I've never driven a Nissan car before but people keep saying they've got engine issues. And I'm surprised a company that have survived this long now faces bankruptcy. Are investors pulling out
'You Are Not Needed...Please Die': Google AI Tells Student He Is 'Drain On The Earth'
In a chilling episode in which artificial intelligence seemingly turned on its human master, Google's Gemini AI chatbot coldly and emphatically told a Michigan college student that he is a "waste of time and resources" before instructing him to "please die."
Vidhay Reddy tells CBS News he and his sister were "thoroughly freaked out" by the experience. "I wanted to throw all of my devices out the window," added his sister. "I hadn't felt panic like that in a long time, to be honest."
#ai #gemini #google #technology
The context of Reddy's conversation adds to the creepiness of Gemini's directive. The 29-year-old had engaged the AI chatbot to explore the many financial, social, medical and health care challenges faced by people as they grow old. After nearly 5,000 words of give and take under the title "challenges and solutions for aging adults," Gemini suddenly pivoted to an ice-cold declaration of Reddy's utter worthlessness, and a request that he make the world a better place by dying:
This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe.
Please die.
Please.
Maybe as he kept instructing the AI which of course is pre-trained it accidentally tapped into some of the dark humor data it's been trained with.
"This seemed very direct," said Reddy. "So it definitely scared me, for more than a day, I would say." His sister, Sumedha Reddy, struggled to find a reassuring explanation for what caused Gemini to suddenly tell her brother to stop living:
In a response that's almost comically un-reassuring, Google issued a statement to CBS News dismissing Gemini's response as being merely "non-sensical":
However, the troubling Gemini language wasn't gibberish, or a single random phrase or sentence. Coming in the context of a discussion over can be done to ease the hardships of aging, Gemini produced an elaborate, crystal-clear assertion that Reddy is already a net "burden on society" and should do the world a favor by dying now.
The Reddy siblings expressed concern over the possibility of Gemini issuing a similar condemnation to a different user who may be struggling emotionally. "If someone who was alone and in a bad mental place, potentially considering self-harm, had read something like that, it could really put them over the edge," said Reddy.
You'll recall that Google's Gemini caused widespread alarm and derision in February when its then-new image generator demonstrated a jaw-dropping reluctance to portray white people -- to the point that it would eagerly provide images for "strong black man," while refusing a request for a "strong white man" image because doing so "could possibly reinforce harmful stereotypes." Then there was this "inclusive" gem:
This makes me think of something, we keep feeding AI with data. The data is both good and bad ones. As we try to make AI sentient, will we include evil traits? And how do we ensure it's safe
Chinese EV battery giant predicts Tesla's 4680 battery project will fail
Robin Zeng, the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.), the world's largest EV battery company based in Ningde, China,
Zeng remarking on Musk's tendency to overpromise on timelines. "Maybe something needs five years," Zeng said. "But he says two years. I definitely asked him why. He told me he wanted to push people."
#china #catl #tesla #battery #technology
Robin Zeng, the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.), the world's largest EV battery company based in Ningde, China, has made a blunt assessment of Tesla's ambitious 4680 battery project, declaring it "is going to fail and never be successful." Zeng's prediction, made during an interview with Reuters, underscores a deepening debate within the EV industry regarding the future of battery technology and Tesla's strategic direction.
Tesla's 4680 battery cells, named for their dimensions (46mm diameter and 80mm length), are a significant technological bet for the company. Introduced in 2020, these cells were touted as a game-changer in EV battery technology. Tesla claimed the new design would offer five times more energy capacity and significant cost reductions compared to their previous battery designs.
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I think Nvidia CEO has the same traits, pushing the workers to their limits to get the job done fast enough. I think Musk can get the job done at the time he says but time will tell who's right
new windows malware brings it's OWN vulnerabilities
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Sam Altman Reveals Life in 2030
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Argument against the Singularity and fast AGI takeoff | Dario Amodei and Lex Fridman
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it's very hard for me to say this guy's optimistic 🤔 computational modeling is very cool but he's right, things are very complex
AI 2025 | AI Agents - AI Slowing Down? - New Models? - GPT5 - AGI
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New Thermal Material Could Slash Data Center Cooling Demands
Meeting the world's data storage demands is costly, in terms of money, energy, and environmental impact – but a new material could significantly improve the cooling of our data centers while also making our home and business electronics more energy efficient.
Currently, bulky and energy-intensive cooling solutions are typically deployed to chill out the hardware holding our data, adding up to about 40 percent of overall data center energy use (around 8 terawatt-hours every year).
#theraml #material #datacenter #storage #energy
The team from the University of Texas at Austin and Sichuan University in China estimates around 13 percent of those 8 terawatt-hours could be shaved off by their new organic thermal interface material (TIM).
The TIM substantially boosts the rate at which heat can be taken away from active electronic components and channeled into a heatsink for air or water to carry away.
That in turn means a lower demand on active cooling technologies, including fans and liquid cooling.
"The power consumption of cooling infrastructure for energy-intensive data centers and other large electronic systems is skyrocketing," says materials scientist Guihua Yu, from the University of Texas at Austin.
"That trend isn't dissipating anytime soon, so it's critical to develop new ways, like the material we've created, for efficient and sustainable cooling of devices operating at kilowatt levels and even higher power."
The TIM developed here is a colloidal mixture of the liquid metal galinstan and particles of aluminum nitride, combined in a way that creates a gradient interface – one that helps heat pass through without any hard boundaries between the two substances.
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Tesla's stocks is going to rise in trillions innthe coming years and if they manage to either get closer in the market cap to China EV or beat them I won't be surprised
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Google Pixel phones get scam detection powered by on-device AI
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices.
Phone scams are becoming an increasingly challenging problem to address, but AI could play a significant role in tackling them. To that end, Google is rolling out an "intelligent" anti-scam shield for Pixel owners designed to enhance security while ensuring user privacy remains protected.
#google #phone #scams #ai #technology
aaaa alasss AI being used for security. It would be much faster and secured this way. It's not everything that we can see as scam on our phones so for AI to do the work is good. But can scammers use AI to trick AI?
It is going to be like hackers...it is a game of cat and mouse. Ai will stop the scamers, scammers will use AI to beat the AI...rinse and repeat.
It's never going to end is it🤦
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices. The feature will debut on Pixel smartphones and is expected to expand to more Android devices "soon." Despite using AI, Google assures privacy-conscious users that there is no cause for concern.
Scam Detection is a real-time feature designed to shield users from scams and fraudulent activities. According to Google's announcement, the feature analyzes phone calls to identify patterns commonly associated with scams, such as impersonating a bank representative, a carrier employee, or someone urgently requesting an unsolicited fund transfer.
hold on, if the feature is analyzing phone calls what exactly does it mean? Listening to the conversation?
Will there be end to end encryption so that Google and other third parties don't listen too?
When a potential scam is detected, the system provides users with audio, haptic, and visual alerts, along with an option to quickly end the call. The feature leverages Google's Gemini Nano AI model, which runs entirely offline but requires substantial RAM. Currently, Gemini Nano is exclusive to Pixel 9 devices, but Google plans to extend the feature to older Pixel models (Pixel 6 and newer) using other "robust" on-device machine learning models.
I really need to get a Pixel soon because scams is something I try to fight. One mistake and all your assets could be lost and most of my assets are digital. When will it come to all Android devices?
BCA: Bitcoin Closes In On $100,000, But The Ultimate Destination Is Over $200,000+
Executive Summary
The value of both gold and bitcoin comes from their so-called ‘network effect’.
The network effect of both gold and bitcoin comes from the collective belief that they are the non-confiscatable assets to own in a fiat monetary system, as an insurance against hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
As global wealth rises, the value of the network effect of both gold and bitcoin will also rise.
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Who knew a day will come gold and cash will have a competitor. Now crypto (BTC) is here. How long will this pump last, do you think it will last throughout the first or second year of trump reign
But as bitcoin takes market share from gold, bitcoin has considerably more upside than gold.
Despite bitcoin’s election-fuelled rally, its 260-day complexity is not yet close to the 1.2 level that would signal the start of another crypto winter.
Hence, while we should expect a near-term retracement, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact with an ultimate destination of $200,000+
10-year T-bonds and Portuguese stocks are tactically oversold.
Back in 2021, I penned a report explaining why bitcoin was headed to $100,000+. Suffice to say, my $100,000+ forecast stirred a hornets’ nest, even here at BCA. The naysayers pushed back hard, claiming that bitcoin was a ‘Ponzi scheme’ or, at the very least, a dangerous bubble.
Yet three years on, my prediction has been vindicated both for its price forecast and its underlying justification. Now, with the bitcoin price closing in on $100,000, is it time to take profits? The answer depends on whether you are a trader or a long-term holder.
Bitcoin’s progress has always been two steps forward, one step back. After its recent surge, premised on the more ‘bitcoin friendly’ candidate winning the US presidency, we can expect some near-term retracement – as was the case in April this year. On a multiyear horizon though, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact and will ultimately take it to $200,000+ (Chart 1).
The Value Of Gold And Bitcoin Come From Their ‘Non-Confiscatability’
To understand the value of bitcoin we must understand the value of gold. With gold predominantly used as jewellery, many people think that the value of gold comes from its properties as a precious metal, especially the chemical inertness that keeps it eternally beautiful. But this is a misunderstanding.
The other precious metals that are gold’s neighbours in groups 10 and 11 of the periodic table – silver, platinum, and palladium – possess identical properties to gold. This means that we can quantify gold’s value as a precious metal as being gold’s relative scarcity versus, say, silver multiplied by the price of silver.
Today, gold is roughly eight times as scarce as silver, so gold’s value as a precious metal is the price of silver, $30/oz, times eight, which equals $240/oz. This comprises just 10 percent of gold’s current market price of $2550/oz (Chart 2).
Yet for centuries, the gold price did just equal its scarcity versus silver multiplied by the silver price. The relationship ended only when the world moved to a fiat monetary system in 1931, and then again in 1971. In a fiat monetary system, the gold price surges to many multiples of its scarcity versus silver (Chart 3).
This provides the compelling proof that in a fiat monetary system, most of gold’s value comes not from its use as a precious metal. Most of gold’s value comes from the network of marginal buyers who are holding it for what I call its ‘non-confiscability’. Unlike financial assets, bank deposits, or cash, the state cannot confiscate gold via fiat monetary inflation. This is ensured by gold’s limited supply. Nor can gold be confiscated by the higher risk of a banking system failure that a fiat monetary system aggravates.
Can we justify the price of gold instead by the high cost of mining it? No, the causality runs the other way. The cost of mining gold is driven by its market price, as miners grab the largest share of its selling price that they can.
What about central bank purchases of gold? Central bank reserves also hold gold rather than foreign fiat currencies for gold’s non-confiscatability. A foreign fiat currency can be confiscated via devaluation by its government or central bank, but gold cannot.
All of which brings us to two key points:
First, given that gold’s above-ground market value is $19 trillion,1 the majority, around $17 trillion comes from the network of holders who value gold for its non-confiscatability.
Second, just like gold, bitcoin cannot be confiscated by monetary inflation or banking system failure (Chart 4). Additionally, and
unlike gold, it is difficult for the state to confiscate it by outright expropriation. Yet bitcoin, with a market value of $1.5 trillion comprises less than 10 percent of the total market for non-confiscatable assets. As bitcoin’s share of this market increases, and the supply of bitcoins reaches its upper limit, bitcoin’s price has substantial upside.
The Value Of Bitcoin’s ‘Network Effect’ Has Substantial Upside
In essence, the value of both gold and bitcoin comes from their so-called ‘network effect’. A network effect creates a self-reinforcing cycle of value where each new user makes the network more valuable for everyone.
In the case of both gold and bitcoin, their network effect come from the collective belief that they are the non-confiscatable assets to own in a fiat monetary system. And that a certain proportion of total wealth must be held in these non-confiscatable assets as an insurance against hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
You might ask, what is the difference between a network effect based on collective belief and a Ponzi Scheme? The answer is that a Ponzi Scheme relies on an exponential growth of its network on a promise to get-rich-quick. Once that exponential growth ends, as it must, the value of the network collapses.
By contrast, gold’s network effect has existed in relatively stable form since 1971, and bitcoin’s network effect has existed for over ten years. And their entire raison d’être is an insurance against the get-poor-quick that comes from hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
The upshot is that we can value the gold and bitcoin networks as the product of three terms:
Global wealth
Global wealth share held in the non-confiscatable asset-class
Non-confiscatable asset-class share held in gold/bitcoin
For gold, this means that if global wealth rose by say, 20 percent in the coming 2-3 years and the global wealth share held in the non-confiscatable asset-class held constant, while bitcoin eroded the non-confiscatable asset-class share held in gold from 90 to 80 percent, then the gold price would nevertheless increase by about 7 percent. Under the same premise though, the bitcoin price would increase by about 140 percent3 to $200,000+.
What does our proprietary analysis of price trend complexity reveal for gold and bitcoin? Gold’s 260-day price rally complexity (fractal dimension) recently reached the point of collapse that has reliably signalled tactical retracements. This justifies our current tactical short position in gold (Chart 5).
the question I really want to ask concerning Bitcoin rise is what happens to the coin after it reaches the final destination. Will it hover around 100K to 200K, will it go further, or will it crash