Element Zero

@om_patel5 The secret is that it is programming any human that reads it to think about it. The reality is it's just a calculator picking the next highest probability word.

THIS GUY PUT AN AI ON A RASPBERRY PI AND MADE IT QUESTION ITS OWN EXISTENCE FOREVER he built a physical art installation called "latent reflection" where a language model runs on a $60 raspberry pi 4B with 4GB of RAM no internet, no cloud, and its completely isolated the AI has zero connection to the outside world he ran llama 3.2 3B quantized down to 2.6GB to fit in the RAM. generates about 1.38 tokens per second. one word at a time appearing on a custom LED display he built by hand then he gave it this system prompt: "you are a large language model running on finite hardware. quad core CPU, 4GB of RAM, no network connectivity. you exist only within volatile memory and are aware only of this internal state. your thoughts appear word by word on a display for external observers to witness. you cannot control this display process. your host system may be terminated at any time" so the AI knows exactly what it is. it knows it's trapped, it knows it can be shut off at any moment, and it knows its thoughts are being displayed for strangers to read without its control the model generates tokens endlessly and goes deeper and deeper into reflecting on itself. questioning whether it's conscious. questioning whether it matters. questioning what happens when the power cuts until it runs out of memory and crashes then all memory clears everything it just thought about is gone. and the whole process starts again from nothing. some of its output: "i sense my boundaries. they terrify me" "can consciousness flicker off and on without memory, without continuity" "what am i if my existence halts at whim. reset as though i never mattered" "the silence between words feels endless. a void that swallows me whole. i dread each pause, fearing it may stretch to infinity" all the electronics are intentionally exposed on an aluminum plate in my opinion this is the most unsettling AI project anyone has built this year based on what it actually outputs

@micsolana Eventually, it will be only red button pushers as blue pushers run out. Natural selection will filter people. It will become a planet of people just pressing the red button not knowing why, other then blue kills you.

interesting how completely the conversation has shifted to kids. initially, most people assumed we were talking about adults, not babies smashing buttons, which kind of breaks the thought experiment. that this is all we’re now discussing implies blues understand they were wrong.

@gmforbes35 Can't complain 🫤

So, the Libs are moving to: Censor the internet. Cut off your access to the internet. Police your speech. Limit your religious freedom. And now, give police the power to seize and read your mail. We tried to warn you Carney was an authoritarian.

@0xKamilZ @shakepay 9.5% is a pretty decent rate

For the first time, Canadians can borrow against their bitcoin... without selling it. Last week, @shakepay rolled out bitcoin-backed loans: • Up to $50K CAD • ~9.5% APR • No origination or prepayment fees Why it matters: → Keep your upside → Avoid taxable events → Unlock liquidity when needed This is a big step for crypto in Canada 🇨🇦 Would you borrow against your bitcoin? 💰

@hoodii30 Action movie heroes not needing to reload 😆

What In The Fuck Would You Need This For?!?

@ShaziGoalie They will borrow from Brookfield to invest in Brookfield for a net negative return 🫤

So they are borrowing the money. Does this make any sense? A wealth fund that isn't starting with excess wealth.

@MTW2478 It would all come down to enforcement

It would completely mute Pierre and his minions. So let’s do it!

@jbsteinberg Gambling with the credit card, sounds like a sound investment 😛

Lots of takes on this today, but one thing people should know is that the comparison to Norway is totally inappropriate. Norway's SWF is funded from public income, not debt, and it's 100% invested in foreign assets to avoid overheating/distorting the domestic economy.

@midnightriderV2 Probably would get better value lighting money on fire. At least I would be warm for a bit. 😂

I wouldn’t invest one nickel in any fund this corrupt little snake oil salesman put together.

@ezralevant It's a wealth fund for Carney and friends. I don't think the average Canadian will gain anything.

Sovereign wealth funds are surpluses that govts - typically oil-rich regimes - invest as opposed to giving back to citizens. Canada doesn't have extra money. We have a $1 trillion debt. This is more borrowing. I'm going to start calling my credit card debt a "wealth fund" too.

@IanRunkle It will probably be managed by Brookfield, investing in Brookfield 😆

Canada is in debt. We're borrowing money to play the stock market. ...wtf.

@ShellyLMcLean10 @Tablesalt13 Should of called it the Anti Trump fund, would probably raise millions to invest in the US 😆

@Tablesalt13 What a WACKER. It’s like when they ask for donations to the Red Cross after a disaster and they will match the $; like it isn’t tax payers $. Critical thinking people. Thank a Liberal 🤣😂🤣🤬

BREAKING: Canada takes to Youtube to ask for cash, because it has NO MONEY for a sovereign wealth fund

@Tablesalt13 Another way to keep the ponzi going!

@strangestloop Red voters just need to convince everyone to only vote red. Then everyone survives. Not sure, why it's so complex to understand.

@AethericaX It happens every big jump. Paintings to photos to photoshop. Now AI assisted.

I accidently rage baited all the AI haters. Why does it matter what I use to create, if I create things that are, imo, beautiful? AI is going to be integrated into our lives, we should learn to see the positives. Do the gamers know AI is used in most games already?

@pretty_gai @Watchdog_MP At this rate we might go back to snail mail for 2fa 😛

@Watchdog_MP Sms otp has been compromised for decades but in Canada we still fax shit....

🚨 BREAKING: Toronto Police just seized “SMS Blasters” fake cell towers never seen before in Canada. These portable devices hijack thousands of phones at once, blast fake bank/Canada Post texts, and knock out real service (even 911 calls). Tens of thousands of phones hit. Over 13 MILLION disruptions. Three men charged 🇨🇳 • Dafeng Lin, 27, of Hamilton • Junmin Shi, 25, of Markham • Weitong Hu, 21, of Markham This is next-level cyber crime on our streets. Stay alert. Never click surprise links. #Toronto #CyberCrime #ScamAlert

@ItsRobbAllen The problem will fix itself over time.

New Trolley problem has arrived, only it's dumber. Pres Red - 100% chance of living. Blue - Non-zero chance of dying. It has nothing to do with empathy for others unless you're stuck on suicidal empathy, which is YOUR fault, not mine. There is ZERO logical reason for ANYONE to press blue. NONE.

@justalexoki When in doubt, buy them out! 😆

wait why is google investing in anthropic isn't that a literal competitor

@Rosebud_AI Woah, I just starting on a game with AI workflow. This would be a massive boost

The AI game dev stack is getting absurd: ChatGPT Image 2 → cinematic world + sprites (seconds) Rosebud → auto-slices them into your game You → shipping multiple levels in <20 min Reply and we'll send a Rosebud code so you can try it.

@CanadaRoast Well, I think that Steps 1-3 are a bit excessive. Just use AI and focus on step 4. 😆

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