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Comment · 1 month ago
These super intelligence are extremely dangerous, just wait until someone vibe-codes critical infrastructure.
Comment · 1 month ago
As an industry can we please stop using "cyber" to mean cyber-security or even infosec.
Comment · 1 month ago
Don't worry, we had DreamWeaver, Wordpress and other tools for a long time now but it still did not replace web developers. Build quality tailor made websites that connect to humans and you will be fine.
Comment · 2 months ago
I was always suspicious of GrapheneOS, thought it was too good to be true. But this makes me reconsider and want to install GrapheneOS.
Comment · 5 months ago
If electronics become too expensive for consumers, wouldn't the demand for AI also go down because consumers cant access it?
Comment · 5 months ago
Online communities win because of network effects, members get tied to their addresses and it becomes very difficult to migrate, new members always join the network because that is where everyone is already. Democracies don't necessary depend on network effects, members of political parties can relatively easily migrate to different parties, network effects is not what keeps members part of a political party. And crucially, being part of a political party doesn't mean you'll vote for the party when you cast your ballot.

Some will say that the solution to network effects on the Web is decentralization but decentralization doesn't scale. Because of spam, bots and the fact that not everyone will follow the protocol there is always a need for moderators which is just another word for government and Google's main business model.

Even Capitalism is largely decentralized but it can't function without government. I believe true decentralization (anarchism) is only possible on a small scale where everyone knows each other, very small communities. It's not possible on the global level like in Capitalism or even the Web.

Comment · 6 months ago
Ironic that both Shannon and Turing layed the foundation for both cryptography and AI. I think it boils down to information which is related to language and text.

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