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bustedbuddha t1_j194m7i wrote

Reply to comment by ExternaJudgment in Google Declares “Code Red” over ChatGPT by maxtility

That's a very judgey and not very useful read on the situation. The more relevant point is that this could lead to a corporate development race, and if one of them starts more seriously optimizing for social manipulation (to use the ML systems to create a preference in the public for their product) the second order effects will probably be fairly extreme.

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bustedbuddha t1_j191e8y wrote

Reply to Google Declares “Code Red” over ChatGPT by maxtility

Here's some non paywall coverage from MSN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/googles-management-has-reportedly-issued-a-code-red-amid-the-rising-popularity-of-the-chatgpt-ai/ar-AA15xcdY?li=BBnb7Kz

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>-Google issued a "code red" in response to the rise of AI bot ChatGPT, NYT reports.
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>CEO Sundar Pichai redirected some teams to focus on building out AI products, per the report.
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>-The move comes as talks abound over whether ChatGPT could one day replace Google's search engine.
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>-Google's management issued a "code red" amid the launch of ChatGPT — the buzzy conversational AI chat bot created by OpenAI — as it's sparked concerns over the future of the Google search engine, The New York Times reported.
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>Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google's parent company, Alphabet, participated in several meetings around Google's AI strategy and has directed numerous groups in the company to refocus their efforts on addressing the threat that ChatGPT poses on its search engine business, according to an internal memo and audio recording reviewed by the Times.
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>In particular, teams in Google's research, Trust and Safety division among other departments have been directed to switch gears to assist in the development and launch of new AI prototypes and products, the Times reported. Some employees have even been tasked to build AI products that generate art and graphics similar to OpenAI's DALL-E used by millions of people, according to the Times.

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bustedbuddha t1_j0rykkn wrote

Reply to Will agi immediately lead to singularity? by 96suluman

That's a matter of goalpost moving, we've obviously crossed multiple qualifiers for the "singularity" such as having the processing power to simulate an environment, and developing systems beyond human understanding, so the goal posts have been moved by people who are uncomfortable with the idea that the singularity already happened. (not that it really comforts me, but basically that)

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so the current goalpost of "singularity" is an active AGI.

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bustedbuddha t1_iz9qmss wrote

Reply to Global energy crisis is turbocharging an "extraordinary" boom in renewable energy so vast it could yet "keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5C". by HYPERHERPADERP_

Solar is the cheapest per KW source of energy, that we are not already mostly on it is purely because a very small amount of very powerful people profit from the continued use of fossil fuels.

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Additionally it is cheaper than nuclear by similar margins and the only reason you still see people pushing nuclear energy is because of the propaganda pushed by a similar minority that stands to profit from nuclear power expanding.

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bustedbuddha t1_iyu0ku3 wrote

Reply to comment by Sculptorman in Short term memory problems can be improved with laser therapy, according to new study by SimilarPlate

Also looking into it more I wonder if you're not seeing dune penetration because if the shortness of wavelengths being used.. I will look into the red light therapy thing, but the other color related light therapies I've looked into (I got down a whole rabbit hole when what green light spectrum helping migraines thing came out) were seemingly down to the brains reaction to perceivng the color

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bustedbuddha t1_iytx7w8 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Short term memory problems can be improved with laser therapy, according to new study by SimilarPlate

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>Previous studies have shown that laser light treatment will improve working memory in mice, and human studies have shown tPBM treatment can improve accuracy, speed up reaction time and improve high-order functions such as attention and emotion.
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>This is the first study, however, to confirm a link between tPBM and working memory in humans.
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>Dongwei Li, a visiting Ph.D. student in the University of Birmingham's Center for Human Brain Health, is co-author on the paper. He said, "People with conditions like ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) or other attention-related conditions could benefit from this type of treatment, which is safe, simple and non-invasive, with no side-effects."
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>In the study researchers at Beijing Normal University carried out experiments with 90 male and female participants aged between 18 and 25. Participants were treated with laser light to the right prefrontal cortex at wavelengths of 1,064 nm, while others were treated at a shorter wavelength, or treatment was delivered to the left prefrontal cortex. Each participant was also treated with a sham, or inactive, tPBM to rule out the placebo effect.

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