Engineering-MD

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Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Spec Ops evaluation(arstechnica.com)
4 points by Engineering-MD 2y ago|3 comments
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by Engineering-MD 2y ago
Modal age of death is usually in the 90s. Old is a subjective term. I guess people mean an age associated with frailty. People who die below 76 often die from non frailty associated diseases, and so their lives have been cut short before th
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by Engineering-MD 2y ago
Explorative studies are helpful, but as you say then need hypothesis testing in further research.
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by Engineering-MD 2y ago
I would disagree with the inference that menial tasks are automated and interesting work isn’t. I can clearly see a future where the pleasure is automated away leaving the stressful uncomfortable tasks to the human.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I think to label YT, TikTok etc as pure consumption is not accurate entirely. I get your point, but on the ways they specifically differ from television is the ability to make reaction/response or whatever else videos. So for some at
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Yeah, Google is the deal breaker for me. I miss the old days of smart(ish) phones from different brands, none of which spied on you. I wish Symbian had survived, when they semi open sourced it I thought it might take off. The early smart ph
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I think it’s hard to estimate improvements in joy/happiness. I’m already generally happy, and any gains I have I will get accustomed to and then not feel the benefit as much as I did initially. Having said that, I think I was four time
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
“This year countries that are home to 4bn people–half the world’s population–will hold national elections” https://www.economist.com/films/2024/01/12/elections-around-...
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Ironically more production does not always lead to growth. A thought experiment: if you have everyone a machine to produce miniature bombs, would there be economic growth? There would be a huge increase in the number of bombs produced (crea
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I have felt similar to this, but the culture on this site is rather pro AI doing this, hence some of the other rude replies. I think lots of things like this are and will move off the open web where sharing help is more personal and meaning
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
The Material World book by Ed Conway might be worth a look. He goes into the depths of different materials used and really makes you appreciate the complexity of things more.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
It doesn’t really matter what it is so long as there is competition between entities and by not competing/winning you are in some way penalised. Competition is the driver that compels us towards total war or total economy. It is digit
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I also enjoyed ultra processed people. I found the book waffled a bit and some bits were a bit shoe horned in. There is also a tendency towards exaggeration for dramatic effect. The strongest arguments I found were that we have evolved wit
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
When dealing with black swan events, prediction is always difficult. However, some scenarios can be thought to be more plausible than others. I always interpret these as relative figures of plausibility for comparison rather than actual pro
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I would say being “derivative” or plagiarism are examples of where it is judged negatively especially if nothing novel/original is added.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
But seemingly not “young people” more for 66+ according to break down.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Thank you for sharing that was interesting. I’m surprised he says it is against western assumptions, but perhaps western assumptions has changed over time and adopted these views more.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I agree objectively there is nothing special about the tree or its clones/seedlings, or the other trees mentioned. However, I disagree it’s a silly sympathetic magic. It’s symbolism to help people deal with negative events and maintain
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
There is generally a latency of a few minutes between blood and interstitial fluid (the CGM) readings- up to 15 minutes. You may find if you account for latency your consistency between the two increases
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I agree that complexity doesn’t imply capability. However, in general they are different architectures which cannot be readily compared. Saying a neurone can only do signal integration from dendrites is like saying a computer can only add 0
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
And is also true for computers in different ways. Human food comes included in the natural Environment, electricity requires some degree of commercial mining.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
False positive and negatives are unlikely to be improved by AI significantly. They are mostly based on a trade off between catching more, and making sure those you catch are accurate, and a limitation of the test itself. Sure, AI might marg
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
It’s why I love to listen to audiobooks I’ve already read. I already know the context (even if subconsciously) and often gain things I missed reading them- I sometimes read too fast and skim over descriptions to see what happens.
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Do you run Asahi directly on the metal or just Linux through a virtual machine? I thought Asahi wasn’t quite there for a daily driver
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Sure, but not all tools have an equal ethical space in which to be utilised. A tool made specifically for torture (say a device to painfully remove fingernails) will tend to be used for morally bad things (using a reasonable assumption tha
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Realistically the hidden costs of AI are huge. Microchips are the very peak end of manufacturing complexity and require an entire global supply chain in order to produce. While there are other uses for microchips, automation is the ultimate
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
I think adults need to be safe guarded against any digital opium equivalents as well. I’m not saying banned, but made more irritating to access certainly
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Or could it could instil good habits in your children? Obviously looking after/active okay with kids is better, but I don’t see it being selfish to also enjoy yourself and encourage a valuable hobby in them too. It’s hard being a paren
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
It’s a larger surface area only if you increase the area without increasing the heat generation. That is a heat sink. If you want all those layers computing and therefore producing heat, then you might as well keep it flat and have more flu
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by Engineering-MD 3y ago
Not higher, but faster into the blood stream

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