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by iroh2727 4y ago
Well, saving is a virtue in itself (a virtue that most Americans don’t have I agree). But it’s really a separate issue. Suppose all Americans suddenly started saving 10% of their income. That would just establish a new standard of living, a
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by iroh2727 4y ago
We don’t need silly statistics to show this. It’s just common sense. I mean, if alcohol were banned, that would send pharmaceutical sales through the roof since we’d lose our most common medication for anxiety, depression, burnout, and gene
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Some individuals, in some particular professions, may have this choice. But there are structural forces preventing this on a population level. Most people in the US live paycheck to paycheck as is, and it's not that they're spendi
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Amen. Yeah statistics never say much (they always say a lot less than basic common sense). Interesting side note unrelated to the VR part: although I'm all for moderate recreational psychedelic use (or not moderate...you do you), it se
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Although I generally agree here, I wouldn't say there's "no" social. Some platforms are more social than others, and it's interesting to compare them... Like having an argument/discussion in comments (where you
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Oh man that sounds pretty bad... I feel you. Hmm I guess one way of looking at it is just in terms of power. Like your immediate boss has power over you and treats you like shit. So I wonder, is there any way to gain power elsewhere, like d
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The False Prophecy of “AGI”: A Quick TL;DR(nathanieltravis.com)
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OpenAI and the False Prophecy of “AGI”(nathanieltravis.com)
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Let’s not forget that “self-taught ai” is kind of a misnomer for multiple reasons. First of all, although it’s of the class of “self-supervised” models, it is still targeted by some person or organization for some purpose. Also, although it
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Yes. Though, given that you have nothing to lose, you could consider first kindly telling the bosses what is insufferable. Maybe that could help, idk? Or I guess I'm curious too: what makes the immediate bosses insufferable?
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“AI Safety” Is a Purposeful Distraction(nathanieltravis.com)
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“AI Safety” Is a Purposeful Distraction(nathanieltravis.com)
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Yes, the World Is Burning, but There's Reasons for Optimism(nathanieltravis.com)
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Yeah at least several years ago I had an explanation for this (though I’m not sure if it still applies). Basically, I think one reason for this weird type of interview is that it was an indirect way to bias towards young hires. Young people
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Yeah this is definitely a problem, but I blame the companies. On the one hand, yes, for a long time there have been a lot of people that don't do much work. They should've been firing those people long ago, but they I guess were t
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The Society of the Statistic: Where Does Science Fit?(nathanieltravis.com)
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by iroh2727 4y ago
[1] Social animals want to be social. Yeah I shouldn't speak for everyone... but I think for one, having a sense of mission contributes to meaning. And for two, having a sense of tribe (e.g. deep collaborators, partners in crime, healt
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by iroh2727 4y ago
"Humans develop tools that assist in locomotion, such as domesticated horses and carriages and bicycles and cars—and then extend their awareness to those tools. The driver “becomes one” with the machine, as we say. In his 2020 book, Wh
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Yeah I think hybrid is kind of inefficient. Unless it's a significant portion in person, you lose most of the benefits of being in person (e.g. it needs to be highly connected for it to feel connected). I guess the "efficiency&quo
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Yep. My analogy for this kind of effect is McDonald’s (and other fast or prepackaged food). Fast food never eclipsed good food because, well, it’s not that good. But it spreads. It’s just the result of unfettered capitalism (tech is no diff
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Haven't gotten past the first couple of chapters so I don't have strong opinions on whether the theory is "true" or not. But one thing I don't see mentioned enough is that it's just a brilliant piece of literat
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AI Research: The Corporate Narrative and the Economic Reality(nathanieltravis.com)
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AI Research: The Corporate Narrative and the Economic Reality(nathanieltravis.com)
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by iroh2727 4y ago
It's not about Amazon's terrible actions fighting the union. It's about Amazon's exploitative labor practices, the day-to-day oppression that warehouse workers have to deal with. Also, let's not forget that Amazon h
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Yeah I'm definitely not an expert here, just raising the question. I guess compared to pharmaceuticals which are something we'd take only as a last resort/backup plan, is there extra danger in modifying the most basic of our
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by iroh2727 4y ago
“Generally considered” may not be good enough given that that general considerment is corporately influenced (in terms of research funding, media, narratives inside the industry, etc.). I mean, I’m not an expert, but altering the expression
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Well, I don’t think this article did a good job of representing Adler’s real views. I’ve read a little bit of his work and he’s definitely a reasonable person who would agree that your trauma is real. I think his perspective/emphasis j
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The Moral Shift: How a Company of All Good People Can Do (Some) Bad Things(nathanieltravis.com)
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by iroh2727 4y ago
Oh god. I'm afraid to say this sounds kind of...hopeless. I don't think it's a lack of management ability on your end. It's that it sounds like they don't even have good intentions. If they had good intentions, you
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The moral shift: how a company of all good people can do (some) bad things(nathanieltravis.com)
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