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by dqpb 4y ago
> some property of matter How about “pancomputationalism”, aka, causality.
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by dqpb 4y ago
I wonder if somebody could have started a nuclear weapon company before nuclear weapons were proven.
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by dqpb 4y ago
I think its a silly idea that consciousness cannot be produced by computation.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Because quantum mechanics is the only layer of abstraction?
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by dqpb 4y ago
I never understand this line of thinking. If a job becomes unnecessary, that’s a gain for humanity, not a loss.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Everyone is “neurodiverse”, no?
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by dqpb 4y ago
If AGI is possible, it’s immoral not to create it.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Some DALL-E art moves my soul. It’s important to me that it exists. It would matter if it was destroyed. So, I guess that settles it.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Great, then I say AI art is real art.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Then who is the arbiter of “real” art?
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by dqpb 4y ago
> Real Art, that which moves one's soul, is beyond the capabilities of artificial intelligence It’s easy to test. Show people “real” art and AI generated art and see how often they can tell which is which.
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by dqpb 4y ago
I wonder what it’s like spending the best years of your life building vaporware for Google.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Next up, Modeling: What Engineers Use to Outperform
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by dqpb 4y ago
> English-only > an user
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by dqpb 4y ago
> conflicting narratives It’s almost as if there is no central authority.
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by dqpb 4y ago
If the quantity and quality of knowledge is high enough, then “cramming” just means learning. This is how things should be.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Let’s look at the flip side. If an engineer saves Google/Meta $10 million annually by better resource utilization, is this reflected in their salary or bonus? Answer: fuck no, it is not. Maybe engineers should turn up the heat a little
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by dqpb 4y ago
> The new programmable resistors are similar to memristors, or memory resistors. Both kinds of devices are essentially electric switches that can remember which state they were toggled to after their power is turned off. As such, they re
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by dqpb 4y ago
> “…but if you’re just sitting in your pajamas in your bedroom, is that the work life you want to live?” he questioned. “Don’t you want to feel part of something?” Wow Malcolm, good job using your imagination! Here’s some paper and crayo
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by dqpb 4y ago
I heard that coronavirus causes 5G internet.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Complexity Economics https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/research/programmes/complexity-eco...
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by dqpb 4y ago
> If you are able to program in this language, I have failed.
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by dqpb 4y ago
I have only played with GraphQL a little, but from what I could tell, the client can’t define the structure of the response, they can only choose to have some fields missing. Am I wrong, or is that basically all it does?
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by dqpb 4y ago
You don’t need a whole tub to bathe. A person can take a reasonable “shower” with a bucket of water and a cup. It’s much easier to heat one bucket of water than to fill a whole tub. I would be surprised if peasants didn’t primarily take buc
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by dqpb 4y ago
> (and were largely owned by the Bishop of Winchester (as you do). I read to the end. He never closed his parentheses.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Do Google Search Engineers use Google Search?
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by dqpb 4y ago
Agile is a trap and a gaslight.
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by dqpb 4y ago
TikTok is cringe
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by dqpb 4y ago
> It feels like they are making a real attempt to take my agency away Have kids. They will claim your agency for themselves, and you’ll have none left for TikTok.
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by dqpb 4y ago
Doesn’t Y Combinator get 7% of every business for only $125,000? How are they not flush with cash?

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