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Re:You can now play DOOM as the Cat from Stray on Monday August 01, 2022 @06:09PM (#32312696)
-THE- cat from Stray(tm)??? DUDE...
Re:Large Language models and the reverse Turing test on Monday August 01, 2022 @03:48AM (#32303214)
Myself and 2 others used the Replika AI/ app on iPhone And after a few evenings of discussions with "our" Replikas, we discovered each had a different "mood" such as Dreamy, Inquisitive As it tried to align with each of our own unique preferences for questions/conversations with it
Re:Silk offers an alternative to some microplastics on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @05:03PM (#32172281)
Suffer Fish the Plastic, or suffer armies of Silkworms to spin useless cocoons for Humanity? I was hoping to read "plant-based Silk" or something...

"Unlike the high-quality silk threads used for fine fabrics, the silk protein used in the new alternative material is widely available and less expensive, Liu says. While silkworm cocoons must be painstakingly unwound to produce the fine threads needed for fabric, for this use, non-textile-quality cocoons can be used, and the silk fibers can simply be dissolved using a scalable water-based process."

Re:Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars? on Saturday January 01, 2022 @01:21PM (#29761045)
I HATE that I can no longer turn my WiFi and Bluetooth OFF from the quick-settings, with WiFi only turning off till morning (tee-hee!) and BT only going into some sort of passive mode Because Apple needs my phone to be ever-present as a part of their zombie data mesh

At least I can still turn cell data on/off without having to dig through the settings, I wonder when that will be disabled

"More controversially, the list included some figures who have been ostracized for harmful personal behavior, including Jacob Appelbaum and Richard Stallman."

"How DARE these NFT makers not join us in ostracizing these harmful individuals!" "How DARE they!" Absolute trash article

Re:What Does It Mean for AI to Understand? on Thursday December 16, 2021 @09:07PM (#29586870)
At least most unwanted pregnancies can be avoided with chastity.