HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

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walterbell · 2025-02 · Joke / meme

It's a disaster for Apple devices breached by an iOS zero day. A "workaround" is to track every outbound network connection, block C&C traffic at the router, then keep using older iOS-infected-with-dormant-malware. If attackers create ransomware (instead of spyware) for iOS, governments will have to force Apple to enable 3rd party backup and restore to a clean DFU install of their existing iOS version. Currently testing Google Pixel tablet and phone with GrapheneOS, where Debian Linux VMs will be possible in Android 16. Better security, weaker hardware, less usability, but at least the OS isn't channeling HAL 9000, [VIDEO]

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CharlesW · 2022-01 · Joke / meme

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." [VIDEO] The current version of this is "Computer says no", with humans reduced to being meat-based I/O devices: [LINK]

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LearnerHerzog · 2017-12 · Joke / meme

Anyone else find the whole setup strikingly similar to HAL-9000's role in 2001: A Space Odyssey ? The article, too, presented the author with the same issue Dave experienced, when HAL wouldn't open the pod bay doors [VIDEO] HAL's decision was a conscious one, but I find it rather interesting a 1960s-Kubrick (& Arthur C. Clarke) could predict the casual use of multiple currently -cutting-edge devices, and incorporate them into the story: - One being HAL's resemblance to a new amazon smart-home, at least in general purpose functionally, plus the vibe of sentience and omnipresence - Another prediction being realtime face-to-face chat as shown in one scene, which would [LINK] Naturally this makes me wonder if artificial consciousness is possible or not (be it X years/decades/centuries into the future), what fundamental questions it may answer, and what consequences it may have. I am not necessarily referring to the consequences of recursively self-improving super-intelligence, but not excluding it either I suppose. I am referring to true consciousness, with human-level feelings and emotions, where the personality may have an effect on what it does rather than simply and emotionlessly taking the logical (or programmed) route every time. Creation of artificial consciousness may be many steps away from trying to undertake; however, given the ever-accelerating rate of both digital-tech and neuroscience, if true consciousness is at all possible to program, it will likely come far soon

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