From the article:

Neil Lawrence, Professor of machine learning at Cambridge University, called it an “impressive feat”, but cautioned it “falls well within the known capabilities of the current generation” of high-powered AI models.

He pointed out that OpenAI is looking to list itself on the stock market, and faces intense pressure from rival firm Anthropic, which has made headlines with its own powerful AI tool, Mythos.

So it seems plausible:

A) this event is being over-hyped by OpenAI to increase interest for a future IPO.

B) it might have even been tacitly planned or at least allowed to happen for this purpose.

Also, this does not prove some form of malevolent sentience.

Retroactive red cards for every Spanish player for… umm… breathing in a threatening way and being ‘bad people’. Match forfeited, Argentina wins the WC.

(This is Trump and Argentina’s dream.)

Rodri (Spanish player) ran past an Argentina player (dive remember who) at the final whistle on his way to celebrate with his teammates who were gathering bar I’ve corner of the pitch). He didn’t say anything to the Arg player, but the Arg player punched his arm (in a non-playful way) as he ran by.

Rodri stopped and went back to ask why the Arg player did that. Another Arg player (who had been overly dirty and aggressive all match) ran over to confront Rodri about his approach. This guy was basically just looking for an excuse to fight.

A couple of other Spanish players, seeing the fracas starting ran over to support Rodri. One of these Spanish players was grabbed by the throat. Another was pushed over and smacked in the face as he tried to get back to. There were probably other hits going on at that time.

So basically, it was down to Argentina’s players being bad losers and throwing hands for no good reason. But as we’ve seen elsewhere, they are also bad winners. It’s ridiculous that the kids I coach had much better attitudes in both situations than these supposed adult professional athletes. But that’s where we’re at.

Oh, and during the match, among all the fouls and hits Argentinian players were doing, Messi tried to get Cucarrela sent off because he briefly covered his mouth to demonstrate that a teammate had been hit in the mouth or something. So Messi was being a dirt git as well.

Argentina went into this fixture only intending to fuck with the Spanish players and play down the clock for penalties. They were playing anti-football. Fortunately, Spain didn’t fall for it, came to play, and were too good for Argentina’s horse shit.

ETA: I got a few details wrong. But what the Argentinian players did in that fracas was actually worse than how I recounted it. More info can be found here.

Wonderful. Keep going!

Infantino: “Anything for you, little mijo!”

(Posting this because it made me laugh.)

What about Palestine’s right to exist? They going to pass a similar law about that?..no?.. Didn’t think so.

I’m surprised it’s that low.

Why did I think he had died? Probably getting him mixed up with Scott Adams.

I agree with you, it’s a typical example of a Garrison cartoon. It’s so boringly obvious on a surface level that you can’t help but assume there’s some idiotic alt-right subtext.

This is excellent insight, and I think you’re correct.

Okay, what’s he trying to distract everyone from now?

The midterms? The reflection pool? The Iran War? The Albania scandal? The Epstein files? ICE round-up? ICE concentration camps? Mitch McConnell being dead or nearly dead? The World Cup scandal? Something new we haven’t heard about yet?

There are so many fuck-ups to choose from!

This the same Russia that’s running out of troops and getting their production and distribution facilities blown up by drones?

Probably because Netflix has a habit of often cancelling shows after a season or two. Why should viewers get invested in a shot if there’s a good chance they will be cancelled?

Also, too many Netflix shows are pretty shit these days.

Not to mention it’s unnecessarily tarnished Team USA’s reputation at this world cup. Which is a huge shame because they’ve been playing great football and generally been getting impressive results.

Got rather badly humiliated yet again. And long may it continue.

But no mention in that article about the various instances ( here, here, here, here, etc ) of companies quietly having to hire back staff they’ve laid off because AI (or the people that were left at the companies who are using AI + AI consultants) is often doing such a bad job at replacing them.

Although this quote from this post’s article is telling:

The other way employers are broaching the issue is by gradually rebuilding their teams with AI-fluent workers.

Some of these companies that are hiring staff in the face of AI integration problems are likely using it as a smokescreen for getting rid of established employees so they can replace them with younger, cheaper alternatives.

Either was, it’s a mess out there right now.

I’m sorry. I can’t imagine how awful and annoying this experience must be.

Point all those bootlickers who are excited about statehood towards Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans have been consistently screwed over.

The simple truth (that I’m sure you’re already aware of, but others aren’t) is that the Republican party doesn’t want a change that will make it harder for them to win Congress (also, many of them have nothing but contempt for latinos). And the Democrat party is too timid and disorganized to push through statehood for the likes of Puerto Rico.

It’s not helped by the fact that there are many ignorant yokels in deep red states who share that same xenophobic view, and their vote has disproportionate power.

I see they let AI at their codebase.

I’ve lived in the US for decades and I would like this too. The whole tip culture here is stupid. Just include a gratuity for the staff by default. Or better still, pay them a living wage like most other countries.

They don’t want to be constantly reminded of the full extent of the dystopian nightmare they’re inheriting? Wow, how strange and surprising!!! /s