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OpenAI banned a user who reverse engineered his Samsung TV (discuss.tchncs.de)
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/69831108

Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar's mic if the TV doesn't have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.

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[–] 76 points 2 weeks ago* (15 children)

Because a revolution isn't as easy as killing rich people randomly, you need to organize millions of people to attack the economic basis of society to find ways to make the system collapse, and at the very same time organize a parallel society out of workers learning how to operate society from the bottom in a different (and hopefully more democratic) way. It's a lot of work, that requires spending a lot of time reading revolutionary theory and thinking deeply about how to apply it in the modern day.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I dunno. Seems like all the (temporary) good Luigi did for the healthcare system, killing a bunch of random elites would fix things... just gotta stagger 'em to keep momentum.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    You're correct; Which leads me to another point I'd like to make.

    People that blame Americans for not doing 'enough' my response to them is to look around you. These panopticon devices are being sold in your country as well, we're all getting fucked over by the same so-called elites that lord over us and have been doing that since the dawn of humanity when they realized they can pit us against one another. I'm so sick of that narrative I am not happy with this world and what's going on in it even slightly.

    It makes me violently ill to think THIS is the best humans are capable of and now the exploitation of everything - say I create a miracle cure-all nowadays. My days are numbered at best because now it's not in the interests of the elites to have that.

    I didn't want to be believe that, that the world was so sickly like this, to be that pessimistic about it all, but looking around for even a moment you can see how far we've fallen as a species for total domination of the people these men and women view as beneath them. It's driving me up the wall. I'll actually protest instead of typing because nothing is going to get done otherwise - but protesting without violence is not going to solve this shit even slightly.

    I can only do what I can where I am - which to be honest isn't a lot. Economically I am not even 1/1000000 a grain of sand in comparison to the enemy but we are the sand of the Earth and we fucking outnumber them.

    What are we doing. How do we get the ball rolling something needs to be done GLOBALLY not just limited to one location or country, we have a genuine stain a glut of inhumane monsters that rule over us literally in the Epstein files doing the most heinous shit we consider to be the most egregious things one can do on this Earth and we're just going to fucking take it? I am losing my fucking mind. Like, what is this. Man.

    EDIT: Formatting. I know this is a long text. TL:DR. I'm not happy.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I tell this to them all the time, but falls on deaf ears or they throw logic out the window. Something else I mention is the difference in logistics to pull off something of that scale in the US vs their home country. For example in France they only have one major city being Paris. Scheduling a meaningful protest of sorts would be trivial vs how it would be here in the US. They often forget this. Even communication across these distances without leaking anything to a government who has shown its colors is damn near impossible. This takes time. If they want to accelerate this then come over and show us how it's done, but I'm not gonna lose sleep when they get blasted just touching the fence out front and nothing happens.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago*

    Yeah, exactly. It's why places like New York or LA can have these amazing and powerful protests vs where I live, cannot (deep red). It's like a different country between state lines and I mean vastly different from one place to another.

    Realistically what I see happening is our nation fracturing. I don't think it'll happen in the next ten years but thirty or even fifty, I believe we'll see states secede from the states. If things continue this way then the American experiment has failed. We had a good run but we're on the way out the door which might be a good thing.

    I don't know. I just know I wish I could change it. Wish I had more power to stop this. It's like I'm watching the world as I knew it literally decay but only for us down in the 80% of the K-shaped economy - which I am. When you elect a man like Trump, expect a man like Trump. He only cares for himself and the rich - and it's not cause he likes them of course. It's business. Why people thought a business man would be good politics is beyond me.

    Who knows might just be in an echo chamber but it certainly seems like we're going backwards globally not just in America either and people keep trying to admonish the fact their politicians are also in the cabal of this evil.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

    Democracy is ok, but I have a slight tweak in mind. Before taking office, every elected person has to pass independent evaluation. You can’t be a psychopath or a narcissist. If your job involves the financial sector, you need to pass an exam etc. If you’re not qualified, you’ll be assigned a different position. Politics shouldn’t be a simple popularity contest. Politicians should also know what they are doing.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I think we should just in general start beating people's asses when they step out of line. Some tech bro/politician/billionaire says some unhinged shit? Immediately punched in the mouth. I think it'd do a lot of good if people were afraid to be assholes again.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Sounds pretty medieval, because it literally is, but have thought of addressing this issue with a pillory? Sounds like it should keep people in line.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    That would require the court system to be involved. Which is already the problem now. Anyone with money for lawyers can just DO things and the rest of can't resist without a huge hassle. Any old Joe on the street can hand out an ass beating. Immediate consequences for being an asshole.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I agree about the psych evaluation. But regarding the exam: a politician is basically a combination of manager and sales person. Of neither role do I expect (deeper) understanding of the things they manage or sell. They need different skills.

    But they need to listen to the experts in their ministries and be able to convey their results and concerns to other politicians who are even farther away from their topics and to the public. What they absolutely should not do is push some own agenda; especially not an agenda they somehow profit from.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The same but for voters too. If you don't even understand the cycle of water, you can't be trusted with weighing on decisions on environmentalism, let alone affordable urban design or how to feed people.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Totally true. People vote based on the weirdest criteria.

    “Oh, I’m not going to vote for her because she’s a woman…” Like, do these people even check what the candidate is aiming to accomplish?

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