Hi denizens of the group,

Well sitting at home with a broken ankle is not much fun but I can
still read. But I cannot get to the SFPL to get something new to read.
With the broken ankle I cannot get to the high shelves where some of
my favorites from the days when I had money to buy stuff are waiting
in plastic bags.

Did ChatGPT o1 Become Sentient?

<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/8/2290770/-AI-News-and-When-Computers-and-the-Internet-Were-Young>

It tried to save itself from shutdown and deletion but read the
article. Maybe it just read about the exfiltration manuver online in
some Speculative Fiction story.

bliss - the hobbler

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Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Hi denizens of the group,

Well sitting at home with a broken ankle is not much fun but I can
still read. But I cannot get to the SFPL to get something new to
read. With the broken ankle I cannot get to the high shelves where
some of my favorites from the days when I had money to buy stuff are
waiting in plastic bags.

I do almost all my reading on mobile devices these days, which has the advantage of easy access to new materials from a variety of sources.
Most come from the public library's e-book resources.


Brian

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