JohnFen

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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> But if a software company were to genuinely own up to their mistakes and say Even then, it depends. If I've already switched away from said product or service, I'm not coming back regardless of what they say.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
It's an extraordinary claim for which there is little, if any, supporting evidence. It is also a claim that is likely to emerge from one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted human cognitive biases, pareidolia. It weren't exceeding
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
AGI is exceedingly unlikely to happen, so your worry is better spent on other things. > If you disagree with this premise, please provide actual evidence That's not the way that works. You're the one making the positive claim,
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> The type that you'd like lmgtfy at them before. Which has always been an equally objectionable thing to do as well.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> People quote other sources sometimes. That's entirely OK. It's OK in the context of doing that to support a larger discussion they're participating in. It's not OK if the quote is the entirety of the response. >
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> The person is still willing to engage with you and still had to use their human words to prompt the AI. But they aren't willing enough to participate to actually engage in a discussion. They're just making people interact wit
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
It's not in my top five concerns.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
I'm not so sure there's a correlation to intelligence on this. I suspect it has more to do with whether or not people have learned how to, and are willing to, engage in critical thinking.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
Nope, I don't believe it. But even if that's their intention, there's every reason to think that it will accomplish the exact opposite of that.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
If you're just reading headlines (from any news source), then you're likely misinforming yourself. Headlines are advertisements, not summaries of the articles, and are frequently misleading. At the very least, keep in mind that th
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> Does the replacement enrage you in that case, or just the phrasing? Neither. It's the inhuman attitude that people have little inherent value that enrages me.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> We're recycling glass since forever (maybe mid 90s) Far, far earlier than the '90s. Glass has been regularly recycled from the early days of glassmaking itself. It's crushed up into "cullet" and mixed back in.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
But does Seattle actually recycle all the plastic numbers? There are a number of places where all plastic numbers are accepted in the bin, but some (and sometimes all, depending on market conditions) of them are thrown into the trash later.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> Could it be because the American health care system makes it difficult to impossible for millions to afford the care, treatment, or support they need? That was my first thought. Other thoughts that followed: It's actually pretty h
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
In the US, slavery is still legal and allowable (federally -- some states don't allow it) as long as the slaves are inmates. Many companies use that labor for profit.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> the public seems completely incapable of thinking of the potential of AI I don't think this is true at all. It's more that when faced with something that is making your life worse right now, there isn't any solace in an
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> fervently pushed by people over 55. It is? I know very few people in that age group who are excited by this stuff.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
As one who isn't a musician but loves listening to music, the emergence of passable genAI-generated music means that I can't trust new music anymore. The only new music I'm willing to buy is music that I've seen the arti
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> this can't possibly hold up in any but the kangarooest of kangaroo courts. Given that the supreme court has gone off the rails, it's absolutely possible that they would uphold this. They already ruled that Trump is above the
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
If the genAI cheerleaders are correct, and this is a change much like the industrial revolution, then things will be horrible for the average person for multiple generations.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
The degree of corruption in this regime is truly astonishing.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
This is nonsense. Some women want that, sure, like some men just want an attractive woman who is skinny with big breasts. But most people of either sex aren't remotely as shallow as that.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
I honestly don't think this is a large factor. I think a larger factor for the pushback is "this tech looks like it's going to make my life harder and more unpleasant".
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
Historically, this is not always true. It's a gamble. Right now, a small group of ultra-wealthy tech guys who have a clear disdain for everyone else is trying to gamble the future of us all. That's infuriating right there. Also, &
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
That working within the bounds of "legal but reprehensible" gives increased opportunities is a great example of how our system rewards depravity.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
The problem is that, apparently, abusing people wholesale is profitable.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
I actively avoid doing so because my experience is that after about 5 years on a single project, my skillset narrows to just what that project requires. That makes me a worse dev, and so is bad for my career.
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
That group of people seems insane and dangerous to me. I'm hard-pressed to think of even a single one of them who doesn't come off that way, or as a straight-up crook. But I keep in mind the adage that "everyone seems crazy i
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
> it requires that I download and install an app to my phone with no option to pay by card. This is a pet peeve of mine. I wish it were limited to charging stations, but I see it in other places as well. I even had to switch laundromats
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by JohnFen 5mo ago
In my area, while there are certainly fewer game/toy stores than there used to be, the ones that are left are doing great and are always busy.

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