Odd Stuff (Part 3)

Infected bowel? Robo-Rooter!

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No surprise. I was harassed by a pod, once. They’re assholes when they get it in thief heads to be.

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Anyone else a bit freaked out by the idea that AI could develop a language humans cannot understand? :grimacing:

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The pay is going up in PA, (although not that much) because there’s a shortage of people willing and able to do the job. Places whose insurance allows it are posting “swim at your own risk” policies:

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I would be, if it had happened. Turns out that it is actually just struggling with latin/greek scientific names for specific birds and insects species and that is what is being seen

“A few other researchers tried to recreate Daras’s results and it seems like the truth isn’t quite as fantastical as it appeared. According to follow-up threads from research analyst Benjamin Hilton and Twitter user @BarneyFlames, what seems to be happening is that DALLE-2 is pulling in Latin scientific names for different animals and trying to arrange them in ways that make sense. Which is still kind of cool, but not quite the robot uprising we’ve all been waiting for.”
- From the Garbage Day newsletter

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And here I was wondering if John Dee’s Enochian language was immanentizing itself.

Faaip De Oiad

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Mean Girls Movie GIF by filmeditor

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Heh, and i was just about to post this:

Big Voice is coming for your voice.

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Amazon not happy with antitrust law targeting Amazon

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Dead men tell no tales?

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The next time your program is ‘not responding,’ (do not) try these steps

Whenever things go wrong, launch a poll.

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