Just read the article.

Basically the entire US economy, every employer, many schools, and half of the commercials on TV are telling us to use and trust AI.

Kid was already using the bot for advice on homework and relationships (two things that people are fucking encouraged to do depending on who you ask). The bot shouldn’t give lethal advice. And if it’s even capable of doing that, we all need to take a huuuuuuge step back.

“I want to make sure so I don’t overdose,” Nelson explained in the chat logs viewed by the publication. “There isn’t much information online and I don’t want to accidentally take too much.”

Kid was curious and cautious, and AI gave him incorrect information and the confidence to act on that information.

He was 19. Cut this victim blaming bullshit. Being a kid is hard enough before technology went full cyberpunk.

You’re probably right. I noticed the feature, but haven’t personally tried it.

FYI if you’re ham licensed, you can boost the output power of your mesh radio. There’s a setting in most firmwares.

By my math, $250/day for every day since Dec 31, 2021 would be $380,000 which could mean that they actually tracked each individual infraction (i.e. no fees on days they weren’t home) which means there’s zero chance of contesting this. Curious how much warning she got along the way before the fines really stacked up.

Also really curious what all the libertarians moving to Florida think of this.

Think of how much people whine about printer ink without A) looking for alternatives and B) questioning why their printer was fucking free (with rebate).

Oh don’t worry. That AI is definitely in the commercials.

My take has more to do with how accessible the methods of violence are. Most kids playing GTA aren’t (dog willing) going to have access to an arsenal of fully automatic weapons or sporty cars. At that point, they might as well be using wizard magic. I think even a young kid can recognize that it’s fantasy.

But I remember in GTA3 (or maybe Vice City?), you could use a screwdriver as a stabbing weapon. That’s kinda fucked.

I personally remember trying a move from Mortal Kombat on one of my friends when we were rough housing when I was like 7. While he was on his back, I jumped (off his bed I think?) and landed with my full body weight on my knee on his sternum. Probably could have cracked a rib. Certainly knocked the wind out of him. Learned that day that even the non-stabby bits of MK should stay in the pretend realm.

To some degree, I know kids will try to emulate what they see. If what they see is fantasy, nobody gets hurt.

I remember one review commenting on how the controls were mapped to only need one hand.

Who needs that when you’ve got Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2?

I’ll stick with my dog. She’d never snitch on me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimetallic_strip

sitting on it’s morals

Assuming that’s not a typo, the phrase is “sitting on its laurels”.

I mean, I buy stuff off eBay a lot, and it’s often from small mom-and-pop shops. I needed new ribbon for my typewriter recently and ended up getting it from a store that just sells ink ribbons. They have an off-eBay presence too.

He doesn’t like Christmas because that’s when he turns into the monster.

I had a month trial of Paramount+ that shut off literally mid-movie. Like 20 minutes from the end, it just stopped streaming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTomb

Obligatory:

What game do you play that needs 10 dice?

For me it was a random fruit stand in Rome.