Internet and computer security

[Rruuff Day]

The rise of the machines. Chat GPT's newest model has achieved AGI according to Jenson Haung . If anyone would know he would. Although it is in NVIDIA's best interests if it were so ......

Samsung News

Nvidia boss says new ChatGPT is world’s first human-level AI

www.samsung-news.com

On that note, Chat GPT was asked about the probability of human extinction.... Sucks to be a young person these days....

ChatGPT​

ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, answered with the following:

“My best estimate is around 5% that AI causes human extinction by September 2036, with a plausible range of roughly 1—15%.

“That is deliberately a wide range. There is no reliable way to assign a precise probability because the question depends on several unknowns: how quickly AI capabilities improve, whether systems become capable of pursuing long-horizon goals autonomously, whether they can evade human control, and how effectively governments and labs manage those risks.

 

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On that note, Chat GPT was asked about the probability of human extinction.... Sucks to be a young person these days....

ChatGPT​

ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, answered with the following:

“My best estimate is around 5% that AI causes human extinction by September 2036, with a plausible range of roughly 1—15%.

“That is deliberately a wide range. There is no reliable way to assign a precise probability because the question depends on several unknowns: how quickly AI capabilities improve, whether systems become capable of pursuing long-horizon goals autonomously, whether they can evade human control, and how effectively governments and labs manage those risks.

Agreed . I would think that the biggest threat will be the development of a virus which is highly contagious and deadly, think worse than Ebola , for which the developer has at the same time either developed a vaccine or a cure . A rogue Nation like North Korea or Iran or just some rich nutcase hidden away in their mountain hideout. Very effective, not stopped by borders or military might and relatively cheap to produce.
We are at the catch 22 point in that if responsible governments and private corporations were to implement enforceable safe guards to prevent this and other nefarious uses of ever more powerful AI the world's nutbars will do no such thing. I'm afraid we are in a race to the bottom. Makes the old Cold War deterrent of assured mutual destruction moot . It's my children and grandchildren I worry about. It used to be how will they get along in life . Now it's will they even have one . Scary as hell . Fingers crossed and prayers I suppose.

 

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For anyone with old drives kicking around this is a very versatile device and amazingly reasonable cost. Been looking for something like this for a while having quite a collection of now unused drives . This is the complete package including power supply. Easier than pulling your PC or Mac apart . And only $40.00 .

Sabrent's new USB-DS12: USB-C to SATA and IDE adapter for old school HDDs

Sabrent launches its new USB-C to SATA/IDE 2.5-inch, 3.5-inch, and 5.25-inch HDD adapter, a truly one-stop storage management solution for SATA, IDE drives.

www.tweaktown.com

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Any privacy you can claw back is worth the effort..... this doesn't take long and is well worth it.

How to Enable DNS Over HTTPS on Windows 11 to Enhance Online Privacy

You can enable DNS over HTTPS on Windows 11 and ensure that your online browsing experience is private and secure. Follow this tutorial.

wccftech.com

 

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Interesting video regarding streaming services and how they have increasingly reduced choice and increased prices over the last several years . Also shown are some of the so called " pirate " streaming sites that are available and that many are moving to because of the paid providers greed . I'm not at all suggesting that you check out any of the ones mentioned of course ........

 

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Interesting video regarding streaming services and how they have increasingly reduced choice and increased prices over the last several years . Also shown are some of the so called " pirate " streaming sites that are available and that many are moving to because of the paid providers greed . I'm not at all suggesting that you check out any of the ones mentioned of course ........

I worry about torrents, but I do have a TVIP with 20,000 channels.
Only issue is it's mostly all live. No PVR though I do have OBS studio and an HDMI capture box.
I still have satellite tv for recording stuff, but it is losing stuff to streaming services. The Leafs were only on Sportsnet plus last night and often on Prime.
I gladly pay for content if it removes commercials. I would need to record stuff then.

 

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I worry about torrents, but I do have a TVIP with 20,000 channels.
Only issue is it's mostly all live. No PVR though I do have OBS studio and an HDMI capture box.
I still have satellite tv for recording stuff, but it is losing stuff to streaming services. The Leafs were only on Sportsnet plus last night and often on Prime.
I gladly pay for content if it removes commercials. I would need to record stuff then.

At least when it's recorded you can fast forward.... there is another one I came across a while back that allows streaming multiple channels using VLC player . I'll see if I can find it again.

 

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Here is the VLC one . I haven't gotten around to trying it yet though.

This hidden VLC feature lets you stream thousands of free TV channels — PCWorld

A little-known VLC feature lets you open supported video and audio streams straight from a URL. Pair that with the IPTV-org GitHub project and you instantly have thousands of free TV channels. Assistant Editor, PCWorld | Sep 16, 2026 Most people know VLC as the little orange traffic cone that...

apple.news

 

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At least when it's recorded you can fast forward.... there is another one I came across a while back that allows streaming multiple channels using VLC player . I'll see if I can find it again.

Ya, I tried one about a month ago. Pretty good but it can be a little cludgy and slow.

 

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Ya, I tried one about a month ago. Pretty good but it can be a little cludgy and slow.

You were saying your internet isn't stellar so there's that . I'm going to check this out later . I've got a 500 Mbs connection which might help some .And most people thought that that with all of the new streaming services showing up that they could finally ditch cable . Now with so many available and the fragmentation of programming across all of these services and big price increases cable isn't looking so bad after all . The consumer as usual gets the shaft . But there is always Ghostware.....

 

[Rruuff Day]

Interesting video regarding streaming services and how they have increasingly reduced choice and increased prices over the last several years . Also shown are some of the so called " pirate " streaming sites that are available and that many are moving to because of the paid providers greed . I'm not at all suggesting that you check out any of the ones mentioned of course ........

Same old story.... When on the one hand big business billionaires are screwing you over .....Well....There's another hand for free right around the corner. (Disney Q3 earnings were over $25 billion...Poor Netflix Q3 earnings were just under $13 billion). Yup. They are suffering.