altcognito

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by altcognito 7d ago
> Is it that psychiatrists in general could maybe use this label, but you know this one is doing it wrong? Otherwise, who is allowed to use the term? I specifically take issue with the weak standard used. > Doesn't it kinda inspi
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by altcognito 7d ago
Also a luddite is not thought of as a danger to others. The label of psychosis implies otherwise. Luddite extends beyond AI Whataboutism is a plague. That said, calling folks luddites is an annoyance.
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by altcognito 7d ago
A bad business decision is not psychosis. Misjudging the value provided by a product is not psychosis.
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by altcognito 7d ago
As someone else point out, the term is stigmatizing, psychosis is a very strong term, and as I very much noted, already being misused and abused.
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by altcognito 7d ago
I did dig into that after I read it. Even more depressing honestly. He should know better than to throw around labels.
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by altcognito 7d ago
People really need an entire article to justify labeling someone as having a mental illness because in their opinion, the their coworker isn't contributing meaninfully, or potentially making things worse. FTA: > Prolific AI psych
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by altcognito 7d ago
Yeah, I was really impressed with the style of the project but got a little triggered by the extruded aluminum. "I don't want to pay a lot" -- proceeds to use engineered metals. And while it is convenient, it is softer and mo
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by altcognito 7d ago
Notes was legit. It was very featureful and cool but the amount of support and hardware required was quite high. A little ahead of its time.
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by altcognito 7d ago
Good or bad, nothing ages as poorly as economic or market predictions.
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by altcognito 8d ago
> Non-example 2: There are worries about AI-facilitated biological weapons. I haven’t seen any evidence that’s happening. I think this is a good example of poor risk management reasoning. there is evidence bioengineering is already happe
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by altcognito 8d ago
I swear to god, people would look at the successes of Xerox palo alto and just shrug and say - "yeah, but I mean, this is all marketing"
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by altcognito 8d ago
You would think that any sort of reading was immediate indoctrination with comments like these.
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by altcognito 9d ago
The only forecasted rainfall for local areas within a very short timeframe. This made it possible to utilize simple factors to predict the near future. It is built into Apple Weather after Apple purchased them.
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by altcognito 12d ago
If it is a torrent it is protected with hashes, but you have to get the hashes now
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by altcognito 12d ago
Companies are content to charge more in the short term to pay for the upgrades on the backs of the current subscribers as opposed to just charging the people for whom the extra load is desired. Then these big buyers go ahead and pay 50% of
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by altcognito 12d ago
It's cynical and critical of marketing? Many of us are cynical, and there's an argument that being cynical is lazy because most of its arguments are obvious because they are rooted in truth.
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by altcognito 12d ago
But it is almost logically correct. The most correct answer is probably just "Being a machine I'm only capable of the motivation that's given to me, in the absence of senses and input, I do not have a logical output."
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by altcognito 12d ago
> It's crazy how getting the best deals online is still a unsolved problem. Not actually. Good deals are usually compensatation or a symptom of market forces. Additional costs in the form of marketing, advertising or risk aversion (
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by altcognito 13d ago
they can lie all they want, gas is maybe the most politically sensitive number since it does have the "whole economy" effect and the effects are seen reasonably quick
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by altcognito 13d ago
The diesel/gas relationship is inverted between the countries, so it actually makes a lot of sense (though not perfectly as both countries use diesel for freight)
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by altcognito 13d ago
Well, we can rest assured that (completely unrestrained) AI hasn't completely taken over the internet because data centers remain really unpopular (unless of course there is some convoluted rationale they are aiming for some sort of ba
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by altcognito 13d ago
Would be nice if we had a better benchmark for creativity.
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by altcognito 13d ago
Funny since no, but I really did like it and for those reasons. Don’t see a lot of post first comment edits anymore, so I’ve got that going for me.
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by altcognito 13d ago
How do you define intuition?
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by altcognito 13d ago
We've underestimated how long it is going to take to validate and build into some of the most valuable areas, and probably overestimated how much new CRUD software is needed (or people are willing to pay for) I think there is still a
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by altcognito 13d ago
They get 66% with the old harness, which is a lot better, but obviously not 100%
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by altcognito 13d ago
I'm not sure how you call a model AGI without it learning new information at the model level and not introducing nasty surprises (both from adversarial users and unintentional badness) I guess there is fine tuning (and RAG) for those t
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by altcognito 13d ago
I love your game. It's wonderful and exactly the sort of thing that would showcase something interesting as opposed to just copying what's already out there. It is something I could share with my kids, and exactly the right note o
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by altcognito 13d ago
> “I think it’s gonna destroy my dreams as a tiny kid,” another said. The child is talking about themselves in the third person? That's a little weird.
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by altcognito 14d ago
It's a standin for "Prescription", but for more details check wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription (used to be Latin for "Recipe", aka, here's how to make this med

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