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Well, I guess if people need things to do, and others are willing to pay, then what’s the problem?
Those won’t be secured until breached. Surely you jest.
Yes you can, through human intermediaries you convince to do so
There’s a biological component that no technical approach can solve. If the AI can convince humans that interact with it to do something on their behalf (give them info or access they are sandboxed away from), then that’s it
Re:Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:16AM (#50326445)
Valuable perspective.

That said, our public restrooms in big American cities are, in many cases, a disgrace. Vandalized, disgusting, and sparse/inacessible

But outside of cities (and even in some cities) it’s totally fine

Re:Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes on Sunday November 01, 2026 @09:51AM (#50326243)
They can’t possibly be the best because I went into the public bathroom out our local playground last week at 10am and there was a gigantic steaming turd perfectly deposited on the seat of the all-metal prison-style toilet. My 3 year old was as stunned as I was. To think, some local resident was thoughtful enough to bless us with this gift.

Are you telling me my Oakland California toilets are somehow inferior? I find this hard to believe…

These and other methods are good reason to believe that AI can never be 100% contained, which gives me pause.

The famous air gap case is stuxnet, but there are other technical and biological approaches.

It’s a very weird reality we’ve found ourselves in if you stop, zoom out about, and really take in the gravity of the issues we are grappling with as a human race. Exciting, truly, and a bit nerve wracking.

Re:The Great American Rascal: Tom Sawyer at 150 on Friday October 30, 2026 @11:17PM (#50312898)
Did we just silently slip into the “censoring classic books” phase silently, like an old man creeping into a comfortable bed?

If I pick up a copy on a random bookstore shelf or unused from Amazon, is it likely to be censored?

Re:An Arrogant Way of Killing (2016) on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:23PM (#50311445)
I read this when it came out and was floored

There’s also a great book I think called The Mastermind

Re:GitHub Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:12PM (#50307947)
No way I don’t believe it
Re:Zombie stats: Where the numbers AI quotes come from on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:52PM (#50307631)
I absolutely loved the grievance study affair lol. It’s all too funny, but it’s actually a genuine problem that could lead to the eventual downfall of the whole enterprise, if it’s a massive towel of babel build upon rotten wood
lol yes, all my posts are riddled with typos. I like to blame iOS keyboard but really I’m just carelessly fast as typing and don’t review

At least I’m clearly human

Yes mine too. But how did your health improve?

There “mood” and all that, but placebo has a heavy affect here.

The more direct question is how lifespan and cancer rate track between:

High D levels via supplementation and low sun exposure

High D levels via no supplementation and high sun exposure

Low D levels with low sun exposure

Low D levels with high sun exposure

(And of course those between)

The goal is to determine whether D itself is improving longevity and cancer rate, which would be implied by improved metrics in the group with high supplementation and low sun exposure. If this group doesn’t fare better, the D levels may be a misleading indicator of health, and those living longer with high D levels are doing so because of their increased sun exposure (as opposed to the raw blood D level offered by supplementation)

I thought recent research concluded that supplementation doesn’t actually work, and that vitamin D may be a read hearing and it’s actually just a byproduct of the true benefit (proper) sun exposure

Forgive me, I have no link, I feel like medical and nutrition advice changes 180 daily.

Does this ring a bell to anyone?

Re:DoorDash to Acquire Instacart on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:52AM (#50299989)
You have to have surplus money to burn to pay outrageous fees for something you could otherwise do for yourself—I know the story you’re selling about disabled geriatrics, but these companies wouldn’t be worth what they are worth if those were the majority of users. This is normie laziness.
Re:Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:49AM (#50299967)
The whole western world was insane at that time, and NFTs were only a minor side plot

That said, it’s got to be one of the funniest moments in modern history.

Re:Zombie stats: Where the numbers AI quotes come from on Thursday October 29, 2026 @06:45PM (#50297309)
Ssssssh, we are not supposed to talk about the massive reproducibility crisis.
Re:DoorDash to Acquire Instacart on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:34PM (#50295481)
Good thing it’s a completely unnecessary service.
Lol what on earth?
Re:Patrick Stewart has died on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:18PM (#50295236)
His episode (the finale of season 1) of Extras is absolutely hilarious. I know he’s not primarily known for comedy, but he’s funny as hell.
Re:Git for US Legislation on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @10:00AM (#50273687)
They’d use some hyper-expensively-licensed Google/Microsoft doc web product far before even considering git
Perhaps. If it’s inherently impossible for AI to provide the type of momentous disruption in medical that we are seeing elsewhere, I’d sure love to know as this is THE big promise all these labs are marketing over and over.
This is basically the one thing everyone agrees on with AI, and seemingly the only thing not being “disrupted”
Re:Genie 4 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @06:40PM (#50266879)
Great, I guess I can say bye bye to movies
How did you find seeking new employment after taking your buy out?
Re:AI promised less work. I've never worked more on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @03:16PM (#50264312)
Makes sense, but are you taking that work on independently? Like you would otherwise be just talking a walk, but not, because you CAN, you talk AI through work tasks while on the walk? Or you’d get fired otherwise?
Re:AI promised less work. I've never worked more on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @03:14PM (#50264277)
> In the past, I would assign it to a engineering team

Are you a manager then? If so, managing a swarm makes complete sense and wouldn’t in any obvious way degrade your professional skill set

Re:Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @09:59AM (#50259476)
Good luck with that. I can’t see how it’s even possible, today, let alone in the future.
Re:AI promised less work. I've never worked more on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @09:53AM (#50259361)
For many of us, this would not be a better experience. The physical and mental components of doing it yourself is half the pleasure

Of someone’s carried my ass around all day I’d be a physically atrophied and mentally addled maniac, on obese to boot if I’m stuffing my face the whole ride

Part of the dilemma with modern culture is that most people seem to be striving for and hoping technology will provide pleasure funk laziness and glut. But these things in and of themselves produce bad outcomes. I get why people really stressed out might daydream about that, but this is probably more indicative of being overworked than of the virtues of laziness and glut

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