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by zug_zug 7mo ago
For those of us outside of Britain (i.e. 98% of us?) the message here isn't "mission accomplished" -- it's "Yes it's possible"
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
Not saying these are bad, but I haven't seen any place where these seem to make much difference. I think the concept that you have a process for peer-review of architectural decisions open to anybody is important -- whether it's i
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
Yes it's a very small % of the population, but it's actually a significant percent of the earnings of these platforms. Just for illustration -- when I worked at Zynga they'd sell in-game purchases for over $10k USD for virt
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
Well I think a good way to differentiate things that are guilty-pleasures like a twinky and gambling is to take a survey of people and see what % say "I wish I had never ever gambled in the first place" vs "I wish I never had
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
It seems to me that interfering in a foreign election should be understood to be grounds for war.
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
I find your comment more interesting than the rest of the discussion. Specifically American culture does not permit enjoyment for the sake of it. Sometimes I feel that way too, but I'd love to hear more on your theory of this.
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
There some evidence that nicotine may be inadvertantly used as a self-medication for schizophrenia and/or adhd Cocaine is a party drug afaik, I'll give you that one. Hallucinogens have the ability change people's perspectives
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
> American media has really been shockingly pro weed/cannabis for the past 20 or so years Really? I think the opposite is true. Given 1/6 adults admit to using it, I think it's totally underrepresented in media -- in theor
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
> I'm directly quoting the portion of the abstract related to anxiety and depression, tell me how that's misrepresenting? No you aren't You said "The paper says there's no evidence of effectiveness in treatment,
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
I'm curious too, but here's a recap of the nonsense he's spewed thus far: - Expressed hesitation on whether the human should survive without being moved into computers [1] - That Greta Thunburg could be the antichrist and cau
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
>> both parties here are idiots with high opinions of themselves who actually believe in a pile nonsense, but which of the two has really caused more harm for humanity? That's not really a reasonable argument, because Thiel hasn&
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
It sounds to me like you didn't understand the paper at all, or are worse willfully misrepresenting. The paper says "insufficient data" for helpfulness for most positive categories (but leans more positive than negative just
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
>> This study is showing that THC, CBD, blends, or cannabis do not improve self-reported feelings over the long term. Just to clarify, the study is not saying that. The study is saying "there isn't conclusive evidence at thi
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
> The data being all over the place on benefits, but pretty clear on harms Uhhh... no? Did you even read it? This research actually found more benefits than harms. I see it only identified two harms both graded very low. Let's just
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
Edit: Okay, I've read the meta-study now and I think the summary article isn't representing the picture very well. In particular they found for anxiety there actually seems to be evidence in this exact data set that does help. Wha
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
Whatever, I'm just counting the time until I can drop windows entirely... right now I just need it for gaming, but I'm thinking maybe Valve's OS will be the replacement
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
Well it's my feeling that I could do most of those things if I was given infinite time, and for all intents and purposes an AI isn't limited to human time since it can be run in 1,000x parallelism 24/7. Like for writing a bes
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
I'm sorry what even is this? Giving $10k rewards for significant advancements toward "AGI"? What does "making a framework" even mean, it feels like a nothing post. When I think of what real AGI would be I think: - P
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by zug_zug 7mo ago
I learned: sell all my Nasdaq etfs prior to June.
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
I think the challenge of the PG essay (which to me is defined by an attempt to take the particulars of a cultural moment, romanticize the individual, and attempt generalize toward universal laws and principles) is that they are too idealist
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
> Humans evolved in an atmosphere containing roughly 280–300 ppm of CO₂. The average annual increase over the past decade has been about 2.6 ppm per year, with 2024 recording a 3.5 ppm rise. So currently we're at 428 with 3.5 increa
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
Great, well deepseek is free for most use and certainly won't be helping the US military any time soon. Since you aren't paying them you aren't really supporting anything bad they may do down the line.
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
I canceled before this, but I definitely can’t see myself renewing chatgpt because of this and so much other shadiness. I just don’t want them to succeed anymore, and I don’t think there’s really any world where they regain my trust. And to
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
All the more reason for us to get out an actual implementation of age verification that IS anonymous first, so that when a law is pushed for or passed, companies can adopt the anonymous implementation.
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
Hard to believe you’re downvoted in an organic way…
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
I find it hard to believe these people did 345 million in damage.
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
Is there a different AI company that IS taking that stance? Because as far as I know, Anthropic is taking the most moral stance of any AI company.
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
Yeah I mean edge of tomorrow is a great concept though and would have worked without him. Whereas a movie that’s got less going for it like MI 5 will seem bland once he’s commodified
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
I'm sure this has been written about but here's what happens long term - images are commoditized and lose their emotional appeal. Probably about half of us here remember photos before the cell phone era. They were rare, and specia
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by zug_zug 8mo ago
I do agree that bots are or will be an existential risk for every online forum. But I also think that an attempt to fix it that takes away anonymity is a cure that's worse than the disease. My best understanding is yes -- there are sig

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