It is time to recompile humanity. Too many bugs in the old stable release. First we can patch out bugs, but we will also be able to optimize performance and add new features. This way we won't have to be scared of AI out of fear that it could rewrite itself. We would be able to do that as well.
Because if the news article (and publication) isn't trending on social media, advertisers don't consider it relevant. Advertising-Media industry inbred to the point that likes/re-tweets is universally seen as a measure of relevance.
In/. case - you have a counter-culture to this, where big % of community signed out of social media for various valid reasons. This creates a problem for Dice, since 1000-comment 'This just in: Cowboy Neal Just Invented Warp Drive' article on/. would only be measured by social media activity. Which might be low.
That is exaggeration, they simply want/. to be non-tech site where people don't know any better and don't block ads and over-share on social media. Too bad, they should have done their homework before buying into this community.
>>>Facebook announced Moments, a new mobile app that uses Facebook's facial recognition technology to let you sync up photos only with friends who are in those photos with you, advertisers who are unlikely in these photos, law enforcement agents who are probably not in these photos, APT hackers that are no in these photos, and that dude who specializes in recovering data from used electronics that always presents at the conference.
There is nothing special about over-supply of labor and the effects are predictable. Sure, in video game industry it is naive developers that are chasing a dream that create over-supply, but in some other boring case it could be glut of H1Bs.
Video game industry is the canary in the pixel mine. This what ALL tech work will look like if suits succeed with over-saturating the market. So with each H1B, the rest of us getting closer to this hell. Make sure to write your congressman.
Ukraine has only Soviet-era air force, and it is all grounded due to concentration of Russian anti-air tech. I am not even sure American's air force would do much better in the region, not unless major long-range missile bombardment effort was undertaken to suppress all that AA.
It would, by black box analysis. Sooner or later someone would detect strange behavior or specialized code in the malware and document it.
Key point I was trying to make - when detection is measured in YEARS, both systems fail. At that point, saying that Train Wreck A wasn't quite wreck-y when compared to Train Wreck B is a moot point.
You are correct, impulse control only highly correlates to intelligence. Interestingly enough, low intelligence has a lot of comorbidity - low impulse control, poor health and obesity, magic thinking, inability to delay gratification, poor reasoning skills... All of these combined makes escaping poverty almost impossible. All of these also highly heritable. As such, indirectly, poverty is also highly heritable.
Poverty could not be solved unless we are willing to provide guaranteed income. No matter how fit (or if you prefer dystopian Idiocracy view - unfit) average member of our society, someone going to lose when compared to the rest. With existing automation, top % can be productive enough that bottom % labor is simply unneeded.
I can definitively state that you haven't spent any time looking in the past couple decades. Start with Wikipedia article on Heritability of IQ. Pay attention to twin studies.
Children that come from more privileged socioeconomic backgrounds tend to be more able than disadvantaged children. Why? One reason is that privileged background afford them better support system and more stimulating environment. Another reason, is that contrary to the prevailing social narrative, not everyone is born equal or could achieve anything. There are very practical limitations imposed by intelligence that cannot be overcome by motivation alone. Intelligence also happen to be highly heritable trait and it is strongly correlated with "privileged socioeconomic background". Unfortunately, we don't yet have technology capable to compensate for the lack of ability, motivation, and impulse control that are associated with intelligence.
In the light of the above, it is by no means certain that these boundaries are surmountable.
It took how many years of "inspections" to detect Heartbleed backdoor? Sure, theoretically OSS is harder to backdoor and harder to keep it secret, but in practice it isn't any different.
Our gun control laws are ridiculous, no argument there, but even such laws are better than everything-goes that gun lobby wants. You can thank NRA making it impossible to pass saner, evidence based laws that would make everyone safer.
Sadly, intentionally trashing systems on the way out is illegal and can lead to jail time but manufacturing labor shortage and manipulating H1Bs is not.
On the other hand, pastebin leaks if done properly can be nearly untraceable.
Well, then rationally show me some examples of "good guys with guns" stopping anything. It just doesn't happen. People like you shit thier pants, shoot themselves in the food, and/or get in the way of SWAT team responders who now have to identify instead of just shooting the maniac with the gun.
I take it that you think that it is possible to stop government abuse of power with automatic rifles? It ether escalates to national guard crackdowns, or it doesn't. In both cases, guns are useless. I believe it is more effective to vote and send hand-written letter to your congressman. You mistakenly believe that 30s-era technology in the hands of untrained civilians can stop modern army. *shrug*
Some existing routers already support USB connection, once this rolls out I don't see why you won't be able to plug in this way into a router that supports it.
While I didn't find DICE response satisfactory (they should rend garments and ash their heads), I appreciated its inclusion. It would have been great follow-up story to original "This just in!" story. Keep in mind,/. is not stale news for nerds for the most part.
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I, for one, would like to sign up to be our new genetically-engineered overlord.
Feature requests:
1. Perfect recall
2. Integrated ALU capable of complex math
3. Direct userland control over driver behavior (e.g. uninstall gluttony)
4. More wetware redundancies to increase uptime
5. Run-time patching and garbage collection to reduce the need for nightly downtime
It is time to recompile humanity. Too many bugs in the old stable release. First we can patch out bugs, but we will also be able to optimize performance and add new features. This way we won't have to be scared of AI out of fear that it could rewrite itself. We would be able to do that as well.
If you must ask...
/. case - you have a counter-culture to this, where big % of community signed out of social media for various valid reasons. This creates a problem for Dice, since 1000-comment 'This just in: Cowboy Neal Just Invented Warp Drive' article on /. would only be measured by social media activity. Which might be low.
Because if the news article (and publication) isn't trending on social media, advertisers don't consider it relevant. Advertising-Media industry inbred to the point that likes/re-tweets is universally seen as a measure of relevance.
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That is exaggeration, they simply want /. to be non-tech site where people don't know any better and don't block ads and over-share on social media. Too bad, they should have done their homework before buying into this community.
>>>Facebook announced Moments, a new mobile app that uses Facebook's facial recognition technology to let you sync up photos only with friends who are in those photos with you, advertisers who are unlikely in these photos, law enforcement agents who are probably not in these photos, APT hackers that are no in these photos, and that dude who specializes in recovering data from used electronics that always presents at the conference.
Fixed that for you.
There is nothing special about over-supply of labor and the effects are predictable. Sure, in video game industry it is naive developers that are chasing a dream that create over-supply, but in some other boring case it could be glut of H1Bs.
Both will lead to the same results.
Video game industry is the canary in the pixel mine. This what ALL tech work will look like if suits succeed with over-saturating the market. So with each H1B, the rest of us getting closer to this hell. Make sure to write your congressman.
It is not impossible. One of my rides is a roadster. It is a small sports car that with a top down is not very noticeable to inattentive driver.
I am forced to drive assuming others don't see me.
Ukraine has only Soviet-era air force, and it is all grounded due to concentration of Russian anti-air tech. I am not even sure American's air force would do much better in the region, not unless major long-range missile bombardment effort was undertaken to suppress all that AA.
It would, by black box analysis. Sooner or later someone would detect strange behavior or specialized code in the malware and document it.
Key point I was trying to make - when detection is measured in YEARS, both systems fail. At that point, saying that Train Wreck A wasn't quite wreck-y when compared to Train Wreck B is a moot point.
You are correct, impulse control only highly correlates to intelligence. Interestingly enough, low intelligence has a lot of comorbidity - low impulse control, poor health and obesity, magic thinking, inability to delay gratification, poor reasoning skills... All of these combined makes escaping poverty almost impossible. All of these also highly heritable. As such, indirectly, poverty is also highly heritable.
Poverty could not be solved unless we are willing to provide guaranteed income. No matter how fit (or if you prefer dystopian Idiocracy view - unfit) average member of our society, someone going to lose when compared to the rest. With existing automation, top % can be productive enough that bottom % labor is simply unneeded.
>>>The last time I saw any data
I can definitively state that you haven't spent any time looking in the past couple decades. Start with Wikipedia article on Heritability of IQ. Pay attention to twin studies.
Children that come from more privileged socioeconomic backgrounds tend to be more able than disadvantaged children. Why? One reason is that privileged background afford them better support system and more stimulating environment. Another reason, is that contrary to the prevailing social narrative, not everyone is born equal or could achieve anything. There are very practical limitations imposed by intelligence that cannot be overcome by motivation alone. Intelligence also happen to be highly heritable trait and it is strongly correlated with "privileged socioeconomic background". Unfortunately, we don't yet have technology capable to compensate for the lack of ability, motivation, and impulse control that are associated with intelligence.
In the light of the above, it is by no means certain that these boundaries are surmountable.
It took how many years of "inspections" to detect Heartbleed backdoor? Sure, theoretically OSS is harder to backdoor and harder to keep it secret, but in practice it isn't any different.
My browser is configured to automatically obstruct justice when I close the window.
Our gun control laws are ridiculous, no argument there, but even such laws are better than everything-goes that gun lobby wants. You can thank NRA making it impossible to pass saner, evidence based laws that would make everyone safer.
Sadly, intentionally trashing systems on the way out is illegal and can lead to jail time but manufacturing labor shortage and manipulating H1Bs is not.
On the other hand, pastebin leaks if done properly can be nearly untraceable.
Well, then rationally show me some examples of "good guys with guns" stopping anything. It just doesn't happen. People like you shit thier pants, shoot themselves in the food, and/or get in the way of SWAT team responders who now have to identify instead of just shooting the maniac with the gun.
I take it that you think that it is possible to stop government abuse of power with automatic rifles? It ether escalates to national guard crackdowns, or it doesn't. In both cases, guns are useless. I believe it is more effective to vote and send hand-written letter to your congressman. You mistakenly believe that 30s-era technology in the hands of untrained civilians can stop modern army. *shrug*
I take this as you volunteering yourself to get in front of the next mentally unstable person that gets access to this.
Some existing routers already support USB connection, once this rolls out I don't see why you won't be able to plug in this way into a router that supports it.
>>>Bennet Hasselton cannot be defeated. He's merely resting.
Bennet Hasselton article shows up only if someone mentions Bennet Hasselton three times in a single post.
While I didn't find DICE response satisfactory (they should rend garments and ash their heads), I appreciated its inclusion. It would have been great follow-up story to original "This just in!" story. Keep in mind, /. is not stale news for nerds for the most part.
This behavior should get SourceForge blacklisted as both cyber-squatters and adware, possibly malware vendor.