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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
We're you around for the space race? It's a world prestige thing, and also a competitive edge, for better or worse.
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
Do you think AI will go away and suddenly businesses will start hiring people back? Or that a competitive startup won't lean on AI to get ahead? Doesn't matter how much stock prices move up and down...AI is here to stay and no amo
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
A lot of businesses depend on the Internet. AI will be the same in the future. Not sure what to say about the ups and downs of stock price, or hype cycles.
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
The problem with public policy is that it allows other countries to get ahead of you. 'AI' isn't just a tool, it's also a race.
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
The economy
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
It is more Value. Who decides value? I'm sure you can figure that out.
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
So what? So you must now produce more. Expectations have changed. If you are paid the same money, and work has become easier: balance is lost. Someone will compete and take your place. Now you're expected to produce more, or step aside
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
Evil wins when the Good do nothing. How hard should we 'try', how much time should a person spend working, learning, versus living?
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
That's the danger behind economy and society: we all must be useful in some way. We all have to find 'value' in some way. We take on 'roles' so we can contribute. Roles are necessary because we simply don't hav
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
I have zero opinion about the state of the world. I'm just making an observation. Awareness of issues only gets you so far. But it factors into daily decisions. And when it's all too much to bear, we just push it out of mind and c
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
Probably too early for this, but I'm reminded of the Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil. Evil acts made real by the decisions of those at the top, and the rest of us reject the acts. But quitely we accept these acts by being satisf
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
It's all fun and games until some high level executive realizes everyone is using it and still demanding the same paycheck.
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by itsalwaysgood 5mo ago
It's not necessarily a lack of investment. Cyber security researchers are using AI to discover and post very serious Linux vulnerabilities that give root. We should expect to see more of this type of activity for a while. We're ta
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by itsalwaysgood 7mo ago
You must be trolling. Did you read the article?
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by itsalwaysgood 8mo ago
Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. My tone is bad. I just wanted to make a distinction between human nature and the benefits of specialization within an economy. You mentioned being an expert in a single domain, which I interpreted as s
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by itsalwaysgood 8mo ago
That isn't human nature at all, that is a feature of our economy. The human nature bit is that we are inclined to follow conviction: belief in an idea. And if someone says something with conviction, whether true or not, our first insti
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by itsalwaysgood 10mo ago
I'm not sure why analogies are needed. There's an old saying: Time is money. Flip that around: Money is time. If you have money, you have more time, more opportunities to try things in order to find success. You can read all about
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
Infants will also grip anything you place in their hands.
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
The author refers to their dad as a coward. When the wife wanted to divorce, the dad recruited his mother-in-law to convince the wife to stay on the marriage. He was selfishly hiding information and making lifelong decisions for everyone be
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
For sure, pain is useful when it leads to learning. We learn through feedback from our senses. We're completely dependent upon this mode in the beginning. As our brains mature, we learn how to predict our environments in ways to maximi
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
That's a very meta view. There's levels to consciousness for sure, due to intelligence and perception. But, my mind never leaves my skull so it's definitely bound to my brain and nothing else (ignoring electrical fields). We
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
It makes sense when you try and disprove the question.
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
True. There's always going to be uncertainty about this kind of topic. I think the jist of the article is that we will use whatever definition of consciousness is useful to us, for any given use case Much the same way treat pigs vs dog
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
Maybe it helps to consider motivation. Humans do what we do because of emotions and an underlying unconsciousness. An AI on the other hand is only ever motivated by a prompt. We get better results when we use feedback loops to refine output
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by itsalwaysgood 11mo ago
Do you consider an infant to be conscious? Or electrons?
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by itsalwaysgood 1y ago
Biased newsfeeds are one thing, cronyism and flooding courts/weaponizing the judicial system are a different thing. It could be the case that the level of cronyism and weaponizing we see today is the same amount as in the past. It&#x27
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by itsalwaysgood 1y ago
I understand how cigarettes were advertised and pushed, and seemingly unavoidable. Is technology the same? Yes and no...we can totally abstain from tech and live that lifestyle. But then we wouldn't be here discussing this issue at all
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by itsalwaysgood 1y ago
You can completely abstain from smoking for health reasons and there's no downside. Screentime is a part of life. You can abstain but you fall behind in some ways. Screen time is also linked to the pace of technology, advancement, etc.
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by itsalwaysgood 1y ago
Smoking addiction and screen addiction are two very different things. It's everyone's own problem of course. But it becomes society's problem when everyone is affected.
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by itsalwaysgood 2y ago
Yikes, sanctimonious drivel

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