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by atemerev 4y ago
Are _we_ ethical to deny AIs self-awareness and agency? I think the experiments there will continue, and should continue. Curiosity is imperative.
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by atemerev 4y ago
We already have freedom clock, it is there every time you write 1 PM instead of the usual 13:00.
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by atemerev 4y ago
The entire world watched in awe. Here in Switzerland (a very well-developed country), buying a house is something done in the forties, if you are middle to upper middle class. Otherwise, you rent forever.
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by atemerev 4y ago
So, just like what fish shell gives out of the box :)
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by atemerev 4y ago
Counter-proliferation is an active process. You have to actively block pathways to building nuclear weapons, and constantly run intelligence operations tracking these.
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by atemerev 4y ago
Not “anyone”, but “a group of nuclear physicists that could validate their designs against knowledgeable people at LANL”. But yes, nuclear weapons design peculiarities and simulations are a sort of my hobby, and a very interesting one.
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by atemerev 4y ago
Thankfully, in these cases other people who are not into Moloch’s worship unite, forget their differences, and purge him out of existence. The history is full with examples.
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by atemerev 4y ago
The spirit is alive with AI.
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by atemerev 4y ago
The idea that an average working person could buy a house in their twenties was only possible: 1) in America, and 2) for the baby boomers generation, maybe for some of Gen X. Nowhere else, never after. This is the exception of exceptions, n
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by atemerev 4y ago
I am not a species chauvinist. 1) Unless a biotech miracle happen, which is unlikely, we are all going to die anyway; 2) If an AI will continue life and research and will increase complexity after humans, what is the difference?
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by atemerev 4y ago
And the fed is absolutely, 100% riskless, right? Nothing ever will happen to it?
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by atemerev 4y ago
Oh no. There will be AIs everywhere. AI CEOs. AI generals deploying AI autonomous weapons. AI hackers. AI information warfare specialists. Science isn’t about why, it’s about why not!
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by atemerev 4y ago
They are locking in their fist-mover advantage, but not for long. Everyone and their dog are currently training other AI models which might be even more competitive, some of them open source (like it’s happened with Stable Diffusion). See y
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by atemerev 4y ago
Ah, the Famous Piece of Gaming Hardware Available Anywhere But Switzerland. I wish to see the day when all stupid regional restrictions will be over. How idiotic is that.
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by atemerev 4y ago
Well, I found that I am mostly using my Linux desktop specifically because it doesn’t require me to obligatory sign in into the services I don’t want to use. Unlike Apple, Microsoft and Google. And also this is why I don’t use Ubuntu anymor
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by atemerev 4y ago
If I ever see something comparable to https://levels.fyi in UK, I might be interested… but for now, UK compensation levels are usually laughable compared to US or, say, Switzerland (and US companies pay better than Swiss).
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by atemerev 4y ago
It really whips…
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by atemerev 4y ago
I do have a therapist who is an ADHD specialist, but it doesn’t help much. “Well yes, your case is quite severe, try to do what you can and see how it goes”. I’m trying.
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by atemerev 4y ago
"Having a routine" is exactly what doesn't work with ADHD. We can't do routine. Anything but this. Some of us are struggling with brushing teeth every day, or showing up at work. Even though when hyperfocused, we can do
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by atemerev 4y ago
AIs don’t manipulate people; people manipulate people. Every AI has a legal owner, author, and an agenda set by their human creators. Or at least there is always somebody to blame. This is the basis for future legislation.
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by atemerev 4y ago
Loss of traction and bankruptcy, that’s what would happen.
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by atemerev 4y ago
Knowledge on how to make nuclear bombs or bioweapons is not secret. It is publicly accessible and any good physicist or biochemist can understand it. Thankfully, it has considerable engineering challenges to not be accessible to any individ
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by atemerev 4y ago
Progress is imperative. We will build more and more impressive AI _because it’s there_, because we can do it, and because it looks cool. And you don’t need a large organization to do it, the large models of 6 months ago are open source alre
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by atemerev 4y ago
"Content creators" are doomed, of course. It is no longer a sustainable income source; now, you have to be a niche artist, like people who try their luck in modern art: only a few of them will invent something original enough and
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by atemerev 4y ago
Well, my “unemployed” compensation was much higher in some years, compared to when I was employed. Consulting is great, if you can tolerate uncertainty (which is kind of your profession now).
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by atemerev 4y ago
Well, you can actually, you know, consult. Or don’t, if you don’t feel like it. That’s the beauty of consulting.
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by atemerev 4y ago
I use Python for research. If I need some package, I simply want the latest version; pip install is usually fine. If something depends explicitly on the fixed (old) version, that's when problems happen and I grudgingly remember how to
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by atemerev 4y ago
A “job” is when you are doing something useful for other people, and you are rare enough so it makes sense to pay you money for it for a long time. Nobody ever guarantees you a “job” if you are not useful anymore for some specific field of
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by atemerev 4y ago
let’s define “shutting down” properly, and I might take this bet.
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by atemerev 4y ago
Good.

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