Yes, because private companies don't "loot" whatsoever. They definitely don't respond to accusations of obviously unethical and damaging but legal behaviour with "but it's legal!(continues looting)". Doesn't government…
Are they really though? I know a lot of some people, who would consider themselves "well meaning" (fair, honest, just, whatever) and they totally do this all the time. When you combine the actually bad people with those…
Can you point to the legislation that indicates this? (Curiosity)
Isn't that a cop out argument? Just make it outright illegal and fine heavily per violation. You have profile information that a user didn't explicitly give you? $10k fine, each. We have (kinda) world wide copyright…
FEAR AI is excellent: https://alumni.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/goap.html
Thanks for your reply, it was really interesting and gave me some things to think about. I agree that government intervention is not ideal, as government is also often dumb, evil or incompetent. But that's more our…
My main criticism is unfettered and immoral capitalistic behaviour. That doesn't automatically mean I want to replace it with a different unworkable -ism.
I would happily pay for all of the services I use. The problem is that that isn't enough for them and it would still be an capitalistic greed anti-consumer shit show. If I pay I want: No ads, no tracking, full access to…
Question: Can I write my own assistant on mobile devices that is an actual assistant? As in, can listen for the key activation word in the background? Like the "official" assistants. As far as I can tell, the assistant…
Half on-topic: Is there an API on Android that allows you to write your own assistant with your own keyword set without sending everything over the wire? An app with microphone permissions would obviously work-ish, but…
In the same vein, are there not a worryingly amount of adults with actual "adult responsibilities" that think conspiracy theories, failed political ideologies and screaming batshit insanity into social media are…
As another person who mostly wants to be left the fuck alone as well: One of the internet's greatest gifts is the ability to communicate with so many people you would otherwise have never spoken to. One of its greatest…
What would some recommended reading about saving for retirement? For example, I have a healthy amount of savings but none is invested and it sits in an account doing nothing (@ 0.1%). I read the obvious subreddits, have…
So where should morals come from? If not from governance or education? (Honest question).
Is that a good or fair argument though? I get paid and pay 20% then 40% on the rest (banded)... Then as soon as I buy practically anything I'm taxed another 20% on top of that. A corporation pays 19% and then those…
What is the employment market like for Ada?
As someone who spent a lot of time in London I hope he is correct about the track capacity released for local trains once the intercity move to the new lines. Two stopping trains per hour between local stations is not…
That makes lots of sense. Do you have any examples of sprouting plants that so this? I'm guessing ones we consider poisonous?
I really tried to use Google Docs for a few years until I felt overwhelmed by the privacy considerations of putting my entire life "in" Google. I know it just works, I even know no-one is really mining the database to…
Over my total career I have probably helped safe guard millions upon millions of dollars. How much value did that create or protect? How much of that was I allowed to capture compared to the CEO? A fraction.
Yes, because private companies don't "loot" whatsoever. They definitely don't respond to accusations of obviously unethical and damaging but legal behaviour with "but it's legal!(continues looting)". Doesn't government…
Are they really though? I know a lot of some people, who would consider themselves "well meaning" (fair, honest, just, whatever) and they totally do this all the time. When you combine the actually bad people with those…
Can you point to the legislation that indicates this? (Curiosity)
Isn't that a cop out argument? Just make it outright illegal and fine heavily per violation. You have profile information that a user didn't explicitly give you? $10k fine, each. We have (kinda) world wide copyright…
FEAR AI is excellent: https://alumni.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/goap.html
Thanks for your reply, it was really interesting and gave me some things to think about. I agree that government intervention is not ideal, as government is also often dumb, evil or incompetent. But that's more our…
My main criticism is unfettered and immoral capitalistic behaviour. That doesn't automatically mean I want to replace it with a different unworkable -ism.
I would happily pay for all of the services I use. The problem is that that isn't enough for them and it would still be an capitalistic greed anti-consumer shit show. If I pay I want: No ads, no tracking, full access to…
Question: Can I write my own assistant on mobile devices that is an actual assistant? As in, can listen for the key activation word in the background? Like the "official" assistants. As far as I can tell, the assistant…
Half on-topic: Is there an API on Android that allows you to write your own assistant with your own keyword set without sending everything over the wire? An app with microphone permissions would obviously work-ish, but…
In the same vein, are there not a worryingly amount of adults with actual "adult responsibilities" that think conspiracy theories, failed political ideologies and screaming batshit insanity into social media are…
As another person who mostly wants to be left the fuck alone as well: One of the internet's greatest gifts is the ability to communicate with so many people you would otherwise have never spoken to. One of its greatest…
What would some recommended reading about saving for retirement? For example, I have a healthy amount of savings but none is invested and it sits in an account doing nothing (@ 0.1%). I read the obvious subreddits, have…
So where should morals come from? If not from governance or education? (Honest question).
Is that a good or fair argument though? I get paid and pay 20% then 40% on the rest (banded)... Then as soon as I buy practically anything I'm taxed another 20% on top of that. A corporation pays 19% and then those…
What is the employment market like for Ada?
As someone who spent a lot of time in London I hope he is correct about the track capacity released for local trains once the intercity move to the new lines. Two stopping trains per hour between local stations is not…
That makes lots of sense. Do you have any examples of sprouting plants that so this? I'm guessing ones we consider poisonous?
I really tried to use Google Docs for a few years until I felt overwhelmed by the privacy considerations of putting my entire life "in" Google. I know it just works, I even know no-one is really mining the database to…
Over my total career I have probably helped safe guard millions upon millions of dollars. How much value did that create or protect? How much of that was I allowed to capture compared to the CEO? A fraction.