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by bithive123 2y ago
In "any sense" of the word? Surely anyone who adjusts their behavior when they get undesired or unexpected results is reasoning and thinking. And since most activities are mediated by thought of some kind, most people are reason
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by bithive123 2y ago
For anyone who still doesn't understand why more and more folks are pointing out that LLMs "hallucinate" 100% of the time, let me put it to you this way: what is the LLM doing differently when it generates tokens that are &qu
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by bithive123 2y ago
Why do people act like LLMs only hallucinate some of the time?
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by bithive123 2y ago
What you say is true, but tragic. What is a professional reputation worth if one ignores inconvenient truths? No opinion (however lay or erudite) is deeply serious if truth is less important than ego preservation. Any system of thought t
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by bithive123 3y ago
This can happen to anyone who accepts external authority on psychological matters. If you want to build a bridge, obviously you need an expert. But if you can't be a light to yourself and presume that you need a guru, therapist, coac
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by bithive123 3y ago
If you're crazy then I am bonkers. I'm having a hard time accepting that this and most of the comments are not some elaborate joke. Meditation is some kind of relaxation or productivity life hack? To observe even briefly the na
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by bithive123 3y ago
Rather than enquire into the nature of the problem, you've started with the conclusion that AGI is an existential threat, and that the only rational decisions is to figure out how to kill it. You also seem to equate intelligence with
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by bithive123 3y ago
Asking if humanity can invent a machine to protect itself from the existential threats created by the other machines it has invented to me does not sound that intelligent. This is always the pattern; the "greatest minds" invent a
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by bithive123 3y ago
Although not really part of a UI's "design", performance is often overlooked as well. A poorly performing UI violates every single one of these design rules. My sony android smart TV looks amazing but the UI is so slow as
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by bithive123 3y ago
Rather than looking for better ways to think, realize the limitation of thinking itself and observe for yourself how thoughts about your self-worth, what should or shouldn't be, and our obsession with constantly measuring and classifyi
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by bithive123 3y ago
I agree that people, including criminals, should be nurtured and given the opportunity to learn and grow. But all society can do is provide the conditions for growth while protecting itself from people who can't, won't, or haven&
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by bithive123 3y ago
I'm not sure how you go from being autistic and having something to say to being disappeared by fascists. Unless the thing you might want to say is "I intend to continue committing crimes"
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by bithive123 3y ago
No one's dismissing his life as worthless, they're just being clear-eyed about his behavior. It's one thing to be young and creep someone out because you're maladjusted and sexually frustrated. It's another to act
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by bithive123 4y ago
If consciousness is a complicated form of minerals, might we equally say that minerals are a primitive form of consciousness?
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by bithive123 8y ago
Yes, everyone loves to complain about the cable company but in my experience Comcast's network, technicians, and support people are the best in the business. You could not pay me to use CenturyLink, for instance.
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by bithive123 8y ago
The point people are trying to make is that properly practiced law can't be circumvented by these kinds of arguments. If there was a requirement to do something with the data and it was not done then you failed, technical jargon and im
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by bithive123 9y ago
Dollars are not valuable because of artificial scarcity, they are the sovereign currency of one of the best economies in the world in which to invest your capital.
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by bithive123 9y ago
Helping other people, not producing output or profit, is the fundamental human enterprise. Other people exist and need help: It's the only reason you have a job. Amazing how many people miss this and think their job is to "be g
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by bithive123 9y ago
The point is these private companies are loathe to do anything that makes fraud harder or takes liability off the victims so yes, making laws is not only helpful it's the only thing that will ever work.
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by bithive123 9y ago
The information age is built on gathering raw data and doing pure research, neither of which are profitable activities. The implied threshold for wastefulness here is offensively low; basically any project that might require one moderately
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by bithive123 9y ago
Who needs other people when you've got lots of money?
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by bithive123 9y ago
I know of at least one company ( https://www.rentacenter.com/ ) that does furniture and appliances too. Same basic pitch: we deliver and set up, you can upgrade or stop renting at any time. Edit: Beaten by your edit.
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by bithive123 9y ago
What I'm saying is that it's immoral for your credit card company to spy on you, regardless of what language they snuck into your contract. Same for your email provider. It's even less acceptable if a company uses its custom
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by bithive123 9y ago
The idea that privacy can be traded away transactionally is a misrepresentation. Privacy is a choice; depending on who I am interacting with I will withhold certain information about my life. If someone convinces a friend or family member
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by bithive123 10y ago
It's not difficult at all to write Angular apps where links can be opened in new tabs. I would imagine the same is true for all the major SPA frameworks.
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by bithive123 10y ago
I'm sorry, that was not my intent. I was trying to find another video from the same conference but I may have to upload it myself. To make up for it, here is a link to the interesting/informative YouTube channel of Paul Beckwith
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by bithive123 10y ago
Here is a good video about the arctic methane emergency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F9ed5E54s4 Some summary points: - Total amount of methane in the current atmosphere: ~5 gigatons - Amount of carbon preserved as meth
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by bithive123 10y ago
"Doesn’t it make sense that in mathematics, we use the integral symbol instead of A.Integral(B)?" In my experience the obscure notation is what made college math hard for me to learn. As a programmer I really wish there was a mat
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by bithive123 10y ago
Maybe if they get enough email from their customer base they will add a self-service opt-out feature.
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by bithive123 10y ago
I want to buy this book because it seems perfect for a Love2d project I've been working on. BTW clicking the "Buy Now" button is sort of jarring in that you first see some text that starts with "Warning" which gets

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