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Why not ask them directly, if you actually want to ask rather than make up? For me it makes as much sense as comparing someone sewing pieces of clothes togethe

Why not ask them directly, if you actually want to ask rather than make up? For me it makes as much sense as comparing someone sewing pieces of clothes together with someone pulling a zipper. Did people also have races against cars all the time? Is anyone getting excited over some plastic not changing texture when submerged in water for days or even years, while humans get elephant skin rather quickly? I do find all of that highly interesting, but it's more a morbid curiosity than being amazed. > One of the OpenAI guys mentioned that they could potentially use the same technique in real life applications like surgery. Oh yeah, it will all be for benefiting the elderly and the poor, I'm sure. At some point, ever around the corner. It won't benefit the people who need to have surgery in the first place because the so called civilized world can't even deal with warmongers and power mad cops, can't reign in sheer greed and sociopathy -- but nobody who has excuses today will still have them when faced with fully automatic enforcement systems. Generally, at least allow for the possibility that someone who is not utterly fascinated by something you like might not be less curious and progressive than you, but the opposite, and that what you think is the bigger picture being a fraction of what they see. At least until you actually asked the people whose comments you don't like.

burkaman 9y ago
> Why not ask them directly, if you actually want to ask rather than make up? It would be annoying to ask the same question 10 different times in a thread, I think a top level comment is better. Also, I didn't see any made up explanation in the parent comment, it looks like a straightforward question to me. > the so called civilized world can't even deal with warmongers and power mad cops, can't reign in sheer greed and sociopathy Can't this be used to shut down literally any conversation? It's obviously not possible for any one innovation or idea to solve all these problems, so it's not really that useful to point out. Would you dismiss any story that doesn't say "war solved"? > allow for the possibility that someone who is not utterly fascinated by something you like might not be less curious and progressive than you, but the opposite, and that what you think is the bigger picture being a fraction of what they see Where are you getting this from? Nobody said this, who are you attacking? This comment is so absurdly negative, and it seems completely unprovoked.

burkaman 9y ago

> Why not ask them directly, if you actually want to ask rather than make up? It would be annoying to ask the same question 10 different times in a thread, I think a top level comment is better. Also, I didn't see any made up explanation in the parent comment, it looks like a straightforward question to me. > the so called civilized world can't even deal with warmongers and power mad cops, can't reign in sheer greed and sociopathy Can't this be used to shut down literally any conversation? It's obviously not possible for any one innovation or idea to solve all these problems, so it's not really that useful to point out. Would you dismiss any story that doesn't say "war solved"? > allow for the possibility that someone who is not utterly fascinated by something you like might not be less curious and progressive than you, but the opposite, and that what you think is the bigger picture being a fraction of what they see Where are you getting this from? Nobody said this, who are you attacking? This comment is so absurdly negative, and it seems completely unprovoked.