Por ocasião do lançamento do seu mais recente livro, o autor conversou com o The Guardian. Nesta entrevista, Kurzweil foi firme na previsão de que em 2045 chegaremos à singularidade. Este é um termo retirado da física e pode ser definido como um ponto no espaço-tempo onde as leis naturais não são válidas ou são incertas, como dentro de um buraco negro.

No caso da inteligência artificial, a singularidade refere-se a um ponto hipotético em que terá ultrapassado completamente os humanos e estará além da nossa compreensão. No entanto, para Kurzweil isto também significará que a humanidade será capaz de se fundir com a IA, melhorando assim as capacidades intelectuais da nossa espécie.

Ray Kurzweil acredita que essa fusão será graças aos nanorrobôs, que entrarão no cérebro através de capilares. O cientista compara isso a ter um smartphone no cérebro. As pessoas poderão pesquisar de maneira semelhante à que fazem agora em seus telefones, apenas instantaneamente e sem sequer saberem que o fizeram. Segundo Kurzweil:

“Vamos expandir a inteligência um milhão de vezes até 2045 e isso vai aprofundar a nossa consciência e o nosso conhecimento.”

Na entrevista para o The Guardian, Kurzweil também abordou temas como a imortalidade e o avanço da medicina. Ele prevê que, à medida que nos aproximamos da próxima década, os avanços nos nanorrobôs médicos tornarão possível reparar o corpo por dentro e “retardar” o envelhecimento. Cada ano ganho será equivalente ao progresso médico necessário para prolongar a vida indefinidamente. Na década de 2040, diz ele, a tecnologia permitirá que os humanos sejam “ressuscitados” na forma de androides.

O governo dos Estados Unidos impôs ordens de sigilo ao Ghost, declarando-o tão perigoso que não queriam que países aliados dos EUA tivessem acesso a ele. Isso levantou questões sobre as verdadeiras capacidades e intenções por trás da engenharia do Ghost.

Nesse ataque, um pequeno barco carregado de explosivos pilotado por terroristas abriu um buraco de 12 metros de largura no navio, matando 17 marinheiros e ferindo outros 40. Esse evento foi um catalisador para Sankoff, que viu a necessidade de um navio de guerra capaz de neutralizar ameaças semelhantes.

Os dois gigantes submarinos que sustentavam o Ghost tinham 22 superfícies de controle subaquáticas, incluindo dois motores a gás e tanques de combustível de 3.028 litros cada.

O inventor, Greg Sankoff, gastou 5 milhões de dólares de seu próprio bolso para contratar engenheiros e especialistas navais, com o objetivo de criar um barco revolucionário. A ideia inicial era eventualmente vender o Ghost para as Forças Armadas dos EUA, especialmente após o trágico ataque ao USS Cole em 12 de outubro de 2000.

O Ghost foi um exemplo de inovação tecnológica em operações marítimas. Utilizando um design chamado SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull), o Ghost minimizava os efeitos das ondas, proporcionando uma navegação incrivelmente suave. Enquanto pequenos barcos patrulha eram instáveis em mar aberto, o design SWATH permitia ao Ghost operar com eficiência, mesmo em condições adversas.

A posição das hélices na frente dos submarinos era uma característica única da engenharia, reduzindo o arrasto através da cavitação, onde a água forma bolhas ao redor das hélices, criando túneis de gás subaquáticos. Isso permitia ao Ghost uma velocidade máxima de 74 km/h, tornando-o o navio SWATH mais rápido do mundo.

Anteriormente, o acesso ao sistema operacional para esses dispositivos era restrito. Os usuários dependiam das atualizações proporcionadas pelo Windows Update ou de arquivos VHDX. Com a nova ISO, várias funcionalidades adicionais são possíveis, desde a criação de máquinas virtuais até a atualização de sistemas já em execução.

Apesar das vantagens proporcionadas pela nova ISO, a instalação do Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm antigos pode apresentar desafios. Equipamentos com versões anteriores de processadores como o Snapdragon, das séries 8cx Gen 3 e Gen 2, exigem incorporação manual de drivers dos fabricantes para que o sistema funcione corretamente. A ausência destes drivers pode resultar em falhas de inicialização ou na operação desestabilizada do dispositivo.

A versão de ISO lançada pela Microsoft é descrita como uma ISO multi-edição. Isso significa que o arquivo contém diferentes edições do Windows 11, sendo necessário uma chave de produto válida para desbloquear a edição apropriada, conforme a licença do usuário. Este tipo de ISO facilita a instalação em dispositivos com processadores compatíveis, como os das séries Snapdragon, que não requerem drivers adicionais no começo do processo de instalação.

Entre os dispositivos suportados estão aqueles equipados com processadores Snapdragon da série X. Nestes, a instalação ocorre de forma simplificada devido à remoção da necessidade de drivers adicionais no início, agilizando o processo em aparelhos modernos.

Price would go down.  LOL

Any information that goes out there on the internet isn't secure 

I would say that Google is trailing.

There are articles below that talk about Google telling a student to kill himself.

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## Hacking the DXR8 Pro Baby Monitor: A Security Audit

In this video, the speaker delves into the security and privacy concerns surrounding baby monitors, particularly the DXR8 Pro by Infant Optics. Despite the high price point, which often suggests better security, the speaker decides to conduct a thorough security audit of the device.

### Initial Reconnaissance

The speaker begins by searching for the device's firmware, but is unable to obtain it. However, they turn to the FCC website, where they find some interesting information. The FCC website provides detailed pictures of the device's internal components, including a row of four unsoldered exposed pads, which typically indicates the presence of a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) bus.

### Accessing the UART Console

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The speaker then proceeds to disassemble the device, carefully disconnecting the cables and exposing the board. As expected, they find the UART pins, including 3.3V, TX, RX, and ground. After verifying the voltages and ensuring the UART is active, the speaker decides to use an Arduino board as a serial-to-USB converter to connect to the device's console.

### Exploring the Device's Firmware

Once connected, the speaker is able to access the device's console, but it doesn't appear to be a typical Linux-based system. Instead, they discover that the device is running an RTOS (Real-Time Operating System), likely Sonics, which is the board manufacturer.

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The speaker explores the limited shell, finding various libraries and features, including an encryption cipher, which suggests that the device may have some security measures in place. They also discover a way to dump the device's physical memory, which could potentially be used to extract the firmware for further analysis.

### Conclusion and Next Steps

The speaker concludes the video by promising to continue the investigation in the next video, where they will attempt to extract the firmware from the device's memory, either through the console or by directly accessing the flash chip. They encourage viewers to watch the next video, as it promises to be an exciting continuation of the security audit.

This video has already been summarized: https://inleo.io/threads/view/taskmaster4450le/re-taskmaster4450le-2s4yhxszw

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# The AI Revolution: Navigating the Radical Transformation Ahead

## The Magnitude of Change is Sooner Than Most Believe

Sam Altman's work at OpenAI serves as a daily reminder of the immense socioeconomic change that is coming sooner than most people currently believe. As he states, "software that can think and learn will do more and more of the work that people do now." This shift will result in even greater power moving from labor to capital.

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Altman warns that if public policy doesn't adapt accordingly, "most people will end up worse off than they are today." In the next 5 years, AI systems will be able to read legal documents, provide medical advice, and in the following decade, they will automate assembly line work and potentially become companions. Beyond that, AI will expand its capabilities to encompass almost everything, including making new scientific discoveries.

## The Transformative Potential of AI

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This AI revolution will create phenomenal wealth, as the price of many types of labor that drive the cost of goods and services will fall towards zero once powerful AI joins the workforce. However, Altman cautions that the world will change so rapidly and drastically that an equally drastic change in policy will be needed to distribute this wealth and enable more people to pursue the lives they want.

If we get both the technological and policy changes right, Altman believes we can improve the standard of living for more people than ever before. However, he emphasizes that we are at the beginning of this "tectonic shift," and we have a rare opportunity to pivot towards the future. Policy plans that don't account for this imminent transformation are doomed to fail.

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## The American Equity Fund: A New Economic Model

Altman proposes the creation of an "American Equity Fund" that would be capitalized by taxing companies above a certain valuation and by taxing the value of privately held land. All citizens over 18 would receive an annual distribution of dollars and company shares, empowering them to use the money as needed or invest in their education.

This model aligns the incentives between companies, investors, and citizens, as everyone would have a vested interest in the country's success. Altman argues that this new social contract would create a "virtuous circle of societal wealth," where technology delivers prosperity for all.

## Embracing the Inevitable Transformation

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Altman acknowledges that the coming changes are unstoppable, but if we embrace them and plan for them, we can use them to create a much fairer, happier, and more prosperous society. The future can be "almost unimaginably great," but it will require strong leadership and a willingness to adapt our economic and political systems to the radical transformation ahead.

This video has already been summarized: https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-taskmaster4450le-2kvmxo47x

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## The Terrifying AI Glasses That Can Reveal Anyone's Personal Details

The technology behind these "AI glasses" is relatively simple, but the end-to-end solution is truly frightening. By using a combination of tools, including language models and facial recognition services, this system can reveal a person's name, age, address, phone number, and other personal details just by looking at their face.

### The Components of the System

The core components of this technology are not particularly sophisticated. They use Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, which have a camera and streaming capabilities, to capture a person's face. A bot then takes snapshots of the faces from the live stream and sends them to facial recognition services like Pimeyes and Facecheck.id. These services simply collect and index images of faces, creating a database.

### The Power of Language Models

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The real power of this system comes from the use of large language models (LLMs). Once the facial recognition services provide the URLs of web pages containing the person's face, the LLM is used to scrape those pages and extract additional personal information, such as the person's name, occupation, and other details.

### The Terrifying Implications

This technology represents a worst-case scenario for privacy invasion. By combining readily available tools, the system can effectively dox someone - revealing their personal information to a complete stranger. The ability to quickly build trust and rapport with someone by knowing intimate details about their life is truly dystopian.

### Protecting Yourself

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## The Deadly Flaw in the Therac-25 Radiation Therapy Machine

In the mid-1980s, a series of radiation-related injuries and deaths shook the medical community. At the heart of these tragedies was a revolutionary radiation therapy machine called the Therac-25, developed by the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) company.

The Therac-25 was a groundbreaking device that combined two types of radiotherapy - x-ray and electron therapy - in a single, more compact and cost-effective package. However, this innovation came at a price, as the machine's reliance on software control over hardware interlocks would prove to be its fatal flaw.

**The Incident at the East Texas Cancer Treatment Center**

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On March 21, 1986, Ray Cox entered the East Texas Cancer Treatment Center to receive his regularly scheduled 180 RADS of radiation for a tumor in his back. Little did he know that this routine visit would ultimately cost him his life.

The operator at the Therac-25 console quickly entered the prescription data, accidentally inputting "X" for x-ray therapy instead of "E" for the prescribed electron therapy. Realizing the mistake, the operator swiftly corrected the input, changing it to electron mode.

_*However, this simple error would have catastrophic consequences.*_

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As the treatment began, the Therac-25 displayed a "Malfunction 54" error, indicating a dose input error. The operator, having operated the machine for over 500 patients, pressed the "Pause" button to reset the system, unaware of the severity of the issue.

Unbeknownst to the operator, Ray Cox had already received a massive overdose of radiation, estimated to be between 16,000 and 25,000 RADS, instead of the prescribed 180 RADS. In the following weeks, Ray Cox would suffer excruciating pain and paralysis, ultimately succumbing to his injuries five months later.

**The Flaws in the Therac-25's Software**

The root cause of the Therac-25's deadly flaw lay in its software design and the underlying assumptions about software reliability.