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Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he's found fragments of alien technology

A Harvard professor believes he may have found fragments of alien technology from a meteor that landed in the waters off of Papua, New Guinea in 2014.
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Bologna

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Joe Walsh dismisses threat of AI: "It can't destroy a hotel room"

Joe Walsh has deemed AI as a non-threat to the music industry due to its inability to "destroy a hotel room." Read his full assessment here.
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“It can’t destroy a hotel room, it can’t throw a TV off the fifth floor into the pool and get it right in the middle,” the guitarist shared. “When AI knows how to destroy a hotel room, I’ll pay attention to it.”

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EarthworldTim

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Bologna said:
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Joe Walsh dismisses threat of AI: "It can't destroy a hotel room"

Joe Walsh has deemed AI as a non-threat to the music industry due to its inability to "destroy a hotel room." Read his full assessment here.
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“It can’t destroy a hotel room, it can’t throw a TV off the fifth floor into the pool and get it right in the middle,” the guitarist shared. “When AI knows how to destroy a hotel room, I’ll pay attention to it.”

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I can't imagine how anyone would view this guy's opinion on recent technology as anything other than a waste of time. I bet he'd love a custom "Joe Walsh is the center of the universe" bot.
 
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Try taking a few steps back and look at the larger point...:hmm::sherlock:
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Haha I will admit I dislike eagles music so he means nothing to me. But seriously, his take that AI can't be a destructive asshole like he's been previously means it's not concerning at all is just ridiculous to me. I agree that the AI scare is overblown but let's not just dismiss it for silly reasons.

One can be excellent at something and terrible at other things. I would argue that people who specialize in a singular field are more often lacking in other areas, e.g. self control and self awareness.

My reply was very sarcastic and I would liken it to an eye roll if someone mentioned this to me in person. Clearly I've struck a nerve, classic rock and its legends are a real touchy subject in this forum when it comes to criticism.
 
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Haha I will admit I dislike eagles music so he means nothing to me. But seriously, his take that AI can't be a destructive asshole like he's been previously means it's not concerning at all is just ridiculous to me. I agree that the AI scare is overblown but let's not just dismiss it for silly reasons.

One can be excellent at something and terrible at other things. I would argue that people who specialize in a singular field are more often lacking in other areas, e.g. self control and self awareness.

My reply was very sarcastic and I would liken it to an eye roll if someone mentioned this to me in person. Clearly I've struck a nerve, classic rock and its legends are a real touchy subject in this forum when it comes to criticism.
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Ha... I'm no Eagles fan, but I do loves me some James Gang... but that has nothing to do with anything. His point, I believe, is that anything can make music, but what makes music ART? To me, it's what makes us human...: heart, feel, conviction, balls, love, pain, guilt, remorse etc etc etc... and anyone that possesses these uniquely human characteristics will be able to tell in a heart beat what's real and what isn't. AI don't care. It will never care. How does one truly connect emotionally with something that doesn't emote?
 
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Ha... I'm no Eagles fan, but I do loves me some James Gang... but that has nothing to do with anything. His point, I believe, is that anything can make music, but what makes music ART? To me, it's what makes us human...: heart, feel, conviction, balls, love, pain, guilt, remorse etc etc etc... and anyone that possesses these uniquely human characteristics will be able to tell in heart beat what's real and what isn't. AI don't care. It will never care. How does one connect personally with something that doesn't emote?
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You're right. My take is a very cynical one and he probably means it as a joke and potentially self deprecating as well. I took it as arrogance for the most part when I initially read it.

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Just to add, part of my feeling about his take is that it's a lot bigger than just him or music that's threatened by AI. While I can see what he's saying and can agree with some of it I don't agree that it's not a real threat to certain industries in some areas right now. It's more complicated than just writing it off "for now" imo.
 
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Florida Board of Education approves Black history curriculum that says slaves benefitted from slavery

Numerous teachers from across Florida objected to the changes and asked the board to put the proposal on hold
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Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, pointed to part of the middle-school standards that would require instruction to include “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
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I love it when the government forces teachers to tell kids slavery wasn't THAT bad. That's not weird and fucked up at all.
 
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Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast

Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said.The Magellanic penguins, mostly juveniles, died in the Atlantic Ocean and were carried by currents to...
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