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The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

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leicsmac

leicsmac

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8 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Reading some of the stuff in General is a very difficult experience right now.

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."

 

Such are the times we live in. 

 

And another quote. 

 

"I wish it need not have happened in my time."

 

"So do I and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”  - Tolkien. 

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HighPeakFox

HighPeakFox

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14 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."

 

Such are the times we live in. 

 

And another quote. 

 

"I wish it need not have happened in my time."

 

"So do I and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”  - Tolkien. 

Right :thumbup:

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Muzzy_no7

Muzzy_no7

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44 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Why lol

 

In this day and age would they try and get away with it? 

 

 

 

 

How’s that account got a blue tick 😂

leicsmac

leicsmac

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3 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

No and I never said it was 🤷‍♂️

Fair, so as an answer...

 

...I think Elon dishes out blue ticks for anyone willing to pay these days, right?

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leicsmac

leicsmac

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56 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Why lol

 

In this day and age would they try and get away with it? 

 

 

 

 

One thing I have noticed is that right now, the advance of AI has mostly been matched by the human ability to detect it. 

 

Hopefully that remains the case. 

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Muzzy_no7

Muzzy_no7

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2 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Fair, so as an answer...

 

...I think Elon dishes out blue ticks for anyone willing to pay these days, right?

Probably, I came off Twitter in 2019. 

StanSP

StanSP

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12 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Probably, I came off Twitter in 2019. 

Yeah verified means nothing these days so wouldn't really pay attention to that! 

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Torquay Gunner

Torquay Gunner

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4 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

I'm a little bit uncomfortable with the way the world is.

The personalities of the leaders running some of the most populous countries in the world leads me to quote Iain Banks 

 
“The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others”.
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CornwallFox

CornwallFox

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7 hours ago, leicsmac said:

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."

 

Such are the times we live in. 

 

And another quote. 

 

"I wish it need not have happened in my time."

 

"So do I and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”  - Tolkien. 

That's exactly what's going on. Capitalism is in its death throws but nobody knows what will come next and everybody is desperately trying to keep it on the rails. 

 

I realise I've mixed metaphors horribly there. 

Sampson

Sampson

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1 hour ago, CornwallFox said:

That's exactly what's going on. Capitalism is in its death throws but nobody knows what will come next and everybody is desperately trying to keep it on the rails. 

 

I realise I've mixed metaphors horribly there. 

For me the big thing is these big tech companies are essentially starting to become as rich and powerful as many prominent nation states now, and AI is only going to increase that. The argument Bill Gates used to have was “sure but we don’t have armies”. But I’m not sure they need them now individual companies can control the flow of information to individuals. You see what happens when the EU stands up to Musk, he just promotes a bunch of anti-EU parties, think that kind of thing is only going to increase.

 

I’m not sure the UK government can really stand up to the big tech companies anymore, I think if they don’t yet, it won’t be long until those companies have more power and wealth than the UK as a nation state. 

 

All reminds me of the video game Deus Ex a bit.

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bovril

bovril

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8 minutes ago, Sampson said:

For me the big thing is these big tech companies are essentially starting to become as rich and powerful as many prominent nation states now, and AI is only going to increase that. The argument Bill Gates used to have was “sure but we don’t have armies”. But I’m not sure they need them now individual companies can control the flow of information to individuals. You see what happens when the EU stands up to Musk, he just promotes a bunch of anti-EU parties, think that kind of thing is only going to increase.

 

I’m not sure the UK government can really stand up to the big tech companies anymore, I think if they don’t yet, it won’t be long until those companies have more power and wealth than the UK as a nation state. 

 

All reminds me of the video game Deus Ex a bit.

We're living in a rubbish late 90s dystopian thriller starring Uma Thurman 

Tuna

Tuna

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6 hours ago, StanSP said:

Why lol

 

In this day and age would they try and get away with it? 

 

 

 

 

That's some glow up lol

 

leicsmac

leicsmac

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2 hours ago, CornwallFox said:

That's exactly what's going on. Capitalism is in its death throws but nobody knows what will come next and everybody is desperately trying to keep it on the rails. 

 

I realise I've mixed metaphors horribly there. 

I think there are those who are aware of what has to come next, but possibly in a certain amount of denial about it. 

 

1 hour ago, Sampson said:

For me the big thing is these big tech companies are essentially starting to become as rich and powerful as many prominent nation states now, and AI is only going to increase that. The argument Bill Gates used to have was “sure but we don’t have armies”. But I’m not sure they need them now individual companies can control the flow of information to individuals. You see what happens when the EU stands up to Musk, he just promotes a bunch of anti-EU parties, think that kind of thing is only going to increase.

 

I’m not sure the UK government can really stand up to the big tech companies anymore, I think if they don’t yet, it won’t be long until those companies have more power and wealth than the UK as a nation state. 

 

All reminds me of the video game Deus Ex a bit.

Tech development will also allow them to build autonomous armies. Maybe not now, but give it a couple of decades...

 

Musk wants to be Ted Faro in the world of Horizon about forty years early, and anyone who knows that particular story knows how that ends. 

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