allears

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by allears 3d ago
How do you think that AI will create "abundance?" Are you thinking that it will somehow magically come up with solutions to climate change, war, corruption, the wealth gap, or any of the other ills that keep the majority of humani
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by allears 3d ago
Not hypocritical, just foolish. The US may "expect" it, but there are so many possible leaks that it's not technically possible.
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by allears 4d ago
A perfect illustration of the fallacy that we can invent dangerous advanced tech but keep it for our own use only.
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by allears 4d ago
If you can afford a robotaxi you can afford to get a room. This is just like the mile-high club, so you can say you did it.
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by allears 4d ago
If we're truly in an AI race with China, and if these companies are in competition with each other, I would be surprised if we could take these statements at face value. It's just another ploy, for whatever reason.
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by allears 9d ago
Nonsense. I can (and do) resist a lot of things. Society in general may well be screwed, but I'll at least hold onto a bit of self-respect.
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by allears 9d ago
If HN has turned into a contest for the most clicks, I guess I missed the memo
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by allears 10d ago
Dystopian and depressing, but I see his point -- I never thought Trump could be elected president either.
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by allears 11d ago
And this will pressure the Fed how? If the economy grinds to a halt, nobody's going to blame them.
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by allears 13d ago
Don't have to read the article -- of course police work gets easier with more surveillance. Police don't believe in privacy (except for themselves). There's always a balance between freedom and security, and Flock has way ove
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by allears 15d ago
Not only very expensive, but requires subscription for proprietary consumables. Definitely a niche product.
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by allears 17d ago
Less time than it thinks? We ran out of time a while ago, it's already well in progress.
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by allears 19d ago
Ask any blue-collar worker you know whether they want a data center in their neighborhood. This smells exactly like an astro-turfing operation.
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by allears 20d ago
Stripe is tiny compared to Paypal, and the dodgy Stripe CEO was trying to do some wildly creative financing and work the social media memes in an effort to pull this transaction off. Wall St. basically thought it was stupid and wouldn'
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by allears 21d ago
Yeah, just the title with the loaded buzzwords says it all.
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by allears 22d ago
That's a pretty big assumption. "Secular humanism," as far as I know, doesn't have prayers, rituals, or dogma -- it's basically "be nice to others." I think it's a term invented by Christians to lump
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by allears 23d ago
This is an attempt to sort complex, messy human behavior into neat categories. It's an interesting intellectual exercise, but the real world is more chaotic than that.
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by allears 24d ago
Nope. You're just trying to trick people using curiosity or FOMO or something. That's not salesmanship, that's a con.
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by allears 24d ago
Yeah, but until it matches kerosene in price and availability (how many coconuts per aeronautical mile?) it won't actually be an alternative
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by allears 25d ago
There's always a balance between modeling and real-world testing. Doesn't mean either one is exclusively the right approach.
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by allears 26d ago
The human mind has a strong need to fit every observation into a pattern. If we can't find a pattern, we invent one. Thus, religion, occultism, etc.
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by allears 26d ago
Not gonna argue with the headline, but his posts always seem to veer into conspiracy theories. I'll pay attention to this guy just as soon as he reveals his identity and credentials. Otherwise he's just another anonymous internet
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by allears 28d ago
That a machine is stronger and faster than a human isn't new or interesting. There are much harder challenges ahead for robots.
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by allears 29d ago
America "wants" a lot of things that it should have realized and invested in decades ago. Short-term thinking is America's specialty.
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by allears 1mo ago
Um, there were already "rules" but the cops ignored them. How will this be any different?
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by allears 1mo ago
Unfortunately I've got very good hearing. Every movie theater I go into is deafening.
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by allears 1mo ago
And well worth it. Too bad they defaced it.
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by allears 1mo ago
I downloaded it (and paid for it!) but it's fussy to use, and perhaps a bit buggy but it's hard to tell. There's apparently 2 zones that fire the shutter, and just one touch takes multiple photos. Also, there's a lot of
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by allears 1mo ago
Sex scenes are a form of pandering, but not the only one. Rare is the modern film that doesn't use some cheap mechanism to get audience response.
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by allears 1mo ago
Sounds like a particularly stupid use of AI, along with the implied claim that AI output is "art." Although I guess you could claim that the use of AI, together with the audience's reaction, is a form of conceptual art, as in

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