Humanity has created many things without defining them first.
Not really. We've stumbled onto discoveries but rarely when we build something do we create something desired by accident. The level of complexity in this case ensure it will need to be an extremely complex network before there is even the possibility of creating a general intelligence.
Frankly, I'm not certain you an intelligence of your own so please take your bullshit and leave.
I was really concerned I'd never hear from Colin again. In the last exchange we had, two months ago, he said we should meet up at a new local hot spot I had found but when I asked him if he needed directions and he wrote, "Nah, I'll just use Apple Maps.";)
"The primary problem is that we are unable to define what general intelligence is and therefore are unable to create it." So obviously, yes that is a problem... unless we make it accidentally.
We can recognize intelligence in fellow humans. How? Well, we're intelligent. If a machine intelligence resembles it, then we may need to conclude it is intelligent as well.
And yet this gets us no closer to actually making it.
The primary problem is that we are unable to define what general intelligence is and therefore are unable to create it. We know it when we recognize it but we still can't define it.
The generic animal brain is composed of predefined structures which are all their own neural networks to it therefore it's fair to say that what is required is a neural network of specialized neural networks.
What habitable planet is within traveling distance to Earth?
Frankly, I don't know of any for unmodified humans. However, don't think we'll just give up because of our frail human forms.
The radiation and differences in gravity would kill you quickly.
Modifying ourselves will be part of the journey. You have already discounted any possibility of using nanomachinery or genetic engineering to ensure we can survive harsher conditions than run-of-the-mill humans.
Imagination is nice - but it isn't reality.
Again, you lack imagination which explains why you cannot see past your nose when it goes to foresight. The things we think up are also the things we create. Being able to imagine what is possible within the bounds of physics is vital to understanding the future. This isn't magic, it's science.
With national security at stake, it seem like this was a reasonable to distrust a Chinese state run corporation (Huawei) from directly connecting to government devices. If it were a random company from an ally nation then it might be overkill but we're talking about China which has a ongoing effort to hack US interests.
You would have to be ignorant of history of just plain gullible to think nothing is wrong with this situation.
The basic laws of Physics dictate there are no habitable planets within traveling distance to Earth.
I would love to read you logic on that claim.
They are anti-science: they just believe "well we will discover some way around it".
That's literally the MO of scientists when we run into problem. Quantum computers were "impossible" because of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and yet we found a way around that limitation. Looking at distant planets was "impossible" and then they figured you can just look at it's star as it goes by. So many things were impossible and then we figured out how to make it possible.
The problem is not that we are ignorant, it's that you lack imagination.
How perfectly myopic. It will take millennia but we'll manage it. You seem to be stuck in the thoughts of eons long past because to exploration and colonization are a core component of success of humanity. Then again, maybe you just like being a monkey in a tree.
All our missions to space aren't really the mission. The mission is really just an extension of what humans have always done, explored new places, learn stuff and then settle them. Going to mars doesn't have lots of value but developing all the technology to keep humans alive far from Earth for an extended period is part of our great mission. Humanity is pushing the limits of what is humanly possible so that we can later push even further. We're colonizing the solar system, the galaxy and then the universe while learning about it every step of the way. FTL travel seems unlikely and our bodies are weak but it's still not going to stop us for we will adapt to overcome these obstacles.
Besides, if we don't go to space, how are we ever going to find out what happens when we throw Alice into a black hole?;)
It's irrelevant because it's merely a toy. There are lots of toys that don't spy on you.
Of all the things that spy on you
Unlike many, I do not subscribe to the idea that things that spy on you are a good even if they do nice things. I'm not dumb enough to own a smartphone or use social media. I aggressively disable all the bullshit that advertisers use to spy and while I may not stop everything, I'm no longer interesting to them with so little data.
For some reason, nobody has ever done a randomized controlled trial of parachutes.
It would be unethical to send people to their certain deaths when gravity has been sufficiently tested to the point where it is accepted as a physical constant.
However, I'm sure ethicists would be willing to look the other way if all idiots complaining about a lack of controlled trial were used as the subjects of such a test.
Perhaps the information collected on children isn't of much interest or value to their parents. If something has no value to you personally then what do you care if someone "exploits" it?
Well, I'm not a sociopath and I wouldn't want it to happen to me, so yeah, I care.
If you think it's okay for a soulless corporation to have as much information as possible about your child (which they will sell and exploit to the fullest extent) then go ahead and buy them the spy toys. If you think this is abhorrent behavior that should not be supported in any way shape or form then you should not only shun them but condemn them and ensure your friends and relatives understand the problems with these toys.
She claimed to be native American, and specifically Cherokee.
Incorrect. Elizabeth Warren said that according to family lore, she has a Cherokee ancestor.
The test results show that over 99% of her DNA is European. In other words, she's about as white as they come.
Actually, no it proved that the family lore was legit and she is part Cherokee. Not a lot but some which was the claim all along.
Notably, after the results, the tribe made it a point to come out and say that as far as they are concerned, she's definitely not Cherokee.
She didn't claim to be part of the tribe. Also, they only seemed to be upset after the results were in, not when Individual-1 was making a big deal about it.
No wonder the FCC is up in arms. A new ISP that is independent from cables down here? That could cut into the profit margins of their masters!
Actually, the problem is that the satellites are smaller than 10cm in one of their dimensions and thus may become untrackable. The US has a duty and authority under the Outer Space Treaty to regulate their citizens to ensure continued access to space for all. Since Swarm Technologies is a US company, it falls under this jurisdiction. India is also a signatory to the treaty and shouldn't have launched this payload if the US didn't approve it.
"the activities of non-governmental entities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty" and that States Parties shall bear international responsibility for national space activities whether carried out by governmental or non-governmental entities.
Not at all. I'm sure plenty of idiots will bemoan the loss of javascript games. Likewise people who build their business models on selling information will be upset.
The truth is that scripting isn't needed for building web pages but it sure is profitable.
It's become obvious that JIT is a persistent threat that cannot reliably be tamed. If browser makes actually cared about security that would at least make it an option to disable JIT and use an interpreter in it's place. Sadly, it's the browser wars have become a race to see who can run the most garbage scripts as fast as possible and damn the consequences.
Not sure how much of that belongs in CSS, though that's really semantics. Even still, it falls under "use a different language that would evolve to do the same stuff anyway."
Incorrect. The purpose is that it would be limited to user interaction based animations, incapable of chaining events and thus no longer be Turing complete. Turing completeness is really what's enabling bad behavior. Remove the capability and remove the threat.
Okay so something that is restricted in functionality by design? Sounds great
AMP modifies pages and there is no mandate compliance. The idea is to stop bad behavior rather than just avoid it's consequences.
* expand HTML/CSS so that javascript isn't needed ** "onVisible" which loads contents into a div from a provided URL ** expand CSS to have (non-chainable) animation events that can be activated by "onClick"/"onHover"/etc...
* restrict javascript's communication/loading/computational capability ** only allow a single domain to load javascript from ** limit javascript to being able to interact a specified (in the html document) list of domains ** remove lots of the "features" that enable bullshit like this ** make javascript computation a resource which will halt after so instructions are executed
Sure, your web apps will need special whitelisting to work but nobody gives a shit.
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Humanity has created many things without defining them first.
Not really. We've stumbled onto discoveries but rarely when we build something do we create something desired by accident. The level of complexity in this case ensure it will need to be an extremely complex network before there is even the possibility of creating a general intelligence.
Frankly, I'm not certain you an intelligence of your own so please take your bullshit and leave.
I was really concerned I'd never hear from Colin again. In the last exchange we had, two months ago, he said we should meet up at a new local hot spot I had found but when I asked him if he needed directions and he wrote, "Nah, I'll just use Apple Maps." ;)
Is there a need to define it?
"The primary problem is that we are unable to define what general intelligence is and therefore are unable to create it."
So obviously, yes that is a problem... unless we make it accidentally.
We can recognize intelligence in fellow humans. How? Well, we're intelligent. If a machine intelligence resembles it, then we may need to conclude it is intelligent as well.
And yet this gets us no closer to actually making it.
I'm being polite but you do not deserve it.
The primary problem is that we are unable to define what general intelligence is and therefore are unable to create it. We know it when we recognize it but we still can't define it.
The generic animal brain is composed of predefined structures which are all their own neural networks to it therefore it's fair to say that what is required is a neural network of specialized neural networks.
What habitable planet is within traveling distance to Earth?
Frankly, I don't know of any for unmodified humans. However, don't think we'll just give up because of our frail human forms.
The radiation and differences in gravity would kill you quickly.
Modifying ourselves will be part of the journey. You have already discounted any possibility of using nanomachinery or genetic engineering to ensure we can survive harsher conditions than run-of-the-mill humans.
Imagination is nice - but it isn't reality.
Again, you lack imagination which explains why you cannot see past your nose when it goes to foresight. The things we think up are also the things we create. Being able to imagine what is possible within the bounds of physics is vital to understanding the future. This isn't magic, it's science.
I guess someone in Intelligence got through to Trump.
I think it's more reasonable to assume he just likes signing things than assume someone changed his mind.
If you need concrete evidence to make you think this deal is a bad idea then you would be the losing party in the age of cyberwarfare.
With national security at stake, it seem like this was a reasonable to distrust a Chinese state run corporation (Huawei) from directly connecting to government devices. If it were a random company from an ally nation then it might be overkill but we're talking about China which has a ongoing effort to hack US interests.
You would have to be ignorant of history of just plain gullible to think nothing is wrong with this situation.
The basic laws of Physics dictate there are no habitable planets within traveling distance to Earth.
I would love to read you logic on that claim.
They are anti-science: they just believe "well we will discover some way around it".
That's literally the MO of scientists when we run into problem. Quantum computers were "impossible" because of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and yet we found a way around that limitation. Looking at distant planets was "impossible" and then they figured you can just look at it's star as it goes by. So many things were impossible and then we figured out how to make it possible.
The problem is not that we are ignorant, it's that you lack imagination.
How perfectly myopic. It will take millennia but we'll manage it. You seem to be stuck in the thoughts of eons long past because to exploration and colonization are a core component of success of humanity. Then again, maybe you just like being a monkey in a tree.
All our missions to space aren't really the mission. The mission is really just an extension of what humans have always done, explored new places, learn stuff and then settle them. Going to mars doesn't have lots of value but developing all the technology to keep humans alive far from Earth for an extended period is part of our great mission. Humanity is pushing the limits of what is humanly possible so that we can later push even further. We're colonizing the solar system, the galaxy and then the universe while learning about it every step of the way. FTL travel seems unlikely and our bodies are weak but it's still not going to stop us for we will adapt to overcome these obstacles.
Besides, if we don't go to space, how are we ever going to find out what happens when we throw Alice into a black hole? ;)
do not forget the function written on the box.
It's irrelevant because it's merely a toy. There are lots of toys that don't spy on you.
Of all the things that spy on you
Unlike many, I do not subscribe to the idea that things that spy on you are a good even if they do nice things. I'm not dumb enough to own a smartphone or use social media. I aggressively disable all the bullshit that advertisers use to spy and while I may not stop everything, I'm no longer interesting to them with so little data.
For some reason, nobody has ever done a randomized controlled trial of parachutes.
It would be unethical to send people to their certain deaths when gravity has been sufficiently tested to the point where it is accepted as a physical constant.
However, I'm sure ethicists would be willing to look the other way if all idiots complaining about a lack of controlled trial were used as the subjects of such a test.
Perhaps the information collected on children isn't of much interest or value to their parents. If something has no value to you personally then what do you care if someone "exploits" it?
Well, I'm not a sociopath and I wouldn't want it to happen to me, so yeah, I care.
If you think it's okay for a soulless corporation to have as much information as possible about your child (which they will sell and exploit to the fullest extent) then go ahead and buy them the spy toys. If you think this is abhorrent behavior that should not be supported in any way shape or form then you should not only shun them but condemn them and ensure your friends and relatives understand the problems with these toys.
She claimed to be native American, and specifically Cherokee.
Incorrect. Elizabeth Warren said that according to family lore, she has a Cherokee ancestor.
The test results show that over 99% of her DNA is European. In other words, she's about as white as they come.
Actually, no it proved that the family lore was legit and she is part Cherokee. Not a lot but some which was the claim all along.
Notably, after the results, the tribe made it a point to come out and say that as far as they are concerned, she's definitely not Cherokee.
She didn't claim to be part of the tribe. Also, they only seemed to be upset after the results were in, not when Individual-1 was making a big deal about it.
PUBG is short for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds which "is a last-man-standing shooter being developed with community feedback."
Maybe I'm just old and out of touch but I think this should have been mentioned in the summary somewhere.
I think you meant to write, many new areas of vulnerability.
I'll be honest, I've questioned the "real artists ship" idea ever since I did one ship that just wasn't meant to be. #WordplayOrDeath
No wonder the FCC is up in arms. A new ISP that is independent from cables down here? That could cut into the profit margins of their masters!
Actually, the problem is that the satellites are smaller than 10cm in one of their dimensions and thus may become untrackable. The US has a duty and authority under the Outer Space Treaty to regulate their citizens to ensure continued access to space for all. Since Swarm Technologies is a US company, it falls under this jurisdiction. India is also a signatory to the treaty and shouldn't have launched this payload if the US didn't approve it.
From the wiki article:
"the activities of non-governmental entities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty" and that States Parties shall bear international responsibility for national space activities whether carried out by governmental or non-governmental entities.
What's absolutely retarded is that it's easy to make your tiny satellite larger artificially by inflating it. No additional mechanism, you just put a few grams of benzoic acid in a balloon and it will self inflate when it's in space.
Not at all. I'm sure plenty of idiots will bemoan the loss of javascript games. Likewise people who build their business models on selling information will be upset.
The truth is that scripting isn't needed for building web pages but it sure is profitable.
It's become obvious that JIT is a persistent threat that cannot reliably be tamed. If browser makes actually cared about security that would at least make it an option to disable JIT and use an interpreter in it's place. Sadly, it's the browser wars have become a race to see who can run the most garbage scripts as fast as possible and damn the consequences.
Not sure how much of that belongs in CSS, though that's really semantics. Even still, it falls under "use a different language that would evolve to do the same stuff anyway."
Incorrect. The purpose is that it would be limited to user interaction based animations, incapable of chaining events and thus no longer be Turing complete. Turing completeness is really what's enabling bad behavior. Remove the capability and remove the threat.
Okay so something that is restricted in functionality by design? Sounds great
AMP modifies pages and there is no mandate compliance. The idea is to stop bad behavior rather than just avoid it's consequences.
There are so many options.
* expand HTML/CSS so that javascript isn't needed
** "onVisible" which loads contents into a div from a provided URL
** expand CSS to have (non-chainable) animation events that can be activated by "onClick"/"onHover"/etc...
* restrict javascript's communication/loading/computational capability
** only allow a single domain to load javascript from
** limit javascript to being able to interact a specified (in the html document) list of domains
** remove lots of the "features" that enable bullshit like this
** make javascript computation a resource which will halt after so instructions are executed
Sure, your web apps will need special whitelisting to work but nobody gives a shit.
Sure sounds like you want LibreOffice.