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by sandspar 1y ago
Aren't nearly all online reviews fake? Why do we need a website to tell us that.
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Note that the internet technology writer quoted in the wiki, Timothy B. Lee, is not Tim Berners-Lee. I assume Timothy B. Lee has gotten used to disappointing people. "Today, our speaker is Timothy B. Lee!!!" Audience: "You me
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by sandspar 1y ago
I suppose you could do a mirror article: "The millions of people who gained access to a graphic designer, audiobook narrator, copywriter, and illustrator - for $30 a month."
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If the idea has staying power, then derision tends to be followed by hatred or anger. We're already seeing quite a bit of hatred and anger toward AI. I think even the people who are ridiculing AI currently would agree with the statemen
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Sometimes it must be quite fun to be a bug.
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Huh? "Conformist" is the most common type of person on Earth and conformists prefer hanging out with conformists. Social clubs are entirely a conformist phenomena, almost by definition. All those Elk clubs and bowling clubs and so
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by sandspar 1y ago
This comment inadvertently reveals why clubs like this can't exist: there's always someone counting races and genders in photos. High functioning male social clubs generally have implicit rules, like "straight-acting gay guys
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>You could do [task] with [thing] if you [completely changed thing]. I suppose you could!
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Would some of those activities be more fun it you had a friend with you? Say a friend who has your best interests at heart, an IQ of 160, and a great sense of humor.
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Ive has stated that he's skeptical of wearables. Altman said something like, "This product will be the third thing you place on your desk, after your phone and laptop."
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Passively record video and audio for 18 hours in a row while your hands are busy with other things.
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by sandspar 1y ago
Slightly unrelated, but Eleven Labs (the AI voices company) has obtained the rights to Laurence Olivier's voice. How long until I can video chat with Laurence Olivier and ask him about which tasks my agents have completed today?
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by sandspar 1y ago
This makes sense. Recently I learned that there's a collectors market for marbles. Like, people will pay thousands of dollars for a glass marble. Who knew? An article talked at length about the difficulties involved in making a really
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by sandspar 1y ago
Hmm good question! I think AI chatbots are pretty awesome right now. There's no ads, they're still dumb enough that you can steer them, they're still mostly used by smart people so they haven't been ablated to appeal to
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Level design can still be an engaging hobby. In fact there's never been a better time to be a hobbyist level designer. Never before have amateurs had access to so much tools, education, and resources.
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Interesting perspective. What media would you say is in its golden age today?
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It's as you'd expect. >Through his images parade Putin, Netanyahu, Milei and Meloni, although the great protagonist is Donald Trump, of course It offers nothing new.
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by sandspar 1y ago
Note that this reasonable comment about HackerNews groupthink has been downvoted to grey.
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by sandspar 1y ago
There's a group of news readers who dislike CEO's and dislike AI. Many of these people have also heard of Duolingo. "CEO of [company you've heard of] makes an AI mistake" is a surefire way to get clicks.
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If road conditions become intense, then passengers will notice, and stop talking to let the driver focus. People on the other end of a speaker phone can't see the road, so will continue blabbing. (Or even try to regain the driver'
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by sandspar 1y ago
That's pretty typical of unethical people. Folk psychology knows it as DARVO (an acronym for "deny, attack, reverse victim & offender"). It's common among abusers and cheaters and other people like that. https:&#x2F
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by sandspar 1y ago
If you're right that there's nothing to worry about, then yes Anthropic is acting a bit cringe. And if you're wrong?
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by sandspar 1y ago
People are pointing out that it's survivorship bias, which is true. But you also have to admit that the game development meta has changed. Microtransactions, gambling, FOMO... it seems like games have gotten more psychological. Like, g
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Interesting how the author says that people tend to react bitterly when he says stuff like this. And sure enough, the HackerNews comments are mostly people reacting bitterly.
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Does this mean that Google Earth may get 3D models for more world cities? As of today they only have 3D for a limited number of cities, mostly from wealthy countries. Also, would Microsoft Flight Simulator also get more accurate 3D cities?
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by sandspar 1y ago
It's hard for outsiders and novices to fathom what an assembly line feels like. Elite performers are often cranking things out at a scale that normal people wouldn't believe.
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Interesting how the ringleader appears to be significantly older than the other participants. This is a common pattern. As I recall, the poet Ginsberg was older than his hippy hangers-on. And I've read of that "older leader"
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It feels like a situation where alumni are holding their breath. It reminds me of that moment in basketball games where the ball bounces around the rim - will it go in or will it bounce out? If I'm on the sidelines of that game, then I
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OpenAI's 5 levels of AI intelligence Level 1: Chatbots: AI systems capable of engaging in conversations, understanding natural language, and responding in a human-like manner. Level 2: Reasoners: AI systems that can solve problems at a
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These people are the most experienced, yes, but by the same token they also have the most incentive to disbelieve that an AI will take their job.

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