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Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs — sched_ext framework informed by lunar phases, cosmic weather reports, and dynamic (www.tomshardware.com)
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cross-posted from: https://thebrainbin.org/m/nottheonion@lemmy.world/t/1376014

‘Why let mere mortals decide CPU priorities when the cosmos can guide us?’ asks the developer.

To be clear, the point of this is to demonstrate the power and flexibility of a new Linux feature in a "haha only serious" way.

Zampieri is clear that this GPL-2.0 licensed project is a “scientifically dubious, cosmically hilarious” work. It definitely isn’t recommended for use in production systems - not because of bugs, but because it works as intended… The dev is still looking to add “more cosmic chaos” to scx_horoscope, so contributors are welcome.

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[–] 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-davis

Haven't heard about this piece of internet lore. It's really tragic, and I shudder to think how differently would it go if he had access to ChatGPT.

Or rather, probably not much different, but there are already several cases of people nudged to the exactly same path solely thanks to AI, that they wouldn't have probably ended up on so quickly. It sucks.

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  • [–] 34 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Does ChatGPT apparently need to be brought up in literally every conversation about schizophrenic people now regardless of direct relevance?

    Anyway, if you're interested diving deeper, Fredrik Knudsen (Down the Rabbit Hole) made a great video on Davis and TempleOS back in 2018.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I dunno about SlopGPT but I can absolutely believe he'd have a locally running LLM trained on nothing but religious texts or something

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    There is a great concept in Transhumance Space where I-forget-which-flavour-of-religion has their members accept a companion AI that is trained on the scripture and will question/advise the believer's decisions throughout their day. I'm quite surprised this one hasn't come true yet, as we literally have all we need to do it right now!

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    You're right, I did realize that it's a pretty offtopic and no value comment a short while after posting, but too late to go edit it out.

    Thanks for the video, Down the Rabitt Hole videos about EVE Online are my absolute favorites, so this will be a good watch.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    It's interesting, because I some ways I think it might not be as bad, because a lot of the problems Davis faced were trolls abusing him as a lolcow. But at the same time, people have literally killed themselves after being advised to by ChatGPT.

    As a side note, I have seen at least one person (probably jokingly) vibe coding in HolyC on TikTok.

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