darkphotonstudio @ darkphotonstudio @beehaw.org

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I think you're right on the money when it comes to the real dangers, especially your first bullet point. I don't necessarily agree with your napkin maths. If the virtual neurons are used in a more efficient way, that could make up for a lot versus human neuron count.

Considering most of them are aging boomers and gen-x, I don't see that going too well. What are they going to do? Toss their Molotov cocktails and throw their backs out? Hobble down the street in their walkers and mobility scooters? Ridiculous.

It could be only hype. But I don't entirely agree. Personally, I believe we are only a few years away from AGI. Will it come from OpenAI and LLMs? Maybe, but it will likely come from something completely different. Like it or not, we are within spitting distance of a true Artificial Intelligence, and it will shake the foundations of the world.

I believe much of our paranoia concerning ai stems from our fear that something will come along and treat us like we treat all the other life on this planet. Which is bitterly ironic considering our propensity for slaughtering each other on a massive scale. The only danger to humanity is humans. If humanity is doomed, it will be our own stupid fault, not AI.

Chicxulub’ed

New word of the day.

Krita has mostly left GIMP in the dust, as far as UI and basic tools. The brush engine and ability to handle large files is so much better. It's vector and text tools need work, and so do the image filters and such. Even so, Krita destroys GIMP. Even the name, which isn't great, is leagues better.

Pipewire and Pipewire Jack drop-in replacement. Also with and without a rt kernel. They exhibited the exact same behaviour.

Blocked

Krita has a better brush engine and the AI plugin is amazing. The live AI painting with layers is so cool. It's like magic

I couldn't get latency down enough to be usable. Audio on Linux is not good.

Idk about other people but I don't have the money, and can't justify buying a console in addition to a PC. If I had that extra money, I'd upgrade my computer. That and I don't like AAA games and I'm already invested in Steam and GOG libraries.

We went through all this shit with Microsoft and Internet Explorer. It’s time to break up Google’s monopoly.

I'm not on YouTube shouting about it, though.

I'd argue that it really doesn't matter. Linux has taken over everything else. And the more MS fucks up, the more likely people will look for alternatives. I do believe many will go to Mac, but Linux is clearly picking up some of the slack as well. Microsoft wouldn't be the first tech company to take a tumble. Never say never.

The guy's brains are scrambled eggs. I'm not sure that he's going to be doing much of anything. Just vote.

Thus, pineapple belongs on pizza.

Get back on your medication.

You kind of stated pretty much what I did.

Like Russia, it's the leftovers of a country clinging to a cold war military machine. When the US pissed away their manufacturing base and killed their unions in the 70s and 80s, it was over.

I seriously doubt the USA will exist in 50 years. Probably less.