vouaobrasil

7 ms·

91.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
> I'm a fan of solving aging and disease, making the genetic code customizable, and commoditizing space flight to the point we can all just consciously uncouple in space and go our separate ways. Hey, when you put it like that, it s
92.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I think there is an alternative course. Work to make smaller communities that aren't so dependent on technology and innovation. A lot of diseases are caused by technology, at least ones like depression and stress-related things. I bet
93.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
It's not the fact that it's safe or that all diseases are solved - heck, I'd love that. But, it's the necessary infrastructure that goes with it: the only reason that it would be safe would be high-tech surveillance and
94.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
When I was in school, one of my professors told me something like "the age of the small research project is over. Now it's becoming a lot more like industry where the large-scale research plan is king". Using AI and large-sca
95.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
This is exactly why big tech companies love AI. It's not because it will take every job - it probably won't. It's not because it will achieve AGI. It probably won't. It's because it threatens security with more subt
96.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
You're right, except that I'd also modify your statement slightly by saying that we're not really implementing anything - and it's just an emergent property of large systems of people interacting.
97.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
It's likely those statistics would have been improved even without the invention of the smartphone.
98.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I hate smartphones. The problem is they become integrated into life and it's hard to live without one, even if you want to. Banks often require them. Taxis are harder to find because of Uber in many places. They're costly too, and
99.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I think it's because we don't really want to understand the world. I think it's because we mentally create microcosms that we more or less understand, at least from a practical perspective, and then try and fit the world with
100.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
Even if AI fiction could ever get to the level of outstanding and gripping, I'd have no interest in reading it. I get it that a lot of people (especially here) like the idea of cool things to consume regardless of its source but I like
101.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I've spent a lot of time in academia and the fact is, people will cheat if they can. That's why you have to implement proctoring and oral exams to prevent cheating. Because if cheating is a strategy that gets you a job and money,
102.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
The problem is, human beings on average will only go through the work if they are FORCED to go through the work due to a lack of existence of an easy way. Plenty of people who argue for AI don't seem to understand that the difficulty i
103.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
It's human nature to use a probabilistic strategy of cheating until one cheat works. We will never eradicate that, and the careful person that checks the output of AI will always be a minority.
104.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
Quite disappointing. The whole fun in the photograph is to make your own assessment and connections in editing. But this program again demonstrates that we've ceased to care about artistic expression and only care about end-product pse
105.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
> but why resort to these PR stunts and statements Obvious hyperbole is one of the best way to distract from more subtle malicious behaviour. If idiot Altman says stuff like this every day, then no one will pay attention when AI slowly r
106.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I posit that one cannot decouple understanding from a healthy social environment in which to practise math. And AI destroys that.
107.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
Yes. But AI is at the apex of that. Your argument is like saying "he already eats hamburgers, deep fried food, soft drinks, chips, and is already overweight, so there's no harm in smoking as well!"
108.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
What I was referring to were the elite benefitting from AI the most. Even if their house burns up, they likely have enough money to just buy a new (maybe cheaper) one somewhere else and retire. Obviously, not everyone in California is like
109.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
It's not 5 minutes into this story, I think. It's been going on for a long time, but really started to become a "conscious entity" with computers - and I do think computers were a mistake.
110.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
> This is the crux of everything you've written and I strongly disagree. The purpose of knowledge is the sheer power it brings, and if there's factory scale churning out of it, I'll gladly take it. Actually, this is the fu
111.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
This is the template any field should have in the face of AI: screw AI, forget it. If you're using it, it's a disrespect to the field. Let's continue without it. I think that's the only sane approach.
112.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
The fact is, open source was a solution to a different problem: closed source. Open source is not a panacea that will solve everything.
113.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
As a (sort of former) mathematician myself, I can say two things. First, one of the most exciting parts of mathematics is to see what other people can do with it and the results they obtain, and learning from them (and sharing with them in
114.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
Well, that's what AI does. It makes everything about the final product and nothing about the enjoyment of the process. Now a lot of people here will say "you can still read the AI results and enjoy math on your own time", but
115.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
Keep in mind that if a large mass of people experience a boost in activity and energy to explore new topics, those at the top will simultaneously want to use up all that energy by making us work harder as well. The end result only seems lik
116.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
> At my day job, I use AI to fix config, container, and installation issues so I can spend my time coding instead of struggling to fix mostly other people's mistakes. And really, in this age of python wheels, containers, virtual env
117.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
Again, people don't just do things in isolation for enjoyment. What humans do is special, and the end result is not the only thing that matters. You don't understand that because you're an aberration.
118.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
True, what I'm saying is that if we can create jobs that also provide enjoyment, we shouldn't be so quick to destroy them for the sake of greater efficiency because that provides social benefits beyond immediate financial ones. Of
119.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I disagree. We should adopt caution - so that the burden of proof is on those doing the inventing.
120.
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
The two cannot be separated.

More ›