scott-smith_us

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by scott-smith_us 2y ago
Why say "ripped" when you can say "removed" and avoid bias in the subject/headline?
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I think these should be installed in cars in such a way that they can be removed by owners. And then make removing it a crime. In the foreign invasion (or US govt goes full fascist) case, people can remove these devices. Meanwhile many if n
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
> remotely controlling our freedom of movement, is a new dystopian level of government control. *Freedom of movement* doesn't require that you are able to drive your own car. It's not *new* either. Get pulled over for a DUI, an
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
"Freedom of travel" means the government can't tell you you're not allowed to move to (or visit) another location. It absolutely does not mean that they can't tell you you're not allowed to drive. Driving is, a
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Where I live, at least, if you're in public, there's no expectation of privacy. There's no valid legal objection to someone taking photos or videos. Some exceptions: - Commercial use of (recognizable) photos of people in publ
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Yeah, I had the same reaction. Looking at the different 'tools', it just seems like a bunch of random drawing demos that get shipped with some drawing library. I didn't spend a lot of time playing with it, but I didn't s
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I joined Audible a few years back and although most narrators are OK, I noticed very quickly how a bad narrator could ruin an audio book. I started paying attention to who the narrator was, and Ray Porter immediately stood out as one of the
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Online coding tests (I refuse to do them now, though I'll happily provide samples of my source code): - You never know how it's going to be judged (style, efficiency, error handling, abstraction, thread-safety, type-safety, commen
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
"I am truly ecstatic about the unparalleled opportunity to become a part of the Hardee's family, a prospect that aligns seamlessly with my life's passion and professional aspirations. From the moment I first savored the delec
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Isn't that ILLEGAL pretty much everywhere?
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I interviewed at a very small company in Santa Monica in the late 80s, and they also had all of their applicants submit a handwriting sample for analysis. They claimed that it was a very reliable indication of something-or-other. I went ahe
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Is there significantly more to this than just tokenizing a document's words and then ZIP-ing the stream of tokens?
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
AI (potentially) makes everyone more powerful. It will provide amazing benefits, but it will also amplify and empower bad actors. An AI that is superintelligent could (just for example) give instructions for (or even orchestrate) the crea
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Alignment with human norms and values. Yes, that's not a well-defined thing. But to paraphrase, "I know misalignment when I see it", for example when an AI suggests something like "feeding the homeless to the hungry&quot
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
You're mischaracterizing the concern, I think. I agree with you about Luddite alarmism based upon ignorance. This (the concerns voiced by many leading researchers in the field of AI) absolutely isn't that, I promise you.
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
> I also "know enough" and have never seen even a vaguely coherent argument for how any conceivable evolution of current technology could pose a "serious threat" on it's own. I find those two statements taken tog
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Do you actually understand the arguments for concern about existential risk, though? https://www.youtube.com/c/robertmilesai
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I wish people would either stop calling existential AI risks "hype", or make some informed arguments about why it's not really a problem. I know enough about ML and AI to follow the logic that shows that strong, general AI is
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
There was a post many years back in a similar vein entitled something like "Abject Oriented Programming". Instead of a language, it was just a set of rules/recommendations to ensure your code was "Abject Oriented".
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I LOL'd at the bit about only being able to create a single instance of each class (but that how most programmers use classes anyway, so not really an issue).
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
They said that the levitated frog was fine afterward, but I've always wondered about the effects of long-term exposure.
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
It's possible, but would you really be surprised if you installed it and later discovered it contained spyware/malware? I would be surprised if I got something from a well-known, reputable company that turned out to be malware.
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
Seems like that couldn't possibly be practical. For one thing, it'd be like being in an MRI machine -- no metal of any kind allowed. A field that strong would likely interfere with any instruments or electronics as well, even if t
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I have objected in the past to the characterization that someone who changes their position on an issue is a waffler or flip-flopper or whatever. There are times when changing your position is absolutely the right thing to do.
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I've never understood that proud declaration some people make "Once I make up my mind, I never go back". "Oh, so in the face of new information, you doggedly stick to your original conclusion? You magnificent bastard, yo
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I noticed that "qubit" is spelled at least two different ways, and both of them are incorrect ("cubit" and "Kubit").
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by scott-smith_us 3y ago
I've tried to get through Gravity's Rainbow at least three times over the years, and I've always given up after a week or two. No matter how far in I get on each attempt, I'm just lost as to what's going on, who&#x2
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by scott-smith_us 4y ago
It's common to train UIs on a mountain of human-generated data. For some AI systems, that will influence things that the AI knows, and the relationships between things that it knows. The point of saying that an AI is "alien"
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by scott-smith_us 4y ago
I did this and then spent two (unplanned, additional) years trying to find another gig. I burned through maybe 2/3 of my savings doing this, and that made for a lot of stress and some dark days. A break from work is definitely a good t
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by scott-smith_us 4y ago
When I was in my late 20s, I was taking college courses in the evening after working a 9-5 software job. On the nights where I didn't have to go to class, I usually had homework to do, and I found it really difficult to switch gears af

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