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  • earthworm@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•AI may soon make Nobel-level discovery, scientists predictEnglish
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    1 day ago

    “It’s almost certain” that AI will reach that level eventually, one researcher told Nature.

    Semafor doing so much work trying the launder this into a story. “One scientist” in the original article, to multiple scientists in their headline.

    This is the first of three waves of AI in science, says Sam Rodriques, chief executive of FutureHouse — a research lab in San Francisco, California, that debuted an LLM designed to do chemistry tasks earlier this year.

    And the one “scientist” seems to have switched tracks from doing actual research to doing capitalism.

  • earthworm@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale studyEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The Yale researchers’ nothingburger result has precedent. In 2023, a study by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded that generative AI would probably not replace most workers.

    A study of Danish workers published in April determined that generative AI had no material impact on wages or jobs. Another such study published in February found “overall employment effects are modest, as reduced demand in exposed occupations is offset by productivity-driven increases in labor demand at AI-adopting firms.”

    There is some contradictory data.

    No shit.

  • earthworm@sh.itjust.workstoGames@lemmy.world•Persona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way"English
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    4 days ago

    A remake should always try to stay as close as possible to the original for its initial presentation. The intention of a remake is to become the current market replacement of an old product, for various reasons.

    Reading your comment, it seems like you’re locked onto the idea that all remasters are lazy, low quality cash grabs and that remakes should actually just be high quality remasters.

    Remasters don't change the content of the game. Remakes do. And there's a spectrum of quality for both.

    Life is Strange had a bad remaster. They updated the graphics, but there’s original aesthetic looked better than the uncanny “upgrade”. Skyrim - Special Edition had a better visual upgrade and fixed bugs.

    Twin Snakes was a bad remake of Metal Gear Solid. They added unnecessary cutscenes and tried to bork in mechanics from MGS2 just because it was newer. RE4 was a good one.

    It sounds like you wanted a high quality remaster of Silent Hill 2, and instead they gave you a remake and never released a digital version of the original. So now everyone’s playing the remake and calling it Silent Hill 2, instead of properly differentiating it as Silent Hill 2 Remake/Silent Hill 2 (2025).

    And I agree that the situation is ass for navigating online conversations.

    But a remake should not “stay as close as possible to the original”. That’s what remasters are for.

    The only thing they should do is be good.

    (And also release the originals DRM-free on GOG.)

  • earthworm@sh.itjust.workstoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•gnomeEnglish
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    5 days ago

    State violence is there to enforce rules, conquer territory or achieve political goals. Terrorism is there to create fear.

    Many terrorist attacks were and are part of a campaign with explicit political goals, often including taking territory.

    • The IRA’s political goal was to remove northern Ireland from the UK
    • The Taliban’s political goal was to enforce a strict interpretation of Sharia law
    • Hamas wanted to establish a Palestinian state

    We just don’t call these behaviors terrorist attacks when they’re perpetrated by a state.

    • Russia’s bombings of Ukraine
    • Israel’s violations of the Geneva convention in the Gaza strip.
    • The United States’ air strikes on Venezuelan ships

    I’m not advocating for violence by anyone, but your argument buys wholesale into every state’s argument for why they should get to have a monopoly on it.

    When a non-state actor does it, we call it “terrorism”. When a state does it, we call it “state violence”.

    But the killing is the same. The desire to strike fear into opponents is the same. The goals are the same: to get power and control, or to keep it.

    “Terrorism” is a word used and abused by state actors against smaller non-state actors, so that they can destroy it without having to negotiate (and possibly give concessions).

    Trump is trying this now with Venezuela. If it’s a corrupt government, you still have to engage in diplomacy. If it’s a cartel, you have carte blanche to air strike Venezuelan ships.

    The Taliban succeeded and now control the state of Afghanistan. Now that they’re a state actor, violence against civilians has not stopped, we just stopped calling it terrorism and seeing it in the news.