brndnmtthws

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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
What worries me is the 80 year old judges (and other clueless participants of the judicial system) who don't understand how computers work and will ultimately be responsible for deciding people's fate regarding this stuff.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Sure, but pretty much all software qualifies as 'AI'. However most people think about Hollywood interpretations of AI, which is a thing that doesn't exist. It's strictly a matter of interpretation, and figuring out where
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
'AI' is such a meaningless buzzword that you could simply rename a product to sidestep any pointless regulation.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I didn't make that claim with regard to China, but I see your point. I've also never been to mainland China, so I don't really know how things are there.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
That's more of an example of human corruption, IMO. Counterpoint: people use various technologies (VPN) to bypass the great wall.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Right, that's the scary part. A double edged sword.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
That's true, but they are still deterministic and can be designed to be egalitarian. Humans, on the other hand, cannot be trusted in the way that a computer can.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
What's interesting to me is that governments are becoming less and less important in society. With Google, Facebook, Uber, and Bitcoin, we're moving closer and closer to a world where human-based systems (government) are being sup
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
:) The boring simple solutions don't garner much attention. People want magic pills or cool tech.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
That would work if people saved money, but they've been taught to spend rather than save. Most people believe that if they earn $1 they must spend that $1 as soon as possible.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
The theory with Signal is that you might verify their identity in meatspace, or some other way. But yes, it's definitely an interesting chicken and egg problem. As far as the thought exercise goes, it might be worth limiting your scop
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
The most interesting part of this (to me at least) is that even our 'secure' messaging systems rely entirely on trusted entities. I don't think Signal is immune to this problem either, as you still need to communicate with th
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Something to consider is that people like Buffett stand to lose the most from a completely egalitarian financial system, as is professed by Bitcoin idealists (such as myself). Another perspective here is that Buffett does understand Bitcoin
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's always good to see the same hot takes rehashed over and over on HN. I'm sure Bloomberg appreciates the ad revenue. Buffett (with all due respect, and I have a lot of respect for him) doesn't understand Bitcoin, and doesn
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
How can a thing which never existed to begin with vanish? There wasn't $100B sitting around in a bank account waiting to be claimed, which then suddenly evaporated. Also investopedia isn't exactly a high quality source.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
The point is that no one really knows the actual value of any asset until you've sold it. You can only measure value in the past; future values can only be guessed (excluding things like future contracts). This is true regardless of wh
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Wrong. The market value is only what you get for it when you sell it. It's a subtle but very important difference. A good analogy is comparing the advertised price of a used car versus what you actually get for it. You might think it&#
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's facetious (and bad 'journalism') to claim $100B vanished. It was never there to begin with: market cap isn't something you can cash in on. It's merely the result of price multiplied by supply. If you owned a si
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
I might start caring about Google/Apple pay if they add support for Bitcoin and lightning network payments. Until then, there's really nothing new or innovative to be seen here.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
News outlets generate income through sensationalism, and that's the storyline that they need to drive the most traffic.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Strangling? No. That's like saying Amazon's success is strangling retailers.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Alternative perspective: maybe cryptocurrencies are valuable and represent real innovation?
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
It's probably mostly accidental clicks. Facebook doesn't care (in fact they love it), because they get paid whether the clicks are intentional or not.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
So it sounds like a workaround is to avoid storing any data locally on the device. I wonder how effective that would be in practice. It might raise some suspicion if you unlocked your phone and they discovered you were logged out of everyth
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Can someone tl;dr this without all the medical jargon?
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
In certain cases, perhaps. But that's the exception, not the rule. You can't simply apply a neural net to every problem and magically get great results.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
What about what about Given enough time, energy, and computing power, you could just precompute every possible outcome and call it a neural network. You'll be praised as a genius.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
More gimmick than magic. At best they can do a crappy job of emulating specific human behaviours on carefully curated training datasets.
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Anyone who has actually built software using what the masses think is 'artificial intelligence' knows exactly how artificial and overhyped ML and AI are. Neural networks are a far cry from the magic they've been made out to b
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by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Fair enough, it is indeed just an amplifier, but what I was trying to say is that the noise becomes quite visually apparent when you increase the ISO.

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