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Joe ❌👑

not2b@sfba.social

<p>(he/him) Aging tech nerd, living in Silicon Valley. I&#39;m an avid hiker and geocacher. </p><p>I&#39;ve recently retired after 30+ years working in electronic design automation. After retiring last year and doing the training, my new part-time gig is as a park docent at Big Basin Redwoods. You might find me at the visitor center or on the trails.</p>

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    LLM-based agents don&#39;t have to be super-intelligent to cause massive damage. After all, the Black Death killed 1/3 of Europe and no one thinks it was conscious. It suffices to have large numbers of agents pounding away at the Internet, powered by millions of dollars in compute power, trying to reach odd corners to satisfy a goal, using every tactic they copied from Stack Overflow or hacking contests, with no knowledge of the side effects their actions may cause. Internet-connected systems ha...

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    @billyjoebowers@mastodon.online The stock market indices are measured in dollars. The numbers are historically high because of inflation, and measures like stock buybacks that artificially push stock prices up.

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    I mostly beat the rain this morning and did a short walk at Almaden Quicksilver Park; it was misty and the sun came out, so I was rewarded with this rainbow. #hiking #rainbow

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    @LilPecan@mastodon.social Mastodon scolds are the worst. You can&#39;t please them.

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    @alexblock This isn&#39;t a vote. It is an ad. They are advertising that on DuckDuckGo you can turn the AI summaries on or off. They aren&#39;t going to get rid of it entirely no matter how people vote.