Wireheading: the AI version of drug addiction, and why experts are worried about it – podcast

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Sarah Holmlund/Shutterstock This episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast explores why experts are worried about AIs becoming addicts. You can read the text version of this in-depth article here. The audio version is read by Peter Hanly in partnership with Noa, News Over Audio. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, for free, on the Noa app. Thomas Moynihan and Anders Sandberg at the University of Oxford explain one growing issue with real-world AIs: wireheading, a phenomenon strangely akin to addiction in humans. They track the history of this issue, which is quickly becoming a hot topic among machine learning experts and those concerned with AI safety. The music in In Depth Out Loud isContinue Reading

Graph that shows the results from 2021 YouGov survey of 1,089 women in the UK: almost one in five report being a victim of indecent exposure

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As a child, I was taught to laugh if I stumbled across a man who was indecently exposing himself. My experiences growing up reflect a wider societal view that indecent exposure is not a serious sexual offence. The older stereotype is of a comical “flasher” in a long overcoat lurking in the bushes. These days, when women go online to try to make meaningful connections, they risk getting an unwanted dick pic. Whether the “flasher” is offline or online, we are encouraged to laugh about it. Women are conditioned by society to see these experiences as funny and the men as pathetic. But it really isn’t something to laugh about. The reality is that these incidents make women feel vulnerable,Continue Reading

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On Friday Morning on the 01/10/2021 Ex LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No 45596 Bahamas and Ex LNER B1 Class No 61306 Mayflower Double Headed the Return Mayflower to Devon and Cornwall Rail Tour, the rail tour came down on Tuesday Evening from London Victoria to Exeter St Davids and on to Penzance how the steam locos only worked as far as Plymouth, photographed on the return from Penzance to London Victoria photographed coming out of Coryton Tunnel, and Passing Coryton Cove on the Dawlish Seawall By Thomas Mills.Continue Reading

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PHP Law are delighted to share that our Partner, Russell Holland, has been appointed Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon. Russell was supported unanimously by a cross panel of Councillors and will be supporting Philip Wilkinson as the Police and Crime Commissioner.  As part of his new role, Russell will be responsible for advocating for the public and holding the police force accountable, as well as securing efficient and effective policing for the area. Continue Reading

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Say Grace is primed and ready to win a fourteen-runner Nursery Handicap over six furlongs of Newcastle polytrack tonight; under fabulous floodlights, on the fairest racetrack in the United Kingdom, this Rae Guest-trained Kodiac filly goes into battle having achieved a career-best time-handicap mark three weeks ago on a similar surface around the popular Wolverhampton left-handed circuit. An improvement of 5lbs and sufficient recovery time, plus booking of championship-chasing William Buick, provides enough ticked boxes for inclusion into either the trixie or daily patent bets which suit my modus operandi, based around only three selections. At this time of year, if you prefer, level stake punting is not discouraged with prices often much better, especially in nurseries. Whenever betting inContinue Reading

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MANCHESTER UNITED boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been asked by Cristiano Ronaldo to better suit his needs with a more direct style. The 36-year-old has never been afraid to call the shots when he feels his teams are struggling and the Red Devils are still adapting to their new front-man following his deadline day arrival. 1 Cristiano Ronaldo is hoping for more moments such as his goal past VillarrealCredit: Reuters A tally of five goals since his return, at a rate of one every 86 minutes, suggests he is not finding it hard to hit the back of the Old Trafford net. But Ronaldo’s insatiable thirst has reportedly led to him getting involved at the tactics board. According to ESPN,Continue Reading

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T wo statues with links to the slave trade look set to stay standing after the City of London Corporation was told to ignore an earlier plan to remove them. The monuments to Sir John Cass and William Beckford – both of whom made fortunes on the back of slavery – are now likely to keep their prominent positions at Guildhall with “explanatory plaques or notices” placed next to them. An anti-racism taskforce set up by the City initially recommended removal but a new statues working group has over-ruled them and recommends the statues stay. A final decision will be taken next week at Thursday’s meeting of the Court of Common Council – the corporation’s main decision making body. TheContinue Reading

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to Help Serve Customers during the Festive Season Amazon has started recruiting for 20,000 seasonal positions across the UK for the festive season including more than 80 in Exeter This year, Amazon has created 10,000 new permanent jobs across the UK The seasonal roles are in addition to the 55,000 permanent employees Amazon has in the UK, offering competitive wages and benefits Prospective employees are encouraged to take live virtual tours to see what it’s like to work behind the scenes at Amazon Amazon today announced it is hiring for 20,000 seasonal positions across its UK network of fulfilment centres, sortation centres and delivery stations during the festive season, including more than 80 in the Exeter delivery station. Pay forContinue Reading

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CASH-STRAPPED Brits have fewer Covid financial help schemes to apply for from today, but there is still support available. Families can still apply for tax relief, test and trace payments and a new Covid fund to help pay for essentials. There is help available if you’re worried about the end of Covid support schemes Furlough, the self-employment grant and the Covid Local Support Grant ended yesterday. Meanwhile, the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit, which was introduced to help people struggling in the pandemic, will be cut this month. Politicians and charities have called for the uplift to be extended, but the government has held fast in its refusal to continue with the extra payment any longer. Test andContinue Reading