The headline here is a bit misleading, what he actually said was:

"Who's to know? [Technology firms] are spending trillions and trillions on AI and maybe it's going to produce the next War and Peace.

"And if people want to read that book, AI-generated or not, we will be selling it - as long as it doesn't pretend to [be] something that it isn't.

"We as booksellers would certainly naturally and instinctively disdain it," Daunt said.

Readers value a connection with the author "that does require a real person", he added. Any AI-generated book would always be clearly labelled as such.

My revised headline is:

Waterstones boss would rather not sell books generated by AI, but might if they are correctly labelled.

computer, please do something

i accidentally your whole hard drive, sir! makes yoriko bleh pose

Finding the originals without the shitty CGI is nearly impossible now anyway so why not update it again in the spirit of our time?

It will decide once and for all whether Han shot first. Or at all.

I bet a bunch of dolts would pay to see it.

Archive link

Actually decent article from the New York Crimes on AI generated text.

It was never that great to begin with, but now it blocks me because I use a VPN, and worse, it forces you to create an account if you want to do anything more than a superficial search. So much for free and open inquiry!

Another example of this (surprise, surprise) is amazon. You used to be able to look through all their reviews, but if you want to look at more than the first couple you have to have an account and sign in. Back in the day, you didn't need an account for either of these things. Pisses me off to no end.

Tldr: he wants a non-upgradeable laptop that is maxed out from day one. I'd want a bit more upgrade path than he does, but he has some interesting thoughts.

just several days ago, after 7 posts and at beast 150 comments, i (under !DylanMc6@hexbear.net) got banned from hexbear for "History of repeating US state department talking points, anti-socialism and zionism".

this ban came after some of my comments were deleted for either "zionism", "fedposting" or "manufacturing consent" just a week ago.

after my hexbear account got banned, i continued to post stuff on hexbear communities through this account (!@DylanMc6@lemmy.ml) (because lemmy is part of the fediverse which means i can log in to a different lemmy instance with this account), and just earlier today, a couple of my comments (about charlie kirk) that i posted on !slop@hexbear.net were deleted for reasons of "Liberal civility politics".

hexbear also deleted another comment i posted there where i said "we should segregate clankers from society", as well as another comment for the reason of "libertarian" simply because i put "left-libertarian".

left-libertarianism is a form of libertarianism that combines individual freedoms with social equality, and can be used to mean "antiauthoritarianism" - an example of left-libertarianism is libertarian socialism which supports self-governance and workers' self-management.

although i support left-libertarianism, i find collectivism to be pretty interesting - i think that individuals are worthy of respect and freedoms, but i also think that the individual CANNOT organize alone - collective action is very necessary.

most of me realized that what i said on hexbear can be misunderstood as "us state department talking points, antisocialism and zionism", and i apologize for that.

on the other hand, part of me is very glad that i got banned from hexbear because obviously, some people there is extremely hardline.

i apologize to any hexbear people reading this, i just had to do a rant here. seriously!

edit: here are the modlogs (for this account and !DylanMc6@hexbear.net):

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54484549

A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

A New Jersey high school announced a socialist club for students amid conservative fears for the rise of socialism across the country

'Workers of the world, unite!' read the poster advertising the new club at Highland Park High School.

The club claimed to offer students an opportunity to learn about socialism and 'ways to solve social problems that don't involve exploiting the working class.'

The flyer used a picture of German philosopher Karl Marx with the words 'we want you to help us build a better world.'

The club held their first meeting on December 4. Students were also promised an opportunity to 'learn media literacy skills along the way.'

Recent studies show that socialism is rising in popularity among young people.

A survey done by the Cato Institute suggested that 62 percent of people aged 18 to 29 have a positive view of socialism.

It has been 13 days, and only $8 has been raised so far. I am still in urgent need of your help.

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The plaintiffs’ brief alleges that Meta was aware that its platforms were endangering young users, including by exacerbating adolescents’ mental health issues. According to the plaintiffs, Meta frequently detected content related to eating disorders, child sexual abuse, and suicide but refused to remove it. For example, one 2021 internal company survey found that more than 8 percent of respondents aged 13 to 15 had seen someone harm themself or threaten to harm themself on Instagram during the past week. The brief also makes clear that Meta fully understood the addictive nature of its products, with plaintiffs citing a message by one user-experience researcher at the company that Instagram “is a drug” and, “We’re basically pushers.”

Perhaps most relevant to state child endangerment laws, the plaintiffs have alleged that Meta knew that millions of adults were using its platforms to inappropriately contact minors. According to their filing, an internal company audit found that Instagram had recommended 1.4 million potentially inappropriate adults to teenagers in a single day in 2022. The brief also details how Instagram’s policy was to not take action against sexual solicitation until a user had been caught engaging in the “trafficking of humans for sex” a whopping 17 times. As Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, reportedly testified, “You could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the seventeenth violation, your account would be suspended.”

Chinese fighter jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese military aircraft near Japan's Okinawa islands in two incidents, Japan's defence minister said on Sunday, condemning the move as "dangerous".

"These radar illuminations went beyond what is necessary for the safe flight of aircraft," Shinjiro Koizumi posted on X, adding that Japan had lodged a protest with China over Saturday's "regrettable" incident.

A fire-control radar lock is one of the most threatening acts a military aircraft can take because it signals a potential attack, forcing the targeted aircraft to take evasive action.

A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/37971201

Yet again not even bothering to try to hide the narcissism & bigotry.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/56424420

A recent report, co-authored by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Arms Embargo Now and World Beyond War, identified hundreds of shipments of Canadian-made F-35 fighter jet components, other aircraft parts, and explosives and flammable materials to U.S. facilities that supply the Israeli military. The report also highlighted 433 shipments of Polish-made TNT routed through the Port Saguenay, Quebec to U.S. army ammunition plants that make bombs used by Israel in Gaza.

The report stated that “by deliberately exempting U.S.-bound arms from export regulation and allowing Canadian infrastructure to transport weapons, Canada is circumventing its obligations under international law.”

Archive: https://archive.is/GldMU

The metaverse group sits within Reality Labs, the Meta division focused on long-term bets like VR headsets and AR glasses. That group has lost more than $70 billion since the start of 2021. Zuckerberg has largely stopped mentioning the metaverse in public and on company earnings calls, and is instead focused on developing the large AI models that underpin AI chatbots and other generative AI products, as well as the hardware products that are more linked to those experiences, like Meta’s Ray-Ban smart display glasses.

Reetle’s smartink I is an iPhone case with an e-ink display that lets users flip their device and read books without screen glare.

Hello,

I'm into microcontrollers and programming and would love to send my own small cube satellite into space (one day).

But there are a few things I have zero experience with, and these are:

• When the satellite is in space, it needs to correct its position to always point the camera on earth
• During launch of the rocket my cube sat needs to be as robust as possible
• I can not manufacture the case myself
• Power supply + battery
• Providing in-orbit (OTA) updates - This needs to be bullet-proof working
• Space RF communication protocols and best-use technologies - I need to read about it more
• Software security best practices in orbit
• Suitable ground station hardware
• Which deployment orbit
• Deployment mechanism
• Radiation-hardened MCUs and SBCs - Which models? I just know consumer models like ESP32, STM, Raspberry Pico, Arduino, etc.

Can you recommend a good read on that? A book or pdf? Is there anyone with experience?

(This project is btw on my bucket list before I die, it's not urgent though)

Best,
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