Tyrubias

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by Tyrubias 2mo ago
I agree this engineer will probably lose the case because Apple has better lawyers, but I believe your underlying argument to be incorrect. If your manager asks you to violate company policy, then the correct response is to not violate comp
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by Tyrubias 2mo ago
Burying the lede on what? The individual in question was being targeted in part because he was exercising his First Amendment right to protest environmental destruction and the militarization of police. I think if anything this makes it mor
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by Tyrubias 2mo ago
Our biggest geopolitical rival is also the only thing standing in the way of a potential duopoly on LLMs using closed weight models. I would not say I’m a fan of the PRC by any means, but I also do not want to see closed weight models contr
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by Tyrubias 2mo ago
By that same argument, distilling a model to train your own is also transformative. We can’t have it both ways. Either both training on copyright and distillation are transformative, or both are illegal. Also, it is not a matter of settled
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by Tyrubias 2mo ago
I don’t think there’s any context that would make executing a father in front of his daughter and actively suppressing accountability any better. You might call it emotional blackmail, but many of us would consider it “pointing out basic hu
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
It is most definitely a defense if you use the same logic the US does. If the US can seize oil tankers going to and from Cuba and Venezuela and attack fishing boats in the name of national security, then Iran can definitely blockade the Str
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
My point is that Americans claim this, but it’s partially propaganda.
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
It’s unclear because we don’t yet know all the consequences of the shutdown of USAID. But, I think it’s perfectly reasonable for people to wonder if the closure of an agency that worked extensively in developing countries worldwide and migh
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
Tell that to the millions of people who suffer from long COVID that a warning about potentially deadly viruses is just a “old beaten biohazard scarecrow”. We don’t even know all the consequences of infection with COVID-19 yet, and that incl
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
I think it’s very arguable that the WHO tried to cover up the virus or aided China in masking its origins. The WHO relies on voluntary cooperation by its member states. China did try to downplay the outbreak and delayed sharing data with th
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
In a sane world, the US as a supposed bastion of free speech and personal liberties would enact legislation that requires companies to provide a specific, articulable reason for suspending accounts due to rules violations and offer everyone
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
People are able to do both. There are plenty of grassroots efforts across the country to end cities’ contracts with Flock. Unfortunately, just as many counties have been unresponsive about stopping data center construction, many cities have
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
At least in the US, many people have to drive because US metropolitan areas are car-centric and lack public transit. This, in turn, is a direct result of lobbying by powerful companies like oil producers and automobile manufacturers. As for
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
This is incorrect. There’s no evidence global CO2 levels and average temperatures have ever increased this fast outside of mass extinctions. On the other hand, there is plenty of evidence we’ve caused the current conditions. Studies of rati
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
This is a cold-hearted way to think about it. The countless people who will suffer are not the ones causing the problem. The problem is caused by the billionaires willing to sacrifice human life and the environment for profit. They actively
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by Tyrubias 4mo ago
The probabilistic nature of predicting how likely any given climate change event like the AMOC shutting down is creating a false sense of security and skepticism. Many climate change skeptics like to claim that Earth’s climate has been radi
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
I generally enjoy Patrick McKenzie’s writing. After quickly skimming this post, I don’t see anything objectionable from a journalistic standpoint. However, I firmly believe the federal indictment of the SPLC is motivated purely by political
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
What you term “a broader cultural movement of generalised hate” is just a reflection of people’s dissatisfaction and fear regarding the state of the world. They’re seeing wages stagnate and prices go up. They hear news about how well the st
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
I understand your points, but I think what scares people is that the solutions you propose are disregarded by our politicians. At least in the US, both politicians and the large donors funding them seem to be more and more allergic to anyt
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
This was evident everywhere except within the AI industry itself. The rhetoric from many of the industry’s top leaders has been “this technology will eliminate millions of jobs, fundamentally reshape countless other jobs, and automate the u
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
I’m no fan of Elon Musk, but even from a neutral perspective I’m bewildered by the merger between X, X.ai, and SpaceX and now this acquisition of Cursor. What’s the endgame? How does this help with the whole vision of “we all live in space
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
Tim Cook’s experience in logistics built Apple into the global hegemon it is today. I hope John Ternus’s experience with hardware can kick off a renaissance in both Apple hardware and software design. Mind you, Apple hardware is already ama
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by Tyrubias 5mo ago
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by Tyrubias 6mo ago
While I despise the sham commercial LLMs have made out of intellectual property, I think Delve is one step worse than that. The technology behind LLMs is innovative, even if the data used to train them have ethically and legally dubious ori
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by Tyrubias 6mo ago
Yes, but the problems have been driven by the relentless deregulation of critical industries and infrastructure primarily driven by a specific political bloc. In the next US election, we should vote for candidates that promise systemic chan
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by Tyrubias 6mo ago
I think it’s impossible to predict what will happen with this new trend of “large AI company acquires company making popular open source project”. The pessimist in me says that these products will either be enshittified over time, killed wh
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by Tyrubias 7mo ago
I don’t like to shill for companies, but I’m glad System76 made a statement. The addendum does feel like their legal team made them add it though: > Some of these laws impose requirements on System76 and Linux distributions in general. T
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by Tyrubias 7mo ago
Tainted? Because they refused to change a contract that was already signed to allow for surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous kill bots? I guarantee, if a sane and non-fascist administration ever takes power again Anthropic will be
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by Tyrubias 7mo ago
I think it’s a gross failing on the part of the state to intentionally _pass_ a bad/vague law and then ask for amendments. If you can’t write a good law, then don’t pass it. Corporations already do enough beta testing on people and the
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by Tyrubias 7mo ago
I understand where you’re coming from, but I respectfully disagree with some of the points you made: * It’s ambiguous how your proposed parental setup and control process would work for anything other than walled gardens like Apple’s ecosys

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