Don’t buy the hype. They’re not acting in good conscience, they’ve just weighed the pros and cons and decided that the PR hit isn’t worth it.

This is just them sticking to their principles.

I’m not so sure about that one.

AI company Anthropic amends core safety principle amid growing competition in sector

AI safety leader says ‘world is in peril’ and quits to study poetry

They’re not. Conscience has nothing to do with this.

They just don’t think the PR hit is worth it.

Whenever companies choose to act in a way that we perceive as good, we were the voice of reason, not them.

Give me fifty dollars, I’ll get you an ashtray and a blowtorch.

Gentoo is just a pile of steel and aluminum beams, a few drums of oil, a cow, and a note that reads “Good luck.”

My wife and I played Haven back before we got married, and never got around to finishing it. Really ought to dust that game off again. Playing it as a couple was really fun, and actually helped us to learn things about each other.

You know what’s wild? The answer that immediately comes to mind is Warframe.

Genuinely, I’m not remotely joking, Warframe has some of the best video games romance I’ve ever encountered.

Two things really stand out to me about the conversations in Warframe.

First, the things they learn about you are often just as important as the things you learn about them. The article talks about the process of two people figuring out how they fit into each other’s lives, and that’s exactly what you get with Warframe. You need to actually show that you can be someone they can love, as well as simply showing interest in them.

Secondly, and I think maybe more importantly; most of the conversations in Warframe don’t feel “important.” They all are. But most of them are about comparatively trivial things. A lot of it is literally just people sharing shower thoughts, or jokes, or talking about dumb shit, or getting things off their brains. But how you handle those interactions matters just as much, if not more, than the heavy stuff.

Also, the way the characters interact feels distinct and different. Amir, the most obvious case of ADHD in the universe, writes five messages for every one of yours (these conversations all happen through “Not MSN Messenger”), and most of the time what he needs is for you to just listen while he unloads all the chaotic shit in his brain. Eleanor, the journalist, writes long, carefully formed sentences with correct punctuation and grammar. She poses questions, prods and pries, tries to dig secrets out of you. Aoi will sometimes just send you a string of emojis, and will be delighted if you reply the same way. She likes to be silly, but more importantly she needs to just know that you’re there and you cared enough to reply. It’s the written equivalent of squeezing someone’s hand. Some characters will pester you, others are more likely to wait for you to talk first. There’s a unique dynamic with each of them.

At this point it’s not really all that important if they’re Trump friendly or not. ICE started shooting white people, and that broke the right wing social contract; “We’ll allow any amount of authoritarian government over reach so long as we believe it will never be used against us.”

This is happening at the same time as Trump is trying to force through voter ID requirements. Just noting that.

Sure, fuck with the soccer moms. See how that goes for you. Suburbanites are bored as fuck and treat paranoia as an all consuming hobby. They already have a Facebook group to report your cousin’s car as a suspicious vehicle if they pop over to say hi, you think these fuckers can’t spot an unmarked ICE SUV the second it strays into their turf? Curtain twitching is their only joy in life, this is gonna be like catnip to them.

This has the makings of another Concord written all over it. Even after the disaster with the stolen art, the reports I’ve heard are that the gameplay just isn’t good. Whatever talent was at Bungie left some time ago by the sounds of things.

Anyone who has tasted good karage will never argue with the assertion that fried chicken is the greatest accomplish of human civilization.

Not as far as I’m aware, but I could be wrong. Didn’t really look into screen share.

While I would like to see those options explored, I don’t think they’re strictly necessary. For now, it’s a reasonable alternative, and the open source code means that a self-hosted and/or federated fork is always possible.

Revolt is now stoat.chat. And I think they might be getting a little slammed with new users.

As someone who made an account a while ago, no issues so far.

Revolt is now called Stoat Chat. Some sort of legal issue apparently.

Anyway, for those who don’t know, it’s basically an open source clone of Discord. Definitely worth a look, probably where I’ll my stuff now.

Stoat (formerly revolt) would be my vote. It’s basically an open source clone of Discord. It might not have every feature you want, but the basics are all there, and the UI is pretty much indistinguishable so even non-techie friends won’t mind the switch.

Imagine if any other kind of media did the same thing. Like, you’re reading a book, and every few pages there’s a footnote telling you what the protagonist’s current Paragon/Renegade score is based on the decisions they recently made. Would be a miserable experience.

God, I love KOTOR so much, but its consequences have been a fucking disaster for the entire RPG industry.

Sure, and they’re talking about that like something they might add to it down the line, because at the end of the day these systems are usually just android apps, so you can theoretically add anything.

In practice, what’ll most likely happen is that they’ll try that capability out, decide that it sucks, and quietly ditch it. Or, they’ll roll it out anyway in order to keep the government happy, and then commanders will just tell their troops not to use it. Militaries have always known how to work with and around bad equipment.

If they have to shove in a dumb AI app to get the funding for some actually very useful military equipment approved, well, that’s military procurement for you. Would be nice if the current UK government weren’t so hell bent on shoving AI in everything, but the realistic alternatives currently are “Nazis” and “Sparkling fascists.”

Smaller armies benefit more from tools like this. Not the AI part - see my other comment for why I think that’s not even real - but the ability to quickly and effectively communicate orders and information. A soldier being able to point a webcam on their helmet at the enemy position so that HQ can instantly see their disposition and entrenchment is super helpful. The ability to draw orders on terrain maps in real time is super helpful. Most of war is communication and intelligence gathering. Part of the reason the French army collapsed in 1940 is that they were using signal flags while the Germans were using radios. That stuff matters.

And for smaller militaries this matters more, because you can’t simply drop the hammer on every threat you meet. You have to judiciously and precisely consider when to engage and when to fall back. You maneuver your enemy into situations where you have the upper hand. You defeat in detail. You plan every engagement to minimize your casualties and maximize theirs.