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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Technology is much more ideologically laden than science (at least ideally). Science on its own does not have a purpose other than the acquisition of knowledge. Once you choose what to do with it, and especially once you use it to make a co
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Nah, as long as you're good a sport about it, it's all good. In fact, it's refreshing to have someone make a mistake like that so confidently, and then own up to it immediately.
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
I don't think you understood the paper, to be honest.
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
You're conflating science and technology AND making a pretty bold predictive statement about the future of humanity that sounds extremely naive, to me at least. Also, I find the kind of language you're using really grating. The at
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Those are all technologies.
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
If you're so secure in your intelligence relative to your peers, why are you responding to me? Personally, if I had to choose between a world of people with "low IQ" who are self-aware and one of people with "high IQ&quo
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
I would say there are two explanations for group 2. The first is that you aren't as smart as you think you are, because if you actually understood the people around you in any real way, you would instantly find them less frustrating. B
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
It fascinates me how popular science is just a salve for people's fears and anxieties. Science does not provide the kinds of answers people want, so popular science steps in to make unfalsifiable claims about human immortality or wheth
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Uhh, citations for all of these claims please.
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
We’re tired and bored. We're tired and bored. We're tired and bored. We're tired and bored.[0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBngZh8H2FU
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Consciousness is a term that doesn't have a single clear definition because it covers a range of phenomena that are linked by the concept of subjectivity. Qualia is the big one to me, but there are many other ancillary concepts that ar
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Misanthropy is not true definitionally. It is a value judgment, that causes one to be biased against other humans even when it is irrational. And it is accurate to depict this kind of argument is misanthropic, because it is already directed
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
I think Turing was wrong because he was uncomfortable with ambiguity, and the Turing Test basically is a way to avoid philosophical argument, but it is ultimately a philosophical argument anyway. Plenty of computer scientists have followed
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
It's possible Kant was right about space-time (while also being wrong about space-time). It seems that space and time might be the fundamental laws on top of which the entire human perceptual apparatus operates. It's why somebody
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
That is a grotesque misuse of the phrase "a priori." What you mean is, "It's obvious to me." Ok, good for you.
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
But the people who can easily afford the insurance in Florida can afford the new tax as well. And as an added bonus, they don't have to live in Florida! But in all seriousness, they all already own homes in Florida.
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
Just to say the obvious, but gaining muscles gave you confidence. People aren't laughing at your jokes more because you're swole. I mean, I'm sure there is some of that. But with any virtuous cycle, it's never just one t
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
I've been calling it the "AI argument from misanthropy" but that's way more succinct. Thanks. What really drives me crazy is how laden it is with negative emotions, and then people pretend it's just a rational asses
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by throw4847285 4mo ago
I don't think you've ever met anybody who worked for a non-profit in your life.
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
I actually originally wrote "technologists" but thought that the word sounded kind of odd. Now I realize it better captures what I was trying to convey.
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
Look who is more Catholic than the Pope.
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
I would replace the word scientists with engineers in that quote. People often conflate the two, but in my experience, scientists tend to be more cautious and there are built in checks and balances in the process (however flawed). Engineers
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
Ok, but try the same argument with sedentary societies. Those seem "superior" despite all the negative side effects, right? But here comes one of a number of steppe nomad tribes to show up and decimate their "superior" n
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
It's so funny when technological progress guys encounter YIMBYs. They can't even perceive that somebody would have a criticism of the impact of a technology on one's lived environment. "But, history is one big game of Ci
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
I've noticed that AI has caused this narrative to become more popular. "Nothing is original anyway, so why bother?" That's pure cope and you know it. A deep insecurity masked as bold truthtelling.
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
We talk a lot about the risks of AI in schools, but those same risks apply in any learning environment. I recently started a new job and I find that AI is making it so much harder for me to onboard. I am adjusting to my role much slower tha
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
Help, the whigs are loose on HackerNews again! Quick, grab even a rudimentary understanding of human history. It's their one weakness.
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
I survived two rounds of layoffs at a company. Each time there was a message from the CEO, and a drawn out process of learning who had kept their job and who hadn't. It was supposed to be more humane but it ended up making things much
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
Ok, what do you believe?
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by throw4847285 5mo ago
I thought the Jews were creating pornography to keep gentile men down. Now they're also preventing access to pornography? Don't tell me they're responsible for Bolshevism and Capitalism!?! Damn, they don't call it the so

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