The Soviet scientists who cultivated it seemed so excited and proud of their discovery, but didn't think about the long term effects.

"Such hard coding would restrict the use of AI."

As it should be. AI is just a tool that's applied for specific uses. It's not something that can evolve on its own into the something the same level or scope as a human unless it's both programmed to have that capacity and given the environment to do so. Not harming human beings is something that should be hardcoded into the subsumption architecture of all AI.

I'm just gonna leave this here...

'"This is a blatant propaganda piece."

"Propaganda" is the purposeful passing of information which, at its core, is untrue.
You're a blatant moron.'

#29 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2021-07-21 05:53 PM | FLAG:
(CHOOSE) | NEWSWORTHY 8

"Every person involved in the creation of AI at any step is accountable for considering the system's impact in the world, as are the companies invested in its development...."

It's funny how corporations like that say every person involved in a creation is responsible (liable) for the creation's impact in the world, but the corporation itself usually takes a 100% stake in the patent.

It seems the the article is conflating "AI" with both simple neural networks (which only receive controlled training data when fed to it by a programmer) and mature autonomous agents that are capable of constantly learning "in the wild" at the same level as humans are (which are still a long ways off). All "AI" have hard coded parameters that limit the agent's domain of capacities.

So now it's only the raw numbers that matter? We're not supposed to care about groups who are disproportionately affected by a malady?

Once upon a time there was an artist alone
His house had many canvases
But he loved the actress
The one who loved flowers

He then sold his house
Sold paintings and shelter
And with all the money bought
A whole sea of flowers

A million, million, million scarlet roses
From the window... you see
Who is in love... and in earnest
He will turn his life into flowers for you

In the morning you will stand at the window:
Are you out of your mind?
As a continuation of a dream -
The square is full of flowers

The soul will grow colder
"What kind of rich man is weird here?"
And under the window, barely breathing
The poor artist stands

A million, million, million scarlet roses
From the window... you see
Who is in love... and in earnest
He will turn his life into flowers for you

- a song you'll never hear on MTV, based on a true story

#34, you have a point, but gay and bisexual males are the most likely to be infected and spread it. There are also groups who are disproportionately affected by it. But maybe we should make the entire population take PrEP?

Should gays be forced or pressured to take an experimental HIV vaccine as soon as it becomes available?

"The gravity of the black hole "bends" the light coming from behind it."

I hear Nas X can do that too.

Spooky.

Do you all know where the word "vaccine" comes from?

Even Doug saw where MTV was headed, and he was like "I'm outta heeeeeeeere."

"condemning XY competing against XX should not be confined to trolls. The entire world should be outraged."

I remember when people were outraged at Andy Kaufman wrastling women. Except in that case, he was the one who was trolling.

The channel started out as a way to advertise music for record sales, but then (surprise!) the record companies got greedy and raised the license fees. So they started putting on game shows and then "reality TV" shows like "The Real World" to increase ratings, which led to the death spiral of music television channels and numerous other specialty channels replacing most of their content with garbage RTV. YouTube was probably the final nail in the coffin, since now you can stream videos of almost any song (even if it doesn't have a video). Also lots of great history content that's even better than anything that was on the History Channel before they went to crap.

Thanks for 15 years of music.

Isn't Denver one of the more turbulent airports to fly in and out of?

I remember a while back Stephen King's son offered to write a Doctor Who script, and he was basically told to frak off because they don't let yanks write for the show.

File this under things that should happen but obviously never will...

"From the air, Denver's runways are apparently swastika-shaped " although you have to squint quite hard to see this at all. Really, the fan-shaped design allows aircraft to take off in any direction, no matter what the wind is doing. It's just good design."

"Yes. The supporters of the insurrection are desperate to downplay the significance of Jan 6th. They do this by trying to compare what happened that day to BLM riots. What happened on Jan hasn't happened in America for over one hundred years."

It's not downplaying what happened on Jan 6th to point out the similarities which do in fact exist between it and other violent protests. You want to not just downplay but completely deny any similarities. Namely, the similarities of those who either ignored the violence or implied it was justified because the respective protests were for "a good cause" (from their point of view), and the similarities of those who want all the protesters treated exactly the same way as those who committed the most violent acts or had intentions of mayhem.

I'm not in either of these categories, but it appears that you and a number of others here are in the latter, at least when it comes to Jan. 6...

"And ...
After witnessing the testimony of the officers that defended the capital that day I believe anyone who participated in any way, before during or after, in the attempt to overthrow our democracy on Jan 6th should get the maximum sentence allowed.
Period."

That's an emotional response. Like comparing the event to 9/11, or suggesting it's even more significant than 9/11 ("hasn't happened in America for over one hundred years.") There have been numerous attacks on the U.S. government over the past 100 years that were more severe than this one.

Accusing me of trying to "downplay" the clusterf*ck that happened on Jan 6 for pointing this out is also an emotional response. I believe that those who committed or organized violence on that day should be prosecuted aggressively. I also believe there were people on that day who were just there to demonstrate, like people who went to picket Bush's or Trump's inaugurations, and never expected they'd end up following a crowd into a restricted area of the Capitol. The guy who got 8 months after pleading guilty sounds like one of those people.

I'm glad someone learned something. Few people here are actually interested in that.

Pfizer makes case for booster dose of COVID-19 shot, but US officials skeptical.

"That really reflects the power of these vaccines, and the fact that they are very durable," Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health said. "So I don't think for the general population, in the short run, boosters are going to be necessary."

Adalja added the booster shot isn't immediately necessary because fully vaccinated people have shown strong immunity to COVID-19 variants. More than 99% of new COVID-19 deaths are unvaccinated cases.

Doesn't a higher viral load also imply higher likelihood that the infected are more likely to be symptomatic and more quickly?

"If you are vaxed, well good for you for doing the sensible thing."

I am, actually.