Tag: skepticism
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Slashdot: Linus Torvalds Dismisses AI Industry as ‘90% Marketing’
Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/29/1512253/linus-torvalds-dismisses-ai-industry-as-90-marketing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Linus Torvalds Dismisses AI Industry as ‘90% Marketing’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Linus Torvalds voices skepticism about the AI industry, highlighting a disparity between its marketing and actual capabilities. While recognizing AI’s potential, he believes the current hype overshadows realistic applications and predicts meaningful advancements…
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Hacker News: The sins of the 90s: Questioning a puzzling claim about mass surveillance
Source URL: https://blog.cr.yp.to/20241028-surveillance.html Source: Hacker News Title: The sins of the 90s: Questioning a puzzling claim about mass surveillance Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques a talk by Meredith Whittaker regarding the implications of historical cryptographic export controls and their relationship to privacy and corporate surveillance. It argues against…
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The Register: Perplexity AI decries News Corp’s ‘simply false’ data scraping claims
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/perplexity_news_corp_data/ Source: The Register Title: Perplexity AI decries News Corp’s ‘simply false’ data scraping claims Feedly Summary: ‘They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations’ Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has hit back at a lawsuit claiming that it’s unfairly harvesting data from Dow Jones &…
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Hacker News: Gary Marcus proposes gen AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/gary_marcus_ai_interview/ Source: Hacker News Title: Gary Marcus proposes gen AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The interview with Gary Marcus centers around the urgent need for more stringent public pressure and regulatory measures to manage the development of generative AI and…
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The Register: Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/gary_marcus_ai_interview/ Source: The Register Title: Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley Feedly Summary: ‘I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale’ Interview Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University and serial entrepreneur, is the author of several books, the…
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Hacker News: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/16/safe_c_plusplus/ Source: Hacker News Title: The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The C++ community has proposed the Safe C++ Extensions to enhance memory safety in the language, responding to increasing pressure from public and private sectors for more secure coding…
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The Register: Sysadmins rage over Apple’s ‘nightmarish’ SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/apples_security_cert_lifespan/ Source: The Register Title: Sysadmins rage over Apple’s ‘nightmarish’ SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts Feedly Summary: Maximum validity down from 398 days to 45 by 2027 Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates’ lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45 days by 2027, and sysadmins have some very strong feelings about…
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The Register: Would banning ransomware insurance stop the scourge?
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ransomware_insurance_ban/ Source: The Register Title: Would banning ransomware insurance stop the scourge? Feedly Summary: White House official makes case for ending extortion reimbursements Ransomware attacks are costing businesses and governments billions of dollars and putting people’s lives at risk – in some cases, reportedly causing their deaths.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…