23 Sep
2026
23 Sep
'26
8:21 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 04:40:53AM +0200, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 04:05:52PM -0700, r.stricklin
via cctalk wrote:
[...]
Oh damn. Some of you certainly remember that I like to respond to myself.
On Sep 23, 2026, at 3:37 PM, Tomasz Rola via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
However, looking from certain point of view, Keigo was polite. I
wonder, how it subscribed to the list? Was it by its own initiative
(volition, if you prefer) or has it acted on somebody's order?
Speaking only for myself, I don’t care how it occurred or how
"polite" it was, I would prefer it were forcibly unsubscribed. And of course there are people pouring vitriol on AI,
which does not
make much sense, if you ask me. Want to pour some? Pour it on the
humans who set up AIs and made them act wrongfully.
I made it sound as if I criticised your stance, but I am not,
really. The above paragraph was not meant to harass you. To each his
own choices.
[...]
why we are not going to slow down today, so this is
it. SHTF, probably
one day in our life (which, given we have members of advanced age, is
not very long from now, eh).
But I do not blame our older members, even jokingly. On the contrary
guys, live long and prosper :-) . Chances are, we might be all helped
by new developments in the AI. But somewhere on this road I personally
smell some shit event. I do not mean nukes or WW3. I think we are
going to have few more options. Some worse.
[...]
[1] What would such discussion look like? I have no
idea but I hope I
would recognize one when I see one. With caveat that we are rather
late to such talking (20-25, remember?). I assume AI is here to stay,
no matter if it is real or only marketing invention. It is also going
to be developed in more and more advanced shape and with more
unwanted########questionable side effects and uses. I think we are at
certain limes and after crossing it every and each our favour will be
returned, because why not?
OTOH, it is one of the Graal that generations of computer user dreamt
of. Too bad its development is not quite in their hands.
--
Regards,
Tomasz Rola
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