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It was difficult for people to guess whether philosophical responses came from the philosopher Daniel Dennett or the language generator GPT-3. It just sat around doing nothing?
I know, I know - thinking "big thoughts"
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I note that the AI was "trained on millions of words of Dennett’s about a variety of philosophical topics, including consciousness and artificial intelligence."
IOW, garbage in, garbage out.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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But the AI managed to create long non-intellegible sentences which are not formally wrong, cause the mind to bend and finally give up trying to understand them...
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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That's exactly my point.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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You know - a famous philosopher - that’s like a funny mortician, or an important poet.
TTFN - Kent
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Human beings are inherently social creatures, having existed in close-knit hunter-gatherer groups for most of our 200,000-year history. If only there were some sort of place people could gather during working hours
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In a related study about work from home vs. work in the office, researchers discovered that it's the 20 somethings who want to work in the office. As we get older the need for physical social interaction decreases, so I suspect these two findings are related to each other.
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Hackers who normally distributed malware via phishing attachments with malicious macros gradually changed tactics after Microsoft Office began blocking them by default, switching to new file types such as ISO, RAR, and Windows Shortcut (LNK) attachments. It's almost like they have a variety to choose from
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Built like a spreadsheet, GitHub Projects was designed to let teams plan, collaborate and track work in a central location to stay organized. Plan ahea
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Apple may have already ripped the band-aid off its third-party cookie tracking situation with its iOS 14 updated on mobile devices a year ago, but it seems Google is still easing itself into position with yet another two-year window added to its proposed removal timeframe. Apparently, that's not the way the cookie crumbles
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I know someone[^] that is really thankfull about the delay
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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A survey of 1,000 workers by Slack finds that 86% would prefer to work longer hours over the course of fewer days, as well as broad support for flexible work options. 19 times out of 20
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10 in 10 workers are in favor of a 0-day week.
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9 in 10 people read only the first part of the question.
the 1 in 10 read the full question.
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I dunno. 4x10 is better than 5x8 IMO. Especially if you’ve got a commute.
TTFN - Kent
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If combating attacks and hijackings of legitimate software on open source registries like npm weren’t challenging enough, app makers are increasingly experiencing the consequences of software self-sabotage. "You're scheming on a thing that's a mirage. I'm trying to tell you now, it's sabotage"
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This basically means the end of free open-source software (OSS) as we currently know it.
While most free OSS comes "as is", there used to be an implicit guarantee that the description matches what's "in the box." If this is no longer true, users of the software must spend time verifying each package (and each new version of the package), time that they previously spent improving their product. Under these circumstances, they might as well buy a commercial package that comes with guarantees that the package is as described.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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OSS was born when programmers were few and they were all pioneers. Today there are 6 weeks courses that kickstart barely alphabetized people into programming job - the ecosystem can no longer support implicit gentlemen agreements.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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In next week's news: AI vets OSS for sabotaged code.
Or maybe that was last week. Who knows, but if there was ever a good use for AI, that would be one IMO.
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Isn't a general-purpose program that verifies that a software library produces results as expected the "Holy Grail" of automated testing?
And yes, it would be a good use of AI, but I'd hate to be put in charge of the training for such an AI. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Marc Clifton wrote: In next week's news: AI vets OSS for sabotaged code.
Nah. Gonna need quantum computing for that. Maybe even 'Deep Quantum' computing. Somewhere, venture capitalists are pouring money into the idea. Click-baity headline coming in three, two, ...
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I don't see a problem with this. The fact that corporations have been using OSS without contributing back or knowing what they're using has resulted in some of the largest security breaches in the past five years. Oh, I know the "claim" that OSS is more secure than closed source, but based on the track record it's obviously not more secure.
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The bill is expected to pass the House later this week and then move to Biden’s desk for his signature. In addition to the semiconductor funding, the legislation includes money for research and workforce training and 5G wireless technology. Hopefully they get All-Dressed, or maybe Salt&Vinegar
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