That assumes that AI needs to be like life, though. Consider computers: there's no selection pressure for an ordinary computer to be self-reproducing, or to shock you when you reach for the off button, because it's just…
I would put it like this: consistent small gains programming is about gluing components together. There are plenty of non-incremental (big impact or flop) programs that couldn't have been made by just gluing components…
Wouldn't the stock market chart for Russia have a rather sudden stop around 1917?
> Outside transparency is not a benefit. Most people I've talked to about crypto don't see the opacity as a detriment. They do not trust the government or tax policy. I think his point is: Bitcoin explicitly takes a…
Relative privation is still a fallacy, though, isn't it?
I don't think Bob's standards are preferable. Or, in the likeness of Yegge's Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns, I present: void get_coffee() { /* ... */ } void move_away_from_obstacles(auto what_to_move_away) { /* ....…
> But it's not the governments job to legalize theft and pick the winners and losers, it's the governments job to fix the underlying issues. So in other words, don't try to paper over the flaws of capitalism by…
That assumes that AI needs to be like life, though. Consider computers: there's no selection pressure for an ordinary computer to be self-reproducing, or to shock you when you reach for the off button, because it's just…
I would put it like this: consistent small gains programming is about gluing components together. There are plenty of non-incremental (big impact or flop) programs that couldn't have been made by just gluing components…
Wouldn't the stock market chart for Russia have a rather sudden stop around 1917?
> Outside transparency is not a benefit. Most people I've talked to about crypto don't see the opacity as a detriment. They do not trust the government or tax policy. I think his point is: Bitcoin explicitly takes a…
Relative privation is still a fallacy, though, isn't it?
I don't think Bob's standards are preferable. Or, in the likeness of Yegge's Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns, I present: void get_coffee() { /* ... */ } void move_away_from_obstacles(auto what_to_move_away) { /* ....…
> But it's not the governments job to legalize theft and pick the winners and losers, it's the governments job to fix the underlying issues. So in other words, don't try to paper over the flaws of capitalism by…