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by slfnflctd 3d ago
I remember reading a long account by the father of a psychopath. If I recall correctly, the kid had at least one other sibling who turned out normal, there was no abuse, quality education, lots of love and affirmation. And the kid still t
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by slfnflctd 4d ago
Some of them did seem to be rather fascinated by goblins for a bit, if that counts. [And in case you're not aware, no this is not a joke.]
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by slfnflctd 6d ago
The main problem I see with this argument is that I'm not sure how we get to a "cheaper uber" with fully autonomous vehicles. A large percentage of rideshare drivers use the cheapest allowable vehicles and make minimum wage o
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by slfnflctd 7d ago
Our culture and the socioeconomic structures it reinforces will not change easily. More than ever, I feel we need both grassroots activism and key players at the top of the hierarchy. Otherwise, it is all too obvious where most of the rewa
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by slfnflctd 7d ago
> obviously ambiguous nonsense This is where I land as well. In fact, once I read the prompt, I did a Ctrl+F for "nonsense". I don't see anything at all interesting about this experiment. The human one is slightly more i
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by slfnflctd 7d ago
Indeed. This headline had me feel like I was taking crazy pills. As far as I can tell, this is in no way, shape or form a "New Idea". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt_(first_generati...
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by slfnflctd 9d ago
> a concept which simply cannot make sense if alignment is both to mean an AI which we control and an AI which will not harm us You make a very interesting argument here. However, there are different ways of interpreting 'control&#x
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by slfnflctd 10d ago
The cooking robots I have seen are massively complex and can only make one dish. I agree this is a ways off. I saw a cocktail-making robot that was pretty impressive, but it was the size of a room and broke down frequently.
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by slfnflctd 11d ago
Quick addendum, do not take that as me saying multi-agent swarms of simpler bots are not a threat. They very well could be.
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by slfnflctd 11d ago
It astonishes me that everyone doesn't already realize this. We've already seen that the rule of law is dead and that many people in government will do whatever they think they can get away with, and then proceed to do so without
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by slfnflctd 11d ago
It's a bit orthogonal. User grey-area's main point was that the humans at OpenAI should bear more responsibility for this, not that swarms of semi-intelligent agents are the big danger to be concerned about.
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by slfnflctd 15d ago
This is the right take to me. I can't say with absolute certainty, but it feels strongly like the eugenics aspects were there more for shock value... perhaps overestimating the public's capacity to recognize the farce. And so muc
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by slfnflctd 16d ago
I recently switched to Zen with Ublock Origin and it does seem like some sites are slower than before. It's got me suspicious that site owners are increasingly throttling users with adblockers. YouTube absolutely does. Zen is my favo
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by slfnflctd 17d ago
Thank you, that's the sort of response I was hoping for, actually analyzing the efficiency of the thing. Waste heat is something I think we can get a lot more juice out of in the future.
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by slfnflctd 17d ago
Since I haven't seen anyone bring up the viability of this method yet, here are a few additional bits of info I dug up: > the total mass of the completed apparatus is around 400 kg with 20 kg of alcohol in the refrigeration cycle &g
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by slfnflctd 17d ago
"We have every location associated with you in the crosshairs of tamper proof missiles and surrounded by infantry with heavy vehicles. Do what we say or we will destroy you and everything you care about." And that's just the
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by slfnflctd 18d ago
> It is just a matter of time. The state, as we know it, will collapse or will be greatly reduced Doubt. The networking between people in power at the top will, in my opinion, most likely assure that they remain in power, because at the
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by slfnflctd 19d ago
> Writing commands is inherently the most accessible form of controlling computers Not if you don't know enough of the commands and have to research every one you need, and it's for a problem you likely won't encounter aga
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by slfnflctd 19d ago
No one knows the future, but my (half serious) prediction is that governments will step in, public access to high end models will have an 'IQ governor' and/or throttling applied, the most advanced models will be put behind cl
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by slfnflctd 20d ago
Wow, that is really close to what I had in mind, and helpful info. Cool! Literally! Appreciate you sharing it. As I feared, though, with a price tag of $10k USD, you're halfway to buying a solid used car (preferably hybrid) with a
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by slfnflctd 20d ago
My response to this for a while (and what I think is one of the few rational responses) has been that it doesn't matter at this point whether consciousness, sentience, sapience or whatever you want to call it is 'actually there&#x
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by slfnflctd 20d ago
It did occur to me that a small, efficient portable icemaker would be an okay runner-up solution. I think being able to cool the air in a small space would be more comfortable overall, though, and wouldn't involve getting wet.
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by slfnflctd 20d ago
I've been thinking for a while about whether it would be feasible to produce an affordable 'personal cooling chamber' for lower income people in places getting scorched in the summer that don't have A/C. Basically a
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by slfnflctd 21d ago
I have to agree, yurishimo's assumption of returns is wildly optimistic. At a more sane expected return of 5% annually, you get $50k a year to live off of to just keep what you have (or rather, watch it slowly erode in value due to inf
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by slfnflctd 24d ago
You would think so! Perhaps in a more sane situation. We tried it and it did not help. Priorities shifted, facts on the ground changed, emergencies came up, and there was almost no chance to focus for long periods. Part of it was me not
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by slfnflctd 25d ago
I was utterly convinced at age 14 that I had ruined my life and any chance of a good career. I also was pretty sure the world was going to end soon. I started smoking cigarettes and experimenting with various risky behaviors. A few years
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by slfnflctd 26d ago
I was thinking more about parts and pieces of what runs in that rack for hobbyists. Or they'd be part of the customer base for leasing compute from someone else who bought the rack. Although there is such a thing as hobbyists with a to
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by slfnflctd 27d ago
Whatever it is suited for that they can get a decent margin on. Or, you know, hobbies. The demand is there and the market will find pricing that works.
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by slfnflctd 27d ago
My expectation is that government has already stepped in quietly and worked out an arrangement where they have unfettered access to the most advanced/dangerous models, and the public's access will be continually throttled from now
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by slfnflctd 27d ago
I would very much like to know more about your educational approach with regard to: > When I provide a demo of e.g. local AI, say in LM Studio showing the console of it rapidly flashing through thousands of words Because I am one of thos

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