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UltraMagnus

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  • Sony develops technology to trace origin of AI-made music

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  • The article is 5 paragraphs long. Is it really that hard to read it and answer your question? Nevermind, I think I misread your comment. Sorry!

    What Sony is specifically trying to do is see if any AI song can be traced to specific songs- e.g., if someone prompted "make me a song in the style of Lady Gaga", would Sony be able to conclusively determine this based on the outputting song?

    I am a bit skeptical of this working, but then again, there were some image generators spitting out gettysburg watermarks.

  • Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

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  • I think you misread it - 71% said drive. 29% is still pretty bad, but it is kind of a "who is buried in grants tomb" question.

  • Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch

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  • Yes, it's disingenuous for him to bring up all the time used for humans to evolve as well. If we're going to go that far, we also ought to include the energy/time used by the engineers who created ChatGPT, and all the energy used by plants/animals in the evolution leading to those engineers. Not to mention all the time/energy/training of all the people who created the training data over the past few centuries.

    Frankly, at that point, any human artist is more "efficient" than AI - they're able to master their field in mere decades.

  • Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch

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  • I think if he meant it that way he would have said that, instead of talking about the energy that humans use and particularly talking about food.

  • Every Single Participant in NYT Focus Group Preferred Progressive Candidates Over Moderate Ones | Common Dreams

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  • I think it's true that folks increasingly want progressive candidates, but I'm not sure a focus group of 13 people is really a definitive look at public opinion. Focus groups are good at getting at underlying reasons for why people might prefer A over B, but they aren't good for determining the number of people who prefer A over B.

    But the headline did get me to click and read more, so there's that.

  • ICE agents keep accidentally shooting themselves

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  • The fact that the negligent discharges often involve experienced officers should be a wake up call that ICEs recent behavior isn't new or just because of Trump - the incompetence is baked in.

  • Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis

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  • Ah, adverse possession is also an excellent tactic! Of course, that's also something that takes time, but definitely not a bad idea

  • I totally agree, too much is too much.

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  • Is there a lemmydrama like subredditdrama? Maybe a fedidrama community would work. I don't know if one exists yet

  • When DinoCon is doing more than the US Gov

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  • I don't really think it's up to DinoCon to solve crimes. Obviously symbolic gestures aren't justice, but I don't really see what else DinoCon is supposed to do. Are you honestly asking DinoCon to spin up a crack team of legal experts to manage the epstein case? Maybe we should have GenCon start tracking down serial killers while we're at it.

  • Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis

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  • Not every action has to solve every issue immediately. Things take time. Long term, tenants' unions are ideal, best coupled with legislation to break up these property management companies and private equity firms that have a stranglehold on shelter.

    A mass rent strike is an excellent demonstration of people power and a good first step in that kind of long term operation. If you have a better idea on an action that both mobilizes a large number of people and has an immediate impact, you should certainly share it. There are plenty of avenues of attack here.

  • Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper

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  • I think it's fair to expect students to use computers in a programming class. I don't know if there's a need for students to be using computers for the entire school day

  • All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

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  • Yep - I've already been bugging my grandma to get a passport so that she will be able to vote if SAVE act passes (she changed her name when she married, but doesn't have a passport since she's never left the country). Gotta avoid doomerism and make the fascists fight for every inch we can.

  • Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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  • I'm torn on this - Christianity (particularly evangelical christianity) has had an extremely negative effect on democracy in our country and has caused physical harm to others.

    However, I think most people with a conscience subscribe to some form of philosophy or religion (even if atheists aren't "loyal" to any particular perspective and may not even use titles/categories to describe their value system) and I think it's fine for your morals/conscience to influence decision making. Even a purely scientific decision making process could be considered a form of philosophy.

    That being said, most organized religion is about obedience to the tenets of said religion, not a method of asking questions about the world to try to find the most just way to proceed.

  • When DinoCon is doing more than the US Gov

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  • Did anyone in this thread read the article?

    According to the Montana Standard, after his name surfaced in the released files, Horner posted, and later deleted, a social media statement calling his decision to pursue Epstein’s support an extremely poor judgment. He said that while he knew Epstein had been convicted of soliciting prostitution, he was unaware of Epstein’s broader sex trafficking operation until years later.

    Horner wrote that his visit involved only Epstein, staff, and several women introduced as college students. He said Epstein donated $10,000 toward a 2012 DinoChicken conference but otherwise declined to fund his research. “There was nothing weird, inappropriate, or out of the ordinary,” Horner said in the statement.

    The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology released a notice to members last week, cautioning that inclusion in the Epstein files does not alone imply misconduct.

    Those are sketchy circumstances, I think a ban from events is more than fair under the circumstances. Normally I would expect a ban like this to be lifted once feds completed their investigation (assuming no wrongdoing occurred), but obviously the feds aren't interested in investigating, so we may not get the chance to know whether or not there's more to this.

    I think it's fair to expect the justice system to pursue "innocent before proven guilty", but private organizations ban and/or suspend members all the time due to credible accusations, even if they haven't been convicted in a court of law.

  • When DinoCon is doing more than the US Gov

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  • This is a fair take, and I greatly prefer an "innocent before proven guilty" justice system. I think it's also fair for you to read the article before commenting.

    The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology released a notice to members last week, cautioning that inclusion in the Epstein files does not alone imply misconduct.

  • 'Unprecedented': Trump Admin Denies Minnesota Investigators Access to Alex Pretti Shooting Evidence

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  • Taking a case is different from outright barring state authorities from accessing evidence.

    See the Luigi Mangione case for an example of state having free access to evidence even in a federal case... Feds don't seem to have any trouble with sharing evidence there.

  • Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis

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  • I know everyone wants to be a doomer about things like this, but Minneapolis has demonstrated clearly to the nation what organization can do. This is a good way to provide solidarity with neighbors who cannot go out and work due to ICE occupation. By making it so that nobody pays rent, it means landlords will not be evicting those who are most vulnerable right now.

    It's a good strategy.

  • Censorship of Colbert interview sparks free speech debate ahead of Texas primary

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  • Yet another instance in which the "free speech" right didn't actually care about the 1st amendment, they just wanted to say the n word on Twitter without people yelling at them.

    I wonder if they realize how obvious it is to others that their morals are a lie

  • Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?

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  • Strangely, I find old Star Trek more comforting in times like these. Though perhaps that's the nostalgia talking

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities

    crimethinc.com /2026/01/15/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities-a-guide-to-an-updated-model
  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Which year was the most stacked for game releases?

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Dispatch sells 1 million copies in 10 days

    bsky.app /profile/adhocstudio.com/post/3m4r2a5kiww23
  • Rooster Teeth @lemmy.ml
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    Where did you first hear about Rooster Teeth?

  • Nonviolence @lemmy.ml
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    CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC

    www.nonviolent-conflict.org /resource/guide-effective-nonviolent-struggle-2/
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    Building A Social Movement Toward Alternatives — Janet Vertesi — FediCon 2025

    spectra.video /w/wAAtEn15GZmkDhH3X1FFpP