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by moshun 15d ago
Part of the problem is that some investor somewhere making profits is considered the only real marker for success. It’s an insane perspective that devalues all other (arguably more important) aspects of a work’s success.
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by moshun 1mo ago
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."— Stephen Jay Gould
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by moshun 1mo ago
Considering the rate of model development and rail hopping, seems like baking models into silicon is speed-running obsolescence.
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by moshun 2mo ago
The kind of people who don’t want to become police officers because they’re worried about being held accountable for their actions? Those are exactly the kind of people who should never be allowed become police officers. If we were really i
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by moshun 2mo ago
While I understand the upside, the reality of why it’s being pursued in the United States is that this is intended to drive academia into an advanced version of a trade school.
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by moshun 2mo ago
My only question is why you didn’t believe police could/would do this in the first place? My default perspective is that this is exactly what law-enforcement and other government officials would use this technology to do, especially if
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by moshun 2mo ago
What makes you think they’d restrict this to logged in accounts? Not so long ago, Meta got caught building “ghost” social media profiles for people who didn’t have accounts on their platforms. They essentially constructed a “missing puzzle
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by moshun 4mo ago
Easy solve! Have Scout hammer the page every two minutes and send you an email, text and Amber Alert when it’s back up! Welcome to Hell ™
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by moshun 4mo ago
Not the person you asked, but my nephews and mentees (all under 18), very plainly see it as the destruction of their own future careers (regardless of field), assimilation of everything meaningful humans have ever created into a copy machin
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by moshun 5mo ago
They’re probably concerned about political blowback once civilian centers and infrastructure starts getting leveled.
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by moshun 6mo ago
Unwavering allegiance to the current head of state seems to be the only technical qualification required for one party in the US. Being thoroughly mentally unfit or profoundly incapable of functioning in the role you’re being paid for seems
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by moshun 7mo ago
I think you’re dramatically overestimating how many sane adults would want to mod a top 100 Subreddit for free. It’s a job that generally only attracts the very dedicated, the very bored and/or those who’ve figured out how to monetize
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by moshun 8mo ago
Gen AI is not known for diversity of thought.
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by moshun 8mo ago
I don’t know if you’re joking, but that’s pretty clearly exactly what they’re going to do. Take a look at the new terms of service. They released this morning, this whole app has just been weaponized against political and dissidents.
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by moshun 9mo ago
Agree with a lot that you’re saying here but with a rather large asterisk (*). I think that ecosystems like YT are useless to the wider web and collective tech stack unless those innovations become open (which Alphabet has a vested interest
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by moshun 9mo ago
Given the rapidly diminishing quality of discourse on the open internet the last decade or so, I understand. I recently restricted comments on my blog or 15 years to existing subscribers only. It took me a while to accept that after removin
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by moshun 1y ago
A few years ago I gave a keynote speech at Amazon’s annual design conference called Post Truth Design. This was a year before ChatGPT launched and generative AI blew up. And I was talking about exactly this kind of situation where hyperreal
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by moshun 1y ago
A couple of American politicians were executed in their homes a few months ago and one of the two presidential candidates was nearly JFKd in front of hundreds of cameras last year. A few years ago, a mob stormed the capital and erected a ga
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by moshun 1y ago
Technology does not exist separately from society and culture, and in the last few decades has arguably made a lot of the world and society worse. I’m all for using the biggest lever I have to address harmful behaviors from corporations. Wi
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by moshun 1y ago
DOGE has responded by saying those are rookie numbers.
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by moshun 1y ago
This is Elon Musk‘s MO: announce a feature that would be groundbreaking for the industry well before you have any real understanding of whether it can be built in the first place. A lot of old classmates are at SpaceX now and have told many
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by moshun 1y ago
While the foundational principle holds true, Facebook has proven that anonymity is not a required component of this equation.
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by moshun 1y ago
A quick glance at the front row of the inauguration seems to imply they are in fact a monolith. Not to mention how many corporations immediately bent the knee for this administration before even being asked.
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by moshun 1y ago
They won’t, on both counts.
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by moshun 1y ago
Hot | Not Hot Dog
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by moshun 1y ago
But then you’re required to archive the discussions for the public to access. That’s much worse for these people than foreign agents (and journalists apparently) listening in and taking notes.
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by moshun 1y ago
This has got to be one of the most compromised administrations in US history and we’re not even outta the 2nd month. I can only imagine the memes and high fives going around in intelligence agencies around the world this week.
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by moshun 1y ago
Couldn’t be massive cost-cutting efforts in corporations preparing for a future with a skeleton crew of humans maintaining an ocean of thinking machines, could it? Add in an impending recession (or depression if you like), and you’ve got a
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by moshun 1y ago
At this point it wouldn’t surprise me if they were using free Android phones they won in a raffle set up by foreign intelligence agents
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by moshun 2y ago
I’m not sure if what you’re proposing as a libel thesis actually is. Keep in mind the Heritage Foundation wrote the literal playbook (Project 2025) that the Trump admin is clearly following. In P2025 they clearly call out the intent to dism

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