eta:
7 Likes
one includes an image of a rat with grotesquely large and bizarre genitals, as well as a text label of âdck.â
Stupid AI. Thatâs obviously a mse
5 Likes
6 Likes
Get the ghost of Giger out of the machine.
4 Likes
The AI learned what a rodent was on Fark
3 Likes
One of the example videos in this article is a lady blowing on the candles of a birthday cake but not affecting the flame in any way.
Iâm reminded of an old original Star Trek episode where an alien who has been observing Earth from afar as a hobby has recreated an 18th century castle, with such amenities as food and drink (which have no flavor) and fire in a fireplace (which produces no heat.) Not having actually experienced these things he had no real idea about those concepts. Computers may be able to generate superficially passing photos and videos of our world (sometimes) but itâs going to be a while yet, if ever, before they can begin to âunderstandâ exactly what it is that theyâre being asked to copy. It might require physical bodies that allow them to âexperienceâ reality with a variety of tactile and chemical sensations before they can ever hope to make real breakthroughs in that area.
2 Likes
Oh man, the birthday one has so many levels of creepiness. The woman at left-front is trying to figure out how to clap, and the woman next to her is trying to wave, but her left hand just kind of loosely folds in and out of itself. Meanwhile, the man in blue, behind her, has fingers that grow, then bend backwards when they clapâŠonly for his hands to occasionally merge into and sprout out of the waving hand of the woman in front of him.
At about 2 seconds in, a few arms spring out of the table at the right. Though the camera doesnât quite move far enough to confirm, Iâm also pretty sure that one of the women in the back disappears, and the other one gets melded with the background.
ETA: The pink candle in the front has two flames
ETA2: since the videos donât have sound, theyâre just begging for some bad foley work to be added. Someone make it so!
3 Likes
No earthly clue what the hell that was supposed to say, but:
This article has been retracted. Please follow the link to the full retraction notice for details.
3 Likes
Oh my lordâŠ
The labels on this illustration! 
They labeled the rat âRat!â
And what the hell is a âstemm cell?â
10 Likes
That thing is retractable? 
9 Likes
Detachable, surely. (NSFW)
3 Likes
The more I look, the funnier it gets! The poor thing has been âDissiicedâ! And apparently âstemm cellsâ are best eaten with a spoon!
Oh my, I just canât. My nurses are becoming concerned about meâŠ
7 Likes
Theyâre found in the testtomcels.
3 Likes
Yeah, I thought you might enjoy it.
Did you click through for the original publication?
ETA:
damn it, I should have scrolled first. So, they donât show the retractable, pardon, retracted paper any longer, I learn. Shit, I should have pdfâed it for you. A printout on your desk would look so professional!
The text is jargon all over the place, too. But the figures⊠itâs unbelievable this went through peer review.
I donât know if this yearâs harvest of scientific fuckuppery can get any weirder (but I suppose so). Every image is a gift. I think I might print some of these (not the rat, obviously) and put them on my office wall.
ETA 2: hooray, the ars piece via @RickMycroft has a link to the OP!
Download it before someone takes it down due to a DCMA something!
Oh, and Rick: thanks for the beverage. Looks⊠sparkly.
So much ETA⊠Canât help it. T-Cells no kılas?!
4 Likes
No killas, THESE T-Cells!
ON SALE NOW!!
5 Likes
9 Likes
Well, maybe NOW people will start paying attention to the damage this shit can do, now that itâs impacting corporationsâ bottom line⊠
8 Likes
A recent report by the International Energy Agency offered similar estimates, suggesting that electricity usage by data centers will increase significantly in the near future thanks to the demands of AI and cryptocurrency. The agency says current data center energy usage stands at around 460 terawatt hours in 2022 and could increase to between 620 and 1,050 TWh in 2026 â equivalent to the energy demands of Sweden or Germany, respectively.
5 Likes
6 Likes
Here, kitty kitty kitty!
3 Likes
