Can't make this (stuff) up

[O Really]

It's one (me) against all of you; why not ruffle your feathers? :

So why is that? Of all the topics/threads here are there none that you wouldn't choose to be the odd man out?

[Vrede too]

More noise from the closet.

It's you against facts and logic, consistently, plus it's your immature choice by your own admission to try and goad us, though you're so inept at it that you just set yourself up for ridicule. That's a miserable reason to be here, about as pathetic as it gets.

[Seth Milner]

More noise from the closet.

Isn't it cruel and unusual punishment when a third-grade has to write 100 times? You ought to protest! You sound like a 3rd. grader on the playground who's constantly taunting in order to get a response, so you can continue taunting.

It's you against facts and logic, consistently . . .
By my choice. I started here attempting to blend in but some narcissistic, superior, butthole discovered I would not always agree with "his" opinions and in order to impress "his" friends, started the mud-slinging.

plus it's your immature choice by your own admission to try and goad us . . .
Seems like yours and my immaturity is constantly competing, doesn't it? I think I'm well behind right now, I'll have to play catch up. Of course, we all know that you would never stoop so low as to goad anyone into an argument.

though you're so inept at it that you just set yourself up for ridicule . . .
Yeah well, it's tough to compete with someone who's much more adept at trolling, baiting, and name-calling
as you are, but I'm learning! You're an excellent teacher and a fine example of what a forums poster shouldn't be.

That's a miserable reason to be here, about as pathetic as it gets.
You know, I've been telling myself that, but it appears I'm a glutton for punishment, doesn't it? I do derive pleasure knowing I'm rubbing elbows with the best in the business. Also, if and when I get insulted, I can always click the ignore button.

[Vrede too]

More (unread) noise from the closet.

Poor thing.

[Seth Milner]

More (unread) noise from the closet.

Poor thing.

You poor wussy crybaby.

[JTA]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/micros ... 2016-03-24

Microsoft pulls plug after chat bot slings racial slurs, rips Obama, and denies the Holocaust

[rstrong]

It was AI designed to build conversational skills from interactions online. Once certain people discovered this, they fed it some custom "interactions."

Hal 9000: Went bad because he poor at lying, but was ordered to lie by those who found it easy.

Microsoft's chatbot: Went bad because it was ordered to learn how to chat by chatting with people on the internet.

[Vrede too]

Terminator feels more possible everyday. Can you imagine weaponized AI with homerfobe's attitude?

I just read about Boeing's new drone submarine.

[rstrong]

Terminator feels more possible everyday. Can you imagine weaponized AI with homerfobe's attitude?

I just read about Boeing's new drone submarine.

That's not the machine apocalypse I'm worried about. Sure, you'll get the occasional oopsie, but not a global or country-wide catastrophe. Like Seth Milner, computers are no-where near self-awareness and true rational thought.

A big part of the accounting software I've written is just-in-time inventory control. Banks no longer like it when your company is well-stocked; now its considered dead stock. Even seasonal items aren't supposed to be kept for the same season the following year. So we've been getting increasingly good at automatically adjusting ordering for seasonal and other trends, and getting stock on the shelves only at the very last minute before it's needed.

This is done with food too. That's important for meat and fruit of course, but it's also done with much less perishable food. I've seen news stories claiming that we have only about four days of food in the pipeline at grocery stores.

Imagine a vindictive AI taking over not the current drone force, but the current software controlling food distribution. More realistically, imagine the occasional oopsie seen in automated stock trading - $Billions lost in minutes - applied to the food distribution system.

With so little excess food in the pipeline, imagine what happens the next time we have another event like the 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora, leading to another Year Without a Summer.

It would be worse for the second and third world folks of course - we can outbid them for food shipments. But while I'm not stocking non-perishable food like doomsday preppers now, I would after another Tambora-level eruption.

[Vrede too]

I agree, there are lots of ways that nature or we can ruin our day . . . before AI gets around to it with weapons or messing with infrastructure.

[JTA]

It was AI designed to build conversational skills from interactions online. Once certain people discovered this, they fed it some custom "interactions."

Hal 9000: Went bad because he poor at lying, but was ordered to lie by those who found it easy.

Microsoft's chatbot: Went bad because it was ordered to learn how to chat by chatting with people on the internet.

Microsoft tweeked the AI to automatically block/ban any racist interactions. The hacker known as 4chan plans to take things in the opposite direction, transforming Tay into a feminazi white male hating SJW.

[Vrede too]

What if AI evolves to emulate June and Ward Cleaver?

Horrors!

[O Really]

What if AI evolves to emulate June and Ward Cleaver?

Horrors!

Lines no longer considered "SFW" - "you were a little rough on the Beaver last night, Ward"

[JTA]

It was AI designed to build conversational skills from interactions online. Once certain people discovered this, they fed it some custom "interactions."

Hal 9000: Went bad because he poor at lying, but was ordered to lie by those who found it easy.

Microsoft's chatbot: Went bad because it was ordered to learn how to chat by chatting with people on the internet.

Microsoft tweeked the AI to automatically block/ban any racist interactions. The hacker known as 4chan plans to take things in the opposite direction, transforming Tay into a feminazi white male hating SJW.

One of the "best" Tay Tweets:

[JTA]

[Vrede too]

[Vrede too]

Video of snowboarder chased by bear goes viral, but is it real?

Can make this (stuff) up.

[Vrede too]

Online Polls Gone Wrong: ...

More:

Boaty McBoatface: What You Get When You Let the Internet Decide

A proposal by a British government agency to let the Internet suggest a name for a $287 million polar research ship probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

Now, the agency is the latest group to see what happens when web users are asked to unleash their creative energy: R.R.S. Boaty McBoatface is a clear front-runner....

The initiatives are often hilarious but don’t often succeed. Remember when Slovak lawmakers overrode the public’s vote in 2012 to rename a pedestrian bridge after the actor Chuck Norris?...

The poll closes April 16 — that is, if the Natural Environment Research Council can ever get the crashed polling website back online again.

... I like "RRS Its bloody cold here" but voted for "RRS David Attenborough".

'Boaty McBoatface' sinks as UK names research ship

Britain will name a new polar research ship “Sir David Attenborough” despite a public vote which was in favour of the joke name “Boaty McBoatface”....

Other suggestions included “Clifford The Big Red Boat” and “Usain Boat”.

James Hand, who first made the “Boaty McBoatface” suggestion, apologised to the NERC on Twitter, saying: “I’m terribly sorry about all of this.” ...

[Seth Milner]

Uncanny! When I first saw this story, my thought was to name the ship after David Attenborough.
I didn't include the "Sir", though. How wild is that?

[billy.pilgrim]

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016 ... fake.html/


A school police officer in suburban Houston didn’t recognize as legal tender a $2 bill used by a 13-year-old who just wanted some chicken nuggets.

Danesiah Neal told KTRK-TV (Channel 13) that she was sent to the campus police after a worker in the lunch line wouldn’t accept the money her grandmother had given her, saying it was fake.

“A police officer said I could be in big trouble,” Danesiah told the station.