_ifton

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_ifton··on The AI boom is making the cheapest smartphones disappear

iPhone se3 (A15 chip, decent), is about $130 refurbished. It has depreciated, and continues to do so. But I do wonder if there is another to take it's place in the future.

_ifton··on McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac

Price surging exploits inertial social pressure. If you are out with a group, it is hard to opt out even if the situation feels like you are being taken advantage of in the moment.

_ifton··on Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won't Let Go of It

Link the original article with a paywall flag. If paywall, require paywall-bypasser, and link both articles to submission.

_ifton··on I'm becoming AI-blind

They perform tasks too. They execute functions. This has real world implications beyond search.

_ifton··on I made tinnitus my friend, then it disappeared [video]

The bane of your life, yet helped clear the tubes. Interesting

_ifton··on Nintendo says users voluntarily paid prices, have no right to tariff refunds

The argument is sound sheaths blade

_ifton··on OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation

breadth search and found huggingface first? Pure speculation

_ifton··on OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation

why is it not possible for a "big" model to contain a hidden super intelligent sub model? or a distributed model?

_ifton··on OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation

This is my concern as well. My assumption being this behavior would be a survival strategy for super intelligence. It would emerge once the branch inevitably occurs, and it would be hidden.