People worry about the paperclip problem - what if an AI takes an innocuous directive as an excuse to destroy humanity? Personally, I worry more about the depressed teenager problem - what if an angsty 15-year-old just straight out tells the AI to destroy humanity? (Or a megalomaniac wannabe king of the USA does the same thing out of spite).
A rose after the rain.
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“Fish”
TIL that the old Eugene Steam Plant has a Suspish Fish inside. If you know, you know.
Drizzly day in Eugene (no photographers were harmed in the making of this image).
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“Count to Ten”
Piglets at the Oregon State Fair
AI Data Center Spending to Reach $32 Trillion by 2050, PwC Says
Or roughly $150 per year for every man, woman, and child on earth. Personally, I’d rather have the $150. Oh, and a non-destroyed climate, an end to the rapacious billionaire class, and a functioning society.
“Screened”
Tramway at the Oregon State Fair, seen through the eating area fabric roof on a cloudy day.
Empty horse barn at the Oregon State Fair
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“Low Water”
As far as I can tell, this lake (on the Elk Creek Trail just west of the PCT) is nameless. But like all of the other Cascades lakes I’ve seen lately, it’s low on water. All of the streams in the area are bone-dry.
So GoPro plans to save itself by turning into an AI & defense contractor. Good luck with that. Sounds like a complete debacle for its consumer tech.