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…
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…
> 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…
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, it…
the suffering of the animals being killed for your tastebuds outweighs your suffering of the "vegan-high-horse".
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.
Nah, that is Hinduism as seen through the Western lens. "Sanatana" in Sanatana Dharma by definition is Eternal. The 4 cyclic yugas are well documented in every Sanskrit literature. We are currently in year 5127 of Kali…
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…
The UK office's (Ricky Gervais) final words in the last episode: "and some say she's just a big pair of tits"
it was funny. and it's a matter of pride that they accused you of being AI.
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.
> 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…
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…
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…
> 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…
seems the author removed that paragraph from the article after reading this comment
because of the metric system?
how does one buy a SIM without an address/phone number that's already tied to your physical identity ?
- app named Mouseless - need to CLICK on Unlock to show pricing (just thought it was funny)
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…
when you criticize the average employee, always remember that the alternative is the average employee with AI.
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,…
> 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 internet)…
> 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.
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…
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…
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…
> 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…
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, it…
the suffering of the animals being killed for your tastebuds outweighs your suffering of the "vegan-high-horse".
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.
Nah, that is Hinduism as seen through the Western lens. "Sanatana" in Sanatana Dharma by definition is Eternal. The 4 cyclic yugas are well documented in every Sanskrit literature. We are currently in year 5127 of Kali…
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…
The UK office's (Ricky Gervais) final words in the last episode: "and some say she's just a big pair of tits"
it was funny. and it's a matter of pride that they accused you of being AI.
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.
> 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…
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…
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…
> 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…
seems the author removed that paragraph from the article after reading this comment
because of the metric system?
how does one buy a SIM without an address/phone number that's already tied to your physical identity ?
- app named Mouseless - need to CLICK on Unlock to show pricing (just thought it was funny)
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…
when you criticize the average employee, always remember that the alternative is the average employee with AI.
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,…
> 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 internet)…
> 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.
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…