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LughAto Autonomous Vehicles•Waymo approved to start autonomous vehicle testing in New York CityEnglish6·1 天前NYC is more complex driving. It will be interesting to see how quickly they master it.
LughOPMAto Futurology•80% of AI start-ups applying for VC funding with Andreessen Horowitz are using Chinese Open-Source AI.English4·1 天前Their hope seems to be to invent something proprietary and hypey that gets them bought up, not to actually build something functional.
They all seem to be chasing the dream of being unicorns (for the unintiated reading this, monopolist giants like Google/Meta, not magical horses).
Do American VCs even bother with start-ups who want to be small/medium sized firms, and have a solid case for making a few hundred million dollars every year?
LughOPMAto Futurology•Are we searching for aliens wrong? New findings support panspermia—the idea that Earth's life came from elsewhere and that simple life is common in the galaxy.English3·3 天前Yes I did, and corrected it.
LughOPMAto Futurology•China installed 290,000 industrial robots in 2024; twice as many as the EU, Japan & the US, the other top 4 nations combined.English7·8 天前Oddly, 2024 new industrial robot numbers dropped for each of the EU, Japan and the US, too from the year before. Robot manufacturing means cheaper goods, and the EU, Japan & the US are already feeling the crunch. They don’t seem to have any answer to the flood of good quality cheap electric vehicles that have made China the world’s biggest car maker. These pressures are only going to get worse and worse.
2024 New Industrial Robots
290,000 - China
86,000 - EU
43,000 - Japan
34,000 - US
Chinese factories keep up robot roll-out despite global decline
LughOPMAto Futurology•U.S. researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) capable of decoding a person’s inner speech with up to 74% accuracy from a vocabulary as large as 125,000 words.English20·10 天前I’m glad this helps people with paralysis, but I can’t help seeing the sci-fi dystopian side of tech like this.
What if some people are forced to have their inner thoughts decoded against their will? It sounds like just the thing some authoritarian thought police would use to root out their enemies.
Does that sound far-fetched? I’m sure if it were suggested as an upgrade to existing lie-detecting polygraph tests, lots of people would approve. Slippery slope.
LughOPMAto Futurology•The rise of the robot boy/girlfriend? A new humanoid robot is being primarily marketed as a $5,500 companion for young people.English5·10 天前If you think of it as a pet alternative, its not so expensive. Food & vets bills for cats & dogs can easily be $1000 per year.
Beijing’s complex night-time road conditions, characterized by low lighting, environmental interference – heavy rain in the summer and snow in the winter – pose significant challenges for autonomous driving systems.
People often question Level 4 self-driving and snowy conditions, it will be interesting to see how this goes.
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English11·21 天前Here’s a few; there’s many more.
AI deception: A survey of examples, risks, and potential solutions
Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training
Compromising Honesty and Harmlessness in Language Models via Deception Attacks
The Traitors: Deception and Trust in Multi‑Agent Language Model Simulations
Detecting Malicious AI Agents Through Simulated Interactions
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English21·21 天前The idea being pushed forth by YOUR link is that there is a concerted effort by an “AI” to push something subliminal.
Your assertion is contradicted by real world facts. There is lots of research showing AI engaging in deceptive and manipulative behavior.
Now it has another method to do that. As the article points out, we don’t why it’s doing this. But that’s not the point. The point is it can, without us knowing.
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English21·21 天前Subliminal refers to stimuli that are presented below the threshold of conscious perception, meaning they are not consciously recognized but can still influence the mind or behavior
It’s not subliminal to the AI, but then again, AI isn’t analogous to human brains. But it is correct to say its subliminal to the humans building and designing the AI.
LughOPMAto Futurology•New research shows AI models can subliminally train other AI models to be malicious, in ways that are not understood or detectable by people.English2·21 天前Interestingly in Game Theory, when everyone can lie and go undetected, its almost always bad outcomes for everyone, that range from inefficiency to collapse.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A new study has found that people are increasingly using words and phrases favoured by AI in everyday speech.English3·28 天前I think you can find ethically good, bad and gray uses for AI.
The top commenter here mentions Youtube content creators using it. Most of them are on YT to make money. So its a rational smart choice to let AI do your writing, if it makes you more efficient and means you can earn more.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A new study has found that people are increasingly using words and phrases favoured by AI in everyday speech.English2·28 天前Sounds more like YouTube “content producers” are likely using AI to generate the words they read aloud.
I’ve noticed this too, and it sounds like a an example of what Marshall McLuhan was talking about when he said "The Medium is the Message”. The form of a medium (e.g., TV, print, digital) has a more profound effect on society than the actual content it carries.
LughOPMAto Futurology•A new study has found that people are increasingly using words and phrases favoured by AI in everyday speech.English13·28 天前Stupider people with weaker senses of self are more likely to use chatgpt.
No. AI use correlates with being younger and more educated.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Germany will triple its defence budget to €167 billion ($175 billion) by 2029, focus on innovation and new technology, and doesn't want to buy American. How will this affect Europe's future?English3·1 个月前It would have been more accurate to say well-paying jobs for all of them.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Germany will triple its defence budget to €167 billion ($175 billion) by 2029, focus on innovation and new technology, and doesn't want to buy American. How will this affect Europe's future?English4·1 个月前There is only a limited amount of engineers available.
U.S. universities award roughly 150,000 to 200,000 bachelor’s degrees in engineering each year, whereas the EU produces 500,000 engineering graduates per year.
Europe’s problem is getting enough jobs for them all.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Germany will triple its defence budget to €167 billion ($175 billion) by 2029, focus on innovation and new technology, and doesn't want to buy American. How will this affect Europe's future?English4·1 个月前there’s very little industry in the EU
The EU’s Total Manufacturing Output & Global Share of Manufacturing is bigger than the US’s.
LughOPMAto Futurology•What will the AI arising from the post-AI-Bubble-Crash look like?English4·1 个月前Or maybe AGI turns out to be harder than some people thought.
Yes. It seems very unlikely to arise from current LLMs. AGI-Hypers keep expecting signs of independent reasoning to arise, and it keeps not happening.
LughOPMAto Futurology•Europe now has 3 separate spaceplanes in development. Will any of them get to space?English2·1 个月前The Germans have been doing it for a while too, but they seemed to have got more results and be closer to launch.
It amazes me how their BS on ‘innovation’ has infected broader culture and politics.
Look how little fundamental innovation there is in health, education and housing. All getting more expensive and out of reach.