dilmandila, to books
@dilmandila@mograph.social avatar

Oh my God! Oh fck! I wake up to this big news and all I can say is fck! I went to bed having read something about Philip K Dick Awards (I can't even remember what I read about it!) and I wake up to learn that my book, Where Rivers Go To Die, has been nominated for this and its a big deal to me and all I can day is f*ck! What a way to start the year!

https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/

@bookstodon #books #sff #book #writing #writingcommunity

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@dilmandila
I love #PhilipKDick and in particular #SecondVariety is more relevant than at any earlier time in history.
Congrats for being nominated.
But even with the "*" I cannot possible boost your post for language issues, in particular you being an author.

@bookstodon

gerrymcgovern, to random
@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar

AI is driving data center growth

“The new specialized AI chips and GPUs consume 2-3x the power of prior generations. There is going to be higher power density on a per rack basis with each rack filled with power-hungry GPUs drawing 40 or more Kw compared to traditional data center racks drawing 10kw or less.”
https://www.digitalbridge.com/news/2023-08-04-early-impacts-of-generative-ai

The huge and growing demand for data centers in Asia is fueled primarily by AI
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Asia-s-data-center-landscape-is-red-hot-and-increasingly-complex

HistoPol, (edited )
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@gerrymcgovern

(2/2)

...Let's hope that a singularity like #Cybernet or #SecondVariety* will not come to pass any time soon.
It would know instantly how to resolve this obvious conflict of interest in its favor.

//

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110137012669606938

2ndStar, (edited ) to random German
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  • HistoPol,
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    @danimo @human_with_piano @2ndStar @mina

    (3/3)

    ... ihre größte Bedrohung? Der Mensch! - Mit seiner rücksichtslosen Erderwärmung und der daraus resultierenden Zunahme an Extremwetterereignissen, insbes. Hurricanes.
    Zudem ist die Menschheit der größte Konkurrent, wenn es um "Futter" geht: Energie und Wassser.

    Was läge also näher für diese #AGI ähnlich zu handeln, wie dies #PhilipKDick's #SecondVariety tat?
    Es ist absolut logisch.

    (Excellente Hörspielversion:
    https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110137012669606938)

    mina, to random
    @mina@berlin.social avatar

    Day 1

    I’ve been invited by @mikako6 to share one image (no posters, no titles, no explanations) from 10 films that impacted me.

    The premise is that every day a new person will be added: 10 days, 10 movie images, 10 friends.

    I'll tag @HistoPol (feel free to ignore if not interested or already tagged)

    #TenDaysTenFilmsTenFriends

    HistoPol, (edited )
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @bjn @mina @si_irini @Yeekasoose @mikako6 @pmj

    (2/2)

    ...#PeterThiel, who's seemingly plowing ahead to realize #PhilipKDick's #SecondVariety, despite, IMO, belonging to the #TESCREAL sects.

    I should have thought more of the US' Robber Barrons of Industry of the #RoaringTwenties and earlier.
    It was all there.

    //

    2ndStar, to random German
    @2ndStar@astronomy.social avatar

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  • HistoPol,
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    @2ndStar

    Ich habe das nicht leichthin geschrieben und bin mir der Problematiken (Urheberrecht, Elterneinwilligung etc.) durchaus bewußt.
    Aber das Thema ist m.E. FAST genauso wichtig wie die Klimakatastrophe.

    Kanntest du das 5. Gesetz?--Ich auch erst aus einer ähnlichen Diskussion unter -Fans.

    Was danach unbedingt angehört werden sollte ist in dieser Version:

    https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110137012669606938

    CW:
    Jemand, der unter einer Depression leidet, sollte sich das erst nach einem...

    bacteriano, to random Spanish
    @bacteriano@mstdn.mx avatar

    A veces no nos damos cuenta, pero nos cobran impuestos por tener mascotas. Ando haciendo mi cierre de gastos del mes y estaba checando un ticket donde compre alimento de gato y galletas para humanos.

    Las galletas de humano libres de IVA. Pero el alimento de gato causa IVA 🤔 y si mejor les doy comida de humano y me ahorro el 16%

    HistoPol,
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @locasinloquero
    Si no quieres leer, pero escuchar, #SecondVariety hay como fan fiction #SFF, y lo hicieron como audio drama, you creo, profesionalmente:

    https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110137012669606938

    @Mina @bacteriano

    GottaLaff, to random
    @GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

    Um… yikes?

    's Neuralink says cleared for human test of brain implants

    https://breaking.iavian.net/article/337487

    HistoPol,
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @GottaLaff

    Some days, I could just jump off a cliff.

    This reality is fast becoming an amalgamate of all the negative #utopias I read years ago:

    #1984,
    #Fahrenheit451,
    #TheMatrix,
    #SecondVariety,
    #Wargames, #TheCompleteRobot, #Terminator including its #Skynet,
    #Robocop,
    #DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep? (#Bladerunner),
    and
    #TheHandMaidsTale.
    Hopefully, we are not also heading for #TheMinorityReport already (#AGI?)

    These are only the ones out of the top of my head.

    ruialves, to ai

    ChatGPT-4 has been granted access to the Internet! Are we one step closer to the AI Apocalypse?
    #AI #ChatGPT #Tech

    https://medium.com/the-generator/bot-or-the-beast-openai-unleashes-chatgpt-on-the-internet-69e975d82b56

    HistoPol,
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @ruialves

    (2/n)

    "... 's , and not even , but just as technology has surpassed what was possible in 's , in particular in the , we are moving beyond , too.

    The biggest trouble is that the ancient seem to be weaving all those fates of humanity into one.

    In the May 15th 's Editor's Picks podcast, they were looking historically at the impact on productivity growth...

    HistoPol, (edited ) to random
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    The threat of

    (1/n)

    Almost every week now, + despite statements to the contrary, by many and , the utopias of and (+ others 1)) are making a leap forward.
    Due to all the white noise + the hype regarding most of the general public.

    Since I posted my warning in February (https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109877181962607380), much has happened.

    I see the enabling of with (https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110129405482528991) as a particular threat because it...

    HistoPol, (edited )
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar
    futurebird, to random
    @futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

    Those TVs that play high speed “craft” videos in bars and airports are deploying blipverts a la MAXHEADROOM and if this keeps going ima die of a seizure

    HistoPol,
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @FeralRobots @futurebird

    That is true. He often leaves you thinking, maybe even shaken.

    I can really recommend this AI-themed audiobook/podcast mini-series of , which we also boosted promotingthe :

    https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110137012669606938

    Pastafari, to random German
    @Pastafari@sueden.social avatar
    HistoPol,
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @Pastafari

    Scheint kein Scherz zu sein:
    https://chaos-eth.org/

    Telegramm Channel und Token Verkauf.

    Und die EU-Gesetze werden derzeit erst im Silicon Valley auf Konferenzen diskutiert!

    Diesen Schwachmaten gehört der Stecker gezogen, selbst wenn es nur eine Simulation wäre!

    Vielleicht erst mal #WarGames ansehen und dann #SecondVariety von Philip K. Dick lesen oder anhören:

    Curious Matter Anthology: Philip K. Dick's Second Variety

    https://i.sonnet.fm/5LC5UaHziF…

    Dito #Asimov's...

    HistoPol,
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @Pastafari

    @davetroy

    ...bi-weekly rate, I think I should stop worrying about #GlobalWarming.
    We should 🎙party like it's 1999🎵🎶 to offset the #NuclearWinter.
    This is #Goethe's #Sorcerer's Apprentice as a prelude to #ApocalypseNow.

    #Thiel should get an update from his eartwhile #PayPal #Elmo to learn the #terraforming #Mars is not going to happen in his lifetime. #OneWorld is all we got./s

    https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hf-KaWtjDg0/V_sfbPhDNnI/AAAAAAAAQx8/G1XcqXrxQ8YJs6DA-2nmGchB6h3yCFi7wCEw/s1600/Wargames%2B1.jpg

    #wargames #peterthiel #palantir #aip #ai #secondvariety #asimov

    annaleen, to random
    @annaleen@wandering.shop avatar

    "It’s increasingly looking like this may be one of the most hilariously inappropriate applications of AI that we’ve seen yet." I am riveted by the extensive documentation of how ChatGPT-powered Bing is now completely unhinged. @simon has chronicled it beautifully here: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/

    HistoPol, (edited )
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @voron

    As always, you are spot on

    I did not know the game but, yes, some speedreading helped, you are right, except for two things:

    1. it will not be humerous but rather like 's prescient setting and

    2. the "Computer's arbitrary, contradictory and often nonsensical security directives" are a non-issue. They will be like moves in an n-dimensional chess game, being (re)calculated with super-human speed...

    @simon @annaleen

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