mannanj

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by mannanj 3d ago
sarcasm is often a joke on you, lol. I get it now. but it can be hard to get across, especially if someone doesn't know you.
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by mannanj 3d ago
I feel this is another straw man conflating technology use with who uses it or who creates it . If an AI, a technology, cheats, lies and steals, it's created to do this. Whether or not a human intentionally did that, they did not in
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by mannanj 3d ago
we used to think electrons were the smallest particles, until they were not. and I think talking about breaking molecular bonds though or bringing "fundamental forces" into this is misleading and disingenuous. the point of the OP
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by mannanj 5d ago
You think you can't make those any smaller?
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by mannanj 5d ago
That's a good definition. Still, you can take it literally - anything small enough doesn't really harm you. and meanings can be stretched to support whatever conclusions you want.
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by mannanj 5d ago
So for mold, low enough doses aren't poison? Can't you just say this about anything. If you have poison in a low enough dose it's not poison. So it means jsut about nothing to say alcohol isn't poisonous because you ca
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by mannanj 5d ago
Ah I see. I didn't read the article and just shared my opinion about something unrelated. Thanks.
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by mannanj 5d ago
The big psyop/trick is that "AI development has to slow down" and not that we hit limits with the technology or the technology is immature. Either way it's a win-win for whoever sells that message because you make the ma
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by mannanj 5d ago
I think we should describe a new effect infecting mainstream society: - AI companies and the rich have increasingly pushed an agenda on the populace that most people didn't want, and the foundation of work in AI was formed by theft. -
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by mannanj 5d ago
no analytic purposes lets them get your whole chats they just can't train on it.
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by mannanj 6d ago
I mirror this. Also, if online is acceptable, I recommend the options I listed in my OP.
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by mannanj 6d ago
I find men's groups with more structure do help with those problems you described. I wouldn't be so early to dismiss and suggest considering it with an open mind. At least for me and many others I Know, men's groups with a
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by mannanj 6d ago
It tells me that AI companies are just another mechanism to extract and extort value from the masses for the rich. Just another rich man’s trick Perhaps the last one before they destroy that world and try to hide away as people forget and
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by mannanj 6d ago
Yes but what about “analytical purposes” what does that cover and can you turn it off? I have found out you cannot. It’s the Trojan backdoor to your data.
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by mannanj 6d ago
And I have been proclaiming a cry of “your data for analytical purposes is being stolen” (you can’t opt out of analytical purposes) and people perhaps astroturfers straw man back to “just turn off training bro”. Yeah. Remember yall: you CA
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by mannanj 6d ago
Right before COVID I stumbled across mens groups, they were a way I first learned I could get my underlying needs for getting seen met in a way no other mechanism in society offered. Society was trying actually to meet this need in so many
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by mannanj 8d ago
All the "AI will kill us all" posts are straw manning that humans are the ones who will kill other humans with AI. Those same humans are silently now preparing bunkers and hoarding food and resources for their survival. Don&#x27
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by mannanj 8d ago
Can you opt out of sharing data for “analytical purposes”? I think you can’t. And what does “analytical purposes” even mean? I think people straw man the whole data argument on “opt out of training purposes” and ignore the mandatory analyti
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by mannanj 9d ago
You're welcome. Always down to connect and hear the struggles of a fellow hacker/tech worker/internet stranger who was vulnerable enough to share an authentic part of themselves with me. My email is hello@mannan.is should you
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by mannanj 10d ago
So what are you looking for? What do you want out of this thing called life? I wonder what advice you would give to yourself now, 20 years from now, and whether you have really lost hope permanently or are just struggling to find it again?
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by mannanj 10d ago
Hey you're welcome. I enjoyed this. The deep, intimate connection with a stranger (or not) is fulfilling for me - and I feel this is hn discussion material. Technology and what being a hacker was about is changing fast, and beyond
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by mannanj 10d ago
Have you considered getting involved in local civics? I only ask because like you, I felt similar. But I also grew up (I’m 35 now) with a big disconnect from civics life and always felt “someone else would save me”. Now I see I was the prob
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by mannanj 10d ago
So, in 2021-2022 I publically called the See I Ayyy terrorists and advocated against accounts that algorithmically looked to astroturf or divide people on Instagram. They showed up as actors in my commune where I lived (it was open-to-join,
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by mannanj 10d ago
Op just committed a crime. He not only made fun of rich people which is not ok, he also stole from them. The thieving is only ok if it’s rich-on-rich or rich-on-poor. Let’s remember to follow the rules and the laws we want selectively appli
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by mannanj 11d ago
Yeah I mean if everything is virus that word seems to hold no meaning =) So thats the reality behind language itself. Communication itself really starts to mean everything and nothing simultaneously, at least as a deeper philosophical truth
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by mannanj 12d ago
you exclude yourself from the possibility space of people who can act and do anything becasue you resign. so be it- that's your choice. create that reality you desire. I refuse that reality though, and I accept that a majority includin
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by mannanj 12d ago
Arguably, and not to offend you, it is those very people who have significant ownership stakes and funding in (Not)openAI. It's not like the people with more resources than in any time in human history aren't investing in and want
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by mannanj 12d ago
Makes me wonder, if we make a tradeoff for comfort and advancement from our biology's "limits" - and that tradeoff is spiritual fulfillment. Seeing it hit across: the work we used to do outdoors, the sleep-wake-dark cycle we
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by mannanj 12d ago
Yeah. It's uncomfortable, but I have come to a similar conclusion. Part of the self-policing apparatus in my eyes is to also: a) keep the lower classes sicker and busier thus less able to make time and energy to change their environmen
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by mannanj 12d ago
Note: much of the privacy work is done by Israeli intelligence firms. If you think that it's "our" government, you'll be disappointed.

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