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by igorkraw 6y ago
Toy models matter for research, education and democratic acces to ML and the computational thinking it enables
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by igorkraw 6y ago
That's a cynical take, a slightly less cynical take is that the rich and (privately) powerful have always tried to cement their power in form of organising a feudal-ish state and that the rest of us had to actively support democratisin
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Since you opened this "back-and-forth" I feel I need to correct the perception with some sources and point out your framing: 1. I couldn't find a source for your 3-4 k number,if you can point me to it I'd be greatful. I
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Can we discuss via mail? You can find my contact in my profile. I started out with neuromorphic research before I switched to something else and this paper basically was my original research plan (but I never would have arrived at actually
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My problem with Weinstein and his ilk is that I don't see them offering solutions, they just yell "distrust, distrust, distrust" and not much creative and serious thinking about solutions. Meanwhile long time economists, labo
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Dude, this is very ingenious. If people get "cancelled", they don't have to fear for their lives, if they are white men they generally can find a job quite easily (maybe not the same one but eh) and there is enough diversity
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Like what? This is a wriggling statement without making any claim, stuff like thermodynamics, speed of light etc. is so fundamental to how we build machines (that work) that most of the limitations we accept as limitations are highly unli
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by igorkraw 6y ago
How does astronomy factor into it?
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I tire of this, I have answered that multiple times. A hard limit is Stalinism,forced collectivisation via revolution. Noone who has ever called for that has survived politically. But you don't even need to go that far left: Kapernic
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by igorkraw 6y ago
all real world outcomes of communism? Really? China being a dominant super power? I disagree with the regime, yeah, but that's a pretty black and white statement there. The left spectrum stretches as wide as the right-wing one, and c
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by igorkraw 6y ago
People who think differently than you are not openly supporting authoritarian regimes. If the left is so powerful, so accepted, where are all the communists in power? Who's in the white House? Colin Kapernick isn't remotely far le
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by igorkraw 6y ago
I answered you in two replies already, but you will have to define "polite conversation" for this one to make sense. Anyone on the left who calls for or hints at purges in the same way that white nationalists do doesn't even
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Quoting my other reply 1. People tried to cancel Bernie Sanders, it just didn't work https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/15/bernie-sa... 2. Not a single person who openly advocates Stali
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by igorkraw 6y ago
1. People tried to cancel Bernie Sanders, it just didn't work https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/15/bernie-sa... 2. Not a single person who openly advocates Stalinism or similar forcefu
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by igorkraw 6y ago
And would you accept the same grouping of capitalism, American libertarianism and fascism or would you prefer people actually pay attention to nuances?
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Well, one symbol is inherently tied to racial purity politics, the other is a symbol which was used by communists both before and after the atrocities committed by Stalin/Lenin/etc. Is that not a difference?
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Erm, are you you talking about the Charleston rally in which a Neonazi ran over counter protestors? And if yes,are you saying it's a bad thing less people showed up to sing "Jews will not replace us" the year after? And r
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by igorkraw 6y ago
There is a difference between communist and Stalinist/Leninist though. Calling yourself a nationalist Vs a Nazi seems to warrant that distinction in most countries
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Can you give an example?I think this is probably country dependent (I'm from Europe) but in my experience calling yourself "communist" or even just agitating for democratic control over means of production is enough to be &qu
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by igorkraw 6y ago
For context: this should be named "Why I quit academia", it is the transcript of a by now un-published YouTube video by YouTuber Contrapoints https://www.contrapoints.com/transcripts who now does (very insightful)
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Sure, but then don't put your entitlement on the university. The university offers you an academic degree, if you want to use that to get a job, play by their rules, or don't go. Free market and all that noise
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by igorkraw 6y ago
First of, sorry for your depression, I hope you can break out of it. Now >Besides that, he's a contrarian. With COVID, we're faced with a situation where there is an extremely strong pressure to conform. There's one narrat
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Gonna defend Europe a bit more here, I'd wager there are soft benefits which aren't as easily appreciated as cash. On Europe you make less, but you also get out of the meat grinder much earlier. If you are a median person (which m
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by igorkraw 6y ago
I wonder why none of the socially minded white collar workers are pushing for unionisation across Amazon? Have the AWS engineers strike in solidarity of the warehouse workers...
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Yeah, but you will have to state them at least. You need to state your goal. "Capitalism/socialism is immoral" is fuzzy and works for both. "Capitalism/socialism ensures maximum efficiency of exploitation of resourc
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by igorkraw 6y ago
Very much agree. The only difference is that physical technologies and social technologies take much longer. There is a book called "law's for a flat world" (or maybe rules for a flat world) that discusses the Social technolo
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I'd argue framing these things as technologies removes some of the mental blocks we have in them. Capitalism and socialism as ideologies can endlessly be argued about, but as technological solutions to the problem of control of the mea
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What is the reason to ban academic research?
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Living in Switzerland and having friends in the surrounding countries, it has been kind of amazing to see how well the comparatively soft touch of the Swiss government has worked. We can still go out, hang out in groups <5 etc., but peop
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Well, not rich elites, mainly educated but not rich elites. For some reason, being on the winning side of capitalism seems to inoculate people against ideas of socioeconomic justice

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