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811.
by solveit 7y ago
> The average mainstream source is edited multiple times for clarity and correctness, passes through multiple sets of eyes, potentially seeks the opinion of subject matter experts, has the names of people involved which one could follow
812.
by solveit 7y ago
It would be great if the industry could agree on an actionable code of ethics first. But I don't think this would be easy.
813.
by solveit 7y ago
My experience is that they're interested in politics somewhat orthogonal to the mainstream discourse.
814.
by solveit 7y ago
Not the person you replied to, but I have. And given the venue, I'm guessing many others here have too. Also, Excel is unnecessary and perhaps even harmful; all you're doing is providing false precision because the uncertainty is
815.
by solveit 7y ago
Is this inherent to the way law works, or did practices develop this way to route around the messiness of simultaneous changes without git?
816.
by solveit 7y ago
If we're still around in a few hundred years, well, I'm sure we'll manage.
817.
by solveit 7y ago
>When I heard the news I decided to pay 8chan a visit You and a million others. You'll be fine.
818.
by solveit 7y ago
> Is it really surprising that controlling for vocabulary at age 4 makes it hard to find differences in vocabulary at age 15? This should be completely astonishing for a certain worldview that a great many people claim to hold.
819.
by solveit 7y ago
I agree. This is basically every pessimistic article on every subject by a non-expert and almost all of them should be ignored.
820.
by solveit 7y ago
> I wonder if they ever factor in societial factors like these. This is either egregious intellectual laziness or a passive-aggressive attack, neither of which I'd like to see on HN. In any case, the answer is that we do, and fissio
821.
by solveit 7y ago
Mm but I think you can save the analogy by switching birds to insects, which use very different aerodynamic principles because fluid dynamics depends greatly on scale. I think it's plausible that something similar could happen for AGI.
822.
by solveit 7y ago
Sure, but "My supervisor treats the bottom line as more important than anything else" is universally understood to mean that the supervisor is an asshole. If a supervisor treated the bottom line as more important than anything els
823.
by solveit 7y ago
Nah, if you actually cure aging, you could sell it at any cost to anyone. How will they afford it? They'll give you a loan and five hundred years to repay it.
824.
by solveit 7y ago
That sounds super interesting, can you share a link?
825.
by solveit 7y ago
That's one of the most depressing pictures I've ever seen.
826.
by solveit 7y ago
> There may also be the fear of releasing buggy code, which if/when discovered, will discredit the paper. I know you know this, but this is absolutely a feature.
827.
by solveit 7y ago
That kind of scheme fails spectacularly if people know it's happening. It's really really hard to make money by deliberately mispricing something.
828.
by solveit 7y ago
Yeah, after the US unilaterally pulled out of the deal.
829.
by solveit 7y ago
Many ML successes look exactly like that.
830.
by solveit 7y ago
I will say with full confidence that this technology most certainly will be abused, regardless of whether it is regulated, and that the most flagrant abuses will be committed by organizations that are practically above the law. No regulatio
831.
by solveit 7y ago
But my point would still stand even if I couldn't provide an example either. The burden of proving that a technology has no significant benefits should fall on the people trying to ban it.
832.
by solveit 7y ago
You could use it to find the lost kid in a crowded stadium. Or find lost people with dementia anywhere.
833.
by solveit 7y ago
> With this technology, while fun and gimmicky examples (like phone unlock, AR) come to mind for small scale uses, only dark and dangerous uses immediately come to mind which benefit the ruling class. That may say more about you than abo
834.
by solveit 7y ago
Does anyone believe that a ban would actually be effective? A talented teenager can already train a facial recognition model. In a few years, you'll be able to drop the "talented".
835.
by solveit 7y ago
Ah yes, the argument from personal lack of creativity. I cannot think of a legitimate use therefore there must be no downside to banning it.
836.
by solveit 7y ago
As much as I agree with the point you're making, there's nothing wrong with being a prostitute.
837.
by solveit 7y ago
Something can be harmful at the extremes while being beneficial on average. Actually, almost everything we do falls into this category. I don't find it at all obvious that video games have been a net harm to humanity even if we restric
838.
by solveit 7y ago
>My 6 y/o nephew will totally tune out the world if you let him play Angry Birds, ignoring his parents until someone physically removes the screen from his hands. That's harmful. > I hosted a field trip for pre-teen middle s
839.
by solveit 7y ago
Yes, but I should hope that neither country is about to put Trump or Johnson on a bank note! To me, being worthy of becoming a symbolic role model requires very different virtues than being someone I would vote for, and I say this as someon
840.
by solveit 7y ago
USDC is exactly not an investment, but otherwise you're not wrong.

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