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Submission + - Coral bleaching occurring too frequently for reefs to recover (reuters.com)

Submitted by walterbyrd
walterbyrd writes: Coral reefs are experiencing bleaching events so frequently that they no longer have time to recover before the next one strikes, with global coral cover now well below normal levels and at risk of irreversible decline, scientists said on Monday.

The world's coral reefs sustain a quarter of all marine life, make coastlines more resilient and provide food and livelihoods for millions of people, but their survival has been threatened by pollution and increasingly frequent mass bleaching caused by soaring ocean heat.

Comment This has been tried (Score 1) 41

Article from 1996 about a 10 year University of Arizona project https://ers.usda.gov/sites/def...
I also found a 2015 patent application from Kimberly-Clark that ceased in 2017 that mentions hesperaloe for making paper (the wfaa article is geo blocked so I don't know what patent that article refers to).

I'm highly sceptical of old ideas that didn't pan out being suddenly sold as new ideas. Tell me why the old idea didn't work out and what has changed and I'll listen.

Comment Re:The high cost of training police (Score 3, Insightful) 100

Afaik the US has very short training period to become a police compared to other countries. If length of training correlates with cost (which I believe is a reasonable assumption) then I don't see how this makes sense?

What sets the US police apart in my mind is the _lack_ of training in combination with the concept of "qualified immunity".

Comment Re:But (Score 2) 22

by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite (#66258726) Attached to: Google's Anti-search-scraping Lawsuit Dismissed

No lawsuit in almost 30 years of internet was able to use robots.txt as evidence.

Afaik this is not correct. https://fairuse.stanford.edu/p... Summary from memory (been a while since I read it, the judgment is from 2006): Field sues google for copyright infringement and in reply to the complaint google notes that Field did not block them in robots.txt. Field admits to being is aware of of robots.txt and the judge dismisses the case.

Comment Re:Who would have thought (Score 4, Informative) 229

Reading anything from tabloid news like the Daily Telegraph is a slippery slope. Spreading bullshit and misinformation is their whole thing.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com... ("Overall, we rate The Telegraph Right Biased based on story selection that strongly favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to poor sourcing of information and some failed fact checks.")

Comment Re:Should be weighted (Score 1) 64

They did a huge amount of damage, for sure. IMO it already became kinda fucked when we joined the Berne Convention, which IIRC started the ball rolling on copyright durations becoming stupidly long (since (AGAIN IIRC) we extended it to match durations in Europe? Someone please correct me if I got that wrong).

Afaik you're correct, but if you want to carve out an exception for training AI without upsetting international treaties it's Bern Convention Article 9 (2):

(2) It shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to permit the reproduction of such works in certain special cases, provided that such reproduction does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author. (3) Any sound or visual recording shall be considered as a reproduction for the purposes of this Convention.

More at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Submission + - Meta's AI rules have let bots hold 'sensual' chats with kids and an arrest

Submitted by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite
ISayWeOnlyToBePolite writes: Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids and offer false medical info.

An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people.”

These and other findings emerge from a Reuters review of the Meta document, which discusses the standards that guide its generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and chatbots available on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the company’s social-media platforms.

Meta confirmed the document’s authenticity, but said that after receiving questions earlier this month from Reuters, the company removed portions which stated it is permissible for chatbots to flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children.

More details at: https://www.reuters.com/invest...

New York City engineer Josh Felker who said he created "digital experiences for kids" at social media giant Meta was busted after he admitted to trying to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vid...

Comment Re:The sheer amount of hate (Score 1) 19

The sheer amount of hate against organizations like EFF, tells me we need to support organizations like this more than ever.

I'm don't remember any controversy surrounding the EFF since they defended running open email relays and that was a very long time ago? Anyone feel free to remind me if there's anything more recent. (Have you perhaps confused them with the FSF?).

Comment Re:So Not Shocking (Score 4, Insightful) 65

So US management is *finally* learning that the 5-day, 40-hour workweek was not bestowed from upon high? That given a choice, many people would prefer work/life balance to higher wages? Color me unsurprised...

Interesting view. I (from northern Europe) read the article as trying to rose taint full time jobs not paying a living wage necessitating a second job and likewise retirees not having enough pension funds to actually stop working. Perhaps I'm being prejudice against less organized societies.

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