verisimi

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by verisimi 9mo ago
> The true cost of beef. There's also the animal's death.
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by verisimi 9mo ago
Or the banks of rivers or in the sea? We seem to find very old artifacts there!
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Interview with Yafah Edelman about AI welfare(thingofthings.substack.com)
1 points by verisimi 9mo ago|0 comments
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by verisimi 9mo ago
Reframing the meaning of words, in a way that your product's usages becomes the metric - eg so "economy" = "Claude" - makes this some sort of 'Claude promo pack'.
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Will Google Become Our AI-Powered Central Planner?(thebignewsletter.com)
2 points by verisimi 9mo ago|0 comments
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by verisimi 9mo ago
> Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. When is it just in its application?
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by verisimi 9mo ago
Political!
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by verisimi 9mo ago
> most have rose tinted glasses of better economic times from the past, and want to recreate the past instead of learning from it and using it to make the future better for future residents and businesses So the voters are wrong? You
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by verisimi 9mo ago
I don't believe in a 'loneliness epidemic'. Where is it? What do these words mean to individuals? I do think there is a 'false expectation' ie delusion. Ie, after years of forced hyper-socialisation (school, work
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by verisimi 9mo ago
> I would be immensely skeptical that field work is ever going away. There may be aspects of truth in this around cost of travel, risk, seniority. Why be sceptical? The model will answer consistently, inconvenient truths won't get
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by verisimi 9mo ago
They have been talking about climate change for years (ozone layer - get rid of your old fridge). And the media really does highlight weather events in other countries. I think the idea is one corporations can get behind - change, like wa
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by verisimi 9mo ago
I can't believe we're still waiting for an open source car! The open source washing machine and printer still aren't here either... :(
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by verisimi 9mo ago
Cheers
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by verisimi 10mo ago
It doesn't bode well for the quality of the source, if it can't even spell a country's name right!
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by verisimi 10mo ago
It's as if this can be known in advance. And that the most acceptable reason/justification is provided (terrorists, child abuse prevention) knowing the likely result at the end of the cascade (security cameras, restrictions, de
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by verisimi 10mo ago
Yes, nowhere has a 'democracy', this is a sales or branding term. What we have is 'representative democracy' where people choose someone to represent them. So, hundreds, thousands or even millions choose one person to re
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> You're either outright refusing or unable to see the point I've been making about the breeds: The traits are physically programmed in, whether individual or familial, not "already inside" the individual's soul.
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> Dog breeds are specifically bred(programmed) to exhibit certain character traits, for example. And yet all dogs have their own unique characters, no? They are not the same individual, right? > You brought up "know thyself&quot
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> There is nothing that is "already inside". Have you seen babies, or puppies? You would easily be able to confirm for yourself that creatures are born with distinct personalities. Its not just chemistry or nurture. > &quo
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> I believe that distrust in others is a flaw in human psychology. It sounds like you've never met a narcissist or psychopath. I hope you never do. I think your tempered approach is fine, but still doesn't work for some types
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by verisimi 10mo ago
It makes sense. But, imagine the case where I do not think serving the social structure is good. And I make what sound like cynical jokes about serving the social structure. For those that believe in serving the social structure, that cyn
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> It cannot be “good” for a social structure by definition. Is 'good for the social structure' the metric to use for defining good? Should we be serving the social structure to be 'good'?
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by verisimi 10mo ago
Here's a question for you. Imagine a child who was well looked after (fed and loved) but didn't go to school for 12+ years. Now imagine the same person who from the age of 5-6 followed the usual path of 12+ years of schooling.
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by verisimi 10mo ago
Yes, set its own goals. Here's an example - say you wanted to track your spending, you might create a spreadsheet to do so. The spreadsheet won't write itself. If you want, you could perhaps task an ai to monitor and track spen
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by verisimi 10mo ago
A computer doesn't determine the why, it is programmed to do so. It doesn't determine meaning or value from whatever-it-is.
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> there might be a general belief that the median human is not intelligent This is to deconstruct the question. I don't think it's even wrong - a lot of people are doing things, making decisions, living life perfectly normally,
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by verisimi 10mo ago
Is this dystopian enough yet?
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by verisimi 10mo ago
I agree completely. Parasites with money like to keep open the legal loopholes for their clever wheeze.
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by verisimi 10mo ago
Yes, but do they have the one that goes like: to-to-to dotodoo? Hmmm? Do they?
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by verisimi 10mo ago
> Australia’s native flora and fauna regenerates and even thrives after burns; in fact, some seeds will only germinate after a fire. Indeed. As is the case in most places where there are wildfires. I suppose using the word "devast

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