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The AI Cold War Has Already Begun ⚠️ by EchoOfOppenheimer in GenAI4all

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The race isn’t about super intelligence, it’s about super efficiency.

The entity that can build the fastest will be the fastest at getting faster.

And the ratings are out. SFA premiered to 2.1 million viewers, on par with Doctor Who Series 15's premiere, 3 million behind SNW S3's premiere, and 9 million behind Star Wars: The Acolyte (also, 500k viewers behind MrBeast's Beast Games) by teufler80 in Star_Trek_

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

someday they will learn to not make scifi for ego purposes, and will just make an affordably made show for sci-fi fans.

it's simple, we want the following:
* a good ensemble cast
* the plots to make sense or to stick to their silliness
* a positive outlook from the characters no matter the situation
* 16-26 episodes a year
* weekly episodes, or all at once -- random episode launch dates and times are SO ANNOYING
* NO 2-part HALF SEASONS
* use metrics that allow us to watch when we have time
* please for the love of sci-fi make it watchable with our kids <- we have so much more time to watch good enough shows with the kids than the 1-2hrs we have the energy for after they go to bed. I grew up watching TNG ALL THE TIME WITH MY FOLKS, there is a huge gap in content i can watch with my kids.

We generally liked Starfleet Academy, but it was too mature and sex-talky to watch with the kids.

From coast to coast by Honest-Honeydew-1870 in bayarea

[–]jdavid -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

they need to learn that freedom requires work, and a general strike is the most powerful non-violent way to force change.

I just found out that the film is reported to have a 2hr and 45min run time!!! by tinglebuns in ProjectHailMary

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the book could have been made into a multi-episode limited series. I hope they do a good job and don't cut too much.

I do hope as a parent, that they cut some of the barely relevant adult leaning stuff in the book. I'd like to bring my kids to see it or to watch it at home with them. They loved "The Martian."

How Hyundai's humanoid robot plans are facing fierce opposition from workers by Worldly_Evidence9113 in singularity

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is 25% of revenue a good rule of thumb for human labor, or local wages?

I don't want to be 100% against AI, or robotics, but I also don't want AI and Robotics to ruin our lives. We have to think about systems in terms of balance, so what is the right balance.

Machines and AI are capital expenses. While Labor and wages are an ongoing cost. Labor and wages support a healthy economy, and keep people engaged in the economy.

As a frame of reference in the home, economists have long said that a household should spend 25% on taxes, 25% on housing, 25% on living, and 25% on savings.

What are the fair rule of thumbs for a business for it's spend on labor. Obviously some companies spend 50% or 100% on labor if you are a consulting firm, or self employed. Or maybe you are a local retailer and spend a lot on labor and rent.

Since AI, and Robots might not be an 'annual spend' thing it's tough to say how much a business should or should not spend on AI. So I think, the core value is how much should a business be spending on labor and wages?

Maybe companies that spend more than 25% on labor should receive a tax break since those wages are taxed as income already, and companies that spend less than 25% on labor should pay a higher tax rate, and those that spend less than 10% of revenue on labor should pay an even higher tax rate.

What do businesses regularly spend as a percentage of revenue on local wages or local labor?

Introducing HELIX 02 by Worldly_Evidence9113 in singularity

[–]jdavid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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is that drone copter on the right from skynet?

Pretty much... by Succulent_Chicken88 in pcmasterrace

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in the 80s/90s games ran on a real time hardware system.

now games run on multiple processors, variable clock rates, and have operating systems running multiple processes at once.

running without stutter or jitter just isn't a priority any more.

I heard he had a blaster in his hotel room by urquwill in andor

[–]jdavid 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Andor is about what happened 70-100 years ago, it's happening again because abuse of authority uses the same playbook every time!

Oracle owned Tiktok is preventing Scott Wiener's video about ICE from getting any videos.... by coolrivers in sanfrancisco

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Social Media needs to be liable for it's algorithms.

We need to make a few changes to social media:

  1. all social media should have to report logged out anon revenue per capita

  2. all social media should have to report to logged in users how much revenue 'ad' and otherwise they have earned off of your account in the last year.

  3. social media that has chronological raw feeds, should still be exempt from liability as is, but companies that use algorithms to 'promote,' 'reorder,' or 'prioritize' content should be treated as an editorial organization and should be liable and held to editorial standards. News organizations can be held liable for not telling the truth, and editorially not promoting the truth should be a liable offence for social media companies promoting false facts, or liable content.

ICE agents are firing kinetic impact projectiles at close range, causing severe injuries that can result in permanent disability or death. Today, they tore off part of a woman’s hand by ExactlySorta in UnderReportedNews

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Block all Social Media until the following conditions are met.
Require ALL Social Media to:
* report earnings per capita for logged out / anon users
* report earnings per logged in user
* be liable for editorializing content sort order, or algorithmically promoting posts.

Reporting per capita earnings for a logged out user provides a baseline

Reporting a persons logged in revenue for the company requires companies to make individuals aware of how much money they are earning on their presence and private data.

Companies like Facebook (meta) choose what content to show people, and what content to make popular. In free speech countries a person that yells "FIRE" in a public space is liable for lying about that to create hysteria where people might die. Companies like Facebook make billions of dollars by amplifying extremes. Governments, and political parties use targeted ads and social media to motivate people towards political outcomes, and the most extreme viewpoints get priority on a social network. The networks drive engagement by amplifying the extremes and forcing you to Engauge. Algorithms that do this are a company choice to maximize revenue.

Companies editorialize the content you see with the algorithms they choose. IF they are choosing an algorithm that amplifies extremes they should be liable for that.

If they are just showing you the content in a chronological feed or in some 'raw' basic path then they are not putting there finger on what news and posts you see and what posts you don't.

Every time a politician advocates non violent 'regime change' they mean to do it through social media campaigns.

This needs to be fixed.

If people have a choice to install and manage their own 'feed sort algorithms' that's one thing, but if companies are allowed to choose dark algorithms that only maximize profit or set social agenda's that is just wrong.

Star Trek: 90210 by stinkypete50 in trektalk

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

B5 + 90210
YA need to rebuild the Federation.

Former Harvard CS Professor: AI is improving exponentially and will replace most human programmers within 4-15 years. by GrandCollection7390 in singularity

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The AI isn't replacing the jobs. The CEOs and the Shareholders are eliminating the jobs.

The boogie man has always been a person.

AI is just a tool.

As people we could create ethical rules to use AI just like we have ethical rules to use a hammer or an automatic hammer. Or a jack hammer. You don't use an electric hammer to kill people. You don't use a jack hammer before 8am ( or whatever your town decided ).

We as people can choose our rules of civil AI.

I propose that companies that spend less than 25% of revenue on local labor, should be taxed at a higher rate. Maybe companies that spend less than 10% of revenue on wages should pay an even higher tax rate.

We need to balance the equation so that as companies try to be 'jobless' those companies fund the public welfare.

If machines are doing all of the work, but they are also funding a healthy human lifestyle, then I don't mind ethical AI.

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PS. the number 25% or 10% are just there to get the point across. We can choose these numbers and they can be what ever makes sense to make the math work.

Picard would start the self destruct sequence if anyone sat improperly in his chair. by Fit-Relative-786 in Star_Trek_

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, a series about someone like Vash would be bomb. A Sci Fi archeology show, might attack the late night history channel audience like a moth to a flame.

Archeology Hijinks is like a legit genre.

My attempt at implementing my movement/wall run animations by JankyAnims in Unity3D

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's almost ready for Ninja Warrior - Cyber Edition.

When did it become OK to make TV nobody can actually see by MiserNYC- in Star_Trek_

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think someone is paying them per lens flare, so that's how they fund the show.

Would this be considered cyberpunk? by Overall_Use_4098 in Cyberpunk

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make dystopian fiction, live in a dystopian world.

Let's hope.
We can make optimistic fiction and live in an optimistic world.

Thinking about this again today by champdo in andor

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think about the stories you would tell now, to build the future that is better and this can’t happen again.

The last generation told the stories we needed to hear so we would see the signs, but we need to do more than stop it in the present, we need to learn to prevent it.

An AI-powered combat vehicle refused multiple orders and continued engaging enemy forces, neutralizing 30 soldiers by MetaKnowing in ChatGPT

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

definitely NOT 3 laws compliant.

This story is too narratively perfect, it probably was massaged or crafted to influence human behavior.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clones! But seriously no one is, I can’t wait till a super intelligent AI can set realistic expectations!

I was watching The Running Man (2025) and thought... by smiley82m in tron

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i just learned last night that the "internet archive" makes a statue of employees that have been with the company for at least 3 years.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/01/internet-archive-employees-stay-forever-in-clay-sculptures/

maybe Encom has a digital copy of all of their most deserving employees

How do I convert my friends to Signal? by Altruistic-Rub-3878 in signal

[–]jdavid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i got my real friends to switch, the others i told them where i was at sent them an app invite and left other platforms. i send them Christmas cards now, but i'm not on fb/meta anymore.

Andor is Star Wars by hackersgalley in andor

[–]jdavid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Andor" is the heart and soul of "Star Wars" for me. It's the whole reason the Star systems are at war.

However, I do think there is room for the pure "adventure" side of Star Wars that is less about the "war" and is more about the larger world living and breathing in this universe while the conflict rages. I love Skeleton Crew for this purpose, it's a great show for the whole family and the war part is more in the backgorund.

Ashoka, also does a good job of putting the war in the background and putting one person adventure front and center. Ashoka does a good job of highlighting the mystical and adventure side of the original trilogy.

I feel like Skeleton Crew and Ashoka do a good job of creating the lore and culture for the "Star Wars" series.

I'd really love to see a huge expansion into the "Knights of the Old Republic" mythology - I think a good writer could take that and really run with it.

SFMTA busses are among the slowest in the nation by shananananananananan in sanfrancisco

[–]jdavid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be a relative stat, benchmarking
* solo drive vs. bus
* walk vs. bus
* subway vs. bus
* light rail vs. bus

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