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Is TikTok getting any more data than what the Chinese government just couldn't buy from data brokers?  I mean our own FBI decided it didn't have to bother with a warrant and just purchased location data.  This stuff specifically targeting TikTok should have stopped with not allowing it on government phones, the rest of the effort should have gone into privacy and data handling regulations.

7 hours ago, brucoe said:

Q is way too busy bothering captains in Starfleet.

I would recommend you watch Picard season 2, but I also don't want to do that.

I asked Bing AI about the news regarding the AI team

Why did microsoft lay off the ai ethics and society team?

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Microsoft laid off its entire AI "Ethics and Society" division in January 2023¹. The team was responsible for guiding AI innovation to ensure ethical, responsible, and sustainable outcomes³. While Microsoft still maintains its Office of Responsible AI, the ethics and society team was in charge of ensuring the company's responsible AI principles were reflected in the designs of products shipped².

what are the implications of that decision regarding bing ai?

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The layoff of the AI Ethics and Society team could have implications for Bing AI. The team was responsible for guiding AI innovation to ensure ethical, responsible, and sustainable outcomes³. The team was also responsible for making sure that Microsoft's AI products were shipped with safeguards to mitigate social harms². The layoff of the team could mean that Bing AI may not have the same level of ethical oversight as it did before².

I tried to ask more questions but they've shacked the Bing AI and i couldn't make it get weird

2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

The flash drive cost money. They had chatgpt write it

Write me an email announcing the layoff of 10000 employees from my large automobile manufacturer

Dear Employees,

It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the layoff of 10,000 employees from our automobile manufacturing company, effective immediately. This decision has been made after careful consideration of the current market conditions, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry, and the need to streamline our operations to remain competitive.

We understand that this announcement may come as a shock to many of you, and we want to assure you that we have explored all possible options before arriving at this difficult decision. We have taken into account the impact this will have on our employees and their families, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that those affected by the layoffs are treated fairly and with respect.

We understand that this is a challenging time, and we want to support our employees through this transition. We will be providing severance packages, including compensation and benefits, to those impacted by the layoffs. We will also be providing job placement assistance and career counseling services to help our employees find new opportunities as quickly as possible.

We want to emphasize that this decision was not taken lightly, and we remain committed to our mission of providing safe, reliable, and affordable vehicles to our customers. We are confident that with the dedication and hard work of our remaining employees, we will emerge from this difficult period stronger and more resilient than ever before.

We appreciate the contributions of all of our employees and want to express our deepest gratitude for your hard work and dedication to our company. We understand that this is a challenging time for everyone, and we are committed to supporting our employees through this transition.

Please know that we are available to answer any questions or concerns you may have, and we will be providing more information in the coming days about the specifics of the layoff process.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Title]

[Automobile Manufacturer]

26 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

“Employees are strongly encouraged to consider the program,” GM said in an emailed statement to CNBC Thursday. “By permanently bringing down structured costs, we can improve vehicle profitability and remain nimble in an increasingly competitive market.”

I want to find the business school sociopath who created that line and erase them from history.  Every single layoff email I've ever seen from every company I've worked for has had that line or some very near variation.  "While the cuts were painful, we are now poised to be nimble/ agile in an increasingly competitive/evolving market".  I assume MBAs are handed out with a flash drive that has this template.

I'm not really in favor of banning things based on shaky vague "national security" grounds.  Shore up privacy and data handling laws and then come after TikTok from that angle.  But laying the first bricks our own Great Firewall isn't something I'm going to cheer on.

47 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Just don’t hire the lawyer the cave diver guy did

Lin Wood was his lawyer, who after he lost a defamation case where his client was called a pedophile by a billionaire he went on to represent Trump in trying to overturn the election and went on weird conspiracy theory rants.

I guess the question is the severity of the derailments.  Like how many look like this:

Vs not really looking that dramatic.

I saw someone comment elsewhere that she's probably pushing this national divorce thing to do a little SEO so that it comes up and not her actual divorce.

I have a hard time getting how social media thinks they can charge more than streaming services for practically nothing.  The only people who get value from paid verification are influences, which social media needs to get everyone else to participate.

That fucking plume.... They're going to bankrupt Norfolk Southern right... right?

Dewine is a career politician that's really cultivated that "aw shucks" sort of image.  He was booted from the Senate by Sherrod Brown and returned to just doing state politics.

If you're looking for someone to do anything about a large corporation it's not going to be Dewine.  After Householder got arrested for accepting bribes from lobbyists for First Energy, Dewine still defended the deal, just not the bribery.  He was taking COVID seriously and was kind of a standout with Republican governors, until business leaned on him.  Unfortunately for him he can't use folksy bullshit on this disaster, the people of East Palestine and surrounding area don't want Fran's cookie recipes.

Also, considering the Republicans haven't capitalized on this yet, I'm betting there's some deregulation that'll end up at fault here.

On 2/11/2023 at 2:55 PM, Kal-El814 said:

I’m suing the magnetic field for infringing on this man’s second amendment rights. 
 

Can you imagine being a second amendment supporter at this point in your life? It’s more embarrassing than randomly shitting yourself or falling into open manhole covers. 

He brought a gun into the MRI's room and the MRI successfully held its ground and neutralized the threat.

I've been under one non-compete and when I left they made sure to send me a copy of it.  I just lied to my next employer and said I wasn't under one, it didn't apply anyway.  Every other company has just had non-solicitation agreements, which I've not seen enforced.  I know one guy who left and took 5 people with him to his next company, they didn't care.

I didn't realize this existed until... now.  I like Petroglyph's work and I'll have to give the demo a look when I get off work and boot up my computer.

I wonder if anyone in Chinese intelligence is getting in trouble over this one.  I assume this thing is going to be loaded on the Carter Hall and headed back to shore this evening.

I'm kind of fine with goofy looking mail trucks.  The ones they've been using are distinctive, so go ahead and do a new one with a giant forehead and little tiny squished face. 

Naming breakfast cereals and singing Disney on Broadway songs are alpha as fuck.

2 hours ago, LazyPiranha said:

Christ this thread got depressing…

 

so pineapple on pizza is good actually.

You made it worse, just like how pineapple makes pizza worse.

58 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Not even just funding but care for them in general. Childless adults will need care from a younger generation as they get older and that doesn’t come from nowhere. 
 

there’s also the problem of a significantly smaller population may lead to a decrease in living conditions as a lot of things are done manually in low cost countries and may be difficult to do cheaply if at all in wealthier areas e.g. clothes manufacturing

One of the things that haunts me a little still came from early in my career working as a clerk in Anthem's grievances and appeals department.  I sent determination letters that the analysts dumped in a folder and once an hour I'd check the incoming appeals voicemail box to summarize and pass off to an analyst for a callback, people (mostly doctors) could initiate a verbal appeal for a claims denial.

Sometimes I'd get voicemails from people who weren't doctors, but the patients initiating an appeal themselves for a claims denial.  One that would come up once every month or so would be someone older, 50s or 60s, not on Medicare, still on their employer's insurance.  They would have a denied claim for a visiting home nurse for recovery from something or another, medical policy said that level of care could be performed by a member of the household and that a nurse was not medically necessary.  They would leave an upset and desperate voicemail saying they were single and didn't have anyone to even visit to care for them and needed a nurse to stop in every day.

So yeah, an aging population of single people will get rough..

I feel like somewhere in there is a dead baby joke.

11 hours ago, mclumber1 said:

 

Homes in the desert (at least in Las Vegas) recycle all of the water that is used indoors.  But...Anything used outdoors such as in pools or for landscaping/lawns is lost to evaporation.  The homes aren't the problem - it's the stuff outside the homes that account for the loss of water.

Do HOAs out there mandate the green lawns like they do everywhere else?  Because that would probably be a huge source of water use.

Can’t we just stop allowing suburban sprawl subdivisions in the desert?

The problem is the cops seem to see tasers as people remotes and they just lean on those instead of using them as a less lethal gun alternative.  I've also never been fond of the "everyone yelling at their target" approach that seems to be a cornerstone of their training.

They could burn wood to run their vehicles North Korea style