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A spiral cow of confusion and sadness trudging through a horrible world. Aromantic. He/him. Developer, retro gamer, bassist, humanist, writer, and all around strange guy.

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OpenAI’s CriticGPT outperforms humans in catching AI-generated code bugs

Research model catches bugs in AI-generated code, improving human oversight of AI.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/openais-criticgpt-outperforms-humans-in-catching-ai-generated-code-bugs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica Mostly because it's the cause of so many code bugs. Please, let's just ban AI. Nothing good comes of it. Nothing.

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Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested

Elaborate scheme involved hidden camera and an earpiece to hear answers.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/turkish-student-creates-custom-ai-device-for-cheating-university-exam-gets-arrested/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica And then when these students get real jobs, they rely on and are heavily encouraged to use online resources, other people, books, notes, etc.. to get their important work done.

The idea of "cheating" in school is a load of crap. Schools don't care about real education, they just want to churn out quiz show contestants.

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Ridiculed Stable Diffusion 3 release excels at AI-generated body horror

Users react to mangled SD3 generations and ask, "Is this release supposed to be a joke?"

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/ridiculed-stable-diffusion-3-release-excels-at-ai-generated-body-horror/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica AI is a joke. End it now.

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Is cheating to graduate really worth it? https://percolately.com/mom-plea-daughter-homework-graduate/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

thespiralcow ,
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@georgetakei Meanwhile, in the real world, "cheating" is called "collaboration" and "teamwork" and "using reference materials" and is absolutely normalized while getting help from other students and from books during tests is seen as a gross violation. Will never, ever understand that. Want to make kids ready for the real world? Let them "cheat". They'll do better in their garbage memorization factory "schools" and come out better people in the end.

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OpenAI will use Reddit posts to train ChatGPT under new deal

Reddit has been eager to sell data from user posts.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/openai-will-use-reddit-posts-to-train-chatgpt-under-new-deal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica AI is going to infect every single corner of the internet until there is no place left to go. This is how the internet dies.

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SEC crypto crackdown continues with Robinhood as lawsuit looms

Robinhood accused SEC of creating a "world of confusion around crypto."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/sec-crypto-crackdown-continues-with-robinhood-as-lawsuit-looms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica Crypto is and always has been a massive scam. Outlaw it.

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AI marketing hype is coming for your favorite gadgets

The "AI mouse" is just the start.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/ai-marketing-hype-is-coming-for-your-favorite-gadgets/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica Ban AI. That's the only solution.

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Garry’s Mod is taking down 20 years’ worth of “Nintendo Stuff”

Creator: "They don't want you playing with that stuff... we have to respect that."

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/04/garrys-mod-is-taking-down-20-years-worth-of-nintendo-stuff/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica "We have to respect that". No, you don't. What a load of crap. To hell with Nintendo. This is reasonable fair use, Nintendo, and your actions are disgusting. I hope everyone just plays Switch games on their PC via emulation with archived versions of the Yuzu emulator and never give Nintendo another cent.

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Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective

Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets. Palm did them best.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/palm-os-and-the-devices-that-ran-it-an-ars-retrospective/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica This is what we should have instead of smartphones. Data that we load onto a device and use without that horrible tracking technology called mobile internet. A decent "smartphone" would have been just an evolution of PalmOS instead of integrating every single conceivable technology into it including phones and texting and other crap.

Bring back PalmOS and pay phones and one-way pagers. In other words, privacy.

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Tesla asks shareholders to approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk’s $56B pay

Tesla board calls June 13 shareholder vote on Musk's pay and move to Texas.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/tesla-asks-shareholders-to-approve-texas-move-and-restore-elon-musks-56b-pay/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thespiralcow ,
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@arstechnica Every single company Elon owns needs to kick that egotistical, bad decision making fool out. They are hurting themselves.

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