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by foofoo4u 3y ago
Rewriting history removes our ability to learn from the past, which positions us to repeat the same mistakes. A perfectly valid concern often touted. But what is more rarely claimed is that we also lose our ability to learn from what societ
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by foofoo4u 3y ago
I am glad you can see the point I am making. I want to know why I am being down-voted by others.
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by foofoo4u 3y ago
When you revise the works of societies of the past, you are destroying the last remnants of their existence. It is a form of erasure. One has to think how this impacts people of the present day. Why should I commit my life and dedication to
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Ask HN: When will we begin to suspect most comments on HN are by AI?
1 points by foofoo4u 3y ago|3 comments
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
I'm surprised no one has ever made an e-ink keyboard. By this, I mean each individual key is a mini e-ink display.
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An Autonomous Train-Bus Hybrid Could Transform City Transit(youtube.com)
2 points by foofoo4u 4y ago|0 comments
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Can we update the title? The article is called, "Exclusive: Another company leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world"
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Some quotes from the article that stand out. Excerpt1: > “It’s difficult for us to justify operating in a city where we don’t make money,” Maggie Hoffman, Bird’s vice president of city growth and strategy, told me, adding San Francisco’s
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
I think what would help is if ChatGPT could share sources for its claims.
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
I think what ChatGPT will do is shift us into a new state of distrust. How do I know you are a human? How do I know that any text I read anymore on the web is a human? Soon no one will be able to tell. Eventually the web will become entirel
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
How does ChatGPT handle competing claims? For example, I can ask ChatGPT to tell me the recommended method of addressing carbon emissions. Does solar/wind beat out nuclear? Does it favor regulation over carbon taxes? You get the point.
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
What I would like to see is how ChatGPT's responses to questions differs across the world. Ask it questions about homosexuality in Canada, Nigeria, Russia, Korea, China, and Saudi Arabia. Ask the same countries questions about Democrac
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
This is an aspect I'd like to get a better understanding of. ChatGPT is excellent at writing out claims. I don't know how ChatGPT is implemented, but I am going to assume these are not its claims. But rather, these are claims th
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Update on Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative in Stanford’s IT Community(itcommunity.stanford.edu)
12 points by foofoo4u 4y ago|17 comments
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
From one of the most selective universities in the country. A prestige from the fact that they are one of the most exclusive institutions that exist.
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Calling some groups by a color is OK. Calling other groups by their color, not OK. Capitalization of the color should be used when referring to one group. But for a different group, capitalization is not to be made. There is no logically co
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
As an American, I am coming to appreciate the First Amendment, the freedom of speech, more than ever before. I can better see why, now, out of all amendments, this is the first. And why it is so absolute. I am also glad that we do not have
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
This is a good example of how those in the commanding heights can order changes to a society or economy, but fail to fathom all of the cascading ramifications of their decision.
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Which is an unfortunate state of affairs. But I believe he is right. Given this schism, he sees the way to proceed forward is likely by creating a separation. Similar to what we already have today with the separation of religious universiti
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
There must be something from the past we can learn from. The Salem witch trials come to mind. The Puritans in their towns believed witches to be real. That they existed among them. That they were evil and harmful to their well being. This l
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
> At what point do we say “this is enough” rather than hand-waving it away as yet another excess of academia? There will never be enough, because "enough" has not been defined. They have no interest in doing so. Even if they di
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
I too personally find the terminology itself a bit confusing. I have some cognitive overhead on trying to remember what "whitelist" and "blacklist" actually means. But it's minor. Allow-list and block-list is intuit
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Great to hear you are a fan. A long time one albeit. Its been interesting seeing Russ Roberts evolve over the years. His interests have moved from quantitative to qualitative questions. What makes for a good life? What makes us happy? What
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Capitalisn't [0] > "Is capitalism the engine of destruction or the engine of prosperity? On this podcast we talk about the ways capitalism is—or more often isn’t—working in our world today. Hosted by Vanity Fair contributing ed
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Terrific. Brings back early internet vibes. I want to see more of this — human curated content. AI brought the promise of bringing improved content suggestions. I find it has done exactly the opposite. End of the day, I find humans are bett
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Why the U.S. Fell Behind in Phone Manufacturing(youtube.com)
2 points by foofoo4u 4y ago|0 comments
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
This is great. I want to see more of the web to be like this. Simple, direct, light, and functional. I've came to learn on this thread alone that other projects such as teddit and nitter exist, which capture this same spirit. I'd
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
You're not the only one. I see DEI and ESGs as a giant scam as well. More people are starting to see them this way as well. Here's a take I enjoyed listening to by Capitalisn't: [The Smoke and Mirrors of ESG Investing with Ta
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
Is there a list of employers that I can reference that reject DIE (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)? That way I know who to interview with.
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by foofoo4u 4y ago
There is good reason to believe that white people will be the primary targets of this layoff. I work for an employer in the Bay Area and the messaging echos many others in the region. We have been subjected to lectures and presentations for

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