Rhaedas

"Slop" ought to be another word that's gained popularity in use. I'm still having trouble with it, mainly because I think it's overused a lot in short insults and dismissals of things. Not aimed at you here, at least you define WHY you consider it in that category. I'm talking more the "AI slop" that mirrors the "fake news" or "git gud" or any other reply that avoids actual discussion and screams "I hate this, but have nothing more to contribute".

Didn't anyone tell him he already missed it?

They probably could if that was the command. However Tony wanted to keep what had happened in the five years since the snap so he didn't lose his daughter, so the second snap couldn't be to put things back like it never happened.

That's a reasonable definition. It also pushes things closer to what we think we can do now, since the same logic makes a slower AGI equal to a person, and a cluster of them on a single issue better than one. The G (general) is the key part that changes things, no matter the speed, and we're not there. LLMs are general in many ways, but lack the I to spark anything from it, they just simulate it by doing exactly what your point is, being much faster at finding the best matches in a response in data training and appearing sometimes to have reasoned it out.

ASI is a definition only in scale. We as humans can't have any idea what an ASI would be like other than far superior than a human for whatever reasons. If it's only speed, that's enough. It certain could become more than just faster though, and that added with speed... naysayers better hope they are right about the impossibilities, but how can they know for sure on something we wouldn't be able to grasp if it existed?

I doubt the few that are calling for a slowing or all out ban on further work on AI are trying to profit from any success they have. The funny thing is, we won't know if we ever hit that point of even just AGI until we're past it, and in theory AGI will quickly go to ASI simply because it's the next step once the point is reached. So anyone saying AGI is here or almost here is just speculating, just as anyone who says it's not near or won't ever happen.

The only thing possibly worse than getting to the AGI/ASI point unprepared might be not getting there, but creating tools that simulate a lot of its features and all of its dangers and ignorantly using them without any caution. Oh look , we're there already, and doing a terrible job at being cautious, as we usually are with new tech.

A fine that's more than what a truck rental would have cost is probably appropriate. Plus the cost of any damage found.

I've seen it in both forms online and in chat, but I'm also old so it might be a depreciated form. I'm a walking internet archive.

Places would change up and down in tone and attitude since the days of Usenet, BBSes, and FidoNet. It's not the platform, it's the people. How the world is in RL affects how people talk online, and the world changes over time.

The simpler answer may be that your feed has changed some since you started and you're pulling in discussions that have a different vibe than when you started. Just as you can grow your feed by browsing around, you can cull certain places that tend to be darker by blocking people or instances.

If serious, whichever one works best for you. Lots of info out there to help steer you to a good match. There are some that will have a harder time than others thanks to Microsoft domination all these years.

If not serious. Arch, of course.

So stick with my Linux and don't boot into Windows again. Got it.

Lots of these exploits can be very specific cases so aren't going to threaten the average user. However the point is, Windows 10 is now a huge target and there are lots who would love to take advantage of a freshly open gate.

Depends on their goals. If they want the US powerhouse to topple, then fanning this flame is very productive.

Audio book is my preferred, I can't do all the names in my head. Or Jess of the Shire's fabulous 30 minute retelling on a whiteboard, really impressive.