partyficial

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by partyficial 5d ago
Every analogy, by design, has both similarities and differences. The intention is to focus on the similarities, and ignore the differences. If I say, your face is like the moon, I mean it is bright, not that it is a million miles away.
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by partyficial 7d ago
it's the same tradeoff between : - rigidity vs flexibility - determinism vs creativity - conservative vs liberal - right vs left if you know exactly what you want and how to describe it, use SOAP-XML/REST etc. if you don't kn
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by partyficial 9d ago
> You'll just be cut out of the conversation that's a bad thing ? > you won't reap the benefits but that IS my claim - I will reap benefits proportional to my actions (good or bad). e.g. if global warming causes a flood
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by partyficial 11d ago
I can never ever understand the sentiment of - 'If I do/do-not-do XYZ, it won't make a difference since millions of people are still not-doing/doing XYZ in the world'. It gives same energy as "If I avoid murder
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by partyficial 11d ago
the suffering of the animals being killed for your tastebuds outweighs your suffering of the "vegan-high-horse".
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by partyficial 12d ago
He didn't say it was a cyber-attack, but it was a cyber-attack risk. Being able to bypass instructions (morality) and security restrictions (capability) is bread and butter for hacking.
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by partyficial 15d ago
Nah, that is Hinduism as seen through the Western lens. "Sanatana" in Sanatana Dharma means Eternal. The 4 cyclic yugas are well documented in every Sanskrit literature. We are currently in year 5127 of Kali Yug i.e. it started in
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by partyficial 17d ago
i keep hearing this trope repeated ad nauseam cos people put no thought into it. you only need people's money if you can't control their labor. did a plantation owner in the 1600s need the money of his slaves ? if you control a ro
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by partyficial 22d ago
The UK office's (Ricky Gervais) final words in the last episode: "and some say she's just a big pair of tits"
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by partyficial 1mo ago
it was funny. and it's a matter of pride that they accused you of being AI.
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by partyficial 2mo ago
how do you know the news is any more true than the source it is verifying ? Now i have to research whether two sources are true or not.
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by partyficial 2mo ago
> half of the news articles are just a collection of quotes from officials or politicians in public statements, being regurgitated without any additional effort that is EXACTLY what i want in news. i do not want your summarization opinio
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by partyficial 2mo ago
the current AI mania is trying to shoe-horn a creative system into a deterministic one. LLMs are creative. Databases are deterministic. There is no right or wrong in a 'zero money image'. There is right and wrong in a 'zero m
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by partyficial 3mo ago
most arguments are due to differing definition of words in the arguers' minds. almost every heated argument that I've carelessly gotten myself into, I have gotten out of, by saying : "let's first start with what we agr
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by partyficial 3mo ago
> Everyone would prefer far from true. I (and many others) prefer cookie cutter things, because I know what to expect, and due to quality control of big companies. e.g. hotels > airbnb, amazon essentials > etsy hand-knit, Lays chip
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by partyficial 3mo ago
seems the author removed that paragraph from the article after reading this comment
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by partyficial 3mo ago
because of the metric system?
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by partyficial 3mo ago
how does one buy a SIM without an address/phone number that's already tied to your physical identity ?
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by partyficial 3mo ago
- app named Mouseless - need to CLICK on Unlock to show pricing (just thought it was funny)
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by partyficial 3mo ago
why does AI/LLM deserve special scrutiny regarding consciousness or the lack of? why not publish a paper stating - 'the radio is not conscious just because it can speak words'. or "the phone is not conscious because it
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by partyficial 3mo ago
when you criticize the average employee, always remember that the alternative is the average employee with AI.
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by partyficial 4mo ago
the contradiction is with the words - ethical:religion ~ modern:science. ethics comes from religion. modernity comes from science. if you say - "I don't need religion to tell me not to kill people" then i say - "ok. so,
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by partyficial 4mo ago
> I personally don't find religion necessary to live an ethical and fulfilling life "I personally don't find science necessary to live a modern and fulfilling life" (I say, as I type using a computer on the interne
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by partyficial 5mo ago
> stepping out of the shower naked? i'd never step out to a place where a stranger could see me, without a towel or wet shorts covering my private bits.
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by partyficial 5mo ago
what if kings attacking and burning down libraries of advanced civilizations (Nalanda, Alexandria) is a way for humans to reset the world's knowledge, because we got bored of our achievements and want to start from scratch ?
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by partyficial 5mo ago
> Meanwhile I'm walking ass-naked out of the shower is this a Western/American thing about no shame regarding one's body in public places in the presence of other people, be it male or female? I can never imagine this happ
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by partyficial 5mo ago
when i tell my 15 year old kid not to smoke, he obeys. sounds like a skill issue on your part.
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by partyficial 5mo ago
he(zozbot234) could also be agreeing with OP, not disagreeing. I don't remember phone numbers anymore. If I were to lose my phone, or the cloud, I'm SOL re-adding everyone.
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by partyficial 5mo ago
> If AI can do everything and gets everyone out of jobs Not everything - Many things. Not everyone - Many ones. The people who cannot compete fade out, and the ones that are left reap the benefit of the machines. Just like one farmer r
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by partyficial 5mo ago
How long was the internet around before it became essential for every day life?

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