Science/Techno Babble Random, Random

[JazzNU]

Resolved after markets closed. They're gonna have to do better than that to get at the Redditors. They just switched over to Discord while Reddit was down.

[ti-amie]

Discord? I really need to get out more.

[JazzNU]

Haha. I understand totally. Can be hard to keep up with tech.

Discord banned their server now. I believe they've gone private, though a mod or someone is on Twitter giving updates. This is a good quick article on why Discord cut them off. The main thing is it wasn't banned for fraud, but for hate speech. And that is entirely believable with this particular point highlighted in the article as part of Discord's statement on banning them. Yikes what a description.

r/WallStreetBets describes itself as “like 4chan found a Bloomberg Terminal,” and many comments on the subreddit contain offensive language.


https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/27/2225 ... ets-server

[skatingfan]

Discord? I really need to get out more.

Discussion boards mainly for gaming & music - starting to see more & more content creators with Discord channels.

[ponchi101]

Over 50 years ago, science fiction writer and icon Stanislav Lem wrote a story in which he envisioned a future in which swarms of miniature mechanical insects (the word drone was still not in the lingo as we know it today) could fly as a swarm and meet at a point. Plunging into each other, and made out of uranium, they would be able to reach critical mass in the spot, becoming a nuclear device, a bomb from which you could not defend yourself.
This article bears no relation to that story...

[ti-amie]

Over 50 years ago, science fiction writer and icon Stanislav Lem wrote a story in which he envisioned a future in which swarms of miniature mechanical insects (the word drone was still not in the lingo as we know it today) could fly as a swarm and meet at a point. Plunging into each other, and made out of uranium, they would be able to reach critical mass in the spot, becoming a nuclear device, a bomb from which you could not defend yourself.
This article bears no relation to that story...

Oh FFS.

[Suliso]

In the history of war the best defense has always been an attack. Not going to change in the future either.

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

One test tube of Anthrax, dropped in a reservoir. See how you deal with that.
That is truly frightening.

[MJ2004]

This is what happens people don't know how to use fun techno stuff:

https://youtu.be/lGOofzZOyl8

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ter-kitten

[ti-amie]

I would be that person. It's why I never even try to use filers on a video call.

[ti-amie]

[dryrunguy]

Have we talked about deepfakes? This is alarming.

https://www.inputmag.com/tech/deepfake- ... -improving

[ponchi101]

Terrifying. We are completely not ready for AI, or its offspring.
There was no way I would have told it was not Cruise.

[Deuce]

Regarding 'Artificial Intelligence' (and many other things)...
If we, as a species, do not consciously realize the undeniable fact that the human animal will abuse absolutely everything it comes into contact with (most often for financial gain), and thus quickly turn potential positives into profound negatives, and if we do not take effective action to address this defect, then we, and the planet, will continue to suffer until we eliminate ourselves (and many other species along the way).