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Comment · 2 years ago
I don't think OpenAI is doing anything particularly sinister. But whatever OpenAI has today a bad actor will have in October. This horseshit is moving rather fast. Sorry, but in two years going from failing the turing test to being able to have a conversation with an AI agent nearly indistinguishable from a person is going to be destabilizing.

Start telling Grandma never to answer the phone.

Comment · 2 years ago
Emotions are an axiom to convey feelings, but also our sensitivity to human emotions can be a vector for manipulation.

Especially when you consider the bottom line that this tech will be ultimately be horned into advertising somehow (read: the field dedicated to manipulating you into buying shit).

This whole fucking thing bothers me.

Comment · 2 years ago
sounds like a fun project for someone. you could go so far as to direct the user to the proper location on a shelf.
Comment · 2 years ago
this one's crazy lol.

frankly it sounds kind of fun, but i'm sure it was not in reality.

Comment · 2 years ago
I know these are the times of big machine learning models, but my favourite kind of AI are the classics like CSAT solvers, minimax with alpha beta pruning, markov chains, and good old search trees. These algorithms have superhuman powers solving so many challenging games and problems just by converting the problem space into a search tree. Love it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Is Delaware a good place for a startup? Or am I missing the joke.
Comment · 2 years ago
that's some mind you have

seeing into the future like that

Comment · 2 years ago
can you tell us a little bit about what's going on here
Comment · 2 years ago
I agree. But platform dependant throttling should be prevented by good regulation, if that means Youtube's business model is less viable I frankly don't care.

All I know is I'm keeping my eyes open for their next swing at remote attestation. If you follow the money, it's a logical step.

Comment · 3 years ago
Never said that Khadr should've been extradited, he shouldn't have at all and I support the Canadian government decision. But the claims of the Indian government against Nijjar are also dubious which points to the likelihood that any diplomatic transfer was a non-starter.

Of course, the difference here was that the USA attempted a diplomatic process and did not execute a citizen on Canadian soil.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Perhaps the ability to work fewer hours. As the number of 'human' jobs reduce (consider the number of bullshit jobs that exist already). I would gladly accept this trade off. To me, time is more precious than things. Of course, on the presupposition that we can live somewhere between basic needs met and the modern luxury of today's North American. I can have lot's of fun cheaply: going outside, playing cards, playing music. Maybe I am being naive.

For now, I feel we have so much work ahead of us.

Comment · 3 years ago
It's irrelevant how good your work actually is, only how well it is perceived. Take pride in your work, but understand that others are not responsible for making your contributions known. I feel this rule applies in relationships as well.
Comment · 3 years ago
I didn't realize either. I'm kind of glad, I think links in articles are an anti-pattern.

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