Rhaedas

Everything’s gone great so far, let’s try something that could actively harm us.

Some people can. Generalization like that ignores what some people are born into, and blames them when they can’t break out of it.

There are degrees of awareness. Consciousness is a broad part of that, but usually it’s sentience and sapience that are really considered in this question, and they are two different things. Usually sentience is used when it’s actually sapience that’s being discussed.

LLMs as they are aren’t aware. They respond to input, but there’s nothing going on internally to suggest they “know” what’s being asked. The lack of long term context and memory is a huge issue that external tools and techniques try to counter.

But to answer the question, we still don’t know. Before everything got sidetracked onto the LLM ride, it was one of many ideas on how to develop thinking in a computer. I don’t know if other research is still going on and just hidden behind the frenzy, or got cut out to go down this singular path that looked profitable.

If a machine was made that could make copies of itself… it wouldn’t be alive. It’s not a simple definition. Some viruses use RNA or single strand DNA and don’t reproduce themselves, they use other cells to do it for them. But they are alive in some sense of the word.

How exactly does an individual do the last two? Choosing mass transit when it’s available and practical makes sense, but what if there isn’t any? Which it tied to the last one, modern sprawl is why options are a rarity logistically and cost-wise, and how do you undo that?

They’re providing a service, so it’s not really up to you to determine a new price or features of that service. But you have the right to decide you don’t want to continue it, or change it within the boundaries that they’ve said you can. There may be consequences of stopping or changing the contract terms, which are most likely spelled out in that contract somewhere.

Exhibit A: most major companies in the past few years. Good thing so far it’s been mostly self harm. I’m sure a lesson has been learned and the race for AI in everything has stopped now. Right? Right?

The free parking rule gave a reason for the space and a bit of financial padding to the game. I’m pretty sure there were a few more extra enhancements back when I played it as a kid, just to add to the game. As long as everyone agrees to the changes. We used to mess with chess variations in high school, learned very quickly that some games get really screwed up if you bend rules or add things too much.

It’s all Republicans, and some Democrats. Oh, and some Republicans that label themselves as Democrats, even running as one. Which should be illegal and prosecutable as election fraud.

I’ve been lucky in that in the few interactions I’ve had, they’ve been mostly courteous and to the point. It’s usually been about a car tag and my fault. But they either gave a warning or a ticket that I could avoid by taking care of the tag. It does help I’m a white male.

There was one though, long ago when I was just 18. He probably let me go for the same reason, white male, and I was scared to death. But his first line was that I was speeding. I looked at my Dodge Aries K-Car and even in my fright almost laughed. In this POS? Really? I think because it was late at night and I happened to get in his way he was being pissy. He also said I should pay attention to my rear mirror as he had his lights on the whole mile before the interchange where I pulled over. Total BS. We all know how damn bright those lights are.

That’s the kicker, when they finally let you go all pissed off because YOU wasted THEIR time.

I think before all browsers ended up filling it in, it was standard practice to set up the server to intercept anything missing that part before the domain name and stick a “www” in front so it wouldn’t just dead end. Basically a redirect.

It’s like them championing state’s rights. Or free market. They’re all about the slogans if they get the votes, until they aren’t.

When the first image of black hole was due to be released, a few science channels had videos on what we should see (and did). And was also depicted as in the movie Interstellar.

had one of the first and supposedly the best and easiest to understand using visual aids.

The very simplest reason is because of the accretion disk, which is the only part we can actually see, and how the black hole’s gravity warps the back part of the disk around so we see many sides of it that we wouldn’t without the strong gravity bending the light. I.e., we don’t see the part of Saturn’s rings that are behind the planet.

The positive use has been covered by other comments. Aware of things.

The negative use is much like certain red hats. It helps show which people to avoid having discussions with, as they’ll beat you with their experience in idiocy. My usual response to them if any at all is “the opposite of woke is sleeping”.

Then you’re wasting their time and yours, as well as the effort to change anything. That’s the funny thing about the “danger” of voter fraud, it rarely is a problem because of how little one vote alone has any power. Maybe a small local district that comes close to a tie. Not that your votes isn’t important, but it’s one drop in a bathtub of water. If no one votes, it’s empty.

But they want you to think that it’s the few people who may try this that’s the problem so they can put in ID laws for other purposes, and to deflect attention from the efforts of mass manipulation of results or the disenfranchising of large demographics in strategic areas. That isn’t done by the voters, but by those in control or who work for them.

The LCD screen and size were the selling point beginning with the first ones. Newer phones can do more, and for some that might be better, but I don’t like the smaller screen, and will go to a computer before I try to see a website on my phone. Guess it depends on your needs and priorities.

Not a real monologue, but Humbaba mocks Gilgamesh and Enkidu for their hubris and lack of wisdom. He specifically attacks Enkidu, questioning his origins and his betrayal of the wild. He vows to slaughter them both and feed their flesh to the birds and beasts of the forest.

If you just put something else in the cart to bump it to 24 million, you would get free shipping.

If starvation due to the nectar is the cause, then my next question would be, what is the major pollinator for the trees? Or is what they get from everything good enough that evolution doesn’t kick in to make this a dead end feature for the tree. Maybe their blooming cycle is different than others, so they tend to dominate at that time and get enough activity even with the deaths?