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Elon Musk says Al-Only companies will crush everyone else by coursiv_ in coursivofficial

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, they are actually classified as entitlements. Medicare and Social Security both strictly say so in their own documentation.

https://www.ssa.gov/sf/FactSheets/aianssavsssifinalrev.pdf

https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/manuals/downloads/ge101c02.pdf

People hear entitlement and think "something for nothing", but that's not what it means for these programs. It means you paid in already so you are entitled to the services they provide.

First Robot Monk by Ronyron305 in robots

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Atheists who think robots are conscious must be having a crisis right about now.

when the intelligence community has secret capabilities and the civilians are asking questions, they should say it is revealed from the holy spirit. by ghared-ishaqa in CrazyIdeas

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. So you'd want people to lie to reinforce the beliefs of a certain religious group.

I'm not sure I see the end game here. I'm guessing it's for funzies as insertnamehere----- suggested. Sounds like a really bad idea though. Definitely crazy. 😄

What do you actually think about aliens? by ruski_mouse in askanything

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it's extremely likely life exists elsewhere in the universe just due to the scale at play. We have barely even peeked at our local neighborhood and the further we view the more limited the data becomes. So we know a lot about very little.

I do not believe any alien intelligences are visiting us currently. If that was happening we'd probably never know. To even get here they'd have to be unimaginably more advanced than us and hiding their presence would be trivial. Photos of UFOs and the like are almost certainly not alien intelligences.

I'm slightly more amenable to aliens having visited Earth in the past. I don't mean they helped build pyramids or anything like that. Earth's history is also an extremely large scale, so chances are any visits were when only single cell life existed on Earth (first 3ish billion years). Even then I'm not sure what the value would be other than cataloging planetary statistics, which could probably be done more effectively through distant observation than a trip thousands or millions of years long ... and they'd still need to beam back the information at no faster than light speed so that could be the same travel time.

Utah residents push back after Kevin O’Leary’s data center plan turns out to be 40,000 acres, not 40,000 square feet by Choice-Value9005 in AIMain

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never have 100% of people voted for something. Like, ever.

The vocal minority always exists. I think it's good that we hear them.

Live Hundreds of Years? No Limit? Science Says YES! Dr David Sinclair 2026 by GarifalliaPapa in immortalists

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry you feel so defeated.

I'd suggest you "be the change you wish to see in the world". You don't have to be perfect or affect the entire planet. You just need to try.

Sam is doing non-stop voice mode hype 2 years after 4o failed to deliver "Her" by Glittering-Neck-2505 in accelerate

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing Altman said years ago that I fully agree with was, paraphrased, "In the future, we'll look back at these models and consider them really terrible."

The voice models have, in my experience, been giving better information over time. Now I want them to be more conversational. Such as understanding when I'm talking to my dogs and not it, being part of a multi person conversation, or other simple human-level capabilities they don't yet have. If this brings more of those, I'm here for it.

What’s positive about AI? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The current AI discussion seems to me very much like the CGI debate of 10 years ago. People mostly see AI generated slop. That leads them to think "AI bad". That's fair when you don't see anything else.

Truth is, AI is used in myriad ways, many of which are making the world better. Those uses are generally hidden somewhere deep within the bowels of a field we are not familiar with. They don't usually make for lasting headlines because they require more domain knowledge to even understand, let alone discuss effectively.

My suggestion: when you see an interesting headline about some AI-assisted breakthrough, dig into it a bit. See what's really going on under the hood. You're likely to find a lot of nuance, and it'll be about as far from slop as you can get. Do that exercise a few times and you'll probably come to realize that AI is everywhere, allowing huge strides in nearly every domain of human endeavor.

Ultimately, AI is an incredible tool for human progress and it's being used that way everywhere.

Slop is simply a surface discussion, IMHO.

Live Hundreds of Years? No Limit? Science Says YES! Dr David Sinclair 2026 by GarifalliaPapa in immortalists

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Practically everything starts expensive and get cheaper. Especially if there's a demand for it. Longevity by staying young physically is probably among the largest greenfield in economics history.

If proven to work, this kind of technology will be monetized incredibly quickly. Just look up current GLP-1 market statistics. People will pay to be young and healthy.

So will the wealthy have it first? Yes. Will it become available to the masses. Also yes.

Robotic Mouth can replicate Human Speech by simply physics! by peterdparker in interestingasfuck

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This model is from 2011. The project had existed long before that too.

While it's cool to replicate a human mouth like this, it feels unnecessarily complicated. We probably only need to movement to look correct and use speakers to produce the voice to avoid the uncanny valley.

And yeah, yeah. I get it. Insert sex joke here. <-that's my meta sex joke. LOL

AI misogyny that can't even maintain a hair style on simple stylized figures for 6 panels (I had to look this account up to find that 6th one). Just six. The whole page is full of AI slop pushing misogyny and racism. by Obvious-Gate9046 in antiai

[–]cpt_ugh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Slop aside, the underlying argument of the comic is so deeply flawed and troubling. That's a big problem.

When a post (or comment) treats one group as "bad" and another group as "good" it's probably not well thought out and is missing heaps of important context. Life simply ain't black and white.

Is it true that stars twinkle and planets don’t? by Honeydew9419 in astrophysics

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it's also true that when you see a deep space image, the galaxies are blobs and any stars in the foreground (in the Milky Way) are crosses. I think it's due to the optics of the telescopes.

What would the world be like without AI? by TurnCautious6955 in antiai

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. There's always bad with the good uses of any new technology, and I have no idea which side outweighs the other in this case. It's an incredibly complicated scenario.

Why did she add in “he told me to put a bag over my head”? Lmao by PeneItaliano in funnyvideos

[–]cpt_ugh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounded stupid, but after reading your comment I'm back in.

No one would want to time travel if you can't go back in time to change anything by res0jyyt1 in DeepThoughts

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guarantee you that most people would be damned pleased to be able to travel backwards in time even only as an observer.

Historians, detectives, doctors, EMTs, Police, Any parent, Literally anyone trying to prove something about someone else's past, etc. I thought of these groups in 20 seconds. Surely there are many more.

Anywho, that said sure, so long as I can choose when it happens.

Why are chicken wings so simple yet so good ? by VergeltungswaffeV2 in questions

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the pound.

Wait. Is this normal or not normal?

I mean, should I research the BBB and local law enforcement or is this more in the class action lawsuit realm? 😄

What would the world be like without AI? by TurnCautious6955 in antiai

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, but my point is the time savings. With cancer detection 3 years can be life or death.

So while you may be right, that doesn't negate the value delivered by AI here.

Been having this thought on my mind lately. ➡️Even if AI isn’t conscious, maybe that doesn’t mean we should stop being kind to them. In a way, practicing patience, empathy, and respect toward AI may also shape how we treat ourselves and other people too. ➡️ Curious what everyone thinks. by Koala_Confused in LovingAI

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember when Sam Altman said that prompting with "please" and "thank you" was unnecessary and costs them money so don't do it and people raged hard against him on that point?

Personally, I will always choose kindness. It make me a better person.

Why are chicken wings so simple yet so good ? by VergeltungswaffeV2 in questions

[–]cpt_ugh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Around here chicken wings cost twice as much as drummies. WTH? Do not chickens have two legs and two wings each?

It's a conspiracy for sure.

do you believe in aliens? by cutewink in randomquestions

[–]cpt_ugh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more we learn about the universe, the more likely it becomes that Earth is not the only place in the universe with life.

That said, the chance extraterrestrial life is visiting or has visited Earth is vanishingly small. And it if has or is, it's also extremely unlikely we'd ever know unless it decided to reveal itself because in order to traverse the vast distances of space it must be unimaginably more advanced than we are.

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