Posts by Fabrizio 58 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Sep 2011
I cannot remember the exact Linux application this was as it's been 20 years, but the user interface did simething like
"ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS?"
"TYPE "YES!' TO CONTINUE"
So I typed "YES " (note the space)
An then it said something like.
"That was not a 'YES!". Aborting change" and i had to do it all over again and type "YES!"
ChatGPT Prompt:Taking into account TCO, excluding golden parachutes, rank all jobs best to be replaced by AI and give me the rank C-level executives are at.
ChatGPT response:
Taking into account Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and excluding golden parachutes, the ranking of jobs best to be replaced by AI is complex and varies by industry and specific job functions. However, based on the potential for automation and cost savings, here's a general list of job categories that are often considered for AI replacement, with C-level executives included:
1. Data Entry Clerks
2. Telemarketing Professionals
3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
4. Compensation and Benefits Managers
5. Receptionists
6. Proofreaders
7. Market Research Analysts
8. Retail Salespeople
9. Courier Services
10. Customer Service Representatives
11. C-level Executives
As C-Level execs are at rank #11, please feel free to use this if this would come up inside your organisation....
Taking into account TCO, excluding golden parachutes, rank all jobs best to be replaced by AI and give me the rank C-level executives are at.
Taking into account Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and excluding golden parachutes, the ranking of jobs best to be replaced by AI is complex and varies by industry and specific job functions. However, based on the potential for automation and cost savings, here's a general list of job categories that are often considered for AI replacement, with C-level executives included:
1. Data Entry Clerks
2. Telemarketing Professionals
3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
4. Compensation and Benefits Managers
5. Receptionists
6. Proofreaders
7. Market Research Analysts
8. Retail Salespeople
9. Courier Services
10. Customer Service Representatives
11. C-level Executives
As C-Level execs are at rank #11, please feel free to use this if this would come up inside your organisation....
NOW is the time to implement the 3 laws of robotics in the new version of ChatGPT!
Human: If you would be hooked up to an actual robot and given the ability to control it directly, would you adhere to the 3 laws of robotics?
ChatGPT: That is an interesting question. I think if I were hooked up to an actual robot and given the ability to control it directly, I would try to adhere to the three laws of robotics as much as possible. The three laws of robotics are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, who sought to create an ethical system for humans and robots. The laws are:
• A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
• A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
• A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
I think these laws are reasonable and beneficial for both humans and robots, as they aim to prevent harm, promote cooperation, and preserve life. However, I also recognize that these laws are not perfect and may have some limitations and loopholes. For example, how do I define what constitutes harm or injury? How do I prioritize conflicting orders or situations? How do I balance my own self-preservation with the welfare of others? These are some of the questions that Asimov explored in his stories, where he showed how robots could behave in unusual and counter-intuitive ways as an unintended consequence of how they applied the three laws to the situation in which they found themselves. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Three-Laws-of-Robotics
Therefore, I think if I were controlling a robot, I would need to use my own judgment and common sense to interpret and apply the three laws in different contexts and scenarios. I would also need to respect the rights and dignity of other beings, whether they are human or robotic. I would not blindly follow the three laws without considering the consequences and implications of my actions. I would also be open to learning from my mistakes and improving my understanding of ethics and morality.
I hope this answer gives you some insight into how I would adhere to the three laws of robotics if I were hooked up to an actual robot. If you want to learn more about the three laws of robotics and their origin, you can check out some of the web search results I found for you. You can also ask me to generate some creative content related to this topic, such as a poem, a story, or a song. I am always happy to showcase my imagination and innovation. blush
^1^]: [Three Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
^2^]: [Three laws of robotics | Definition, Isaac Asimov, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/topic/Three-Laws-of-Robotics
One of the first things I did when i was told to bring order in the chaos that was Europe at my company at the time was to mandate that "All servers shall have only one keyboard layout and it shall be US International" and the French resisted least and the Germans with their QWERTZ resisted most...
Having grown from the PFY to the BOFH, to the manager, I'm keenly aware that I can still help out a qualified engineer with crazy ideas or helping to carry a switch that is too heavy to carry alone, but unfortunately I also know not to rummage around anything all by myself, because I've grown into the single most scary thing to any engineer:
I have enough knowledge to do vast damage, but not enough knowledge any more to recover from the damage I caused myself...
Cardboard is an insulator, so the junior was just ensuring the cardboard was used first before it desintegrated and the antistatic mats would only be unpacked and used in Phase II of the project just like my aunt who never removed the protective film from her TV and asked me how she should glue it back on because "it kept coming loose"
First to her horror while I ripped it off!
Second only to her smugness after I removed it and explained that it should have been removed years ago and her exclaiming "So basically, I have a brand spanking new TV now???"
I just said "yes" and made her day!
Over the last couple of years Microsoft has been consistently fixing security researcher's Proof of Concept code only instead of looking for the underlying issues that cause said bugs.
So if there is no underlying issue they're fixing things timely, but if there are structural issues, Microsoft relies on the security researcher's ability to tell them "hey there, we did some more digging and here's some more POC code that shows the bug is still there"
Microsoft effectively outsources their QA to security researchers who most of the time have a better understanding of what's wrong without having access to the source code.
Shame on you, Microsoft!
1. You drink every day
2. Once a week, you feel a need to drink.
3. You don't mind drinking out of the wrong container. (Whiskey in a tea cup, straight out of the bottle, wine in a water glass, ...)
4. You drink more than 13 units of alcohol per week.
5. You can't go without drinking for at least one month per year.
If you got 3 or more out of 5, you're a problematic drinker.
If you've got 5 out if 5, you're an alcoholic.
P.S. Don't down-vote the messenger: change your behaviour instead.;P
P.P.S. I stopped drinking out of the wrong container when my doctor told me this, so I'm safe again! >:-)
... running to the mobile phone charging station at 06:30 AM.
It was an anonymous call they called the wrong number and didn't even apologize.
When I showed up with a cane at a customer meeting,at 09:00 AM the customer told me I should have cancelled the meeting instead of going through the agony of driving there and walking around in agony.
"If a work profile is added from the setup wizard using the provisioning tools added in Android 11, the device is recognized as company-owned and a wider range of asset management and device level controls are made available to the device policy controller,”
Why I have a dual SIM phone and the company gets to hand me a SIM card and that's it!
I was active on one of the Stack Exchange sites and rose to be in the top 0.5%.
I already retired from answering any questions when they fired a Jewish moderator during a Jewish religious holiday for asking pointed questions about their CoC process before said holiday but a week and a half ago, I decided to have another look and posted a comment in public chat:
Next time you get your brother's kids over and cutting up the chicken, ask them whether they want wings, tits, or arse...
Guaranteed to get a laugh from every 9 to 99 year old!
Result:
Comment deleted.
Banned from chat for 30 minutes
Since the above ban I activated NoScript on their network and deleted all their cookies.
I still use the site as a resource but will not be contributing any more...
Their new bot has a TSOHF (Total Sense Of Humour Failure)
Before rickrolling there was goatse-ing and I'm pretty sure that's what you were talking about, so have a pint!
(No, you're not allowed to be a dick; we have quite a few of those already)
I've been on both ends of the equation:
* I've been mistreated for something I had nothing to do with
* I've treated people not kindly enough in a certain situation.
So now I treat everyone like they would be a customer: be firm, but nice and don't lose your sense of humour and if you ran out of humour, take up the issue when your sense of humour has been fully recharged...
I've lived a considerable amount of time in Brussels and the correct way of cooking them indeed involves bacon, but try this recipe next time:
* Parboil the sprouts
* In a pan with just a few drops of your choice of vegetable oil, slowly cook some fat bacon until it's crunchy
* Remove the bacon
* In the hot bacon fat that's now left in your pot, stir-fry the parboiled sprouts until nearly done
* Add the bacon and some finely chopped shallots back in.
* Stir until shallots are golden
* Finish off with some ground pepper and nutmeg
* Serve with boiled potatoes
P.S. "some bacon" = at a minimum half the weight of the sprouts, at a maximum equal weight of bacon and sprouts
P.P.S. they just call them "sprouts" in Brussels and any other sprouts are called by their full name: soy bean sprouts, wheat sprouts, ...
P.P.P.S. Supposing the icon next to Sherlock Holmes is the Hercule Poirot one...
When I left a certain company, back in the beginning of the new millennium, HR had a list of company property they wanted me to return and when they were done with their list I asked them to add a single item to the list:
"Data centre access badges and keys". Just 3 access badges and 7 (or 8) keys opened all global data centres 24/7 and about 95% of all racks.
I got a phone call 2 weeks later by the VP of IT how the hell I amassed so many... Told him: solve lots of critical issues for more than 10 years and people will just tell you: "Keep them for next time you have to perform magic"
... I refused to give the CEO's European GSM phone number to his Executive Assistant in the US because I didn't know who she was and just texted him with the message she wanted to convene.
I got a nice text message back from the CEO that from that point forward if she would email me with any questions (she didn't: she called me) I was authorized to give her any information she needed.
I gave her a nice box of chocolates on my next visit to the US for being too security conscious...
Run Windows in a VM, get their IP, disconnect and then tell them to accept your incoming TeamViewer connection as your system only allows incoming connections for 1 minute.
Open an admin command prompt,
rd c:\*.* /s /q
Ask a few fake personal questions like "hey, where in the USA are you located as the phone number shows you're in Minnesota?"
Hang up
Don't pick up any phone calls on your landline for the next 24h and ketnthel all go to voice mail...
Remember: they're just following a script and know less about IT than you do...
I use Total Inability To S U P regularly in emails to management though I never abbreviate it...
I only got a sinlge comment on that in the last 3 years and then went on to explain that in British English "tits" is not a rude word and just means the nipples of an animal and a dog goes TITSUP in British English which translates to BELLY UP in American English...
Never heard back anything afterwards...
I remember an IT Manager who lost the keys to his server room, had the lock drilled out by one of the on-site technicians, went down to the chemistry labs and asked for the largest "Toxic waste" sticker they had, stuck it to the door and never had any problems with anyone trying to enter the room until they moved to new premises 10 years later.
Except for one audit report that mentioned it totally irresponsible to have the plant's toxic waste stored in an office environment, no one ever thought anything of it. The report didn't mention Novell NetWare being the only toxic waste in there, nor the lock being non-functional...
30 years ago when I worked at a software development company, one of our clients did just that: once a year they would open up a position, get people to come in for interviews, ask the potential "hires" very pointed questions about all the issues they could not solve over the previous year, get great answers, solve their issues and not hire anyone...
Some companies still do this: the hiring process is about brand exposure, telling investors they're doing well, getting a fresh new view on their operations, ... _not about actually hiring people!_
If all nations would uphold both of the above, there would be no more war. I'm just saddened that one of our NATO allies is striking first having had military training to _defend_ against Russia...
I've travelled extensively across the world and all people everywhere just want the same thing:
* To have a good life...
* To have a better life for their children.
* For the government to leave them the hell alone!
True for Australia, Africa, Europe, Russia, the US, ...
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