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by intended 8mo ago
No it doesn't. This is armchair philosophy when pragmatism and problem solving serve better. Fundamentals - Teaching is expensive, and we don't have enough teachers. Verifying if someone has the skills is difficult. Given the shor
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by intended 8mo ago
sorry, perhaps I misunderstand, but dont you /wouldn’t you take the best from others as well? Is that outside of consideration for some reason?
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by intended 8mo ago
Emotional Support is one of the most common use cases of Generative tools in the UK, and the % of people with mental health issues in first world countries is an order of magnitude higher than 0.1%. Behavioral addictions are even more commo
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by intended 8mo ago
That would be if this were crisis intervention though. Currently arguments I am reading here are positing that this was simply role play. Automated crisis response is challenging, because it’s a perfect storm of high variance, unpredictable
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by intended 8mo ago
The entire world has rules against gun ownership. America is an outlier, and has constitutional rules that alter the discussion. In other situations the person wouldn’t have access to a gun. Let alone a gun that encourages it to stage a mas
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by intended 8mo ago
Gun control is an argument that has to deal with the Second Amendment, making it unique and America centric. A majority of countries require licenses and registration, and many others outright ban their ownership. As an analogy, Gun control
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by intended 8mo ago
From the article > When Jonathan began experiencing clear signs of psychosis while using Google's product, those design choices spurred a four-day descent into violent missions and coached suicide," the lawsuit states. > It
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by intended 8mo ago
How does that change anything?
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by intended 8mo ago
Exactly - he wasn’t a kid. He was a grown adult, using technology humanity has never seen before. Technology being sprinkled everywhere like plastic and spoken of in the same breath as “existential risk” and singularity.
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by intended 8mo ago
Having seen the safety side of tech operations = yes, you very well should blame tech. Currently T&S is a bad word and is being underinvested in. Tech is terrified of open studies on moderation because they know society is simply unpr
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by intended 8mo ago
Horse driven carriages also routinely killed people. Humanity has always needed transport.
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by intended 8mo ago
Please tell me the upsides. I’ve been canvassing all and sundry for information on seen productivity gains, and I’ve got answers from 2x, to 30%, to 15% to “will make no difference to my life if its gone tomorrow” When I test it for high re
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by intended 8mo ago
The NYT is afloat because of its games. The Economist is the economist, and can ask for a higher subscription price given its target audience. AI summaries are reducing visits to Wikipedia, which shall drive down donations. Creating quality
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by intended 8mo ago
I’m deep into nihilistic territory myself, but here’s one neat trick to turn nihilism on itself! Jokes aside, the fact is that humanity will always find ways to disappoint you. So the moment you completely give up hope, humanity will find a
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by intended 8mo ago
No one has a clear idea about what’s going on, especially with AI. I’ve spoken to a glut of people at this point, consumed months of content from leaders to influencers and used it myself. Currently Singularity fears, AI factories, Vibe cod
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by intended 8mo ago
This is a damn good article, for the purpose and assistance it aims to provide. I’m curious what steps led the author to write these thoughts down.
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by intended 8mo ago
The article talks about LLMs reviewing Econ papers. I’m hesitant to call this an outright win, though. Perhaps the review service the author is using is really good. Almost certainly the taste, expertise and experience of the author is doin
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by intended 8mo ago
It’s the same thing as theft and locks. Any motivated attacker will overcome any rudimentary obstacle. We still use locks because most opportunistic attackers are the most prevalent. Even the paper on improved phishing showed that LLMs redu
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by intended 8mo ago
Any tool that can be used for yourself, can be used for others, which is why the researchers wouldn’t release the code/prompt. That said, give it a few days and someone will have a proof of concept out.
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by intended 8mo ago
People who comment about their boss and workplaces? People on HN who talk about their work but want to remain anonymous? People who don’t want to be spammed if they comment in a community? Or harassed if they comment in a community? Maybe s
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by intended 8mo ago
People haven’t had a choice, so this is not a revealed preference. From what indications I am seeing, people were hesitant to empower government, but are increasingly amenable to the idea. For countries other than America, it’s not just pri
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by intended 8mo ago
> the tech industry is sleepwalking The average person on HN, perhaps. From what I know of the interactions between government and tech, they know. Not only have external policy and research reports made this clear, their own internal te
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by intended 8mo ago
Where was this in the article?
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by intended 8mo ago
Hoo boy, laying out facts in the current Indian environment is a degree of boldness thats somewhat rare. From what I can tell after the summit, the major focus of the GoI is to attract investment. Things that do not matter to that narrative
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by intended 8mo ago
For UI/UX arguments on professional grade software, I present the Bloomberg terminal. A fever dream in shades of orange, black and blue. For professional work, people can and do learn complex interfaces and jargon, if it is advantageou
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by intended 8mo ago
The vibe has shifted quite a bit among the general populace, not just in tech. The short version is that voters want government to bring tech to heel. From what I see, people are tired of tech, social media, and enshittified apps. AI hype,
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by intended 8mo ago
In the American historical example shared, education got lucky because of economic downturns. If education is not valued by a nation, then this is not a surprising outcome. Do note, Americans as a whole tend to be extremely sensitive about
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by intended 8mo ago
Schools can educate well beyond that level, provided they are resourced. Bloom’s 2 sigma problem comes to mind (1). Education also ends up suffering because its seen as a support role, teachers are not valued, and “He who can, does; he who
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by intended 8mo ago
In which case the country with the least laws decides how everyone else functions. Remember we started are working from here > If you want to make gambling illegal, then make gambling illegal and then enforce that law. You don't nee
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by intended 8mo ago
Platforms routinely underinvest in trust and safety. T&S is markedly more capable in the dominant languages (English is ahead by far). Platforms make absurd margins when compared to any other category of enterprise known to man. They op

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