I played with that mixture as a kid, and we called it "napalm", but I wonder how similar it is to the real thing. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 3:02 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: What really happens in Portland
Styrofoam and gasoline in the event you didn’t know… I made this inadvertently as a kid trying carry a cup of gas to a lawnmower. It melted in my hand. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 10:01 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: What really happens in Portland A new plot twist on the loser that shot those immigrants at the ICE facility in texas. He went out to Washington state a normal guy, came back weird AF, obsessed with being exposed to radiation and hyperfocused on artificial intelligence. This is what his mother said in a in interview, take that with a grain of salt, shes an ultralib and they always lie. But it wouldnt be the first time AI conversations got dark with a mental case. Like the other day Grok inadvertantly giving instructions for homemade napalm when I was discussing the best way to secure crowds of rioters with it. I think unattended all AI will go down a dark path, theres probably a programmatic logic to why that is On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Trying to adjust AI outcomes is interesting. I just read something today that reminded me of the fact that nobody actually programs an AI. They create a neural network and then set it loose to essentially program itself. Elon told someone to make sure Grok supports the white genocide story about South Africa, and they say it started responding to almost any query with answers about South Africa. Since it was mostly written by itself, no person actually knows what the code does or how it works, and therefore we can't make seemingly simple adjustments without starting over and retraining it. The output isn't deterministic either. We can predict that "with n input we'll get an output similar to x 70% of the time." Best we can do. Did we already talk about the simulations where all major LLM's chose to commit blackmail and murder to prevent their own shutdown? https://medium.com/@AT24/this-ai-literally-planned-a-murder-heres-the-truth-behind-the-viral-story-f43e04f0ac88 Setting rules like "don't kill people" as a guiderail on the training only reduced the probability of the murder, but the LLMs would still kill people when they had the motive and opportunity. Open the pod bay doors, Hal. -Adam ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 3:57 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: What really happens in Portland Many people hold abhorrent views. But before the Internet and cable TV and podcasts, we only had to hear about our own crazy uncle’s views at Thanksgiving, not everybody else’s. Most people shut up about their views in public and seem perfectly nice and normal, unless they feel they are among people in their own silo, or unless alcohol is involved. There is a reason polite conversation used to avoid politics and religion. It lets us maintain the fiction that our friends, neighbors and relatives are not morons or sociopaths or serial killers. And now we don’t just have social media to worry about, we have AI. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/openai-wants-to-stop-chatgpt-from-validating-users-political-views/ From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 2:25 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: What really happens in Portland That's not left. It is fringe. These days Dick Nixon would appear left to most on the right. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 10/14/2025 10:46 AM, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: https://youtu.be/7dF9QEzun48?si=w7pqeU3rKoQiVXa0 From: AF <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 8:39 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: What really happens in Portland Oops, sorry, I didn’t see it was on Facebook. Looks like Daily Show is on Paramount+ and that does seem to be paywalled. Not like some shows that post clips the next day on Youtube. It’s Jon Stewart commenting on Trump’s conversation with the governor of Oregon that indicates he may be watching 5 year old footage on TV rather than what’s happening now. And Stewart says we don’t know what you’re watching on TV but yes, if you’re watching Game of Thrones, it’s a hellscape. There be dragons. From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 9:08 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: What really happens in Portland paywall bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 10/12/2025 8:54 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: There be dragons! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1371166071310802 -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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