Writing an article about this without mentioning the Fable export control seems odd.

If you'd like a framework to think about magic(k) in terms that are compatible with scienc(k)e, I recommend the information paradigm laid out in Postmodern Magic. If you find it useful, Dunn later wrote a book on Tarot.

ChatGPT Can Predict the Future when it Tells Stories Set in the Future About the Past

I happened to have an acoustic guitar version of the Max Payne theme playing when I read your comment, which apparently meant I'd "hear" your words in James McCaffrey's voice. Similarly, AI music summons the corporate egregore.

That's fine, can we talk about the concentration camps?

I can pretty confidently say that 4k is noticeable if you're sitting close to a big tv. I don't know that 8k would ever really be noticeable, unless the screen is strapped to your face, a la VR. For most cases, 1080p is fine, and there are other factors that start to matter way more than resolution after HD. Bit-rate, compression type, dynamic range, etc.

Stores don't actually own Towelie. They rent it for $2000-$4000 per month per robot.

I get the sense that VLC doesn't really care if something is a valid video file, it's just gonna start playing and see what happens.

We have stereo smell to help with locating smells. There's also the nasal cycle. One nostril/sinus handles most of the airflow, then they swap (the sinuses are separate until they get to the throat). That way one can recover moisture, plus some smells are more easily detected with fast airflow and others with slow. So the nostrils functioning differently gives us a broader range of odor detection. What else? Umm, bilateral symmetry and redundancy is useful.

A million seconds is ~11 days. A billion seconds is ~32 years. A trillion seconds is 31,689 years.

Oh, you think the darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark.

Only Republican gerrymandering is allowed now. - The Supreme Court, I guarantee.

...even though I don’t use Reddit, I know the reputation it has for being a center for wit and intellectual debate.

That was the satire flag for me.

Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.

Anthropic yesterday:

Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider, avoiding any disruption to ongoing military planning, operations, or other critical missions. Our models will be available on the expansive terms we have proposed for as long as required. -Dario's Post

The loss of widely shared cultural touchstones in media has messed with my perception of time. But also, I'm getting old.

They then proceeded with the enslaving, sans computer.

People leaving ChatGPT cause of the deal OpenAI made with the DoD/DoW.