obirunda

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by obirunda 2y ago
My original post was intended to clarify why I believe Libertarian ideology is distinct from and incompatible with Utilitarianism, particularly since in your response, you conflated the concept of the greater good as a core principle of Lib
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by obirunda 2y ago
You're conflating several schools of thought. Utilitarianism, which appears to be your basis for defining ethical behavior, underlies this reasoning behind compulsory government action. This line of thinking is often repeated in electi
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by obirunda 2y ago
Monopolies form easily? That's funny, you should try and start one, seems quite profitable. Seriously though, this is an oft repeated fallacy, and frankly irrelevant to the discussion. IP laws are the actual culprit in facilitating the
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by obirunda 2y ago
I'm less concerned with people's perception and strictly concerned with value. If we were to define value as the number of things that can be automated or severely improved by the technology or its future versions, there is a misa
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by obirunda 2y ago
Honestly I don't disagree, I just think that humans tend to anthropomorphize to such a high extent that there is a fair bit of hyperbole promoting LLMs as more than they are. It's my opinion that the big flaws LLMs currently prese
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by obirunda 2y ago
I don't think anyone in research actually believes this. Note that the whole idea behind claiming "scaling laws" will infinitely improve these models is a funding strategy rather than a research one. None of these folks think