whymauri

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by whymauri 6y ago
There will be no accurate data for this because traits are subjective. Unlike other subjective predictive modeling, like sentiment analysis, I cannot feasibly think of a use-case for this that is not deeply disturbing. I really don't w
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by whymauri 6y ago
My experience in ML and computer science is that it cannot be assumed. Consider companies like Palantir and their Gotham system. Consider the facial recognition systems deployed in Detroit, which fail 96% of thee time. It especially cannot
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by whymauri 6y ago
I can't speak for Timnit, but for me it would have sufficed to see Yann start with "I care about ethics and so should researchers and engineers." Instead it took so long to get there, so many "buts" and so many impl
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by whymauri 6y ago
Using appearance and superficial features to predict personality or aptitude is phrenology.
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by whymauri 6y ago
I'm in the group which was upset over the insinuation that ML Researchers should not care about fairness or ethics as much as ML Engineers. The distinction between researcher and engineer should not be grounds to care or not care about
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by whymauri 6y ago
Interesting. I guess I take the term "social media" a little too literally. This is not a hill I'm willing to die on, though. You're most likely correct.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Yes and no. Keep in mind that the algorithms that Facebook and Twitter use to increase engagement metrics might actually encourage conflict. As a result, the means of communication fundamentally change the framing of the resulting social in
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by whymauri 6y ago
Is this website not a form of social media..?
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by whymauri 6y ago
I mean, if there's an MSDS, verified structural information, etc, then anyone can know what it is.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Hasn't black nationalism been essentially dead since the Black Panther party collapsed? You talk about as if it were as immediately dangerous as white nationalism, but I'm not sure it is.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Unfortunately, a portion of the 2000s internet rationalist movement radicalized towards these views.
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by whymauri 6y ago
This is a bit of an open problem, to the point of being controversial. I'd hesitate to say anyone has a real answer even though we certainly have real experimental data. The philosophical takes range from: * You never enter the same ro
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by whymauri 6y ago
The statement is the most interesting part, in my opinion: https://xn--mp8hai.fm/statement >In a strange way, this sort of became an anti-statement against what we’d all seen on tech Twitter. We’re a diverse, ragtag grou
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by whymauri 6y ago
Or the Tom Cotton op-ed just two weeks ago. The highest hourly spike in NYT subscription cancellations, James Bennett resigning, employees in disarray, employees threatening to resign, and now we've mostly forgotten about the whole cas
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by whymauri 6y ago
We've already seen how these algorithms encourage conflict on Twitter and Facebook. The idea of those paradigms moving to my living community, and by proxy to my real, physical life, is scary.
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by whymauri 6y ago
You've just described a superset of what I'm talking about. These goals go hand-in-hand, and I'd say understanding the systemic reality is a necessity for dismantlement and/or reform.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Not sure if this in bad faith, but... What we should study is how these companies successfully laundered their reputations, such that we can hold modern corporations accountable for conspiring with genocidal or dictatorial state actors. Thi
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by whymauri 6y ago
I had to transit anyways, and I found it hard to work in transit. In hindsight, I had terrible sleeping habits, and eventually, it forced me to start taking naps wherever I could. A schedule materialized organically and became the norm when
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by whymauri 6y ago
I maintained a pseudo-polyphasic schedule for two years during high school. I think it went like this: 2:00 or 3:00 AM - 6:00 AM (three to four hours) 6:20 AM - 7:20 AM transit (one hour) At least three 10- to 20-minute naps throughout the
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by whymauri 6y ago
You're right; the inflation makes the limits extremely volatile and mostly useless.
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by whymauri 6y ago
(Unrelated, but I love, love, love your username.)
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by whymauri 6y ago
Don't forget that we're in a global pandemic that is severely limiting students' ability to take the test.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Is there anything more official than a tweet? Like an official statement?
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by whymauri 6y ago
I would say the only tangible evidence of a "genuine advance" towards AGI would be the growing amount of computational power available to us every year.
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by whymauri 6y ago
For more on this, William Rhoden wrote a book on the topic: "Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete" For those who may pass judgment based on the title and the inclusion of the word slav
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by whymauri 6y ago
> There has been next to ZERO progress towards genuine AGI I mean, really? In the most pessimistic evaluation of ML research, we still know which techniques and paradigms won't work for AGI. That's not zero progress. Nobod
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by whymauri 6y ago
OK, I think I'm getting this a bit more. I believe this is a healthy way to think about these topics. I just wasn't sure if you were encouraging people to participate in active listening or passive-aggressiveness. It's clear
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by whymauri 6y ago
I think this wins the prize for the largest strawman in this entire thread.
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by whymauri 6y ago
But do you actually acknowledge them? I think this is fine if you're taking it to heart and actually internalizing the discussion a bit. Otherwise, it's disingenuous. Edit: this is very basic EQ and active listening, not sure why
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by whymauri 6y ago
Isn't RuboCop a Robocop reference? Robocop is partially a critique of the militarization and depersonalization of authoritarian law enforcement.

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