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by jameslk 1y ago
There's likely a slippery slope fallacy in there somewhere (I hope). If interested in the (not so) sci-fi aspects of automated weapons and their ramifications, I often plug Daniel Suarez's great Kill Decision talk and book: htt
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by jameslk 1y ago
> So what comes next? When you don’t need as many people because of automation, you also don’t need them to fight your wars. You use drones and other automated weapons. You don’t need things like democracy because that was to prevent peo
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by jameslk 1y ago
Language barriers: The outsourced workers I know use AI to help them ask and answer questions about things in English they don’t perfectly understand because English is their second language. They use it to write better English from English
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by jameslk 1y ago
Since this article is about AI, and since this comment seems rather low effort compared to the Stanford study, I went ahead and used low effort to analyze the report compare it to this comment. Here's my low effort AI response: > P
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An eyecare foundation model for clinical assistance(nature.com)
36 points by jameslk 1y ago|11 comments
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by jameslk 1y ago
Have you taken a Waymo yet?
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by jameslk 1y ago
How many of these jobs are getting offshored because of AI? Language barriers, culture, and knowledge are some of the biggest challenges to overcome for offshoring. AI potentially solves many of those challenges
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by jameslk 1y ago
QoL is one measure sure, but I'd consider it a lagging indicator. I look at GDP growth rate and energy usage to get a better idea of where things are headed https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42295
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by jameslk 1y ago
> We were told that democracy and development go together. That free markets require free politics. That our system was the "end of history." People and development go together. The more people you have, the more development yo
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by jameslk 1y ago
> Words including “surpass,” “boast,” “meticulous,” “strategically,” and “garner” have also seen considerable increases in usage since the release of ChatGPT. Do people really not use these words too often that they'd be called &quo
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by jameslk 1y ago
Ruby already has this with Sorbet. Nobody is forcing you to use it, are they? It seems you have a lot of opinion here without really discussing your problem with type hints though. What is it you dislike? I use Ruby regularly, have used it
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by jameslk 1y ago
Sorbet has its flaws. I didn’t like it either. Having used TypeScript extensively, there is a way to do it right and a way to do it wrong. I’d classify TypeScript as the ideal way to introduce static types into a very dynamic language, give
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by jameslk 1y ago
> The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of illegal use of copyrighted work to train their chatbots. The companies have denied those claims. I mean, OpenAI doesn’t look good here and seems they deserve more scrut
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by jameslk 1y ago
Static analysis through type hints brings plenty of benefits to a dynamic language, such as helping to eliminate bugs at runtime (albeit not perfectly) and making it easier to grok a codebase. It’s a trade off and Ruby is as dynamic as it g
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by jameslk 1y ago
Was this signal suspected to be from earth? Otherwise why point out the signal was “extraterrestrial origin after all”?
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A couple of questions for tackling browser use challenges: 1. Why not ask a model if inputs (e.g. stuff coming from the browser) contains a prompt injection attack? Maybe comparing input to the agent's planned actions and seeing if the
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by jameslk 1y ago
I wasn’t aware we had suddenly mastered the physics for holograms (I was envisioning something Star Wars esque) but there was no linked video so I looked it up: https://youtu.be/Sj2Rl4SOJe8 This looks more like a… projectio
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by jameslk 1y ago
The Fed is giving indications that rates will be cut. The bubble will not be bursting yet if that happens If NVIDIA crashes, I can easily see the gov saving it in some way (either massively pumping liquidity or bailing it out). It’s too cri
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by jameslk 1y ago
There is no circular logic there, but it does seem you are leaning on this fallacy: > For short term stock gains, in order in enrich themselves via their stock compensation. https://www.equilar.com/reports/34-execu
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by jameslk 1y ago
I think your point is roughly "[publicly traded company] CEOs are manipulating the value of their stock for their own personal gain instead of creating real value inside the companies they run" -- if so, perhaps, but you should le
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S&P 500 to Gold Ratio(macrotrends.net)
4 points by jameslk 1y ago|3 comments
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> Not that I'm feeling any rage, I left that unproductive phase a long time ago. I wasn’t referring directly to you, but in general. “You” in the royal sense. Anyway > But even so, why cannot we talk about multiple unfair things
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by jameslk 1y ago
Yes, this is an underrated point and potentially a larger factor. It would be interesting to see data on it
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by jameslk 1y ago
It matters where you direct your attention. Performance-based comp is a red herring. If you want to direct your rage at wealth inequality in the working class, perhaps start with the things that have eroded the supply-demand balance of labo
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by jameslk 1y ago
> The highest paid S&P 500 CEO last year was Rick Smith of Taser maker Axon Enterprise, who raked in $164.5mn mostly from stock awards after meeting targets over several years, according to data provided by MyLogIQ. > Brian Niccol
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by jameslk 1y ago
1. Part of your negotiation should be explaining that independent contractors have ~30% less overhead than a salaried employee due to the savings on payroll taxes as well as unemployment insurance, recruiting, benefits, vacation time, etc a
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by jameslk 1y ago
> Freelancing enjoyment depends entirely on your clients and ability to find more clients. Yes, though I found the former generally to be dependent on the latter
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by jameslk 1y ago
I wanted to play the start-a-business lottery. After enough success selling your time, you might feel the urge to try your luck selling other things
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by jameslk 1y ago
Maybe times are different now (I’m not freelancing anymore) but I was the happiest when I was a freelancer. I made more than I could have as a full time employee, because I could ask more often for more (vs jumping jobs every 2-4 years). I
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by jameslk 1y ago
As someone who's done freelancing previously for years and also has run an agency previously for years, it really depends. I've certainly seen freelancers at double or triple these rates. If you already have clients, are well know

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