Elon Musk buys Twitter

[catcha]

The x algorithm also got twisted and flooding with some ridiculous far right lunacy posts.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Looks like they turned the Hitler dial a little too far to the right with this new version.
Incidentally it might be the AI that has had the most powerful compute behind it to date, but garbage in, garbage out, they've clearly fucked up with the training data, weights and safety protections for it to be coming out with shit like that.

Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot

The popular bot on X began making antisemitic comments in response to user queries

www.theguardian.com

Totally off topic HBB, but do you remember a thread from a few years ago where yourself, RingY and a couple more discussed shares and investing in general.

If by chance you do, and can bump it, I'd appreciate it. I've tried the search function many times.

 

[an liathroid beag]

From the Guardian

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries.

In some now-deleted posts, it referred to a person with a common Jewish surname as someone who was “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the Texas floods as “future fascists”.


“Classic case of hate dressed as activism – and that surname? Every damn time, as they say,” the chatbot commented.

In another post it said, “Hitler would have called it out and crushed it.”

The Guardian has been unable to confirm if the account that was being referred to belonged to a real person or not and media reports suggest it has now been deleted.

In other posts it referred to itself as “MechaHitler”.

“The white man stands for innovation, grit and not bending to PC nonsense,” Grok said in a subsequent post."

In Fairness Musk did say that he would re calibrate Grok when it said that more political violence emanated from the right wing than from the left wing. (this did not suit Musk) He over corrected and Grok is now giving Nazi salutes! Terrifying how much power in the hands of the Tech Oligarchs.

 

[How bad boy]

Totally off topic HBB, but do you remember a thread from a few years ago where yourself, RingY and a couple more discussed shares and investing in general.

If by chance you do, and can bump it, I'd appreciate it. I've tried the search function many times.

Probably this one:

L

Thread 'The thread about shares and money and investments.'

Jun 8, 2010

....and that sort of thing........

We need to throw all this stuff into one giant thread which we can bump from time to time and sneer at each other or give each other begrudged kudos.

We can bounce ideas off each other and make about one tenth of the money than anvil has already spent on whores.

I don't ask much from ye lads, but please, one thing:
If you have no interest in the subject matter, don't come in posting bollocksology about the rest of us being dreary cunts.

Please.

So, to kick it off:

As previously stated by many punters here, I think the green tech sector is deffo a...

• Lostmeringtopaddypower
• Replies: 855
• Forum: The Langers Forum

I take a Socratic view on it, I know what I don't know, I know that the research on stock picking is very clear, the only people who consistently beat the stock market index when investing are either people who are really good at building companies or are statistical flukes. With the latter, you might have the odd person who beats the market for 20+ years in a row, but then have the next 5 years where they underperform (e.g. Neil Woodford). Buffet constantly over-performs because he has access to very cheap capital from his insurance business & dividend reinvestment and has used that to bolster his returns. Clever, but the outsized returns are not from stock picking but from financial engineering. As they don't pay a dividend, it's a hell of a lot easier to grow the pot, as a lesson in compounding.

To quote the man himself:
"Most institutional and individual investors will find the best way to own common stock is through an index fund that charges minimal fees"

 

[sigourney's knickers]

Well done..... AI

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Probably this one:

L

Thread 'The thread about shares and money and investments.'

Jun 8, 2010

....and that sort of thing........

We need to throw all this stuff into one giant thread which we can bump from time to time and sneer at each other or give each other begrudged kudos.

We can bounce ideas off each other and make about one tenth of the money than anvil has already spent on whores.

I don't ask much from ye lads, but please, one thing:
If you have no interest in the subject matter, don't come in posting bollocksology about the rest of us being dreary cunts.

Please.

So, to kick it off:

As previously stated by many punters here, I think the green tech sector is deffo a...

• Lostmeringtopaddypower
• Replies: 855
• Forum: The Langers Forum

I take a Socratic view on it, I know what I don't know, I know that the research on stock picking is very clear, the only people who consistently beat the stock market index when investing are either people who are really good at building companies or are statistical flukes. With the latter, you might have the odd person who beats the market for 20+ years in a row, but then have the next 5 years where they underperform (e.g. Neil Woodford). Buffet constantly over-performs because he has access to very cheap capital from his insurance business & dividend reinvestment and has used that to bolster his returns. Clever, but the outsized returns are not from stock picking but from financial engineering. As they don't pay a dividend, it's a hell of a lot easier to grow the pot, as a lesson in compounding.

To quote the man himself:
"Most institutional and individual investors will find the best way to own common stock is through an index fund that charges minimal fees"

Thanks. Reading a book atm, The Simple Path to Wealth. Reminded me of a discussion I had with RingY, in that thread, I think.

Anyway, quick synopsis of the book.

Get rid of any high interest debt you have (above 3% I think).
Spend less than you earn.
Invest the difference in an index fund.

 

[How bad boy]

Thanks. Reading a book atm, The Simple Path to Wealth. Reminded me of a discussion I had with RingY, in that thread, I think.

Anyway, quick synopsis of the book.

Get rid of any high interest debt you have (above 3% I think).
Spend less than you earn.
Invest the difference in an index fund.

Yep, you won't get rich but you'll be comfortable.

 

[The truth seeker]

From the Guardian

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries.

In some now-deleted posts, it referred to a person with a common Jewish surname as someone who was “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the Texas floods as “future fascists”.


“Classic case of hate dressed as activism – and that surname? Every damn time, as they say,” the chatbot commented.

In another post it said, “Hitler would have called it out and crushed it.”

The Guardian has been unable to confirm if the account that was being referred to belonged to a real person or not and media reports suggest it has now been deleted.

In other posts it referred to itself as “MechaHitler”.

“The white man stands for innovation, grit and not bending to PC nonsense,” Grok said in a subsequent post."

In Fairness Musk did say that he would re calibrate Grok when it said that more political violence emanated from the right wing than from the left wing. (this did not suit Musk) He over corrected and Grok is now giving Nazi salutes! Terrifying how much power in the hands of the Tech Oligarchs.

Id take the Guardian a bit more seriously if they paywall and trust readers to buy their content than the begging popups

 

[How bad boy]

Id take the Guardian a bit more seriously if they paywall and trust readers to buy their content than the begging popups

Like the Telegraph?

 

[Two Pour Bore]

Thanks. Reading a book atm, The Simple Path to Wealth. Reminded me of a discussion I had with RingY, in that thread, I think.

Anyway, quick synopsis of the book.

Get rid of any high interest debt you have (above 3% I think).
Spend less than you earn.
Invest the difference in an index fund.

I heard that Revolut thingy allows all manner of investing opportunities.

I'd imagine the taxman will be interested in a few boy racers and their portfolios. Declaring your shares and that stuff is no joking matter in Ireland and these fellas are going off the US where fucking around with markets is a national hobby.