More Palestinians will die under Trump. More Americans will suffer under Trump. More people around the world will suffer with a Trump presidency. But at least you showed the democrats…

The craziest thing is that the basic idea of wokeness as I understand it is being aware of the nuances, feelings, and challenges of others, which is also the basic idea of sayings like ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’ or ‘walk a mile in their moccasins before you judge’. Trying my best to help people who are triggered by the idea of ‘wokeness’ understand that. But more often it seems like they just want a shorthand for demonizing progressives and for them ‘woke’ is just that: a way of negatively branding any policy that might show compassion.

If a word can selectively trigger only the shittiest subset of a population, I’d say that is a pretty effective word. ‘Woke’ is an amazing word simply because the more someone hates the word, the more I know about them.

Sounds like they built a neural network model and used deep learning to predict what molecules would be effective against drug-resistant bacteria. “AI” as a headline needs to be thrown out the window. We really need to start calling this technology what it is, lest people continue to think this was done by a large language model or a gpt.

If we are going that road you could argue that much of the “Christian church” has split pretty far from Christ’s actual teachings.

Everyone has to pay taxes. There are consequences if you don’t. Doesn’t seem insurmountable to mandate something similar for voting.

Way to prove you are a “free speech absolutist” Elon. The sound of a fascist man-child pissing is the real “truth” the media has been hiding from us. Go fuck yourself.

I don’t know why but that big red arrow pointing out the robot in the background is hilarious.

Poor education and ultimately lack of trust. Distrust in our institutions, our fellow citizens, fellow humans, has been sewn for decades. The undercurrent of fear that propels these figures into power can’t be overstated. People need to stop being so fucking afraid of each other… easier said than done.

I’m not sure we are thinking the same thing when it comes to “AI safety”.

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What indications do you see of “too much AI safety?” I am struggling to see any meaningful, legally robust, or otherwise cohesive AI safety whatsoever.

I wanna open a beer garden the size of a parking spot next to it that sells cans of Rainier for a dollar out of a cooler and has a boom box and some plastic kiddie furniture. Party on.

All of that requires a livable wage first. How many times do people have to prove that no amount of “dilligence” will allow people to live, let alone save on minimum wage in most places?

But regular employees aren’t usually all that interested in their company being profit driven. Especially AI researchers. Most of those that I know are extremely passionate about ethics in AI.

I would have thought so too of the employees, but threatening a move to Microsoft kinda says the opposite. That or they are just all-in on Altman as a person.

Altman wanted profit. Board prioritized (rightfully, and to their mission) responsible, non-profit care of AI. Employees now side with Altman out of greed and view the board as denying them their mega payday. Microsoft dangling jobs for employees wanting to jump ship and make as much money possible. This whole thing seems pretty simple: greed (Altman, Microsoft, employees) vs the original non-profit mission (the board).

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Trumpite replacement candidates have been losing close congressional seats to Democratic challengers so this may open up some pathways to retaking a majority.

I was doing a similar breakdown back when I bought my System76. The difference was upgradability. If I ever thought I might need more RAM I’d have to buy that up front on the MacBook air, putting its price over 1,700 off the shelf for the max ram. System76 cost close to the base MacBook air model, but I can add RAM and upgrades at my choosing, find the best price, and install them myself when I need them. That was worth it for me.

It sucks, but it also may be by design. We need democratic representatives in red states to keep their seats. If they have to vote for GOP policies here and there to keep their seats and are open about that with house democratic leadership then that is something Hakeem Jeffries can plan for. This likely would have passed without democratic votes, so if it helps a few in precarious districts, I’m not as mad.

Don’t some states already do their own thing? Like Arizona? What is the holdup with allowing states to go permanent DST? Each state feels daylight a little differently due to basic geographic position so why are they dragging their feet or trying to implement a blanket policy. Let each state decide.