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- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:34 am
- Forum: Military & War
- Topic: Ukraine War Watch Thread
- Replies: 3493
- Views: 1645589
Re: Ukraine War Watch Thread
Interesting to look back on this essay by a Russian blogger from two years ago. The war hasn't ended yet, but out of the six possible outcomes he forecast, #2 seems the likeliest right now. He predicted there was a 90% chance it WOULDN'T end that way. 2. Bloody slog, “draw” (10%) — Russia’s military...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 427
- Views: 383531
Re: My random thoughts
If we all turn into technologically unemployed UBI bums, won't we start having more children like today's unemployed welfare bums? Won't that solve the depopulation crisis?
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:25 am
- Forum: Military & War
- Topic: Ukraine War Watch Thread
- Replies: 3493
- Views: 1645589
Re: Ukraine War Watch Thread
The fall of Avidiivka may have been more damaging than thought. Up to 1,000 Ukrainian defenders are still missing, and the number captured by Russian troops could be in the hundreds. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/us/politics/ukraine-prisoners-avdiivka-russia.html It's worth noting that I remem...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Military & War
- Topic: Ukraine War Watch Thread
- Replies: 3493
- Views: 1645589
Re: Ukraine War Watch Thread
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes Russia now has the upper hand in the Ukraine War.
https://www.youtube.com/live/qMgxiVrcen ... 2mCtQos3ub
https://www.youtube.com/live/qMgxiVrcen ... 2mCtQos3ub
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Military & War
- Topic: Ukraine War Watch Thread
- Replies: 3493
- Views: 1645589
Re: Ukraine War Watch Thread
The fall of Avidiivka may have been more damaging than thought. Up to 1,000 Ukrainian defenders are still missing, and the number captured by Russian troops could be in the hundreds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/us/p ... ussia.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/us/p ... ussia.html
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: AI & Robotics
- Topic: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) News and Discussions
- Replies: 373
- Views: 339890
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 427
- Views: 383531
Re: My random thoughts
Think of all the fun you could have if you had an implant that could stimulate every part of your brain, and you laid down and set it to "Random." The brain implants might also make drugs and alcohol obsolete since they'd let you induce any kind of mental state at will, including various ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Home & Leisure
- Topic: Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality News & Discussions
- Replies: 228
- Views: 269571
Re: Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality News & Discussions
I'm sure these deficiencies will be fixed.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: AI & Robotics
- Topic: AI & Robotics News and Discussions
- Replies: 927
- Views: 984671
Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions
This excellent essay on Astral Codex Ten explains why the success of GPT-5 is so important to the pace of AI development. Let me explain: There have been four GPT AI's so far: GPT-1, 2, 3, and 4. On average, each took 18 months to invent after the last. Each one cost roughly 30x as much money to cre...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: My random thoughts
- Replies: 427
- Views: 383531
Re: My random thoughts
In a future where everyone's subsisting off of UBI and there is mass surveillance, some key aspects of life would be improve and become more efficient. Welfare fraud would go way down since an AGI would manage your UBI transfers and directly pay for your food, rent, utility bills, and other essentia...