smitty1e

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by smitty1e 3d ago
I'm surprised at the lack of reference to Asimov[0] in this context. It may be the case that he was too idealistic, but those Three Laws seem foundational to discussion of what we do with AI. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2
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by smitty1e 4d ago
"Making it worse? Gemini! Gemini! Gemini!"* *AI meets Life of Brian
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by smitty1e 6d ago
Yeah, but then you can use another round of AI to break these things down to crayon level, no? Or is it just all PFM? (Pure, Fanciful Magic)
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My Interesting Conversation with Jared Diamond(marginalrevolution.com)
2 points by smitty1e 6d ago|0 comments
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by smitty1e 7d ago
Refereeing who is permitted to say what based upon credentials is a popular sport these days.
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by smitty1e 7d ago
So I guess that that's a good thing? What would coasting mean? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle
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by smitty1e 7d ago
To paraphrase John Calvin, "The mind is a factory for rationalizations." Once we've set ourselves up as judge; jury; and executioner, the unintended consequences abound.
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by smitty1e 7d ago
Pay attention to "might". The difference between health insurance and pharma is academic when hate-mongers are asserting authority.
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by smitty1e 7d ago
I know someone in pharma. They drop insane money up front to do a trial, get approved, and then have low single-digit years to recoup all that investment before the new medication goes off patent a competitor markets a generic that blows up
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by smitty1e 9d ago
Anything from a funnel to a reduction gear on a ship is an example. Does low verbalization imply that a concept isn't widely known? Or is this blog post, itself, an example of impedance matching?
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by smitty1e 9d ago
The argument is much cleaner if immutable past actions remain un-weaponized. If somebody wants to tap me for reparations over chattel slavery in the US, and all I can say is that my in-country ancestors fought for the Union. Which, along wi
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by smitty1e 10d ago
But truth rarely stands in the way of politics.
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by smitty1e 10d ago
> I feel anger about the inability of our political systems to rein in the power of capital. While I can rant about politicians a lot, I still prefer a democratic government to have power instead of billionaires. It essentially just come
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by smitty1e 10d ago
I don't disagree. The goal was to temper my own Luddism.
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by smitty1e 10d ago
It's all fun and games until Skynet becomes self-aware and junk gets real. For the more religious, "Skynet"=="The Beast" of Revelation. The sweet spot is somewhere between Pollyanna and Chicken Little.
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by smitty1e 11d ago
You could use AI to come up with a draft, and to critique ahead of posting. The chief grief appears to be phoning in the whole process.
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by smitty1e 11d ago
> The German company Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Space Center in northern Norway today To speculate, they could be targeting a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molniya_orbit
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by smitty1e 13d ago
Stipulating that the article is bollocks, you still have no guarantee that a ballot was marked without coercion applied to the voter. This is why as much voting in person; on election day; at a polling place; behind a privacy screen; as pos
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by smitty1e 14d ago
A wallet emits scant telemetry.
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by smitty1e 17d ago
Of possible interest: Chris Cassone "ART OF THE STOMP BOX: Celebrating The Visual Artistry of Effects Pedals" https://a.co/d/04CPClC8
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by smitty1e 17d ago
So, centuries ahead of social media, Franklin invented the fake account.
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by smitty1e 17d ago
TL;DR => Sowell, "Basic Economics".
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by smitty1e 21d ago
The political thing to do here is run for office on a "Data Centers are teh Devil" platform; harness the angst; win; and then do the opposite and approve them all. Teach the peasantry the value of their benighted opinions.
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by smitty1e 21d ago
I can support the "End of Programming" thesis from the standpoint that no one is still doing punch cards in binary against the CPU. Higher level languages are great, but we all owe RSM a debt of gratitude for the FSF and keeping t
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The cost of today's "smart" devices(fsf.org)
4 points by smitty1e 23d ago|1 comments
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by smitty1e 24d ago
For example, Elastic. Much extra learning curve for little obvious gain. I like to say, with zero research basis, that the New Shiny has to be an order of magnitude better than the Old Thing for people to say "Oh yeah, I gotta have tha
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My Recent Visit to Anthropic(marginalrevolution.com)
4 points by smitty1e 24d ago|0 comments
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by smitty1e 1mo ago
5. Absolut democracy is available at the liquor store in various flavors, but has negarive long-term health effects. I'd be happy with a sane system of taxation supporting a coherent budget.
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by smitty1e 1mo ago
Euclid: "There is no royal road to geometry." Ptolemy I: "I have this 'Royal Road' AI right here." E: "Can it tell you the precise product of pi*e?" P: "Piece of cake."
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by smitty1e 1mo ago
You just have to mirror your consumption of coffee; eggs; meat &c with the aggregate study mood for a given week, is all.

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