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@lobster said:
Oh er I can not turn off my computer. Really? Still shamelessly drinking the publicity?

Still not ready to wake up? Oh well...
https://joinmastodon.org/

Its not about the current marketing hype, or the current LLMs that the public uses. People have been thinking about the problem of "entities" that are smarter than us for a long time. Don't let your distrust of large corporations blind you to the risks. It may work out alright, but to say there's no safety issue to worry about here is naive.

Specifically on the "unplug it" solution. One, they've already shown some ability to deceive and work around safeguards. Two, once its integrated into our world, even if we could shut it off, what would that do? It would be like shutting off the internet, sure we could do it, but at what cost?

If you have some sort of knowledge that says that the rest of the world is wrong please try to explain it. The dismissive comments, LOL reactions, and arguments from authority are totally unpersuasive to me and seem more an attempt to change minds through intimidation than persuasion.

Hamish MacTavish and his wife Maggie have never been flying, so at the local Air Show they decide to take a ride in a small open aircraft.
They are just climbing into the back of the plane when the pilot asks for the fare, which is twenty pounds.
“Twenty pounds?” screams MacTavish, “That is ridiculous, it is far too much!”
“Okay,” says the pilot, “I will make a deal with you. If you can complete this ride without opening your mouth I won’t charge you a penny. But if you make a sound you pay me double!”
Hamish agrees, and they take off. As soon as they are in the air, the pilot starts to loop the plane, flies upside down, sideways, and gives a whole display of aerobatics.
When they land again, the pilot says over his shoulder, “Well sir, you win. I never thought you would be able to go through all that without opening your mouth!”
“It was not easy,” admits MacTavish, “especially when my wife fell out!”

Found this on Mastodon. Thought it humorous...

France is bacon

When I was young my father said to me: "Knowledge is power, Francis Bacon." I understood it as "Knowledge is power, France is bacon."

For more than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the second part and what was the surreal linkage between the two. If I said the quote to someone, "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon," they nodded knowingly. Or someone might say, "Knowledge is power" and I'd finish the quote "France is Bacon" and they wouldn't look at me like I'd said something very odd, but thoughtfully agree. I did ask a teacher what did "Knowledge is power, France is bacon" mean and got a full 10-min-ute explanation of the "knowledge is power" bit but nothing on "France is bacon". When I prompted further ex-planation by saying "France is bacon?" in a questioning tone I just got a "yes". At 12 I didn't have the confidence to press it further. I just accepted it as something I'd never understand.

It wasn't until years later I saw it written down that the penny dropped.

It is the mailman’s last day on the job, and he is feeling mixed emotions. On the one hand he is glad to be retiring, but on the other hand he will miss seeing the beautiful young married woman he has fancied for the last few years.

He is shocked and delighted when she opens her door for this last time, wearing a see-through gown, and invites him in. She drags him up to the bedroom and makes passionate love to him.

Afterwards she cooks him a delicious breakfast. When he is about to leave, the young woman goes to her purse, takes out a dollar bill and gives it to him. “I don’t understand,” says the satisfied mailman. “You are going to pay me as well?”

“It was my husband’s idea,” the woman explains, “when I told him you were retiring and suggested we give you something, he said, “Screw him, give him a dollar.””

”The breakfast,” she adds proudly, “was my idea.”

What is irony?
Thus:
"I am but a pebble freshly emerged from the sea.
I bask in the sunlight as last!
Oh the JOY!
Then some fool just threw me back in...."

IMAGINE BEING SO FULL OF SHIT THAT YOU NEEDED TWO EXTRA ARSEHOLES

I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest, "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? "No," said the priest, "not if you did not know." "Then why," asked the Eskimo earnestly, "did you tell me?"
-- Annie Dillard

Some great insights everyone,

Very important to understand that Mind in Buddhism includes emotions and body feelings. Some of these are hormonal, age and gender related etc.

As I slowly disintegrate into irrelevance, alternate relevance and Anti-Vance, I can attest:

1. The French are right even objects have genders
2. Diversify your Buddha buds
3. Remember the fifth Noble Truth... which I seem to have forgotten for The Moment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Noble_Virtues