jaybrendansmith

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by jaybrendansmith 3d ago
An excellent interview. Perhaps scripture can save us yet.
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by jaybrendansmith 3d ago
If we want to solve the alignment problem with AI, I think we need to first solve the alignment problem with Humans.
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by jaybrendansmith 3d ago
100% agree. All of these stories seem off the mark...with the increased ability to create agentic hacking swarms, mass surveillance, killer AI drones, virus engineering, etc. it seems to me that we should all be most concerned with humans,
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by jaybrendansmith 4d ago
when AI can call someone and sound like someone they know, we are completely screwed.
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by jaybrendansmith 11d ago
We are all in this together. As goes the US, so does the rest of the world. You can pretend otherwise, but wait until he takes Greenland, then Canada, and then god knows what else. He's going to bring it all down around us if we don&#x
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by jaybrendansmith 11d ago
My absolute regret is that I used to look up to Marc and Ben, in the sense that I felt we were on the same team, trying to build cool new technology. That was a long time ago. It appears now that they've completely lost their way, or t
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by jaybrendansmith 11d ago
This is why I love Hacker News. Come for the AI system outage root cause, get a treatise on the power of the spacing guild in Dune.
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by jaybrendansmith 11d ago
The Democratic party needs to call the Netherlands and Europe and say "Give us please until November to fix this. If we fail to do that, trust your instincts!"
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by jaybrendansmith 11d ago
A breakdown of modern American society lies on our failure to maintain old fashioned ideals such as honor, integrity, bravery. These ideals used to matter more than money, and were based on the idea that we would be measured by the supreme
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
And that is flat ignorance of all the other context of destruction of data going on right now. Ignoring that research data is being maintained by private citizens to protect it doesn't support your point. Censorship of government websi
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
It's called the survivorship bias. But you can go ahead and ask all the dead liberals in Chile if you want confirmation of that.
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
This "Strait of Hormuz War" is the "Suez Crisis of 1956" for the US Empire. You know, the one that ended the British Empire.
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
Yes, it definitely is censorship, because scientists employed by the government may not report findings, existing government information is being erased, and the public cannot access it. So studies about racial concerns are cancelled, progr
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
This is the only explanation that makes sense to me. It must be endlessly amusing to Putin that he has been successful in achieving a true 'Manchurian Candidate', and is now sitting back and eating popcorn as he watches the comple
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
Yes. The definition of 'luck' stated in the article is just ... wrong. Luck as random, sure, but you become more 'lucky' by knowing more people but mostly being open to new opportunities, ideas, friendships. So yes, it
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
This is terrible, horrible stuff. This is exactly what so many have feared; a database held by an unaccountable central government group that can identify your address based on your social media and cell phone traffic. Your local police don
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
Stop voting for Republicans. That's a good start.
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by jaybrendansmith 1mo ago
Yes, there are challenges. But a 'Rendezvous with Rama' approach, combined with humans in cryosleep? There's no scientific barrier with this kind of approach. Yes, it won't happen soon, nor will it take a reasonable amou
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by jaybrendansmith 2mo ago
Fair point when it comes to training a PhD, but the creation of the actual report is no measure of that. The oral presentation is, along with speaking opportunities and conferences perhaps. Perhaps there are other, more contemporary approac
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by jaybrendansmith 2mo ago
But it was always about the questions. Physics is difficult because you must formulate the right question to ask, and often once you do, the answer is revealed. Science, I think, it about creating many questions, then many hypotheses and di
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by jaybrendansmith 2mo ago
Perhaps it takes a Nazi to make a good rocket?
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by jaybrendansmith 2mo ago
A knowledge graph of the D&D module should solve this.
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by jaybrendansmith 3mo ago
I am waiting to reserve my place in Elysium. "Get your ticket to that wheel in space while there's time ... The fix is in ... You'll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky"
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by jaybrendansmith 3mo ago
When do we get to the part where we all collectively wake up and realize they are the enemy of the American People? You know, the part with the guillotines?
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by jaybrendansmith 4mo ago
I am not defending the Catholic Church! I am defending a single publication...if a stopped clock is accurate twice a day, I celebrate that moment.
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by jaybrendansmith 4mo ago
Don't worry, everybody. This will take some time to have an effect. In the meantime, the people who actually make this country great will consign these criminals to the dustbin of history. It happened in 1890, you will see it happen so
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by jaybrendansmith 4mo ago
Have you actually read it? It is not a boring take. It's actually the best thing I've read on moral philosophy in quite some time. I suggest you take the time to read it.
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by jaybrendansmith 4mo ago
Why downvote this? The Holy See has an opinion on Artificial Intelligence? This is a fascinating document, and everybody should read it, and form their own opinions. The world currently seems to lack moral leadership, and who better to lead
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by jaybrendansmith 4mo ago
hahahahahahahahahahaha
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by jaybrendansmith 4mo ago
It's shocking, actually. Horrifying, and again I say: They do all of the things one would expect them to do if their stated goal was the absolute destruction of the United States of America. They are traitors, no more, no less.

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