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by sandspar 3y ago
> an professional editor Also, people may write poorly for many reasons besides bad thinking. Being in a rush, ESL, they're sleepy.
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by sandspar 3y ago
> You can't write if you haven't thought something through Forums users everywhere would disagree.
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by sandspar 3y ago
The thrill response may be preserved.
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by sandspar 3y ago
This seems more like an "I'm not a threat" signal for governments than a "you shouldn't learn the bad-bad words" nanny scolding to consumers. "Preventing misinformation" and "upholding democratic
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by sandspar 3y ago
Hi, thank you for bringing the rules to my attention. I had gotten a bit loose and angry there and I'm glad you slowed me down. I've read the rules and can see where I erred. I'll try to do better in the future!
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by sandspar 3y ago
Experienced, older people are notorious for downplaying and dismissing the implications of revolutionary new technologies. They may be right this time, or they may be wrong. But age and experience aren't as relevant when it comes to re
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by sandspar 3y ago
The problem is that AI has the potential to turn a professionalized industry into a self-help one. Like, if I can pay $30 a month to have an AI make me several new apps a day, why would I need an app store? It's like fast fashion for p
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by sandspar 3y ago
You're really passionate but you're strawmanning all over the place.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Hear hear! And why not? Fuck the consumer I say! The one thing we can all agree on is that human dignity must be paid for in cash. If normal people wanted to be treated with respect then they would be high earners like us.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Part of it is that Hollywood has gotten worse, but another part of it is that our other mindless entertainment options have gotten better. 30 years ago, if you didn't want to go to the movies, you had what, TV? Books? Now you have TikT
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by sandspar 3y ago
Even Nolan's worst movies are impressive. That's kind of his genius. He could make a flight to Cincinnati awe-inspiring.
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by sandspar 3y ago
There's many definitions of "better movie". Being easier to watch is conceivably one of them.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Feynman has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in the movie. During one of the successful tests, there's a brief shot of a cheerful guy playing the bongos.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It seems like our hot pace of trendy advances has let non-fiction writers flirt with writing in the science fiction genre. If you see some articles as hard science fiction with a "this is a true story" framing device then they mak
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by sandspar 3y ago
This situation is obviously complex and with many moving pieces. But I'm amazed at the lack of self awareness from every "what went wrong with journalism" piece that I see. A big part of why journalism is dying is that journa
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by sandspar 3y ago
I think the proper way to compare bike and car fatalities is to compare deaths per mile traveled or, as this article does in a charming way, deaths per hour. https://chessintheair.com/the-risk-of-dying-doing-what-we-lo...
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by sandspar 3y ago
ChatGPT is happy to describe people if it has the option to give a flattering description. Our current chatbots' basic relation to humanity is flattery.
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by sandspar 3y ago
I'd like a data privacy bot that has a kind of frequently erased, local sketchpad. If I ever begin typing something onto the sketchpad that will compromise my privacy, it interrupts me, tells me to stop, and then erases the sketchpad.
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by sandspar 3y ago
People seem to have taken very readily to anthropomorphizing computers in general and LLM's in particular. Anthropomorphizing seems like a feature of our brains. Hell we've even used religion to anthropomorphize rocks and things l
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by sandspar 3y ago
The ... typing thing is super cool. It also serves as a kind of "uhhh" thing to hold the air while you think of what to say next.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It would be nice if society could develop some kind of technique to use in these cases of "we live in different realities". It sucks to have to write a guy off just because he lives in a different filter bubble than you do, yet I
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by sandspar 3y ago
People seem to have an easier time forgiving crimes if they're highly abstracted. I'm not sure if this is apocryphal but apparently drone pilots are less likely than other soldiers to feel extreme guilt about killing people. Princ
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by sandspar 3y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if we get to this level of legal theatricality at some point. > In 897, the 9-month-old corpse of the late Pope Formosus stood trial by the reigning pontiff, Stephen VII. Stephen VII convicted Formosus, sente
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by sandspar 3y ago
I know what you mean. I had a flight recently and didn't look at the plane before I booked it. Then woke up that night, "Shit, is it a Max-8?" If it makes you feel any better, as with all commercial airplanes, even a Max-8 is
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by sandspar 3y ago
I'm sorry but kids are more important and valuable than the sex life itself.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Ugh. Why is it that political junkies try to involve everyone else in their game? Most people just want to have a normal life and not get wrapped up in your meta-game about politics. Even the portentousness of calling them "political a
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by sandspar 3y ago
Am I wrong or this is just a typical idle game like you'd find on your phone, except dressed up a little?
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by sandspar 3y ago
Academia is one of the very few places where you can do research of your choice. If your theory is like a bug in your brain then you have few other options.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Thanks for informing me. His public persona is "hammer guy" but perhaps that's more for the cameras.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Yeah, smart people are just as at risk of self deception as anyone else, and feeling yourself reason things through doesn't guarantee that you're not simply rationalizing.

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