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opticd t1_jdto0b8 wrote

EU countries are taking a different approach. They’re passing regulation that isn’t entirely feasible to comply with and assigning large % global revenue fines for non compliance. Their plan is to just skim revenue and benefit rather than banning.

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Ipraythisworks0315 t1_jdtn1tb wrote

This maybe a long shot, but I would like to put a device similar to Alexa or Ok Google in a nursery for a child. I would also like to record several hours of me reading books. However, I like the capability of a device like the two I mentioned before to be able to play random sounds, or give information on demand. Is it possible to have these device store playlist or sounds that I make or are there any devices that can do what I mentioned .

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PlayingTheWrongGame t1_jdtlkfu wrote

Any anyone working for any company in the government or a contractor’s supply chain, or anyone providing critical services for any of those companies, even the second-order ones.

Which is essentially every vaguely important company in the US.

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ethereal3xp OP t1_jdtk3lq wrote

While Gates acknowledges that AI has the potential to do great good, depending on government intervention, he is equally concerned by the potential harms.

In his blog post, Gates drew attention to an interaction he had with AI in September. He wrote that, to his astonishment, the AI received the highest possible score on an AP Bio exam.

The AI was asked, “what do you say to a father with a sick child?” It then provided an answer which, Gates claims, was better than one anyone in the room could have provided. The billionaire did not include the answer in his blog post.

This interaction, Gates said, inspired a deep reflection on the way that AI will impact industry and the Gates Foundation for the next 10 years.

He explained that “the amount of data in biology is very large, and it’s hard for humans to keep track of all the ways that complex biological systems work. There is already software that can look at this data, infer what the pathways are, search for targets on pathogens, and design drugs accordingly.”

He predicted that AI will eventually be able to predict side effects and the correct dosages for individual patients.

In the field of agriculture, Gates insisted that “AIs can help develop better seeds based on local conditions, advise farmers on the best seeds to plant based on the soil and weather in their area, and help develop drugs and vaccines for livestock.”

>The negative potential for AI

Despite all the potential good that AI can do, Gates warned that it can have negative effects on society.

“Governments and philanthropy will need to play a major role in ensuring that it reduces inequity and doesn’t contribute to it. This is the priority for my own work related to AI," he wrote.

Gates acknowledged that AI will likely be “so disruptive [that it] is bound to make people uneasy” because it “raises hard questions about the workforce, the legal system, privacy, bias, and more.”

AI is also not a flawless system, he explained, because “AIs also make factual mistakes and experience hallucinations.”

Gates emphasized that there is a “threat posed by humans armed with AI” and the potential that AI “decide that humans are a threat, conclude that its interests are different from ours, or simply stop caring about us?”

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WeedRavioli t1_jdtjqfc wrote

Theres someone younger that made a device which essentially lets you play video games with your mind, so instead of using controllers you use your mind.

So yeah these politicians will have a worse time trying to understand this than they did with facebook.

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iwangchungeverynight t1_jdtjfiw wrote

I like the part where everyone in this thread is cool with it, as though it’s okay that China is systematically interweaving itself into American society and we’re good with rolling over and accepting it. That’s not a lukewarm effort to be a xenophobe, it’s a legitimate concern about cultural/community pride. Simple acceptance of another country “doing it better” shouldn’t be where it ends. Follow not just the money but the data stream and then you begin to understand the political and social ramifications of changing minds and hearts that ‘China isn’t bad, it’s the U.S. that’s not good’ and their attempt at the reframing of reality.

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autotldr t1_jdtj7t1 wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)


> A poll of more than 2,000 social media users in China found that about four in 10 respondents have experienced some form of online abuse.

> Her death is the latest in a string of deaths that have been linked to online bullying in China.

> "China has robust technological tools for monitoring online content. More of those resources should be redirected toward curbing cyberbullying. should not condone the culture of fostering online 'hate campaigns'," says Jonathan Sullivan, a China specialist and political scientist at the University of Nottingham.


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wamdueCastle t1_jdti4da wrote

it sounds like advertising, but without the requirement it be marked as advertising. In theory it would also get around ad block software.

only what is being "advertised" is the posts of Elon simps, and a generic collection of right wing arse holes.

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sickofthisshit t1_jdthkgg wrote

Because it supposedly comes with a ranking boost (and if you are a Musk fan, the thrill of sending money to your hero), but if it is visible you can get mocked.

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