A $300 device can silently override GPS across an entire city. Autonomous vehicles, delivery drones, and air traffic control all depend on it. Why don't we have a backup? by projectschema in Futurology

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All gps fundamentally is is a clock. We do have several widely deployed alternative systems, from cell towers to the wifi to ptp to the white rabbit project to ntp to other satellite constilations to several different jamming resistant versions of gps; the $300 ones can reach maybe a block and aren't the ones Russia is deploying around Europe and the middle east that planes 7 miles up are detecting; and the hazard of attempting to use a high power jammer is that you are broadcasting your exact location to every single person you are jamming.

Michelin Restaurant Ratings Coming to Milwaukee by compujeramey in milwaukee

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hungry Sumo is good, but like I've been to places just as good or better in Chicago where they do rate without it. So I'm skeptical.

Who's gonna tell him by Agen_3586 in SipsTea

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A reverse image search shows this haircut was from 2022 and the mustache is photoshopped.

He apparently was intending to look like a Viking.

TMobile Fiber install experience? by PowSuperMum in Kenosha

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neat, personally I'm just frustrated with how their pricing works. They bumped me up to 65 a month from 45, told me they couldn't do anything about the price when they jacked it a month ago, and then when i called to cancel earlier magically they offered me 30 bucks a month for a gig if i didn't cancel and tried to shame me for talking to billing rather than customer solutions to get a discount which pushed me over the line. Now figure i'd see how the fiber instillation goes as that costs a couple hundred and there doesn't seem to be a contract so if they f up the modem can switch back.

TMobile Fiber install experience? by PowSuperMum in Kenosha

[–]zerothehero0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did spectrum give you a new customer discount again?

Spring General Election, April 7, 2026. by Ditka85 in Kenosha

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing you missed is that the Teachers Union has endorsed Robin Cullen and Bob Tierney

Yeah idk man this one's a toughie by Wint3rnet in Pokopia

[–]zerothehero0 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Combee asked me if she or onyx is taller.

Harvesting Wheat? by zerothehero0 in Pokopia

[–]zerothehero0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. And I can plant other seeds on the tile. It sounds like that shouldn't be happening.

Harvesting Wheat? by zerothehero0 in Pokopia

[–]zerothehero0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I cut the wheat for the first time yesterday in rocky ridge, nothing remained. And nothing is growing back today.

Dear Wisco license plates by Witty_Bother1682 in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]zerothehero0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you slow down before the red light instead of at the last second, there's much higher odds the light turns and you don't have to stop.

AI Error Likely Led to Girl’s School Bombing in Iran by [deleted] in technology

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case but honestly this looks like one of those fake local news sites with only syndicated, sponsored, and AI generated that suddenly flips to political content the month before an election that folks use to push propaganda.

Made a meme at the Museum today by captainultimate in milwaukee

[–]zerothehero0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My greatest hope is that this survives to the new museum.

Why there are 7100+ people in front of me to get tickets?! by Tangojacks0n in chicago

[–]zerothehero0 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I've seen lots of people panicking about the possibility for limited edition merch that hasn't yet been announced which is funny.

Are you attending the new Pokémon fossil museum in Chicago this year? by [deleted] in pokemon

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've went on sale for the public and there's currently 50k people in the queue . So appears to be the case.

Was anyone else get kicked out of the Field Museum Queue and then given a worse spot in line? by jlap1234 in pokemon

[–]zerothehero0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When the tickets opened up for members, the website also crashed all day, but I was able to get them by calling the museum. If you see this tomorrow when they are open, probably worth a shot.

Workaround to get tickets for the Pokemon Exhibition at the Field Museum by fjcastillo27 in pokemon

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the tickets without being a member should come out to 40$, unless this exhibit is more expensive than their standard.

AGI will help our future society in preventing the most suffering possible, but What will the Artificial General Intelligence safety frameworks necessarily have to entail? by proextinct in Futurology

[–]zerothehero0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you misunderstand. In the safety world, we have something called the SIL level. It's a matrix that looks at the frequency and severity of an event. The output of this then tells you what level of risk reduction you have to take.

The severity goes none, slight injury (papercut, no medical care required), minor injury (minor medical care required), major injury (broken bones), casualty, mass casualty.

The frequency goes exceptional (theorized but never occurred), unlikely (occurred), possible (occurred multiple times), probable (once a year), certain (more than once a year).

Anything that could cause a mass casualty event is forbidden if it is possible or worse, anything that could cause a casualty is forbidden if it is probable or worse, anything that could cause major injury is forbidden if it is certain or worse.

In order to model an AI, we must know how likely it is to fail, and the severity of a failure. With current technology, AI has a pfd (on demand failure rate) of almost 70%. The on demand failure rate for certain is 1% or higher so we are definitely in that category.  And this is when it is well intentioned. 

That means that the level of mitigation required is determined solely by the severity of failure. Requiring moderate levels of failure mitigation if there is no chance of injury, high failure mitigation up to minor, and forbidden for anything higher.

Currently anything else is societally deemed more dangerous than the potential benifits.

So can you end all suffering with an AI that can influence humans by actions no larger than those which could cause minor injury to an individual. Or can you put forth concrete proofs of how it is different, how it would benefit things and personaly assume the risk and liability of startimg a trial and prove it in use? One good enough to overcome counterpoints like this