NekoKoneko

According to the article, the data is not clearly lost. It’s that their provider, OSS, had a subcontract with Iron Mountain to host the data storage. When OSS abruptly went defunct, PBS had no direct legal path to access the data in Iron Mountain, and no assurance Iron Mountain would preserve it. It filed the lawsuit to make sure the data was preserved and affirm a legal basis to recover the data.

So the headline’s use of “loses access” is accurate but a little misleading. That said, it is a great argument for reliable data preservation.

Well, if you were a billionaire who owned AI system trained to influence and extract money from humans, and there’s no humans online, what would you do?

And so that brings us to how robots actually will become a reality…

Well… Okay. But only if I can keep paying the subscription fee for the rest of my life in order to maintain access.

he could, tho

Yeah, the first time. After Goku trains in the 100x gravity room in the heaven spaceship, I seriously doubt it.

Thanks, will definitely take a look!

Edit: Even with the “coupons” on AliExpress, it’s still ~$20 more than the advertised $57 intro price on the site ($75 all-in). Unfortunately I think it’s just a tease price, and they are hiding some of the cost in shipping.

I was very strongly considering buying one of these, but the shipping is nearly an additional 40% of the price of the console.

“Look, everyone is using YouTube Music! We are successful and smart!” [because we shut down Google Play Music and forced users to install YouTube Music, and measured the stats before they all uninstalled it]

“Ask me again in 5 minutes.”

Since AI has poisoned the space for professional writing, and for slang, gibberish is the only thing we have left.

If it makes you feel better, I’m sure someone in Google got the promotion they so desperately needed.

If you watch a full podcast (he has done a ton in the last couple weeks), he clearly identifies AI as not a mere hype technology, as something interesting and potentially useful from a technology perspective, and he definitely doesn’t conflate a chatbot with all AI. That doesn’t undermine the vast problems with it, how it’s being used against regular workers, the threat the bubble poses to the economy, the criti-hype cycle, etc.

I think you’re oversimplifying “Cory Doctorow” based on the article you’re reading or specifically how he presents a more complex idea to different audiences.

Watch the Jon Stewart podcast interview if you want more nuance:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dAIJRjb-Bw

Dude doesn’t need a PR manager. He needs a blue fairy.

… Elon Musk?

Just glue some raccoon fur on a raw ham, set it on a pink barrel, and you don’t even have to use AI.

I would usually give a lot of credit to someone trying something different, but I’d drive a 1971 Ford Pinto before I ever intentionally get within photographable proximity to a Cybertruck.

It’s true, but the value is diminishing. I’ve tried that and more than once in the past half year, the advice within reddit posts were clearly astroturf AI-generated slop, and some of them were upvoted in similar amounts to apparent real recommendations.

Companies know Reddit is a recommendation hotspot, and stealth advertising is becoming typical business practice.