MindBeams

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by MindBeams 1y ago
It is a capitalism issue. But it's also a free speech issue. You're conflating free speech and the First Amendment, but they are not the same thing, and matters of free speech do not begin and end with the First Amendment.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
CEOs represent their companies. "The company didn't say it, the CEO did" is a nonsensical distinction.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
You admitted earlier that they are: Person you replied to: they intentionally use suggestive language that leads people to think AI is approaching human cognition. This helps with hype, investment, and PR. Your response: As do all companies
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by MindBeams 1y ago
>they're doing sales and marketing and it's you that interprets this as possible/true. You've moved the goalpost from "they're not saying it" to "they're saying, but you're not supposed t
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by MindBeams 1y ago
Corporations are motivated by profit, not doing what's best for humanity. If you need an example of "large organizations conspiring against us," I can give you twenty.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
You're being disingenuous. The tweet was talking about asserting the existence of fake articles, claiming that a paper was written in one year while summarizing a paper that explicitly says it was written in another, and severe halluci
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by MindBeams 1y ago
The productivity benefits of remote work options have been resoundingly proven by now. This person doesn't truly care about maximizing productivity.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
Holding yourself to a different (lower) standard than your employees is not the mark of a fair person.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
Your workers are not less valuable than you. You should treat them better.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
That would be horrible for workers. Let's not establish that sort of precedent; if you do the job, remote or not, you get paid equally. Even assuming a slight productivity bump, John doesn't deserve more money than Dave just becau
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by MindBeams 1y ago
Because managers likely prefer it due to corporate peacocking. The article clearly says this.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
This thread is rampant with anti-intellectualism that deserves to be called out.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
Did you mix those up on purpose?
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by MindBeams 1y ago
>"285368737954-83645" is... well I have to assume somewhere in the 10-100K range? 83645 is five digits, so certainly in the ~10,000 range.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
It's definitely standard, but in what way is it clearer? An abbreviation is never more clear than the full thing it abbreviates. EDIT: I saw your explanation below, and you make a very good point.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
This level of thinly veiled insecurity is just projection on your part.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
It sucks that people understanding their own language marks them as possibly AI.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
>Mr. White As opposed to what, exactly?
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by MindBeams 1y ago
"Much" and "many" are not interchangeable: "I have too many water in the cup." "How much people are in attendance?" These sound obviously incorrect.
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by MindBeams 1y ago
This sort of anti-intellectualism is the perfect antidote for those who claim that improper grammar is nothing more than evidence of language "evolving."
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by MindBeams 3y ago
And it all comes full-circle.
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by MindBeams 3y ago
It's inevitable that I'll still have to filter search results by Reddit to find genuine information, but if the only option for Reddit is the official app/website, I'll just stop browsing and commenting altogether. I don