the artificial intelligence thread

[sweetcell]

Who needs AI when you have the Pentagon Pizza Index

which is a thing I just learned about today...

so now the Pentagon is going to have to cover this up... before the next big op, they'll hoard pizzas and pay a bunch of guys to go sit in gay bars in arlington?

[kosmo vinyl]

Does this mean walkie knows when and when not to find a man in uniform?

[kosmo vinyl]

Google AI fabricated a R.E.M. song

https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.lol/post/3lripv4w4lk2i

[Insanity-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Not sure anyone has been following the news about Meta this last week

But the salary packages are getting top tier pro sports level

But allegedly they are paying a signing bonuses for AI talent in the order of $100 million to
28 year old Alexandr Wang

Zuke bought his company scale.ai for $3.6 billion

[sweetcell]

in case anyone is wondering if/when AI will start changing society:

Indeed, Glassdoor to cut 1,300 jobs amid AI integration, memo shows

Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era

... and john oliver's take on AI slop is a worthwhile listen/view.

[sweetcell]

it was bound to happen, so it happened:

a new band called Velvet Sundown started climbed the Spotify charts a few months ago with their classic rock sound - and started raking in the dollars.  fans were confused about how this band came outta nowhere, had never done a live gig, released 3 albums within 2 months, and none of the band members had any social media presence outside of the band's online profiles.  pundits accused them of being an AI creation, which the band vehemently denied...

... until they didn't: Rock band with more than 1 million Spotify listeners reveals it’s entirely AI-generated — down to the musicians themselves.  also: Are The Velvet Sundown an AI Band? What We Know

luckily (i guess) Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

Pffft. I saw Velvet Sundown open for Milli Vanilli and they blew them off the stage.

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Pffft. I saw Velvet Sundown open for Milli Vanilli and they blew them off the stage.

well played

[Justin Tonation]

Does anybody have any examples of AI improving something?

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

Protein folding / drug development

[Mobius]

Surveillance?

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Surveillance?

although AI has been doing this for decades, we just didn't call it that


I like this one...

Traffic optimization in cities
Pittsburgh use AI-powered systems to adjust traffic lights in real-time.
Reduced travel time by 25%, emissions by 21%.

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Virginia just became the first state to deploy agentic AI for government operations through Executive Order 51.

Using AI agents to scan and streamline thousands of pages of state regulations.

https://www.arlnow.com/press-releases/governor-glenn-youngkin-issues-executive-order-51-launching-first-in-the-nation-agentic-artificial-intelligence-ai-empowered-statewide-regulatory-review/

[hutch]

Are AI agents people?


They should use AI to come up with jobs for people losing their jobs cause of AI.

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Are AI agents people?

no sir...they are bots essentially