jimkleiber

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by jimkleiber 7d ago
I wonder if in the age of AI it's a lot easier to resurrect old software that we miss. Not easy, but a lot easier?
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by jimkleiber 8d ago
I find myself often trapped (enticed?) by how fast and inexpensive it is to build software nowadays and also to learn new things. Today, was thinking about 1) what do I actually want to build AND maintain? and 2) what do I want to build and
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The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (1955)(pugwash.org)
2 points by jimkleiber 12d ago|1 comments
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by jimkleiber 12d ago
> Many warnings have been uttered by eminent men of science and by authorities in military strategy. None of them will say that the worst results are certain. What they do say, is that these results are possible, and no one can be sure t
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by jimkleiber 13d ago
They believe the tech is currently powerful and may become super super powerful very soon, and powerful tools can help us and can hurt us. Nuclear fission can provide so much energy to power our society and kill millions of beings. So, i t
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by jimkleiber 15d ago
Fair point, we don't televise their deaths especially in such a visceral and repeated way and therefore it can feel more distant. I still think if we showed people dying from covid in the more gruesome way, it may have changed our resp
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by jimkleiber 15d ago
I wonder if this is a root of the complaints across fields, how AI is ruining the greater picture and process in writing, acting, drawing, filming, coding, and more. That it makes life more ends and less means.
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by jimkleiber 15d ago
And the fear was visible and public. We watched planes hit our tallest buildings live on TV and the horrors that ensued. It was publicly visceral in a way that an invisible virus, which has had people struggling in relative privacy and obsc
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by jimkleiber 21d ago
I dont think it existed nearly at the same level, not even close. And honestly, even now, i still think it's a handful of actors doing a lot of it. Kinda like when women say that men harass them in the bars and a lot of men seem confus
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by jimkleiber 21d ago
Yup, if i claim everyone is corrupt, then i can be corrupt. Ironically, if im corrupt, i probably honestly assume everyone else is, or at least superficially assume that, because if i don't, i might think other people are good and i am
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by jimkleiber 1mo ago
I think it's what can happen when we shift more towards an exchange orientation and away from a communal orientation. Or in other words, as we see the world more win-lose and less win-win.
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by jimkleiber 1mo ago
I'm curious how similar/different this is to buying shelf space or aisle placement in physical stores.
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by jimkleiber 1mo ago
Spam + slop = ?
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by jimkleiber 1mo ago
I hope that people will study the emotional impacts of these drugs. I wonder if that may be the root of a lot of these changes we are seeing and might provide more clues into what might be possible with them.
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by jimkleiber 2mo ago
I appreciate this reflection. I'm not sure if we assume we need everyone participating in the labor market, that we need their active contribution. I think it might be more about "well, if they're not, they're lazy and w
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by jimkleiber 2mo ago
I wish more people would play the game Monopoly and realize how much it can suck to live in a world full of monopolies.
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by jimkleiber 2mo ago
lol, I actually sang it (or tried to) to open my college commencement speech :-) Brutal for one sober person, probably more fun for a group of non-sober people :-D
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by jimkleiber 2mo ago
I mean I think sometimes it reduces pain. But it can also increase pain? I've definitely stayed up later than I've wanted to, or got into a fight with someone because I paid more attention to the AI coding agent than them, or had
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by jimkleiber 2mo ago
It seems the author is instead arguing that we should say that AI is a destructive tool and we should not use it. I was hoping the article would not label it purely good or bad, but 1) highlight that AI is not just a tool but a very powerfu
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by jimkleiber 2mo ago
Are CEOs outsourcing too much of their thinking to their employees? I find I'm not thinking less per say, just thinking about different things. Maybe you could argue there are CEOs who get too far out of touch with the reality on the
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by jimkleiber 3mo ago
TBH, I wonder how much one-shotting posts are just lying about one-shotting it.
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by jimkleiber 3mo ago
It's rare that something posted on HN brings me to tears but I feel lucky when it does. Thank you for this.
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
How much of this is the dangers of the technology vs the dangers of saying no to the Trump administration?
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
But at least collectively pulling it :-)
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
Fair point, just looked it up and it seems to be illegal to do that. But in my experience, many probably still do it, or people don't trust that hospitals will follow the law...it may be more of that latter part, not knowing whether th
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
Fair point. I also think the same group you're talking about is probably not thinking about going back home with just government benefits to sustain them. They probably are more focused on working in countries with higher wages and bui
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
Why "correctly"? Who says that a country or a group of humans or even an individual human is beyond saving?
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
Yes, pouring money may not be a very efficient solution and graft can certainly happen. For me it's a combination of how much graft do we allow if we take the long perspective and see it shrinking over time (maybe we dont allow any, co
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
Perhaps. I think it's more about the passport ranking so one can travel and also the salary bump. But even if more of the other government services, try living in a country where if you get into a serious car accident you have to pay
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by jimkleiber 4mo ago
Like Waymo meets Zipcar?

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