[Maark Abbott]

The good. Wife's probation got signed off. House is on the market now. And we found out next door is being let as an AirBNB via a management company, which should mean there's no more shenanigans there. Parking is still a stressor but GP has put me on some antidepressants so hopefully they will take the entire edge off.

[Briar King]

Azath Vitr (D, on 02 October 2024 - 11:31 AM, said:

Briar King, on 01 October 2024 - 10:49 PM, said:

Are you saying your precious AI ain't yet advanced enough to kill roaches yet?

Maybe one day right?

Hmm, that might be a great way to get killer robots into people's homes. Terminator, meet Exterminator. (Or, failing that, perhaps in robo-cockroach form... if the roaches can get in, the robo-roaches can too.) Viva la robolución!

Of course for that it needs a body---or bodies---that can move effectively through the world. Actually two recent articles about that have been making me happy too:

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o1 generates a 'chain of thought' in which it considers and reasons its way through a problem. [...] But o1 is still primarily trained on human language. [...] you can describe a biscuit to me all day long, but I won't have tasted it.

So what happens when you stop describing the truth of the physical world, and let the AIs go and eat some biscuits? We'll soon begin to find out, because AIs embedded in robot bodies are now starting to build their own ground-up understanding of how the physical world works.

AI begins its ominous glorious split away from human thinking (newatlas.com)

Or when you let the AIs go and kill some roaches... though they will be able to evolve new forms faster with the aid of ultrarealistic simulations.

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[Nvidia's] Omniverse is a simulation platform. It offers a virtual world that developers can customize and use to test simulations of robots. "Isaac" is what Nvidia calls a "gym" built on top of Omniverse. It's how you put your robot into an environment and practice tasks.

"That's been the biggest problem in robotics — how much data is needed to give those foundational models an understanding of the world and adjust for it," [...]

But, analysts see the potential.

Spoiler

[...] "Nvidia's capabilities in robotics and digital twins (with Omniverse) have the potential to scale into massive businesses themselves." [...]

Wearing his signature black leather jacket, [Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang outstretched both arms [...] "Robotics is here. Physical AI is here. This is not science fiction," he said.

If Nvidia's place in the tech stratosphere is to be permanent, Huang needs the market for robotics to be big.

[...] Simulators are an essential stop on the path to humanoid robots, but they don't necessarily lead to human-like perception.

[...] But a humanoid robot is a world away from even the most useful non-humanoid. Some roboticists doubt that it's the right target to aim for.

"I'm very skeptical. The cost to make a humanoid robot and to make it versatile is going to be higher than if you make a robot that doesn't look like a human and can only do a single task but does the task well and faster," [...]

Gaming and graphics aren't Nvidia's future anymore. Autonomous cars and robotics are. The company told BI it expects everything to be autonomous in the future starting with robotic arms and vehicles and leading to buildings and even cities.

Why [Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Obsessed With Robots - Business Insider

Well I’m sure your already rubbing one out in anticipation but in the meantime your wondrous AI still produces circle globes no matter how many different ways you tell it to produce a flat map.

Don’t cum to hard.

[Abyss]

Maark Abbott, on 02 October 2024 - 03:54 PM, said:

And we found out next door is being let as an AirBNB via a management company, which should mean there's no more shenanigans there....

But possibly some tomfoolery. Perhaps buffoonery or the odd bit of skylarking???

[Maark Abbott]

Abyss, on 02 October 2024 - 06:51 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 02 October 2024 - 03:54 PM, said:

And we found out next door is being let as an AirBNB via a management company, which should mean there's no more shenanigans there....

But possibly some tomfoolery. Perhaps buffoonery or the odd bit of skylarking???

I hope not. A large part of my present mental unwellness is tied to the shit that's happened there in the last couple of years.

[Mezla PigDog]

I worked late to get a thing done that has been on my to do list for months. Every time I tried to kill it off, a chain of events would conspire to put a solution even further out of reach. And now the incessant automated emails (duplicated twice so I inexplicably get 4 different notifications) telling me every week that I'm a failure for not closing my action, should cease. I still have to face the final boss of the most pedantic man in my organisation accepting my work - but I think I'm there.

Modern life - why do we do these things to ourselves? I could have been weaving a basket or something.

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 02 October 2024 - 09:12 PM

[Mentalist]

Won our first game. I'm feeling rusty, but got most of the 50-50 balls, and seem to have avoided injuring myself (though that other guy who tripped over me after I stepped on the ball in front of him and went sprawling down may not be as happy). I also got an assist by chipping the ball from a kick-in on the side, and neither of the goals against us happened when I was on the field, so all in all, a fairly solid start, considering I haven't touched the ball since January.

[Mezla PigDog]

So when I had a kid I thought all kids were into arts and craft. I would go to this arts and craft shop called Hobbycraft and buy all sorts of paint and glitter and glue assuming I just needed the right combination of things to get my kid into creative stuff. Nothing worked. He's either running into walls, rolling in mud or driving anything with an approximation of wheels around the place.

Until today when I finally entered Hobbycraft for a valid reason.

He got a load of nerf guns for his 8th birthday. But there was something missing. The kid needed straps so he could wear them on his back. £3.80 and a trip to the ribbon aisle at Hobbycraft later and he looks like a cross between Ripley at the end of Aliens and Arnie on T2.

Parenting doesn't go how you imagine, but there's joy in where it takes you.

[amphibian]

Deeply funny. Thank you, Mezla.

[worry]

Son of Rambow vibes.

[Abyss]

Mezla PigDog, on 13 October 2024 - 09:57 PM, said:

So when I had a kid I thought all kids were into arts and craft. I would go to this arts and craft shop called Hobbycraft and buy all sorts of paint and glitter and glue assuming I just needed the right combination of things to get my kid into creative stuff. Nothing worked. He's either running into walls, rolling in mud or driving anything with an approximation of wheels around the place.

Until today when I finally entered Hobbycraft for a valid reason.

He got a load of nerf guns for his 8th birthday. But there was something missing. The kid needed straps so he could wear them on his back. £3.80 and a trip to the ribbon aisle at Hobbycraft later and he looks like a cross between Ripley at the end of Aliens and Arnie on T2.

Parenting doesn't go how you imagine, but there's joy in where it takes you.

Now teach him all the classic lines and how to use them day to day...

"MooOOOMMM, we are LEAVING!"

"I'm going to the bathroom. But I'll be back."

[Tsundoku]

Just had a very nice evening with Luci, Shiara, Silencer, Centz and Wolfy plus a couple of non Malazans, the occasion being Centz is up at the moment and recently had a birthday.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 19 October 2024 - 02:07 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

 Tsundoku, on 19 October 2024 - 02:07 PM, said:

Just had a very nice evening with Luci, Shiara, Silencer, Centz and Wolfy plus a couple of non Malazans, the occasion being Centz is up at the moment and recently had a birthday.

Oh dang that's quite the list of names glad it was a good one

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

A Portal has been set up in Philadelphia, in Love Park.

No clues yet on where the other side is.

Here's hoping that it's bulletproof...

[Macros]

 Tsundoku, on 19 October 2024 - 02:07 PM, said:

Just had a very nice evening with Luci, Shiara, Silencer, Centz and Wolfy plus a couple of non Malazans, the occasion being Centz is up at the moment and recently had a birthday.

And we have no pictures?

[Macros]

Also, why aren't they nerding out with us anymore?

[Tsundoku]

 Macros, on 19 October 2024 - 10:32 PM, said:

 Tsundoku, on 19 October 2024 - 02:07 PM, said:

Just had a very nice evening with Luci, Shiara, Silencer, Centz and Wolfy plus a couple of non Malazans, the occasion being Centz is up at the moment and recently had a birthday.

And we have no pictures?

Yeah, sorry. Only thought about that afterward.

[Briar King]

Geek update:

Comet A3 has been a fucking beauty to watch at sunset. It was pure white fire to Neowise’s emerald cloud. My new Galaxy S24 Ultra is so good at picking it up. Really good view in my nocs. I hope y’all have been able to catch A3 as well. If not then hurry up because it’s almost done with the easy viewing.

[Tsundoku]

 Macros, on 19 October 2024 - 10:34 PM, said:

Also, why aren't they nerding out with us anymore?

They got too old for Narnia.

[Mentalist]

Did about 60 clicks on the bike yesterday, due to it likely being the last autumn weekend with such good weather.

Made it to the office today, because then I went to a concert by Okean El'zy.

My hands are going to be very painful tomorrow from all the clapping. My legs probably slightly less so from the jumping

Good times, all in all.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Passed my molecular covid test... now I'm about seven hours in to my five day chocolate-only fast. (Pure unsweetened cacao powder, that is---200 calories / day, mainly for the fiber. And the fullness.)

In the worst case scenario, I may have to play a video game
To distract myself from the hungering pains...