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#41

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 11:51:45 AM

Don't give a clanker root access to your computer.

The whole point of agentic AI is that you don't need to do such rote tasks, it will do them for you.

The whole point of permissions is to avoid deleting all your data accidentally.

And the whole point of scripts like cron jobs is to automate rote tasks in a predictable and safe way.

Like in so many things, AI here is just doing something we already have good tools for, but in a worse way and burning far more resources.

#42

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:54:07 AM

Don't give a clanker root access to your computer.

The whole point of agentic AI is that you don't need to do such rote tasks, it will do them for you.

So I guess the whole point is don't use it

#43

Off the Record / Re: Who's Hottest (Renaissance...

Last post by Josephus - Today at 10:35:59 AM

I'm for Simonetta.

#44

Off the Record / Re: A Navy warship mistook US ...

Last post by DGuller - Today at 10:26:33 AM

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

Jesus.  Poor pilots.

Being targeted by your own warships like that when you're least expecting it. Fucking Hegseth moron.  Half baked operation.

• A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year.
• The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows.
• One of the fighter jets was shot down. The other barely survived the friendly fire incident.

A US Navy pilot whose jet was mistakenly shot down by an American warship over the Red Sea told investigators he saw his life flash before his eyes before ejecting from the doomed aircraft.
The command investigation into the late December 2024 friendly fire incident, which Business Insider reviewed prior to its release on Thursday, reveals that the warship's crew mistook two Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets for anti-ship cruise missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

In a catastrophic failure, the cruiser USS Gettysburg launched surface-to-air missiles at both F/A-18s, shooting down one and nearly hitting the second. It also targeted a third friendly aircraft but never pulled the trigger.
A hit and a near-miss

The Gettysburg and the other warships in the strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman deployed in September 2024 and entered the Red Sea three months later to take over Navy combat operations against the Iran-backed Houthis, who had for almost a year at that point been attacking key shipping lanes.

Early on December 22, just seven days after entering the Red Sea, the Gettysburg accidentally shot down a Super Hornet from the Truman's air wing in what the US military described as "an apparent case of friendly fire." Both aviators, the pilot and the weapons officer, ejected safely from the roughly $60 million fighter, part of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 (VFA-11), the "Red Rippers."

The command investigation reveals that the friendly fire incident nearly resulted in a much larger disaster. While initial reports centered on the aircraft that was struck, the investigation reveals that a second narrowly avoided a catastrophic end, and a third was in the crosshairs.

[...]

If Hegseth was responsible for this, then Biden must've been even less in control than it seemed at the time.

#45

Off the Record / A Navy warship mistook US figh...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 10:16:46 AM

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

Jesus.  Poor pilots.

Being targeted by your own warships like that when you're least expecting it. Fucking Hegseth moron.  Half baked operation.

• A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year.
• The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows.
• One of the fighter jets was shot down. The other barely survived the friendly fire incident.

A US Navy pilot whose jet was mistakenly shot down by an American warship over the Red Sea told investigators he saw his life flash before his eyes before ejecting from the doomed aircraft.
The command investigation into the late December 2024 friendly fire incident, which Business Insider reviewed prior to its release on Thursday, reveals that the warship's crew mistook two Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets for anti-ship cruise missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

In a catastrophic failure, the cruiser USS Gettysburg launched surface-to-air missiles at both F/A-18s, shooting down one and nearly hitting the second. It also targeted a third friendly aircraft but never pulled the trigger.
A hit and a near-miss

The Gettysburg and the other warships in the strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman deployed in September 2024 and entered the Red Sea three months later to take over Navy combat operations against the Iran-backed Houthis, who had for almost a year at that point been attacking key shipping lanes.

Early on December 22, just seven days after entering the Red Sea, the Gettysburg accidentally shot down a Super Hornet from the Truman's air wing in what the US military described as "an apparent case of friendly fire." Both aviators, the pilot and the weapons officer, ejected safely from the roughly $60 million fighter, part of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 (VFA-11), the "Red Rippers."

The command investigation reveals that the friendly fire incident nearly resulted in a much larger disaster. While initial reports centered on the aircraft that was struck, the investigation reveals that a second narrowly avoided a catastrophic end, and a third was in the crosshairs.

[...]

#46

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by DGuller - Today at 10:15:42 AM

Don't give a clanker root access to your computer.

The whole point of agentic AI is that you don't need to do such rote tasks, it will do them for you.

#47

Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread

Last post by viper37 - Today at 10:13:03 AM

Ice size is not that big of a deal for the NHL. Boston Garden's ice was only 191 feet long. Bruins played there for 67 years.

There might have been more fights outside of the ice than on it... or was it Philadelphia?  

#48

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 10:11:41 AM

Clowns, clowns all around.

yeah, the CAQ is also increasingly worrying me.

I might have voted for Québec Solidaire, but now with Marissal gone...     

#49

Off the Record / Re: Who's Hottest (Renaissance...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 10:10:26 AM

Simonetta Vespucci

I have to go with her.

Hot damn! 

#50

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by viper37 - Today at 10:04:56 AM

"I'm very sorry, Dave."