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Posted by: Pixy Misa at 06:11 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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1 "What the dangers are, he has not actually specified."
The more I hear about "80% of jobs will be eliminated by AI" the more I think about a series of books I've been reading on Kindle.  The basic premise is that a couple of decades from now, pretty much all the governments on Earth collapsed due to the stupid stuff they're all doing, and an alien race that managed a network of hyperspace tunnels made first contact with us.  There's a bunch of other races out, several of which are humanoid, and some of which are millions of years old.
Pretty much all of them rejected automation (and to a lesser extent, AI) except in limited areas like starship and space station management, under the idea that too much automation leads to stagnation, and the more I hear out of government and companies like Google, the more I wonder.

Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, May 02 2023 11:43 PM (BMUHC)

2 The article about the Beelink mini PCs--Beelink makes nice ones, btw, I have a 1235U, you can get one with 32GB of RAM and 500GB of NVMe for about $550--misses the comment (to be fair, it's a couple of screens down) on the AliExpress listing that says "these are placeholder prices and will be changed when the listing goes live around May 7, until then just favorite the listing."
The Beelink GTR6 with a Ryzen 6900H, 32GB and 500GB and Windows 11 Pro, is (barely) under $900 on Amazon.

Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, May 02 2023 11:51 PM (BMUHC)

3 Thanks, that sounds a bit better.  I'll wait a week and see what the real prices are.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, May 03 2023 03:21 AM (PiXy!)

4 For mini PCs with a dGPU, about the only option I've found is the Minisforum Neptune series.  The HX99G has a 6900HX and a 6600m for $829 barebones, or $1069 with 32GB/1TB.  the HX80G, with a 5800H and 6600m and the same storage, is $709.
These look pretty interesting, all things considered.

Posted by: Rick C at Wednesday, May 03 2023 06:46 AM (BMUHC)

5 Pixy, title and author of the series you're rerading, please?

Posted by: furball321 at Wednesday, May 03 2023 01:52 PM (vVbbK)

6 Um, which series?  I'm not reading anything at the moment but might have mentioned something.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, May 03 2023 03:19 PM (PiXy!)

7 Sorry! The mention of the series was in Rick C's comment above.

Posted by: furball321 at Thursday, May 04 2023 06:16 AM (vVbbK)

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