My thoughts exactly, but they also suck up more than the commons, according to our intellectual property laws. I was glad when the courts decided that LLM products were not copyright-able works. A commons for the models also means much less redundant training infrastructure, i.e. fewer data centers, and ability to reign in market externalities, like burning fossil fuels to power them.

“protection”

https://www.carrozo.com/guillotine-emoji

Separated at birth?

This was an episode of Blacklist IRL?

If they block the bike lanes in DC, they are in for a rude awakening. At least it’s not a bot.

I had a mild case about five years ago and did self-guided gradual exposure therapy. (I do not react outside of bowel cramps.) That worked for me in about 2 months, but I think that approach would be high risk for anyone with severe reactions. I have it again as of three weeks ago.

This cover has a strong omage to the Second Foundation cover, by Michael Whelan.

… until Israel honors the ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza. Many headlines omit the stated reason for halted talks.

I like KeePassXC and SyncThing for my own use. I am not sure that I am ready to apply a no-llm purity test if a dev is using a model appropriately. If the code becomes obfuscated somehow, that would be another matter. In the longer term I hope FOSS devs do not come to rely on paid cloud models or favor code quantity over quality.

I am not here to defend that institution at all.

The pope’s AI encyclical was good reading and reminds us to center human dignity, compassion, etc. Lots of ethics to explore with regard to AI and related cultural phenomena.

Five days does seems right for reaching uninhabitable planet state. The soil would stay warm for quite a while longer, I imagine.

A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge, explores this question with a star that goes dark every 50 years. Seems like it would depend upon the planetary specifics, i.e. atmosphere composition and volcanic activity. You could have a great telescope afterwards.

Yeah, sometimes the chemicals are signals and they are telling you things. Sometimes they are noise. Either way they are hard to filter.

I think it is also about the terms of the debate and definitions of self. For me the absurdity is to propose invisible essences that transcend physical reality. My body is my self and I kind of own or rent the material that makes me work. The processes are physical as well, but they are mine too. I freely make decisions all the time, all by myself. There is no other self worth talking about.

Seriously. Why are chemicals absurd? Answer: They are not absurd. They are arranged and tuned to your relations with your surroundings. They are sensory organs. Ignoring your senses is a choice I guess, especially when they are badly calibrated or misinformed by fake inputs (social media, rage bait, w/e)

Came here to say it. Glad to find it said. Everyone’s rights are threatened by this.

Close the lid, buddy. You gave your only good ideas to a stranger and they made you obsolete.

I was listening to… Boston, Longtime / Foreplay. Quite the hard rock canon I suppose. Not my era or genre, but a great song. Going down the rabbit hole with this old band.