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by johndhi 4y ago
This is a really interesting thread to read as a lawyer who spends his days (recently) considering how existing laws apply to AI training and operation. I'll start by describing my understanding of the allegation, and then talk to some
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by johndhi 4y ago
Hmm. The meditation lineage I come from would suggest that identifying myself with external names is more counter productive than productive. Like most things I guess it depends how you do it and whether you get addicted to it.
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by johndhi 4y ago
What? Wolves have massively more powerful bites than dogs, right?
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by johndhi 4y ago
This seems very significant to me. Wolfram's biggest problem was always being too geeky and finnicky and pain-in-the-ass-y for most people to use. But ChatGPT is a perfect translator for it. This could be very cool.
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by johndhi 4y ago
this is very cool.
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by johndhi 4y ago
If he convinces the world that bitcoin is an alternative to the banking crisis -- whether by losing 1 million dollars or against all odds winning his bet -- his overall pile of money will grow over time.
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by johndhi 4y ago
Honestly I don't read much about banks. What's wrong with CS now, and why is everyone in this thread suggesting they're bad actors?
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by johndhi 4y ago
Just chiming in as a lawyer who works for a fairly big corporation. You're imagining a scenario where one set of clearly written and fairly interpreted rules applies to your core business. You're excluding scenarios where there ar
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by johndhi 4y ago
FWIW, I'm biologically NOT a night owl. Hate staying up late, am constantly bargaining with my wife to let me go to bed earlier, can't stand the idea of sleeping away the day.
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by johndhi 4y ago
It's kind of like Bitcoin: huge amount of money and reputation sitting out there to be claimed once your algo is good enough to publish a story in a major market. Similar to beating humans at chess. As a fiction author this does scare
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by johndhi 4y ago
there isn't a lot of "litigation fee insurance" that is affordable.
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by johndhi 4y ago
This is the impact of moving from the "growth company" to "profitable company" investment model. Twilio and other "high growth" saas companies for the last few years have competed solely on how much they could
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by johndhi 4y ago
This was an awesome article. It makes me feel better. I feel like I have generalized anxiety about nuclear waste existing out there, and this quelled it.
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by johndhi 4y ago
Congrats, if drives me crazy.
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by johndhi 4y ago
Sorry to see it. I am a little curious, though. I believe they raised something like 250 million a few years ago -- is there really not enough money to make due? It's a little weird to me sometimes when the infinite wealth holders act
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by johndhi 4y ago
In my experience it was less a lack of intelligence and more results-oriented thinking (they thought we were wrong so they found a way to argue it). If you have twenty versions of a thing and multiple deployments to fix and fine tune it, th
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by johndhi 4y ago
I haven't read the doc, but I worked on lawsuits (I'm a lawyer) that at their core were asserting that agile software development isn't as safe or bug proof as waterfall. Basically in the medical device (or adjacent) space th
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by johndhi 4y ago
I agree that, from the user perspective, I'd prefer if all of the software terms and EULAs I sign online were more favorable to me. But I think it's a major overstatement to say you'll save yourself a headache by not agreeing
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by johndhi 4y ago
What? Every click wrap agreement online is very one sided. You think you're saving yourself trouble by not using any online software?
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by johndhi 4y ago
Eh. I'm a lawyer and don't agree with a ton here. Work for hire of copyright and IP is standard. That's what it means to work for a company: you aren't working for yourself, you're working for them. You should look
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by johndhi 4y ago
Weirdly, one time in Paris we thought this was happening to us, but they place they stuck us was in a completely awesome location - heart of the Latin Quarter and clearly pricier than what we had paid for.
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by johndhi 4y ago
Sorry for the delay, got caught up with the kid and cooking. Of course! What's interesting to you about it, out of curiosity? I do still consider myself a follower of Osho. I technically haven't taken sannyas (this is the name of
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by johndhi 4y ago
My background is as a follower of Osho (the guru from Wild Wild Country). I have read some of the Buddhist texts (Dhammapada, Diamond Sutra), and I've spent some but not a ton of time with "Buddhist" teachers. My view of this
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by johndhi 4y ago
Confused, I don't see what's in common with all of the companies in your list. I work with Twilio a lot and kind of agree with your last sentence but what do you mean? Are these normal business practices?
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by johndhi 4y ago
Does the guidance only apply to user-authenticated web pages? the article suggests 'the website' is all PHI, which I personally find to be an insane interpretation of HIPAA. edit: I found the answer. it's pretty reasonable. b
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by johndhi 4y ago
my guess is that EU/GDPR will eventually force us to come up with something, pay attention to the area, and assert our global dominance. the way we're continuing to fight/hate China seems like the first entry point into some
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by johndhi 4y ago
To folks who are saying this isn't enough or that we need to put executives in jail: you are all thinking from a systems/framer perspective and not from how the law actually works. The law says it actually has to be violated for d
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by johndhi 4y ago
Disagree. Seems like a useful word and the article title conveys its meaning quite well. The multiple interpretations of 'crazy' are exactly what makes the title interesting. Crazy looney or crazy like a fox?
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by johndhi 4y ago
1. Has the definition of "struggling with one's mental health" broadened recently? 2. What outcomes result from said struggling?
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by johndhi 4y ago
This weirdly makes me sad. Having grown up with a dad working on microscopes and studying them in college, I have significantly above average ability to look through a lens. It's sad to think my son won't be able to feel the satis

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