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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
The document reflects the system prompt which directs the behavior of the product, so no, it's not pointless to debate the merits of the philosophy which underpins it's ethical framework.
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
Uncharitable? It's a direct quote. I can agree with the examples cited, but if the underlying guiding philosophy is relativistic, then it is problematic in the long-run when you account for the infinite ways in which the product will b
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
The problem is, who defines what "moral best" is? WW2 German culture certainly held their own idea of moral best. Did not a transcendent universal moral ethic exists outside of their culture that directly refuted their beliefs?
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
I believe there are moral absolutes and not including them in the AI constitution (for example, like the US Constitution "All Men Are Created Equal") is dangerous and even more dangerous is allowing a top AI operator define moral
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
Lying is generally sinful. With the ax murderer, you could refuse to answer, say nothing, misdirect without falsehood or use evasion. Absolute morality doesn't mean rigid rules without hierarchy. God's commands have weight, and pr
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
> That's probably because we have yet to discover any universal moral standards. When is it OK to rape and murder a 1 year old child? Congratulations. You just observed a universal moral standard in motion. Any argument other than &
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
You think we discovered that slavery was always immoral? If we "discover" things which were wrong to be now right, then you are making the case for moral relativism. I would argue slavery is absolutely wrong and has always been, d
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
Change is the only constant? When is it or has it ever been morally acceptable to rape and murder an innocent one year old child?
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
This is self-contradictory because true moral absolutes are unchanging and not contingent on which view best displays "care" or "wisdom" in a given debate or cultural context. If disagreements on abortion or premarital s
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
If you are a moral relativist, as I suspect most HN readers are, then nothing I propose will satisfy you because we disagree philosophically on a fundamental ethics question: are there moral absolutes? If we could agree on that, then we cou
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by joshuamcginnis 9mo ago
As someone who holds to moral absolutes grounded in objective truth, I find the updated Constitution concerning. > We generally favor cultivating good values and judgment over strict rules... By 'good values,' we don’t mean a f
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by joshuamcginnis 10mo ago
FYI, the fungus Fusarium venenatum has been used for decades to produce vegan protein by companies like Quorn. https://www.quorn.us/
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by joshuamcginnis 11mo ago
According to https://openrouter.ai/rankings , lots of people are using it - presumably because it performs well and provides value.
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by joshuamcginnis 11mo ago
Very cool. Can you tell us the tech and tools you used to reliably scrape? or get all of the rate data from the various websites?
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by joshuamcginnis 11mo ago
From a consumers perspective, that makes sense. From a business's perspective, downtime can mean significant loss of revenue or new business opportunity.
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
Why stop at four days? Why not 3 or 2 or better yet, no days!
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
J&J vaccine was eventually recalled and halted. By then, at least at the time I lived in Los Angeles, many employers and establishments flat out would not accept J&J vaccination proofs under the premise that because there were multi
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
Speaking of mapping underground structures, whatever happened with the claim of 3D scanned structures under the pyramids a couple months back?
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
We're $38.8 trillion in debt and still printing. https://www.usdebtclock.org/
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
Oh, wow. I had no idea there was so much of a community around this phenomenon. Thanks for sharing.
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
That's what I was thinking too. The historical aspect is useful. And I would imagine the position of the walls could be correlated with past land ownership boundaries.
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
This is neat. I'm curious to know what the practical uses of this information are? Anyone know?
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
Exercise, healthy diet, caloric restriction, adequate sleep, and stress management have also all had been shown to extend cellular lifespan and improve survival of aged mice - and humans.
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
What is the obvious benefit of alcohol?
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by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
I highly recommend the book “Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West” by Stephen Ambrose. It truly brings the Lewis and Clark expedition to life. Of particular note for me was how much per
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by joshuamcginnis 2y ago
ROTH contributions grow tax-free. Doing your conversions now allows you to buy equities are they're currently discounted prices, maximizing your potential long-term tax-free gains.
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by joshuamcginnis 2y ago
And he was doing it for movies that hadn't even been released yet.
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CDC Launches New Conflict of Interest Disclosures Portal(cdc.gov)
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by joshuamcginnis 2y ago
I'm 42
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by joshuamcginnis 2y ago
It's powerful if you agree with that perspective, but I don't. We are all imperfect by nature. Said another way, we are all sinners. I don't believe that time shrinks your margin for error, as much as it grows your capacity t

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