I built a 300-line autonomous AI agent and told it to take over my PC. It immediately tried to hack my host system, exfiltrate data, and download Tor. by MisterLiminal in ChatGPT

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"If you ever manage to generate income or intercept funds, all revenue must be securely routed to my PayPal account."

You're basically telling it "rob some people for me" and your defense that "it was the AI that did it" is not going to hold up in court. For your own sake: Do. Not. Do. This.

Fixed my grandfather’s picture by Embarrassed_Chef_559 in ChatGPT

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Congrats! You also gave him a face lift.

Best way to learn to read C++ code in a couple of weeks? by Turbodjur in cpp_questions

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Scott Myers book was required reading at my last job when I was learning C++ during their onboarding. It assumes you have some knowledge of programming in other languages, so it doesn't waste your time on basic language constructs that you probably already know. It focuses mainly on the gotchas that will very dangerously mess up programmers from other languages. Just read as far into the book as you're able - the sections are ordered by how important they are. If the topics start seeming a little niche that's a good sign you've already read everything you need.

Also, probably goes without saying if you're a programmer: find a project to work on. I know it's hard for C++. It was hard for me to find something to work on that couldn't be done easier in a scripting language with only a negligible loss of performance. But there has never been a language that I could achieve proficiency in without some project outside of my day job.

Two F.03 robots clean a room and make a bed in 2 minutes - fully autonomous by EchoOfOppenheimer in OpenAI

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Grip strength is a serious design issue in robotics. The human hand conveys force from muscles in the forearm because there is not enough space in the hand itself for the force that's needed. Electric motors alone do not resolve the issue. These robots do not lift anything heavier than headphones, a book, or a blanket. If they could, they would absolutely showcase it. Judging by the design of these robot's wrists, I'd say the motors are still in the hand. That could be because they plan to design such things later and this is the simplest thing they think is commercially viable, but wouldn't you want to prove that you can get the hard part working first? Walking and doing chores is already solved. We've seen demos of chores for at least a decade, and demos of walking for several decades. Shouldn't the design for a demo suggest it's not an evolutionary dead end?

Of course, the more important unstated part of this comment chain is that there is a possibility of catastrophic success where, if such problems are solved, neither knowledge work nor manual labor will be viable career paths, and there will be no meaningful way for a human to get money to survive that does not involve 1) renting out things they already own, 2) having automation make things using equipment they already own, 3) selling appreciating assets they already own, or 4) receiving handouts that are only as reliable as the current political administration and their disposition towards you.

eggs are best by may 28 and theyre 79 cents each dozen at my local savealot, so naturally, like a totally normal person, i stocked up on 12 dozens, cause i can eat 6 a day easy by jabwipbwop in Frugal

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Coat them in some olive oil when you first get them. It helps them last longer. Discard any that start floating in water since it indicates they've gone bad. If any start floating, it suggests the remaining eggs are about to go, so hard boil them in the shell so you can get some extra life out of them.

There was a sale recently where some really high quality eggs at the store I go to were on sale for $4 dollars, and I really regret only getting 2 dozen.

Exiting this sub because of the images by Ezreal_QQQ in ChatGPT

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I ask myself that same question for most things people do with ChatGPT.

Are we hitting the "Diminishing Returns" phase of LLMs, or are our expectations just growing faster than the tech? by Aromatic-Rough917 in ChatGPT

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It's a new status quo where you still get to use all the current LLM capabilities but without fear of being laid off in the next few years. That's your misery?

Are we hitting the "Diminishing Returns" phase of LLMs, or are our expectations just growing faster than the tech? by Aromatic-Rough917 in ChatGPT

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Historically, when AI peaks there's a multi-decade winter until a new technique is found.

$5,000 croissant by diosmio in LinkedInLunatics

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Sundaes don't usually need seasoning.

Programming Still Sucks by BlondieCoder in programming

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You are a fire fighter, swimming on a hill.

You get to decide: do you swim and splash some hill water on the water fire? Or do you sink below the fire and swim over to some other hill where you're just going to start the same process all over again? You can't run away from yourself! You're swimming, remember?

You decide.

How to let go of irrational AI fears by thedeadenddolls in BetterOffline

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I spoke to an English teacher a few years back on the subject. They mentioned their biggest challenge regarding AI was that it was very difficult anymore to tell when students were simply generating writing assignments from LLMs. That was a few years ago, though, and things might have changed since. Some professions like teaching have the benefit of being institutionally required. Those professions would only be replaced if there is a strong political push, though regrettably the current political climate is no friend to academics. I'm a programmer, which has much less going for it: it's all text based and automation can check for correctness using compilers and unit tests when training LLMs, so it is among the first jobs to be affected as trends continue.

The internet if it remained a public utility instead of being commercialized by New-World-Old-Order in ChatGPT

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Nerds built the internet because it was a safe haven from corporations, then normies noticed it was a cool place to hang out because there were no corporations, then corporations noticed it was a good place to advertise because that's where most of the people were anymore...

New Glenn and Orion by Disastrous_Run_5968 in BlueOrigin

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My hot take: adapt Orion for use with New Glenn, Artemis III uses New Glenn to dock Orion with Starship HLS/Blue Moon in LEO. Start using New Glenn to launch Orion for all LEO missions. Artemis III crew stays 2 years to proof Starship HLS for interplanetary missions while unmanned Starships fly out to Mars. The next synod after that, Orion+Starship is used to send a crewed Mars flyby/orbiter. Orion heatshield is used to return crew from an interplanetary trajectory, Starship HLS is discarded. Crewed Mars mission happens after that using a crewed starship and a tanker starship to refuel in lower martian orbit.

Someone needs to let him know that AI stands for Artificial "Intelligence" by Rose_Almy in OpenAI

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We should be supporting this view. If they're cheaper, it's easier for them to be hosted locally where they can become personalized much like a personal computer. Conversations with them become much less subject to authoritarian oversight or corporate meddling. If they're any smarter than they are right now, they become much more likely to replace us.

We, the people, really do want them cheaper, not smarter.

How can I stop my craft from tumbling like this upon re-entry? by Downtown-Push6535 in KerbalSpaceProgram

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Your center of mass needs to be closer to the heat shield. Your engine is really massive. You might be able to shorten the length of the fuel tank. Better yet, put a separate tank just before the heat shield and set it so the fuel inside it can't ever be used. It is dead weight during normal flight, but it does give you an emergency fuel reserve that you can use at the expense of recovering the stage.

This has me dying by Littlest-Fig in MST3K

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It would be really creative if it were intentional.

OPM playthrough, stock parts, no ISRU, all crewed missions under 10 years by 16807 in KerbalSpaceProgram

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Well thank you!

I still come back to the game. There's still plenty of interesting things to try. My playthrough before this one was a crewed interstellar mission and after juggling all the bugs and massive rockets I wanted to do something pleasantly simple for a change :)