Simulacra

9 ms·

151.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
Reading this I was reminded of this story: "At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War" recounted that the United States added a Trojan horse to gas pipeline control software that the Soviet Union obtained from a comp
152.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
Occupational licensure has, overtime, slowly choked off both competition and access to information. IMHO much of it is little more than protectionism.
153.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
If we focus on the questionable activities segment, it will likely shift. Criminals will always find a way.
154.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
Good point, that was also struck by the comment that it's infected "tens of thousands" phones. That's a minuscule rounding error.
155.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
"OpenAI reportedly discussed charging $20k/month on PhD-level research agents with investors." I've been wondering about this, that there might be a day when certain models are sold at a much higher price, like luxury ca
156.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
I can see that sort of, a coworker of mine routinely scrapes HN and feeds it into an LLM. I don't know why, I don't know if he uses it to respond, or he's looking for something, but he copies and paste and runs it. So I think
157.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
It is. It pulls it out. Maybe you're too into it.
158.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
This article makes no sense. ChatGPT is a search engine and knowledge base with an anthropomorphic front end. It's Google with human characteristics. I think, IMHO, people take AI way too seriously and see in it a boogeyman to conquer.
159.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
I'm not sure this is a sic semper tyranis but it's close.
160.
by Simulacra 7mo ago
One would hope, but I think history has taught us that there's always someone reading and watching. There's always someone with access abusing it.
161.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
I think every retail corporation needs a consigliere to the CEO, someone who can take the CEO aside and say look, boss, that's gonna really make the employees mad and resentful. You shouldn't do it.
162.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
I'm more interested of what employees can read of chat logs. Is everything that's put into OpenAI access accessible by the employees? These kind of stories imo may dissuade people from LLMs unless there is greater privacy control.
163.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
Related: "The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food" https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinar...
164.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
These are such a good points. With each new creation of technology, I don't think our comprehension gets better, our ability to collect data gets better. You can now grab so much of it, and analyze it so much, but if you don't kno
165.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
Oof FYI site is being hugged to death.
166.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
No thanks. Discord, it has been fun, but I decline.
167.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
This happened to me driving down interstate 95. I tried calling the FCC, the highway patrol, and every single entity I tried to get a hold of was like "this is not something we can really do anything about". Seriously, how do you
168.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
Cannabis is a difficult thing I think for people to talk about. There are people who think it's great, there are people who don't care, and there are people think it's awful. Each will latch onto news like this and use it for
169.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
If you haven't bought a 3D printer yet then I think it's a good time to invest in one. This is going to be one of those technologies that slowly the government will erode our access to, so getting on board now is the best course o
170.
by Simulacra 8mo ago
I think this is all a bit extreme, but I also think interrupting a church service, any religion, any church service, is absolutely abhorrent. So while arresting him is obnoxious, I don't have much sympathy for him.
171.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
I am .... optimistic that something can be arranged. I believe that Greenland is extremely important to arctic security, and America is the best country to defend that zone. At the same time I do not support the aggressive tactics by this a
172.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
That's as diplomatic as it gets
173.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
Where is the line between whistleblower and doxxing?
174.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I don't think emojis should be used at all in health records… It reminds me of stories my mum would tell me about when she would get a résumé pre-digital, and there would be a mark/symbol on i
175.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
I found this to be contradictory with my mental health period even after losing nearly 100 pounds, and going from zero to walking 8 to 10 miles a day, my mental health did not improve. It felt good to accomplish goals, two life-changing goa
176.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
What really annoys me is when I politely decline the facial scan of TSA, and the agent makes some snide comment about my picture on my identification or something. And the next time it happens that I get a smart ass comment like that, I&#x2
177.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
I don't think there is any alternative to this. I assume every corporation is filming me in their stores, building shopper profiles, that granularly identify me in every conceivable way. I am not surprised at all that Wegmans is taking
178.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
That's true, but to play devils advocate for a second, just because he says something doesn't make it wrong or bad. Banning Wall Street from buying single-family homes is a great thing that I completely support, and I don't r
179.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
I'm not sure if they could be forced to sell those, the government could, but then that would fall under just compensation seizure. I'm not a lawyer, but it would seem under basic legal theory that you couldn't take those hom
180.
by Simulacra 9mo ago
I think this is one of those occasions when the story was so good that "journalists" skipped any validation and went right to publication. Someone played the media, and they bought it hook line and sinker.

More ›