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by erowind
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Computers & the Internet
Topic: GPU and CPU news and discussions
Replies: 212
Views: 103840

Re: GPU and CPU news and discussions

Here's what our IT professor told us at university many years ago: • AI will never really work, it will never really understand human language or the world, it might be useful in faking understanding or in some special cases using expert systems • CPUs are the driving force of computing and softwar...
by erowind
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: OpenAI Sora actually is dangerous
Replies: 11
Views: 5569

Re: OpenAI Sora actually is dangerous

Aww, hi Jakob, long time no see. Orion drives are really cool but yah I don't trust modern humans with nukes lol.

Ion drives are really cool too, could see us using them for long distance space travel one day.
by erowind
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:23 am
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: OpenAI Sora actually is dangerous
Replies: 11
Views: 5569

Re: OpenAI Sora actually is dangerous

We're certainly approaching the event horizon. The three most important actions to take are to build strong local communities IRL, Promote environmentalism, and oppose nuclear proliferation at all costs. We have to whether these awful times without destroying the planet until material conditions cha...
by erowind
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: Peak Oil
Replies: 9
Views: 10612

Re: Peak Oil

by erowind
Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:35 am
Forum: Military & War
Topic: Israel's conflict with its neighbours
Replies: 288
Views: 57045

Re: Israel's conflict with its neighbours

Before you read my post, please read this quoted line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements?oldformat=true The international community considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal on one of two bases: that they are ...
by erowind
Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: Military & War
Topic: Israel's conflict with its neighbours
Replies: 288
Views: 57045

Re: Israel's conflict with its neighbours

Actually most Israelis are tired of bibi I'll never understand why so much importance is placed on individuals. The Netanyahu administration is more than a person, and the administration itself is not dissimilar to what other admins would look like from different political parties in Israel, moreov...
by erowind
Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: Iraq News and Discussions
Replies: 11
Views: 8169

Re: Iraq News and Discussions

I cannot think of a single place on Earth where the presence of American soldiers has helped in any way during my entire lifetime. But isn't that an oversimplification? The U.S. military doesn't just bomb or attack places. They provide a lot of peacekeeping, disaster relief and humanitarian aid wor...
by erowind
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Computers & the Internet
Topic: Social Media & Big Tech news and discussions
Replies: 612
Views: 543807

Re: Social Media & Big Tech news and discussions

There are two major problems with social media I'm able to identify, misinformation and narcissism. I wouldn't just ban misinformation platforms, I'd also ban social media platforms in general where people easily post thousands of pictures of their own faces. It's completely ruined dating and is act...
by erowind
Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:58 am
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: Iraq News and Discussions
Replies: 11
Views: 8169

Re: Iraq News and Discussions

At every turn the US is escalating this war when all it has to do is stop supporting Israel in their genocide. At every turn where an American force is involved in a war or the occupation of another country the answer should always be, "Why are we we here?" The answer is that there is not ...