Lugh

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[–] Lugh 21 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) makes Big Tech (like Meta, Google) reveal how they track users, moderate content, and handle disinformation. Most of these companies hate the law and are lobbying against it in Brussels—but except for Twitter (now X), they’re at least trying to follow it for EU users.

Meanwhile, US politics may push Big Tech to resist these rules more aggressively, especially since they have strong influence over the current US government.

AI will be the next big tech divide: The US will likely have little regulation, while the EU will take a much stronger approach to regulating. Growing tensions—over trade, military threats, and tech policies—are driving the US and EU apart, and this split will continue for at least four more years.

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[–] Lugh 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The article says the difference is that the human drivers are "on call" self-employed contractors. Therefore not a 'cost' when not being used.

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[–] Lugh 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The Russian propaganda seems much more effective with the right-wing people. Is that an AI thing, or are they more susceptible for other reasons?

[–] Lugh 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm sick of hearing Musk's plans for it, those will never pan out. But humans are probably destined to leave Earth and spread out someday - that I still think will happen, and is worth considering.

[–] Lugh 3 points 1 day ago

I was wondering would they have over-heating problems, but the energy is so small it can probably be dissipated elsewhere.

[–] Lugh 6 points 2 days ago

As places are limited, they need to focus on those with talent and ability.

[–] Lugh 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

If you google Hitler's paintings you can see why he was rejected. They're flat, rigid and lacking in creativity - perhaps not surprising for a fascist megalomaniac. I'm curious to see what the AI will learn here. Lots of ai-generated imagery is technically good, but can it really be said to have creativity?

[–] Lugh 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

As radioactive decay can't be stopped, I'm assuming this emits power continuously. Whatever this is used for won't have any On/Off buttons.

[–] Lugh 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This exponential rate of progress has been observed many times with different types of AI, here's a recent example of it.

[–] Lugh 1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

My reasoning is based on the fact they are selling similar to these in the $20k price range. Buying them means they cost a fraction of employing a minimum wage worker in western countries.

They are embodied AI, so improving at the rate AI is. That is exponentially. Meaning iterations of these may be 32, 64, 128, etc times more powerful in the 2030s, and even cheaper.

I think it is very reasonable to say they will be common in the 2030s.

 

Not quite there when it comes to speed just yet, but in another year or two they will be. I'm guessing we'll see robots like this everywhere in the 2030s.

[–] Lugh 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

With upcoming space telescopes in the 2030s, there should be a few capable of analyzing exoplanet atmospheres. Exciting to think we may be soon able to deduce the presence of carbon-based life in another planetary system.

[–] Lugh 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I wonder how far they can extend the magnetic fields that power them? Even if it is relatively short range, they look really cheap to make, so you could have thousands of them with sensors to scan localized areas.

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