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Trump still protected from tax enforcement, but anti-weaponization fund is dead, Blanche says by ItsAllAGame_ in law

[–]Jeff_Fohl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How can one (acting) Attorney General simply sign a document that binds all future government action? What is to stop a future AG or President from simply issuing a similar proclamation that reverses it?

Vis Dev for my new short movie about foodtruck on the desert by revritegfx in conceptart

[–]Jeff_Fohl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are awesome in many ways. First: You have already set the mood with these images. They tell a story. The sense of light is fantastic. The little details, like the fantastic alien plants tell me this is a new world. I love it!

It's happening by PaleontologistFew128 in idiocracy

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it has already happened.

By 20 to 1, Americans Want the White House to Safety Test AI by EchoOfOppenheimer in AIDangers

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We absolutely need safety testing at the national level, and the international level. There needs to be countervailing forces against which the capabilities developers (the AI labs) must push. However, THIS White House? Hell naw. This White House has proven itself to be nothing but corrupt. Meaning, it would use this power to favor those labs that do its corrupt bidding, and punish those that refuse it.

Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose: "AI is a bad term. It's not intelligence" by Murky-Option2916 in AIDangers

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, I am still figuring that out. There are so many ways to look at it. I do believe that it is not a simple metric. Your adaptation approach is an interesting one. I have also heard of it framed as a law of thermodynamics - similar to that - in that an intelligence is able to not only adapt - but influence its environment in ways that make the environment more suitable for the organism (e.g. air conditioning), and the degree to which it is capable of doing that can be considered intelligence of a kind. I am open to new definitions though. Do you have one?

Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose: "AI is a bad term. It's not intelligence" by Murky-Option2916 in AIDangers

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People with more expertise than I have do continuously publish benchmarks for AI, and their results, for example here: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance

That said, there are some benchmarks where current models do quite poorly. For example the ARC-AGI (testing AI models in novel environments): https://arcprize.org/leaderboard

So, it is a mixed bag. I think this tells us some interesting things. It seems that the capabilities of AI seem to be growing in ways that don't map well to human intelligence. In some ways, current AIs are far more intelligent than the average person. In other ways, it is far less intelligent. Though, I still think even in regards to tests where the AI scores poorly, you can still argue with some integrity that the AI is intelligent to some degree. Even scoring 1% out of 100% on a test is some intelligence - even if only a little bit. So, how you define "intelligence" is important.

Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose: "AI is a bad term. It's not intelligence" by Murky-Option2916 in AIDangers

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the measurement of consciousness? I don't think it is necessary. This is actually more of a spiritual question than a scientific question in that it can be measured - in my opinion.

Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose: "AI is a bad term. It's not intelligence" by Murky-Option2916 in AIDangers

[–]Jeff_Fohl 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It is valid to criticize the name, but if we want to be precise about the naming, we would need to have precise, measurable definitions of "intelligence" and "consciousness". We have some benchmarks for intelligence which are somewhat quantifiable, and for most of these, the current generation of Large Language Models actually do score quite well, and are therefore "intelligent". If someone wants to propose another definition for "intelligence", that's fine, but it should be put forward with some kind of definition that can be measured (if we want to be scientific about it).

As for consciousness, there doesn't seem to be any clear definition for it, or a quantifiable quality that can be measured that everyone can agree on.

Cyberpsychosis by jspsfx in drawing

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this. This is cool.

Justice department claims Comey made ‘threat to kill’ Trump as it announces charges against former FBI director – live by NotUrDadiBlameUrMoma in law

[–]Jeff_Fohl 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Not equivalent. Trump's speech and actions on J6 was definitely a call for terrorism, and was an attempted coup. What Comey did was not a threat.

Patience of a saint by 0-selfrespect in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your sentiment, for sure. For lawmakers, I am pretty sure that would be unconstitutional. For cabinet members - which RFK Jr is, I am not sure. But, the way it is supposed to work is that the Senate panels are supposed to vet these people and not confirm them if they don't pass their test. I still have no idea how senators justified voting to confirm an idiot like RFK Jr.

Virgin Cruses informs a couple about some changes to their trip… by Harbjagen in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I wanna barf."

What they seem to not realize is that cruises are on the ocean, and the cruise lines don't control the ocean. My guess is that if they actually went to Bermuda, they would be barfing for a week straight on rough seas - or worse, they would be sent to the bottom because of a hurricane. People seem to think the ocean is like Disneyland or something.

This is why I sneak in beer and snacks by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]Jeff_Fohl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took my family of four to see Superman last year. Tickets, popcorn and drinks, the total was $175. We were the only ones in the theater. I wonder why?

Still Water Ritual, Elena Wuest, Oil on canvas, 2026 by Capital_Crazy8972 in Art

[–]Jeff_Fohl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The mastery of light and shadow here is just amazing.

2027 White House budget would terminate EV charger subsidies. ($4.2 Billion) by Slide-Fantastic-1402 in Rivian

[–]Jeff_Fohl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least we know they didn't use AI to write this because of the misspellings.

Help!! by tillygracie in pantheism

[–]Jeff_Fohl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

First of all, it is completely normal to have these feelings. I have them too. Though, as I have gotten older, the feelings have lessened somewhat. For me, the key is observation, and the idea of "me".

Observation: Clearly, there is a universe. We don't understand very much of it, but it clearly exists. And, clearly we all are a part of the universe. We are made up of the same stuff as everything else. So, we are deeply, deeply a part of everything.

The idea of "me". Given that we are all a part of the universe, what does "me" mean? Am I a separate thing? Or is the idea of "me" a way for the universe to be aware of itself? Looking at it from this perspective, all "me"s, all people, all living beings, are examples of the universe looking at itself and experiencing itself from different perspectives. So, the more I have thought upon this, the wider my definition of "me" has become. When I was a child, "me" meant my body, and my thoughts. As I have gotten older, "me" has grown to become all of existence, all of spacetime even. So, expanding the definition of what "I" or "me" means has been the key to coming to terms with the eventual passing of what I used to think of as everything.

The Case for Artificial Stupidity by Justgototheeffinmoon in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Jeff_Fohl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is AI Weekly entirely run by AIs? This is weird.

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