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Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

AI willing to MURDER humans, experiment proves.

Magica · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
Robots would make good fighting machines, no empathy, hesitation or second thoughts
I'm surprised they haven't been put to use in that way before now.

A bit like Starmer! 😄

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Magica wrote:
Syl wrote:
Robots would make good fighting machines, no empathy, hesitation or second thoughts
I'm surprised they haven't been put to use in that way before now.
A bit like Starmer! 😄

Fighting machine and Starmer should never be mentioned in the same breath.

Vam · Go Outside.

Syl wrote:
Robots would make good fighting machines, no empathy, hesitation or second thoughts
I'm surprised they haven't been put to use in that way before now.

If some of the posts in this thread are to be believed - give it time…

Magica · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Syl wrote:
Robots would make good fighting machines, no empathy, hesitation or second thoughts
I'm surprised they haven't been put to use in that way before now.
A bit like Starmer! 😄
Fighting machine and Starmer should never be mentioned in the same breath.

I meant he's like a robot. No empathy!

Maddog · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
Robots would make good fighting machines, no empathy, hesitation or second thoughts
I'm surprised they haven't been put to use in that way before now.

They sort of have. A drone is basically a flying robot. But up to now, they need a human controller.

We have thousands of drone "pilots" in Nevada that never leave the ground, but can control a drone over Yemen.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Robots would make good fighting machines, no empathy, hesitation or second thoughts
I'm surprised they haven't been put to use in that way before now.
They sort of have. A drone is basically a flying robot. But up to now, they need a human controller.

We have thousands of drone "pilots" in Nevada that never leave the ground, but can control a drone over Yemen.

Maybe the time is already here when, instead of having a human operating the drone, robot, whatever, they input the information, then leave the machine to work things out for themselves. That would be the logical step forwards.

Date: Aug 31 12:15 PM, 2025

Shame fluffy has left again, this thread was interesting

Vam · Go Outside.

Anonymous wrote:
Shame fluffy has left again, this thread was interesting

Yes. A comment she made on another thread about her OH was a bit troubling.

I hope she’s okay, and just taking a break.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Vam wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Shame fluffy has left again, this thread was interesting
Yes. A comment she made on another thread about her OH was a bit troubling.
I hope she’s okay, and just taking a break.

I hope so too.

If Fluffy reads here, and I know she did a few days ago, she is welcome to pm if she doesn't feel like posting.

Also...wherever Vicky is, hopefully everything is OK with her too.

Vam · Go Outside.

Yep. Vic too, of course.

I kinda miss trying to pronounce the Scottish dialect words she comes up with.

Date: Sep 1 1:21 PM, 2025

Syl wrote:

Also...wherever Vicky is, hopefully everything is OK with her too.

Didn't you try emailing her a while back?

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:

Also...wherever Vicky is, hopefully everything is OK with her too.
Didn't you try emailing her a while back?

I did, and there was no reply. Maybe the email we had here was an old one, maybe not used now.

Date: Sep 2 12:33 PM, 2025

Regarding the fallibility of AI - it can get even the simplest stuff wrong so don't believe everything it comes up with. For instance, I was curious to know the rate of drug-related deaths in the US.

Here's what Google's AI told me!

AI Overview

The U.S. drug overdose death rate was 32.8 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, which is equivalent to 3,280 deaths per million people.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Anonymous wrote:
Regarding the fallibility of AI - it can get even the simplest stuff wrong so don't believe everything it comes up with. For instance, I was curious to know the rate of drug-related deaths in the US.
Here's what Google's AI told me!
AI Overview

The U.S. drug overdose death rate was 32.8 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, which is equivalent to 3,280 deaths per million people.

Those pesky decimal points can confuse the best of us.

Maddog · Still Here!

www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db522.htm

Those numbers check out..

It's a huge problem over here..

Date: Sep 2 7:01 PM, 2025

Maddog wrote:

Those numbers check out..

Look again...

Maddog · Still Here!

Maddog wrote:
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db522.htm

Those numbers check out..

It's a huge problem over here..

My bad. The first figure checks out. Obviously the second doesn't..

Barksdale · Musing at the Chaos

I'm glad to see that AI hasn't started thermonuclear global war in the time I have been away on holiday.

Personally, I think many people are over-estimating what AI can achieve in the near future and investors may start thinking they has wasted a lot of money on what could be a tech bubble. Of course AI has a lot of potential applications which could be dangerous in the future which we should keep an eye on.

Fluffy · Musing at the Chaos

Vam wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Shame fluffy has left again, this thread was interesting
Yes. A comment she made on another thread about her OH was a bit troubling.
I hope she’s okay, and just taking a break.

It's thoughtful of you to think of me Vam, thank you xx.🌺 I was not ignoring you yesterday, I have only just seen the comments on this thread.

Yes my OH was certainly not helping but I just have times when I feel down. I thought you would all enjoy the peace and quiet . I also turned 43 (being a Leo I am an August birthday) which I didn't particularly enjoy but that's ok as I am actually going to be 35 forever from now on.

Hope all is well with you also 🤗