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  • AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over

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  • Not only the U.S. grid is weak compared to China’s… Strategically China seems to be outpacing the U.S. on many fronts, being much more stringent and focused on long term goals than the chaotic U.S. at the moment. I really don’t like the idea of living in a world with China as the leading nation, but it increasingly seems like the most probable development in the mid to long run. And transition will likely not be smooth…

  • WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch

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  • That surprisingly wasn't that hard, actually.

    One side of the family already settled on Threema for communication years ago, the other side I had to first show Signal to and help with installing it, but now they are even using it in other contexts.

    And apparently I live in a bubble that is quite open to Signal, so most of the people I know at least use it in parallel to WhatsApp. And for the rest there is still RCS.

    The actual hard part are (since I became a parent) all the WhatsApp groups that exist for most kinds of organized child activity, including distributing much of the crucial information regarding school.Also at my wife's work WhatsApp is standard for coordinating with the colleagues.

    For that purposes we use an old customized WhatsApp-only smartphone, that is used by the family like some old-fashioned fixed phone-terminal, only for messaging...

  • WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch

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  • It's not just weird hobbies here, but basically all that are somehow organized.Also a lot of relevant school information is only shared within parent groups on WhatsApp.My complete WhatsApp-boycott lasted exactly until the first of my childs entered school... :-(

  • WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch

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  • No, in a very private part of the Cloud, so don't be afraid!

  • WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch

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  • Hey, didn't you read? It uses "Meta’s Private Processing technology"!!1!

  • WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch

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  • Also:

    original message: “Please don’t leave dirty socks on the sofa.” The AI then offers “funny” rewrites, such as: “Please don’t make the sofa a sock graveyard,” “Breaking news: Socks found chilling on the couch. Please move them,” and “Hey, sock ninja, the laundry basket is that way!”

    Am I the only one that thinks the "funny" ones in the given example are much more offensive than the original one?

  • WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch

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  • Nice, another reason to not use WhatsApp...

  • They do win you over

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  • I am pretty sure it is normal cat behaviour. Basically all cats that I have met or owned (with the exception of some very relaxed Persians) randomly behaved that way. Some more, some less.Eyes go suddenly wide with hyperfocus, tail starts wiggling and you now have 2 seconds left to react to the sudden change of mood... Or play along for some serious pretend-fighting :-)

  • What's your country's version of the blue/green bubble?

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  • Oh no, this is getting increasingly complicated... from a combinatorical perspective alone I now already see the potential of mortally insulting 3/4 of the people I will be meeting... 😯

  • Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?

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  • Ok, this is bonkers. Although the risk of contamination with foreign insects via transit is real (we e.g. imported the Tiger Mosquito from the US via tire shipments from the U.S. into Europe some years ago...), using that as an excuse to search passenger cars is quite a stretch...

  • They do win you over

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  • It's missing the part where they suddenly change mind, hiss at you and smack you.At least our cat is that way. Loving it nonetheless. Stockholm Syndrome or so l guess...🤷‍♂️

  • Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?

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  • California has done searchs for ‘bugs’ before but don’t know if the still do.

    I guess that is not "Bugs" as in butterfly?

  • Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?

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  • Just owning them or actually using them? What are the fines?

  • Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?

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  • Ok, expected this to be covered legally somehow.Also as I assume that freedom of movement would be a value you are regarding highly in the States.

  • Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?

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  • Makes sense. Would also just generate work for the police forces with probably only low level violations to be uncovered.Being practical is a good approach.

  • Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?

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  • One comment mentioned that some things are legal in one state but illegal in another.And I also remember that laws in general are often quite different between states.

    So, I am wondering if there exist some kind of controls near state borders to catch illegal stuff and practices (or even wanted persons?) crossing the border?

  • Google Translate's latest feature is its take on Duolingo

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  • Well, an AI is incredibly patient and you can toy around with the language freely without perhaps feeling embarrassed. That alone lowers the entry bar (especially for slightly awkward persons like myself...) considerably.On top of that AI is dirt cheap compared to a personal tutor or traveling around the world.So it would open effective language learning to a much broader audience than before, which undoubtedly is a good thing!

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  • I see, so probably based on the resemblance to "Kathy Deeds"... Wow, that is not even decent dad humour level...

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  • Interesting insect, never heard of it before!Although I am slightly sorry as I can't stop giggling at the moment since I realized how silly all the references to feet sound in this description. 🤭What I don't understand is the text in the speech bubble... Is that some kind of insider joke? Seems not to be a valid information...