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Saganaki , to Technology in Man accused of using generative AI to create virus in Japan 1st

There is no way the virus functioned. Seriously. The guy had no tech background.

MeekerThanBeaker , to Technology in Man accused of using generative AI to create virus in Japan 1st

Computer virus. Okay. Phew.

Though a computer virus could someday be just as deadly as a regular virus.

catloaf ,

Even now, deaths can be attributed to hospitals getting ransomware.

regrub , to Technology in Man accused of using generative AI to create virus in Japan 1st

Apparently the warrant was served only after an discovering evidence from an unrelated (or semi-related?) arrest?
The article didn't specify if his ransomware worked, but I doubt it did if it was mostly GPT-generated. I guess the intention and confession is enough to make charges stick though. Wouldn't be surprised if whatever GPT service he used also flagged him as suspicious and led authorities to him.

lurch ,

Japan has a suspiciously high conviction rate though (>99%). They either don't even go for criminals they are not sure about or there's some form of tampering going on. Hard to say.

FarceOfWill ,

They have (or had) a suspiciously high confession rate too.

Melt , to Technology in Man accused of using generative AI to create virus in Japan 1st

Should have asked AI how to avoid getting caught

Hupf , (edited )

Nice try, FBI

-- GPT4

Lemmeenym , to Futurology in World's 1st 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024

The team believes that in the future it may be possible to grow teeth not only in people with congenital conditions, but also in those who have lost teeth due to cavities or injuries.

Quote from the article. This medicine doesn't actually regrow teeth, it deactivates a protein that prevents existing tooth buds from developing into teeth due to some congenital conditions. If you have lost a tooth that had already developed then the tooth bud is gone and this treatment isn't expected to restore a missing tooth bud. This is a step toward regrowing lost teeth but without a way to generate a new tooth bud this isn't going to get us there.

ArugulaZ , to Futurology in World's 1st 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024
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Man, I don't know about this shit. You ever watched the Spider-Man cartoon, and the scientist guy uses lizard DNA to regrow his severed arm, except it actually turns him INTO an alligator? This tooth medicine could make you all teeth. You'd look like Pac-Man, or Sheryl Underwood.

subignition ,
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Some people would pay good money to have blahaj levels of teeth

militaryintelligence , to Futurology in World's 1st 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024

Of course, no one can afford it but the rich. Teeth are a luxury in the US. I'll say $20,000 per tooth if it works.

Sestren ,

It's already like $5k+ for an implant. 20k is an insane lowball here. Add another zero for at least a decade.

smeg ,

Well that's the case with most new innovations. The optimistic view is that this is just the prototype and the price comes down as it develops.

Chocrates ,

Drug prices are complicated (kind of... But not really) . There is an exorbitant amount of R&D required to get something from hypothesis to the market.
BUT, in the US at least some of that burden is borne by the taxpayers.

Now the actual cost of making a drug once it is invented and gone through trials doesn't seem to make much of an impact on the final cost. Drug companies seem to want to charge as much as humanly possible.

Until the US has some sort of a policy change where they can influence final cost of they give tax payer dollars, then prices are going be high and get higher based on nothing but greed.

MamboGator , to Futurology in World's 1st 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024
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I was just thinking about this concept last night and all the ways it could go wrong. Imagine growing teeth in all the wrong places.

Dark_Dragon ,

Imagine teeth in the wrong whole

MamboGator ,
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There's a horror movie about that called Teeth.

I'm more worried about teeth growing in my eyelids or brain. Those teratomas are freaky.

Lath , to World News in Kyoto legal bureau worker accused of assaulting subordinate for spoiling manga plot - The Mainichi

Spoilers are the worst.

Note to self: Find little joys in life that can't be spoiled.

Blizzard ,
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Spoilers are the worst.

I agree. They are even worse than manga.

lewdian69 ,

Yeah, unless they are on actual professional race cars. But the ones on commuter cars just look dumb and don't serve a purpose.

Blizzard ,
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I wouldn't mind to receive a spoiler on a fixed cars race though.

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