popularrecluse

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Comment · 14 days ago
Yes - disliked for lying to patients, but prosecuted for lying to investors.
Comment · 14 days ago
I think you're missing my point. It's not that it's an Uber eats robot today.

But also diabetic hypoglycemia is a thing too, which could be the case for the person ordering. For the sake of argument.

Comment · 14 days ago
Never had a pizza show up late from a person?
Comment · 14 days ago
Reasoned argument.
Comment · 14 days ago
You're assuming you know what it's carrying. For that matter, the food may be medically urgent for this person.
Comment · 14 days ago
What if the robot was delivering insulin? Would it be such a noble act then?

Not saying I disagree in principle, but the protestor assumes a lot of knowledge.

Comment · 19 days ago
I think you missed the point.
Comment · 4 months ago
Some people are wired such that altruism makes them feel good and gives them a sense of purpose. Maybe it's evolutionary, but it doesn't change the fact that they don't think of it as 'virtue signalling' or personal gain when they do it.

In fact the ones who can only classify the behavior as such because they can't even comprehend it look like the real sociopaths.

Comment · 9 months ago
Fascist autocracy is unwieldy. Freedom is the natural state. It will win in the end. How long that takes is up to the people.
Comment · 9 months ago
Right up until it knocks on our own door.
Comment · 10 months ago
I guess I don't get what's wrong w/ using generated art if it looks good. Where was the rage about clip art in print & digital media? Stock photography? Are the people who are mad outraged on the behalf of artists? Are they artists themselves? I know artists who enjoy working with generative art and are finding new ways to use it.

Like I said, I guess I just don't get it.

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