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raphael_fl

@raphael_fl@wandering.shop

Used to be raphaelptw on that other website. Guy with nerdy/geeky interests who's pretty bad at most of the usual nerd/geek stuff. Will probably use this more for following than posting.

He/Him

(The avatar consists of the words "Witty Avatar" written in dark blue against a light blue background. The header photo shows grass on the ground in a forest.)

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baldur, to random
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It’s interesting that whenever an “AI” article of mine does the rounds, the bit that always gets the most pushback also has the strongest foundation in research: that “AGI” as a concept is made-up sci-fi, ungrounded in reality, and too inconsistently defined to be anything other than bullshit

raphael_fl,
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@baldur What is the "strong foundation in research" for your claim that no future development, no matter how unforeseeable from our time, could ever result in any kind of AGI?

hrbrmstr, to random
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W00t! The job posting for our new Deception Engineer position is up!

https://boards.greenhouse.io/greynoiseintelligence/jobs/4383231005?gh_jid=4383231005

This is your opportunity to design systems and networks to bait, trap, and dissect (again, BYOScalpel) our adversaries, plus make the internet a bit safer for everyone.

Hit me up with any q’s!

Apologies, in advance, for you having to work with @Glenn.

raphael_fl,
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@hrbrmstr @Glenn Sounds like a cool job, but a bit unfortunately named.

lauren, to twitter
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Dear Elon,

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raphael_fl,
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@lauren Tune by John Williams?

LukaszOlejnik, to random
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Offensive cyber operation already using generative AI. No wonder, no surprise either. "five state-affiliated actors disrupted that sought to use AI services in support of malicious cyber activities". China, N. Korea, Iran, Russia. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/02/14/staying-ahead-of-threat-actors-in-the-age-of-ai/ https://openai.com/blog/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-by-state-affiliated-threat-actors

raphael_fl,
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@LukaszOlejnik But can that work? Isn't a generative-AI powered cyberattack likely to involve malware code that, because it was written by a generative AI, simply doesn't run properly?

josephcox, to random

New from 404 Media: a woman is bringing a class action lawsuit against massive sex toy company Adam and Eve for sharing information about her sex toy searches with Google, including what she added to her cart (“Pink Jelly Slim Dildo”) https://www.404media.co/woman-sues-sex-toy-retailer-adam-and-eve-claiming-it-shared-data-about-her-dildos/

raphael_fl,
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@josephcox What the fuck? That's extremely fucked up. (That is, the thing that triggered the lawsuit, not the lawsuit itself.)

helenczerski, to climate
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Just found a new (to me) psychology phrase: "pluralistic ignorance". It refers to people holding one view but mistakenly assuming that the majority of others hold a different view, so they keep quiet. Very relevant for climate change action, where lots want action but think they're in the minority.

#climate #science #action

raphael_fl,
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@helenczerski What about cases where people hold one view, mistakenly assume most people hold a different view, and therefore mistakenly see themselves as lone truth-tellers when they express their view?

baldur, (edited ) to random
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Looking through threads in the last listserv I’m on and most threads over the past couple of weeks have been some form of infuriatingly shallow AI bubble posturing devoid of critical thought.

These are supposed to be the intellectuals in tech and publishing 😬

raphael_fl,
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@baldur What's closer to your own view:

  1. That it might end up destroying the world? Or

  2. That it won't amount to much, but might cause a lot of people to lose money, cause a lot of people to lose their jobs, and make the general problem with the fast spread of lies even worse?

GovTrack, to random
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Relevant point about the impeachment vote: if the House had modified its rules to allow proxy voting for when members have medical issues, it would have passed. But Rep. Scalise is away getting treatment for cancer and couldn’t cast what would have been the deciding vote.

raphael_fl,
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@GovTrack Didn't they intentionally repeal a Pelosi-era proxy voting provision?

neurovagrant, to random
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i feel like usenet having a subreddit is a weird thing

raphael_fl,
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@neurovagrant Is there an alt.reddit, too?

lauren, to random
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I am so incredibly boring that I've never taken any recreational drugs including pot, or even a cigarette. However, I do drink coffee so that might tick me down one tiny notch on the boring scale.

raphael_fl,
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@lauren If you're the person in your avatar, you're definitely less boring than me. And I did sometimes get drunk when I was younger.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I got the grade of "A" I was expecting from my publisher for the manuscript I just turned in.

"Hi, wow! What a story! Here is my edit of BILL OF RIGHTS. It’s really good, and I found it very helpful to me as an adult, so I’m sure kids will appreciate it as they have to study it in the classroom. Teachers and librarians everywhere will thank you."

Edits are small word tinkers.

🎉

I like when teachers and librarians thank me. I also like when the editor who gives me money is happy.

raphael_fl,
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@Teri_Kanefield Wow. Not sure if I could have handled something like that equally calmly.

raphael_fl, to Sociology German
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My social #class is a bit difficult to pin down. I don't have enough money or an impressive enough CV to count as middle class, but I probably talk too much like a middle class person and generally come across as too much of a middle class person to count as working class or underclass. #musings #sociology #SocialScience

GossiTheDog, to random
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    raphael_fl,
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    @GossiTheDog If that's a joke, it's really mean towards people who actually have those skills and are looking for work.

    neurovagrant, to random
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    raphael_fl,
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    @neurovagrant WTF? WTF? WTF?

    dec_hl, to animals
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    Don't be fooled! This harmless looking feline is, in real life, a merciless predator that tries to steal my glasses from the bedside table at night!
    lucky for me he hasn't any thumbs to open the case I started putting them in because of him! 😂

    #CatsOfMastodon #cat

    raphael_fl,
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    @dec_hl But what does he want with your glasses?

    daylightatheism, to random

    https://onlysky.media/alee/why-libertarian-cities-fail/ An update on Rio Verde Foothills, the libertarian city in the desert in Arizona that I wrote about previously.

    RVF found a clever way to skirt Arizona regulations about having a water supply for new development. Then they discovered, to their total surprise, that even if you find a loophole in the law... humans still need water.

    Like the ant and the grasshopper, they were relying on others who planned better than they did. For several years, they were parasitizing the water supply of the neighboring town of Scottsdale, until Scottsdale had enough and cut them off.

    raphael_fl,
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    @daylightatheism Well, you're clearly being completely unfair. No one could have predicted that human beings need water. Besides, everyone knows that water comes from faucets.

    lauren, to random
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    Speaking of AI systems being trained to hide lies among the truth, and to keep those lies intact through safety training ... In the 1957 film "The Invisible Boy", it is discovered that a sophisticated AI system, developed over decades, had planted 7 purposely false answers over 29 years of operations, specifically toward its plans for eventual world domination. And this was one really, seriously evil AI, as it turned out.

    raphael_fl,
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    @lauren The idea of an AI lying intentionally, rather than because it's too dumb to tell lies from the truth, sounds kind of quaint these days.

    lauren, to random
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    Thinking about how AARP is sponsoring a Rolling Stones concert this year, and it strikes me that this could have been a spread from "Mad Magazine" long ago. I can vividly picture what the drawing would have looked like.

    raphael_fl,
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    @lauren For a long time, I've had a mental image of a band of skeletons playing "Satisfaction" under a banner reading "Stones Tour 3000".

    neurovagrant, to random
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    Yaaay! BooksI bought just arrived in the mail.

    I want to write a sequel to the one on the right called “Humorous Cryptography” - less technical, more autobiographical social science, though, through the lens of my autism.

    “The hijinx of decrypting neurotypical wants, needs, and intentions.”

    raphael_fl,
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    @neurovagrant For one moment, my brain somehow short-circuited and I misread your post as saying that the hypothetical book you talk about actually exists. Now I'm disappointed that I can't read it.

    lauren, (edited ) to random
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    "Among other seriously regrettable incidents leading to the banning of commercial time travel expeditions, was the notorious case of the dinosaur hunter who inadvertently killed a prehistoric ancestor of the eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, resulting (see appendix XXV for the entire tracked temporal sequence) in the creation of Disco during the 20th century."

    raphael_fl,
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    @lauren Why do Americans hate Disco so much?

    hrefna, to random
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    Three different problems:

    1. How do I get everyone who agrees with me into a room?

    2. How do I get everyone in a room to agree with me?

    3. How do I get everyone who doesn't agree with me out of the room?

    I think a lot of people on the left confuse these.

    (2) is the bread and butter of union organizers, but the look, feel, and compromises required are radically different from (1), and both of them are quite different from (3) except in trivial cases.

    raphael_fl,
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    @hrefna Isn't a lot of activism about working together despite not completely agreeing with each other?

    256, to random
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    PC Gamer - May 1996
    The Future of Gaming

    raphael_fl,
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    @256 27 years later, and AFAICS most gamers still use regular screens rather than VR headsets for gaming.

    JosephMenn, to random

    Happy November! You can go back to ignoring cybersecurity now.

    raphael_fl,
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    @JosephMenn And miss out on headlines about cutesy-named malware projects causing real damage? Nah.

    mattblaze, to random
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    "You act like you think you're entitled to just post about whatever you like".

    Um, actually, yes, I suppose I do.

    raphael_fl,
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    @mattblaze Wait, someone actually told you that?

    rodhilton, to movies
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    Old Dads is like someone told the people who make the "God's Not Dead" movies that they were allowed to curse.

    #Movies #OldDads https://letterboxd.com/rodhilton/film/old-dads/

    raphael_fl,
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    @rodhilton Thank you for warning me about that one.

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