I am sure you will get a highly educated, well thought out response. How many posters realize he is a complete a**hole? I put the o/u at 700!!
FC/OT: Commencement speaker booed after praising AI as the next Industrial Revolution…
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Only just now caught this response. Interesting, will study.
Edit: Timothy Gowers gives a thumbs-up, take that to the bank. Huh. I honestly had my reservations on AI mathematics proofs.
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Automation has killed a lot of jobs for centuries. We could hire a lot of people to dig with shovels instead of using bulldozers but I don't think that's a good option. I understand the concern but the challenge should be for people to position themselves with skills needed for the future. That's going to be difficult for some but what's the alternative? Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez want a moratorium on data centers and AI development. I'm all for making sure the ground and water are clean and that investors pay for their share of the cost for utility infrastructure expansion but a moratorium on technological advancement seems like suicide. If we don't do it other countries will pass us by.
Just think of the jobs we could have saved if we would have stopped autopilot on planes?
Another issue: budding mathematicians quickly learn the importance of doing every exercise in the textbook. Of this I am sure: there exists online an answer key to the exercises of every classic textbook you can find. (For kicks I’m currently working through the exercises of Atiyah and MacDonald’s Introduction to Commutative Algebra, and, yeah, there’s an answer key. My own proofs are better, just saying.) If you’re not putting in the necessary grunt work, where does that leave you? Graduate school qualifying exams are hard. (Maryland’s PhD program had/has a 50% washout rate.) You’ve got to train yourself.
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To what end? Pass us by in what exactly? This isn't innovating a better/more efficient way to do something - it's eliminating the need for human input at all levels (save maybe the top). F Data Centers. Have Elon build them on the moon. No one wants them.
Of course it's a more efficient way of doing things. Just like ordering fast food on your phone instead of having somebody taking your order. Or online databases instead of encyclopedias.
Do you really think AI development would stop around the world if we stop it in the USA?
Who cares? It's a massively expensive endeavor (in terms of dollars, time, and natural resources) and will not make life better for most people on this planet. Also, ordering food on your phone is not same as AI - it's not just automation. It's evolved automation to the point of replacing the need for humans at most levels of employment. This whole manufactured 'race' to stay in the AI game is a scam so that, you guessed it, taxpayers keep footing the bill for this sh*t and so Anthropic, OpenAI, etc. can keep moving dollars around to show that they are worth it. Lately it seems like they're not, given how expensive AI has proven to be (in real dollars).
What are your thoughts on AI as a utility, as proposed by Sam Altman?
AI as a utility bill? Sam Altman thinks that’s the future
Sam Altman says AI could be sold like electricity or water, metered by usage instead of subscriptions.
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Technology needs customers in order to survive. Companies wouldn't be spending the money if they didn't think it was going to make them more productive.
Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
Kind a prefer the Skynet AI from terminator that decided humans are no longer needed and wiped them out. We get the AI easily scammed by teens.
F*ck. Even we’re doing it. 
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Great Valley launches MBA in artificial intelligence | Penn State University
Penn State Great Valley will offer a master of business administration in artificial intelligence beginning in fall 2026. This 33-credit interdisciplinary program is designed to meet the growing need for business leaders who are proficient in both AI and management.
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Nearly 76% accuracy in healthcare.
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Calling Doctor GPT: AI responses to healthcare queries are nearly 76% accurate | Penn State University
Large language models respond to everyday health queries with nearly 76% accuracy, raising concerns about their trustworthiness in real-world applications, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.
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I think this is a really big assumption and likely incorrect. That's not to say AI won't create other problems, but to say it won't make life better for most people seems very hyperbolic.
What if AI could reduce work (not eliminate) for most so that we could go to 3 or 4 day work weeks with the same pay and have more free time to spend with family and friends?
Same pay for less work? Not in America. You are truly an optimist and no less hyperbolic.
Ok, so some combination of similar pay and/or lower cost of living. Certainly cost of living can come down. I'm certainly cognizant of the risk of wealthy owners reaping the financial benefits and workers getting shafted. However, if we see skyrocketing unemployment numbers, even the most conservative politicians will understand that something has to give.
I'm cautiously optimistic, but you seem to think there is zero upside to AI and only down.
AI is currently being used to swindle people and especially seniors out of their savings.
I dont get that either. Why target rural and wilderness areas when there are so many abandoned buildings sitting empty in cities and industrial areas.
The rare earth extraction from AMD is really starting to take off. I first heard about it in the 90s in college. But then basically nothing for years until recently.
They are also looking at some of the spoil piles for the minerals. I had some people out on jobs I was involved in grabbing samples.
Are you working in western PA or the anthracite region?
Godwin thought it was AI.
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Buccaneers' Godwin 'didn't believe' news of Evans' exit at first
Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin Jr. said Tuesday that he learned Mike Evans was signing with the 49ers on social media, and it wasn't until quarterback Baker Mayfield texted him a "sad face" emoji that he believed the news was real.
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How dare you sound reasonable!! Don't you know, you will NEVER get on TV sounding like that. You have to predict the end if the world or worse! Catastrophe is the only possible outcome if you want publicity. Now repeat after me. The sky is falling. The sky is falling. Run for your life.
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If data centers aren't a concern environmentally or without side effects, how many exist or are planned within a mile of Mar-a-Largo or outside the corporate centers of Amazon, Apple, MS, Nvidia, etc. I'm sure they're all buying adjacent real estate to create what they need.
According to the Wall Street Journal, construction of DATA. CENTERS. 
in the U.S. is behind schedule due to supply chain issues, difficulties obtaining permits, and a lack of available power. They say that construction has not started for over 60% of capacity planned for 2027.
in the U.S. is behind schedule due to supply chain issues, difficulties obtaining permits, and a lack of available power. They say that construction has not started for over 60% of capacity planned for 2027.