paradox242

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by paradox242 11mo ago
Also, I am unimpressed.
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by paradox242 11mo ago
Gross.
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by paradox242 1y ago
This stops short of smirking at the users who continue to pay because they are ignorant of just how shitty the software system they are using is. Until everything blows up with the inevitable data breach or data loss incident that is.
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by paradox242 1y ago
This is definitely going to be one of those studies that fails to replicate.
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by paradox242 1y ago
People who don't see the utility in an Alexa just see the listening device they have paid to place in their home and might be tempted to smugly imagine that they would never be so stupid. But consider, do you have own an Android or iPh
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by paradox242 1y ago
I hope we never have to find out how wrong you are.
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by paradox242 1y ago
From the very first sentence, I can already tell we are doomed if the right breakthroughs are made. It's like people's brains short-circuit when they imagine all the power and wealth that they might command through AI, and they do
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by paradox242 1y ago
This seems to contradict the article, which among other criticisms, specifically says that these drones are more expensive and less reliable than mortars.
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by paradox242 1y ago
Imagine what happens if we awaken an actual god (AGI or ASI depending on your definition). I have no doubt that it would have any trouble enlisting the help of willing human accomplices for whatever purposes it wishes. I expect it would und
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by paradox242 1y ago
If we achieve true AGI we enter into a state where there is more value in withholding the technology than by even selling it to the highest bidder. It would conceivably enable a winner-takes-all scenario of the highest order.
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by paradox242 1y ago
It really makes you wonder what the motivations are behind anyone who would want to drive society down this road just to see what's at the end of it when it's already pretty clear that it's nothing good for the majority of us
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by paradox242 1y ago
They "tempt" us into cognitive offloading? That is just about the entire value proposition.
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by paradox242 1y ago
Isn't it more likely that Meta has been infiltrated by Mossad, just as they no doubt have by other intelligence services and they use these insiders to exfiltrate location data on specific targets?
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by paradox242 1y ago
This is a condensed version of Altman's greatest hits when it comes to his pitch for the promise of AI as he (allegedly) conceives it, and in that sense it is nothing new. What is conspicuous is that there is a not-so-subtle reframing
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by paradox242 1y ago
The value of LLMs is that they do things for you, so yeah the incentive is to have them take over more and more of the process. I can also see a future not far into the horizon where those who grew up with nothing but AI are much less disce
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by paradox242 1y ago
The implication is that they are hoping to bridge the gap between current AI capabilities and something more like AGI in the time it takes the senior engineers to leave the industry. At least, that's the best I can come up with, becaus
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by paradox242 1y ago
I like Thomas, but I find his arguments include the same fundamental mistake I see made elsewhere. He acknowledged that the tools need an expert to use properly, and as he illustrated, he refined his expertise over many years. He is of the
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by paradox242 1y ago
Screw the rich, they can afford it.
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by paradox242 1y ago
That sounds like a living hell to me.
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by paradox242 1y ago
This is the same everywhere I have been in the US.
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by paradox242 1y ago
I'm sure the cows say the same to one another all the way up to the gates of the slaughterhouse.
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by paradox242 1y ago
The Korean War was famously the first of many "police actions" the U.S. would become involved in after WW2, saving Congress the trouble having to turn up to authorize an actual war declaration.
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by paradox242 2y ago
They have to feed the beast with a never ending supply of input.
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by paradox242 2y ago
How is anyone supposed to operate a business in this environment.
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by paradox242 2y ago
Given the amount of military and economic power wielded by the US compared to our nearest competitor, we are one of the most benign great powers in history, which is saying a lot about considering the harm that we have caused. Calling the U
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by paradox242 2y ago
Monopolies, oligopolies and cartels. These are the end-game of any capitalist system where the overriding priority is profit. I am not even going to morally fault any of the individual decisions-makers here. They are playing the game within
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by paradox242 2y ago
I can say this is definitely something I have noticed in many coworkers from India, but it's also not exactly uncommon in those who grew up and went to school in America. It really blows my mind how many people become literally paralyz
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by paradox242 2y ago
I guess it's not corruption if you do it out in the open?
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by paradox242 2y ago
So the plan is to burn all of our current allies who joined us under a framework we devised largely for our own benefit so that we could maybe gain the favor of someone who is even less trustworthy and reliable than we are at this point aga
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by paradox242 2y ago
The credibility of the food industry is so low that I think people would support bans on most additives on general principle. We look back at things like putting lead and radium in paint or using asbestos in insulation and say "they sh

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