atleastoptimal

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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
Yeah, he seems to be making it a matter of "well the smart people, the ones who really matter, don't need education, so all the sub 99th percentile students don't really matter because the smart ones aren't benefitting&q
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
Computers are, essentially, fast, iterative, extremely useful for automated and communication tasks, and naturally attract young, detail focused minds based on these qualities. Those essential qualities lend themselves to computer culture.
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
I imagine it's because good engineers are smart enough to realize staying an engineer is a thankless job and move to more managerial roles.
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
Corporations will do anything they can to keep that from happening. That's why every software product has gradually veered towards subscription models. They want you hooked to Microsoft/Apple/Facebook's AI girlfriend who
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
The thing is when it becomes a chat-bot arms race, the most skeevy companies will profit the most and thus be able to develop the most real and lovable chatbots, creating a positive feedback loop that rewards the most manipulative tactics.
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
First time on facebook in years and I'm astounded at how dated the UI feels.
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
All this 4 day workweek hullabaloo really cements the entitlement of modern capitalist grievance discourse. Of course this won't affect restaurant workers, nurses, retail employees, deliverypeople, sanitation workers, migrant farmers,
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
The music industry, like any creative pursuit, is only profitable if you're in the top 1%, even then you're making as much as an entry level softer engineer in the midwest
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
The funny thing is is that the AI singularity will likely come before the gene editing singularity, nullifying the advantage of being able to genetically engineer super smart babies on account of the de-facto dominant species on the planet
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by atleastoptimal 4y ago
Since it seems the days of Google being a fairytale workplace where every whim is catered to on a golden platter are over, which company now is taking up the mantle as the most enviable office environment?