LesserAbe

LesserAbe , 2 months ago to Technology in Post Office executive denies cover-up over Horizon back door

Here's the Wikipedia article for anyone catching up like me.

LesserAbe , 2 months ago to homeassistant in Full local/open source lawnmower?

Of course don't let me dissuade you. My wife would much prefer a robo mower with "normal" lawn over a no-lawn solution

LesserAbe , 2 months ago to homeassistant in Full local/open source lawnmower?

Torn. This is clearly a cool idea, and it would save a lot of work (which I would immediately offset with all the work putting it together) But then it will be that much easier to keep a traditional lawn going, which I'd love to get away from over the long term.

LesserAbe , 2 months ago to Memes in Bangladesh, Ghana, and Mauritius celebrate their independence from the crown this month

Open your third eye

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Memes in Even paper glows

From the wiki they mention researchers created a tool to check the identification code yourself, or to anonymize documents you're printing: https://github.com/dfd-tud/deda

Clearly a pain in the ass and not user friendly for the general public though.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Technology in Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form

Thanks! I don't know what you mean by your first paragraph.

You're right that it's not near being an AGI. But it doesn't need to be to be used in a robot form and perform some useful tasks.

Right now I can ask chatgpt to take a block of code in Ruby and output the equivalent in Python, and it will do it, and for the most part it's correct.

I could envision telling an AI robot to sort this pile of parts by type, or pick up all the sticks in the yard, etc. I think we could make something like that now without any significant technological breakthroughs. It might get stuff wrong sometimes, but I envision it as having an intern, not creating a new god. Of course these companies may promise much more in their marketing.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Technology in Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form

Actually controlling the robot body could be a subsystem - as others have said here, AI has been used to control video games or even robotic devices, but that's different than LLMs like chatgpt.

If the LLM is the "brain" it can send commands to the body subsystem. In a similar way to right now where chatgpt can do a web search or upload a file. Those capabilities aren't fundamentally part of the LLM, they're kind of like an API call.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Technology in Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form

Please state any reasons you have here, since we're talking here.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Technology in Nvidia announces “moonshot” to create embodied human-level AI in robot form

I feel like people who shit on AI so much live in a different reality than I do.

I'll put the big caveats here: I hate venture capital, I think people are over hyping less likely risks (creating skynet) while underplaying more likely ones (taking people's jobs, flooding the Internet with shitty content/misinformation). All AI gets stuff wrong some of the time.

That said, I've been impressed with what it can do and use it more days than not. I don't see a fundamental reason why AI wouldn't be effective at controlling a robot body. Currently something like chatGPT responds after a user types a prompt. But what if the prompt was just audio/video/sensory input every fraction of a second? I don't think this is far fetched, if you threw enough money at it.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to solarpunk memes in The straight pride flag looks gay AF

What would be a good straight flag that also follows vexillology best practices?

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down

I think also helpful to remember that many have died just from being punched and their head hitting the pavement. If a bike knocks someone over there's always the potential for serious injury, especially for older folks.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down

I don't get it, does India require speed limiters on ebikes?

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Technology in Electric cars will be cheaper to make than gas vehicles but with much higher repair and insurance costs

Every new technology is initially more expensive, then as it moves into mass production the cost goes down because of economies of scale - more suppliers, innovations in technique.

Battery costs have gone down an insane amount already, and it doesn't look like they're done.

Going further, what percentage of accidents affect the battery pack? The article seems to conflate Tesla manufacturing techniques that make cosmetic repairs difficult with all electric vehicles - just because Tesla has long repairs doesn't mean all manufacturers do.

It also talks about electric manufacturers going out of business, but is it 15% by number of businesses or by manufacturing volume? Lucid and Rivian aren't making that many cars in terms of absolute volume, but could go under. Hyundai, Kia, Chevy et al. make a lot more cars and seem unlikely to collapse.

LesserAbe , 3 months ago to Technology in Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

Needs legislation! When everybody's doing it and people need to get around, there should be privacy by law

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone

Again, you're making a lot of assumptions, which are incorrect. Not trying to give away all my personal information so I'll skip that.

I wasn't saying anything like "being responsive to make money at all times". We're commenting on a thread about an article advocating people get rid of their smartphones, and I said I couldn't do my job without a smartphone.