notanastronaut

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by notanastronaut 2mo ago
The same entrepreneurs who use public infrastructure, right? Like transportation, utilities and physical systems, internet and telecommunications, the legal system, limited liability, money and banking, capital markets, an educated workforc
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by notanastronaut 2mo ago
Or by having more money/power than the legislating body of the area you live in. I could gesticulate around broadly in a more frantic fashion, but my point should get across.
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by notanastronaut 2mo ago
The ratio of billionaires to regular people is about 1 billionaire for every 2.67 million people. I wouldn't trust leaving my wallet around in certain areas and I certainly wouldn't leave my intellectual property around certain pe
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by notanastronaut 2mo ago
I'm curious, does that balance the harm out?
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by notanastronaut 4mo ago
I actually prefer if whatever comes next does not include #5. I'd rather Project Gemini stay the way it is versus every website trying to browse my local storage, troll my localhost sockets, and use any scripting, to be honest. For me,
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by notanastronaut 4mo ago
Some could say with how quick one is to judge everyone against the lowest common denominator, that such decision making skills is itself, lazy.
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by notanastronaut 5mo ago
The language of this discussion is interesting. For those arguing for red button pushing, the dominant register is intelligence and rationality. Terms such as "dumb", "idiots", "unintelligent", "naive&quot
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by notanastronaut 7mo ago
>>However, with the recent chat based AI models, this agreement has been turned around. It is now easier to get a written message than to read it. Reading it now takes more effort. If a person is not going to take the time to express
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by notanastronaut 7mo ago
This. Anthropic didn't really have a choice, at that point, short of killing its company and closing its doors ahead of time. "Pentagon officials said the Defense Department is planning to keep using Anthropic's tools, regard
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by notanastronaut 7mo ago
There is a sentiment around tools and a particular business sells perfectly fine, cheap, one use tools, for those jobs that you'll only need to do once, maybe twice. But if you want a good quality tool, you spend money on it and buy it
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
>> it seems you've fallen into the "Russia is our enemy" propaganda trap. Well, we did have an entire decades long war about it. That we magically assume ended November 9, 1989 but doesn't look like it really ever
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
>> We should be asking how in the fuck there are so many children with unsupervised access to devices that this is a real problem. I mean, I had unfettered access in the 90s. And look at how well I turned out? Wait, don't answer
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
Oh the irony in this comment. A lot of QAnon nonsense is actually credible, now. It's just not pointing as many fingers at the people it lead people to believe.
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
You're not alone in this line of thinking. While "AI" has its perils, it strikes a nerve on people who previously felt comfortable in their jobs. Worrying about AI is a privileged position, while poorer people cannot afford t
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
How many people have lived or had a loved one saved due to automobiles? We have the benefit of hindsight but we're also making judgment calls looking back on fuzzy recollections, forgetting just how the past used to be before an innova
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
Don't forget, the camera also destroyed art and put artists out of a job. Then digital cameras ruined it for the film industry. And on, and on.
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
I found that unpredictability to be interesting. I'm doing super simple projects with these models and a year, or even six months ago, it would give me a block of code and as soon as you ran it, it would fail. And you'd have to pa
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
Much like the epidemic we're going through of "everything is fake", every comment that even has a whiff of these tells will automatically be dismissed at "AI". I've find myself doing it, a time or two.
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
We're in an era of Disaster Capitalism. Some of the richest people have realized they've nearly extracted all the money they can gain on the current trajectory of nations and came to the conclusion they can make even more money if
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
It's got to be hard to find the right balance, what works for most users, and somehow include those who have workflows that involve using a rapid temperature rise as a way to signal a control. <xkcd1172>
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
Maybe https://news.ycombinator.com/active helps filter out the new article spam? It's where I start, anymore.
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
There's a reason prohibition failed miserably. Humanity has a drinking problem in the age of fresh water availability.
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
I think something a lot of people miss out on is that we're not all the same. We all have different internal thought models, whether it is a biological difference (ADHD brain?), educational differences, and overall abilities. And it se
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
>The internet by comparison feels like a clear net positive to me, even with all the bad it enables. When I think of the internet, I think of malware, porn, social media manipulating people, flame wars, "influencers", and more.
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by notanastronaut 8mo ago
I'm in the same boat. There's a lot of things I don't know and using these models help give direction and narrow focus towards solutions I didn't know about previously. I augment my knowledge, not replace. Some people le
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by notanastronaut 9mo ago
"Abundance of books makes men less studious" - 15th-century Venetian editor, Hieronimo Squarciafico
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by notanastronaut 9mo ago
I'm a big fan of annual contracts versus the whole wedding model. As your next anniversary approaches you review your contract and decide to re-up with the same terms, make changes, or dissolve the marriage.
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by notanastronaut 10mo ago
Not to dog pile, just to affirm what jacquesm is saying. Remember, what you do consciously is what you end up doing unconsciously when you're distracted. Here is a hypothetical: A loved one is being hauled away in an ambulance and it i
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by notanastronaut 11mo ago
One of the benefits of being immersed in model usage is being able to spot it in the wild from a mile away. People really hate when you catch them doing it and call them out for it.
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by notanastronaut 11mo ago
I have no brand loyalty, hero worship, religion, sports or team in particular, and my hobbies are my own. I have no problem sharing my opinions, but I didn't do stickers, posters, band shirts, or anything like that growing up and still

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