slfnflctd

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by slfnflctd 5d ago
You are making several very strong, unqualified, absolute statements which are really only your opinions. You are also apparently unaware of the large body of top level philosophical writing on this subject going back several generations w
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by slfnflctd 6d ago
One of the important overlooked aspects of this is how maltreatment of something that appears to be human-like in many ways by an actual human affects the person doing it. I know this did not end up being applicable in the video game worl
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by slfnflctd 6d ago
I can't in good conscience upvote short form jokes on HN, but that got a laugh out of me.
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by slfnflctd 7d ago
This could potentially be an important part of price discovery, though. The market is constantly seeking that balance point between 'chasing whales' and 'making it up on volume'.
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by slfnflctd 8d ago
I guarantee you armies of lawyers have been doing exactly what you describe for years now with existing laws, and it's only increasing. For new legislation, you may have a point in certain situations, but even the most clueless Congres
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by slfnflctd 8d ago
I respect your opinion, and I was with you all the way until your last sentence. "Eradicated" is a pretty strong word. It's also completely unfeasible. Wrong incentives can maybe be adjusted for. Shutting down the pursuit
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by slfnflctd 11d ago
My current opinion is that trying to 'maxx' in this area (as has been done with other benchmarks) would actually bring enough other use cases with it as a side effect that it would be worthwhile.
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by slfnflctd 11d ago
It's a huge milestone for robotic capabilities more generally. This particular problem has been discussed a ton in robotics communities. It requires a gentle-but-firm grip and extreme dexterity across a wide range of shapes, sizes, w
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by slfnflctd 13d ago
I remember reading a long account by the father of a psychopath. If I recall correctly, the kid had at least one other sibling who turned out normal, there was no abuse, quality education, lots of love and affirmation. And the kid still t
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by slfnflctd 13d ago
Some of them did seem to be rather fascinated by goblins for a bit, if that counts. [And in case you're not aware, no this is not a joke.]
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by slfnflctd 16d ago
The main problem I see with this argument is that I'm not sure how we get to a "cheaper uber" with fully autonomous vehicles. A large percentage of rideshare drivers use the cheapest allowable vehicles and make minimum wage o
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by slfnflctd 17d ago
Our culture and the socioeconomic structures it reinforces will not change easily. More than ever, I feel we need both grassroots activism and key players at the top of the hierarchy. Otherwise, it is all too obvious where most of the rewa
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by slfnflctd 17d ago
> obviously ambiguous nonsense This is where I land as well. In fact, once I read the prompt, I did a Ctrl+F for "nonsense". I don't see anything at all interesting about this experiment. The human one is slightly more i
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by slfnflctd 17d ago
Indeed. This headline had me feel like I was taking crazy pills. As far as I can tell, this is in no way, shape or form a "New Idea". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt_(first_generati...
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by slfnflctd 19d ago
> a concept which simply cannot make sense if alignment is both to mean an AI which we control and an AI which will not harm us You make a very interesting argument here. However, there are different ways of interpreting 'control&#x
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by slfnflctd 20d ago
The cooking robots I have seen are massively complex and can only make one dish. I agree this is a ways off. I saw a cocktail-making robot that was pretty impressive, but it was the size of a room and broke down frequently.
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by slfnflctd 21d ago
Quick addendum, do not take that as me saying multi-agent swarms of simpler bots are not a threat. They very well could be.
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by slfnflctd 21d ago
It astonishes me that everyone doesn't already realize this. We've already seen that the rule of law is dead and that many people in government will do whatever they think they can get away with, and then proceed to do so without
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by slfnflctd 21d ago
It's a bit orthogonal. User grey-area's main point was that the humans at OpenAI should bear more responsibility for this, not that swarms of semi-intelligent agents are the big danger to be concerned about.
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by slfnflctd 24d ago
This is the right take to me. I can't say with absolute certainty, but it feels strongly like the eugenics aspects were there more for shock value... perhaps overestimating the public's capacity to recognize the farce. And so muc
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by slfnflctd 26d ago
I recently switched to Zen with Ublock Origin and it does seem like some sites are slower than before. It's got me suspicious that site owners are increasingly throttling users with adblockers. YouTube absolutely does. Zen is my favo
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by slfnflctd 27d ago
Thank you, that's the sort of response I was hoping for, actually analyzing the efficiency of the thing. Waste heat is something I think we can get a lot more juice out of in the future.
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by slfnflctd 27d ago
Since I haven't seen anyone bring up the viability of this method yet, here are a few additional bits of info I dug up: > the total mass of the completed apparatus is around 400 kg with 20 kg of alcohol in the refrigeration cycle &g
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by slfnflctd 27d ago
"We have every location associated with you in the crosshairs of tamper proof missiles and surrounded by infantry with heavy vehicles. Do what we say or we will destroy you and everything you care about." And that's just the
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by slfnflctd 28d ago
> It is just a matter of time. The state, as we know it, will collapse or will be greatly reduced Doubt. The networking between people in power at the top will, in my opinion, most likely assure that they remain in power, because at the
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by slfnflctd 28d ago
> Writing commands is inherently the most accessible form of controlling computers Not if you don't know enough of the commands and have to research every one you need, and it's for a problem you likely won't encounter aga
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by slfnflctd 29d ago
No one knows the future, but my (half serious) prediction is that governments will step in, public access to high end models will have an 'IQ governor' and/or throttling applied, the most advanced models will be put behind cl
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by slfnflctd 1mo ago
Wow, that is really close to what I had in mind, and helpful info. Cool! Literally! Appreciate you sharing it. As I feared, though, with a price tag of $10k USD, you're halfway to buying a solid used car (preferably hybrid) with a
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by slfnflctd 1mo ago
My response to this for a while (and what I think is one of the few rational responses) has been that it doesn't matter at this point whether consciousness, sentience, sapience or whatever you want to call it is 'actually there&#x
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by slfnflctd 1mo ago
It did occur to me that a small, efficient portable icemaker would be an okay runner-up solution. I think being able to cool the air in a small space would be more comfortable overall, though, and wouldn't involve getting wet.

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