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 Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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 Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2026 18:16 Subject: The AI Thread |
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002202
Jellyfish are smarter than you think
Jellyfish are more advanced than once thought. A new study from the University of Copenhagen has demonstra ... |
| Topic: Blade Runner 2099 (2026, Series, Amazon) |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2026 10:05 Subject: Blade Runner 2099 (2026, Series, Amazon) |
Average CriticalDrinker viewer
"Transhumanist body and identity themes? In MY cyberpunk fiction? Unheard of!"
Ah, okay. I get it, she was cast because of the setting, and not because of the ... |
| Topic: Silent Hill: Townfall |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2026 16:54 Subject: Silent Hill: Townfall |
| I honestly do not like this game. Its just some visage type game with cryptic hints. Run all over town and hope something is openable. Go through that place and seems like things aren't working, here ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 21st Sep 2026 00:26 Subject: The AI Thread |
@vurt
People that want to learn, will learn out of want. People that don't..will cheat. That's just how it is, again nothing new. old as mankind itself.
Don't know if you are old enough to rememb ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 20th Sep 2026 18:11 Subject: The AI Thread |
| The way humans have learned new things best has always been by simply making an effort. Not by scrolling or watching youtube videos, but actual studying and/or going out in the field. That is a fundam ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 19th Sep 2026 18:40 Subject: The last watched movie. |
| Yeah, the macguffin sucked, I even would have preffered aliens. I didn't get the end at first. I thought she went back every time and got someone else out each time, but apparently she had plenty of ... |
| Topic: Slow Horses (TV Series, Apple TV+) |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 19th Sep 2026 18:37 Subject: Slow Horses (TV Series, Apple TV+) |
| Keep it coming! |
| Topic: The official South Park Thread. |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 18th Sep 2026 11:58 Subject: The official South Park Thread. |
"At least things will get better in November. That's when GTA6 will come out" 
Fine episode  |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 18th Sep 2026 10:57 Subject: The last watched movie. |
It's not at all a JP clone. Then you can say that about any movie with dinos. Peter Jackson's king kong had more JP references than this.
I really digged the feathered and furred versions. And I like ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 17th Sep 2026 21:37 Subject: The last watched movie. |
| Really? I thought it was fun action adventure. |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 17th Sep 2026 12:48 Subject: The AI Thread |
Wow, my Claude account just got perma banned
Haven't done anything illegal with it But reading around a bit, I can only conclude it's because of my VPN. It probably reconnected a few times a ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 15th Sep 2026 22:28 Subject: The last watched movie. |
He's a bit of a dick though  Throwing the kid overboard, even selling the woman for a 'good time' (although he comes back from that decision soon after). So I think both are true |
| Topic: Next Week’s Biggest TV and Movie Premieres |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 15th Sep 2026 20:24 Subject: Next Week’s Biggest TV and Movie Premieres |
Yeah, thanks! Also been looking for a good source for upcoming shows (and seasons).
Been using this for digital releases lately:
https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/digital-releases/ |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 15th Sep 2026 13:14 Subject: The AI Thread |
| Keep moving the goalposts |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 15th Sep 2026 11:36 Subject: The AI Thread |
AI doesn't need to be sentient to have AGI-like capabilities. There will be enough disruptions even with non sentient AIs and their swarms of Agents.
The question is whether this disruptive era of "w ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2026 19:46 Subject: The last watched movie. |
Waterworld 7.5/10
The "Ulysses" cut, almost 3 hours. This fanmade cut adds mostly more world building and lore, and restores censored content, so it's even better
Never understood the hate, a ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2026 19:18 Subject: The AI Thread |
No current AI we use I feel is going to be the groundwork for AGI. AGI will be a completely different ground up endeavor.
At least in my eyes, the core structure and framing of any current AI is no ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2026 19:12 Subject: The AI Thread |
| It’s not about ai being human like or sentient. It’s about it becomming so good it wil disrupt our society taking over office jobs for instance. And the chance of a rogue ai arising because just a ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2026 12:46 Subject: The AI Thread |
You're wrong but this discussion is boring me because after 55 pages, it keeps circling back...
Why would an AI want to buy a car or have children. You accuse me of applying human-like incentives to ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2026 00:05 Subject: The AI Thread |
Intelligence is intelligence, whether it's human, animal or artificial. Saying AI is "different" sounds to me like excuses for the many dumb things it still does.
I can't find a good way to put it ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2026 13:44 Subject: The AI Thread |
| Now that's BS. We know perfectly well how AI works. Given enough time (like thousands of years ), you can perfectly recalculate LLMs responses. |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2026 13:34 Subject: The AI Thread |
Been working with Fable and it still amazes me every day.
But these IPOs are targeting consumers, not big investors. The big players are actually looking to cash out, they've already made their pr ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2026 13:23 Subject: The AI Thread |
Antthropic and OpenAI are looking to IPO this year. After the disaster of SpaceX's IPO, they need to rebuild up some hype.
We won't see AGI in our lifetime. Or at least, not with the current models ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 11th Sep 2026 13:10 Subject: The AI Thread |
Good luck doing that in an age when everything that makes the world go round is digital. Also people are running AI's on their local PC's so good luck containing a rogue AI.
If you can run an AI loca ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2026 16:30 Subject: The AI Thread |
Yeah. We have spaceships, so lightspeed travel is only a matter of time.
Any AI model that needs a nuclear powerplant to operate and is the size of several football fields is not sustainable for AG ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2026 15:41 Subject: The AI Thread |
| We haven't moved a milimeter closer to AGI. How many more times does Leo need to repeat himself here |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 9th Sep 2026 01:15 Subject: The AI Thread |
| I agree with DX, it's a tool that will require less people to do things. Like assembly line and automation did before, and even the plow did thousands of years ago. It creates a shift in types of jobs ... |
| Topic: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 7th Sep 2026 11:56 Subject: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy |
Same, once you get to the island it becomes really fun. The sense of discovery, nice vistas and draw distance, huge setpieces and mechanical puzzles. Combat is more than serviceable, imo.
Simple pu ... |
| Topic: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 5th Sep 2026 22:50 Subject: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy |
| Just got to chapter 4, rather enjoying it so far. |
| Topic: Silo (Series, Apple TV, 2023–) |
Il_Padrino
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 5th Sep 2026 12:56 Subject: Silo (Series, Apple TV, 2023–) |
| The entire concept of 'good' and 'bad' nanos is so fucking cringe Glad the show has somewhat worked around it until now. |
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