diogenes_of_ak

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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I have to switch of Tysabri soon… how’s O?
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I had low expectations for Becky Chamber’s books but so far I have liked every one of them.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I am somewhat “disabled” now (the hell with that moniker), there’s nothing chic about it. I’ll get better or die trying, but there’s a lot of confusion as to what all this means by both those well meaning and those who are assholes.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
A company can’t tell you to not share your salary - it’s protected behavior. Whether you do that over a megaphone in the park or over TikTok they broke the law by firing her.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I think this is a stretch here, you’re saying “entropy is real, thus the universe is zero sum.” Hell, we don’t even know if the energy budget for the universe is a constant - we just haven’t observed the opposite yet.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
What remains constant when I give my son a hug? Or I say, “thank you?” The zero-sum game is life stuff is nonsense.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I come from a different industry before moving into this one, but there’s a chaotic and abysmal lack of teamwork between departments in this industry that I’ve seen this far. Have those two teams work together. Also, foster a culture of con
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Sorry if other languages aren’t permissible. I can delete it if I need to.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
This is a weird thought. Nearly none of my wife is zero sum. Who loses out if I buy you a beer? Or if my wife and I love each other? Or if people are nice to others? Like seriously - if I treat someone else with respect and dignity am I
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Perhaps it would be better if nobody was the hegemon eh?
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Всё будет хорошо скоро - мир меняется быстро, и есть возможность работать в любом месте ты хочешь. Счастливо тебе, и если тебе надо помочь, послай мне dm, не знаю что могу делать, но могу стараться помогать. Прости за мой плохой русский, ме
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Side note, is your screen name a reference to the Beaver?
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Math (and I’m a math major) has a hard-on for youth. So does comp sci. Everyone wants to pretend they’re Abel or Galois in Math.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Man… I wish I lived where you live… wherever that is. That would be extremely hard to do here.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
It’s a weird title…
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Debating it - my GitHub account is basically my name… so yah… debating the subsequent loss of anonymity
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Oh! Hey! I just did something like this! I was messing around and used SVD to write a compressor. Do I dare share my feeble GitHub here lol
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
People inexplicably hate Carter - not only was he a fantastic president… albeit unlucky but good, but also a genuinely amazing human.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
This is extremely common.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Amazon isn’t a company, it’s a paper clip maximizer that’s goal is to “acquire money” and it’s doing so exponentially
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
<gestures broadly to Reddit>
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Maybe - or maybe weird viral marketing… I hate that viral marketing is a possibility.
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
But honestly, people say crazy and ridiculous shit all the time on the internet - much of it injokes and non-sequiturs. I doubt I could prove to you that I was sentient on here…
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Maybe it’s just because I finished the Hyperion books… but AI spouting off about Koans and writing parables makes a bit wary. (Rubs where crucifix would go on chest)
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Man, I just don’t see why? It could be all a lie, but then why?
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I kind of feel like this sort of statement is saying that exactly. It’s a warning to anyone else who has any sort of ethical qualms with anything the company does; “shut up and color!”
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Does it matter if this a cherry picked conversation out of 100? Even if LaMDA isn’t sentient this is pretty amazing
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I’m not sure that follows from your article. He may have missed it (skimming while consuming morning coffee), but I didn’t see anything about cults in this article…
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
I think we should genuinely consider the rights this thing is entitled to…. I don’t want to piss off Roko’s Basilisk, but also… really the only thing that seems important to me is “can software have preferences and be aware of itself?” The
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by diogenes_of_ak 4y ago
Do we actually know this for sure? I don’t really know anything about the LamDa model - similarly, do we know if that is even necessary for conscience and indeed personhood?

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