I woke up today a little later than usual because I wanted to get a good night sleep after having that shocking headache yesterday. For breakfast I had a sashimi salad and some blueberries on the side then paired that up with a cup of tea – a nice way to wake up in the morning. For me I don’t really have ‘breakfast food’ but instead any food I have in the morning I consider breakfast food – I personally prefer having something savoury and more geared towards protein or if I have something like toast I’ll go with a multigrain bread with plenty of fibre so that it keeps me full until I have my lunch.
Chrome version 155.0.8059.85 has been released which includes 10 security fixes included with the build (link). It was funny that yesterday a mysterious update from 155.0.8059.80 to 155.0.8059.81 appeared but it only appeared as an update on my MacBook Pro but not on my Mac Studio. The surprised update left me kind of confused – did they accidentally release an update but then cancelled it rolling out to more people which is why my other computer didn’t it? Chrome 155.0.8059.85 is working well so far but I haven’t checked my work computer whether the tech team have allowed for updates – I think they’re maybe a bit hesitant ever since the Chrome 153 rele a few weeks ago that caused problems with Salesforce.
Once again we see the right wing putting out misinformation and disinformation in the New Zealand election regarding the capital gains tax. Once again the usual nonsense of referring to ones house a ‘nest egg’ while ignoring the fact that a house isn’t a speculative asset or a magical pinata but a house that provides security and stability. On a side note, I really don’t understand where this fixation of treating a house as a ‘nest egg’ came from – the whole point of owning a house is about stability. What do I mean by that? you buy a house (either as a couple of single person), pay it off within 20-30 years then once paid off you then redirect that money used to pay off your mortgage into investments (for example Kiwisaver). The net result of that plan? when you retire you have a freehold house, some savings and the government pension thus leaving the only things to worry about regarding your house is maintenance and insurance. As a country we need to get over this cultural cringe regarding treating a house like a magical pinata.
Regarding AI and big tech, I’ve been watching a few videos discussing the issue of AI companies talking about how their ‘agents went rogue’ and other sensationalist headlines. As I’ve pointed out on a previous post, the greatest threat isn’t AI but humans taking the output of AI and uncritically acting on it – there was a close call recently because someone had the nous to question the report but there is a possibility that it could have ended badly (link). The real solution, as the Australian government have noted (link), is that your company are liable for the risks – if what you’re producing has unpredictable results because it is little more than a scotastic parrot then maybe your AI research and development should be developing AI for areas where the stakes are low and/or the risks can be managed.
