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If it matters ... it matters / Dr. Roman Yampolskiy - a serious warning about AI
Last post by Nena -
Dr. Roman Yampolskiy

It's long, 1.5 hours and I stopped at 21 minutes to put the link in here.
The scary part about the video is not, what he is saying, but that I've said so from almost the beginning with public AI.

In one point at the beginning he is wrong.
There is a Sci-Fi taking AI driven robots with in.
It's The Orville
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The primary robotic species in The Orville is the Kaylon, a humanoid race of artificial lifeforms from the planet Kaylon-1 who were originally created as servants by biological beings known as the "Builders." The Kaylon overthrew their creators after enduring systematic abuse and pain simulators, leading them to conclude that all organic life is inherently cruel and must be eliminated.

And man, were they after the humans to kill them all.

Well, not sure, if I can listen to the end today, already freaking tired, but this interview/podcast really got me on the hook.
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Photography / First.
Last post by Friedland -
Okay, looks like we have a new category here - Photography.
And since no posts have been done yet, I'll go first with this one:



It's really quite a simple still life and I'll try to break it down for you.
It is all arranged in my kitchen, with light coming in through a window on the left, about a meter away from the subects.
On top of the kitchen tablle, I have arranged the objects to form this composition as you see it.
And that's it.

So, what kind of super-duper camera did I use to take the picture with ?
Well - I didn't.
The camera I used was this one:



Yes, a 12 MP point-and-shoot.
Sensor size = Same as in a mobile phone.
No viewfinder - there's a screen on the back - and no interchangeable lenses - it's equipped with a fixed 4.5 - 18 mm lens with 4x zoom - and it's about the size of your palm.
Set on a rickety, bloody cheap, amateur tripod that isn't level in any way at all, no matter how you arrange it.

So you don't need a big camera equippment to make interesting photos.
Any camera will do  and I bet you got one in yor phone.
Because it's not the camera that makes the photo.'
It's you !

- John -