Article 7
We exist in a political context. It is not possible to remain aloof. Being "apolitical" means implicitly accepting the status quo. You can't be objective and not have a political stance. That sounds...
View ArticleArticle 6
You can think what you want about the technological achievements (or lack thereof) of generative AI. Whether or not ChatGPT is "intelligent" or even useful isn't the thing we should focus on.The thing...
View ArticleArticle 5
In the episode this week, Steve from SGU made a comment about how he's been getting a ton of emails from people about them being too positive about AI. He dismissed them all as not being founded in...
View ArticleArticle 4
For me, generative AI is a luxury, an extravagant waste of energy and resources at a time when we can least afford it. It encourages disparaging and minimizing the efforts and work of actual, living...
View ArticleArticle 3
This is what I think people were trying to get across to Steve and the SGU as a whole. The show was talking about AI as if the utility of these systems is even relevant — *should* be relevant. It's...
View ArticleArticle 2
There's a philosophical divide here that I'm still struggling with. I want to be a careful, critical thinker, but honestly I'm not sure I'll ever get there.It's not that I think I'm not smart enough or...
View ArticleArticle 1
The potential impact of generative AI diminishes considerably if you think of it as basically an extremely overbuilt averaging machine.ChatGPT isn't intelligent as much as it is just the mean of the...
View ArticleArticle 0
I don't know about you, but I have no interest in being mediocre at anything I care about. When people suggest that ChatGPT is somehow useful, I interpret that as them not actually giving a shit about...
View ArticleArticle 6
Me remembering I still have several terabytes of unprocessed astrophotography image sets from the aurora, various solar capture runs, and two solar eclipses: fuck
View ArticleArticle 5
Elon Musk: I'm going to make an electric truck that's so tough it's basically indestructibleReality: Makes a truck that gets a permanent stain by looking at it funny
View ArticleArticle 4
I've become so immune to any Trump news that I've forgotten what to do.Like, my natural instinct now is to just ignore this whole guilty verdict thing and go on with life as if nothing of import...
View ArticleArticle 3
I guess I just assume — based on my own lived experience — that this won't actually make any meaningful difference to the political situation w.r.t. November. Please, please, prove me wrong reality.
View ArticleArticle 2
This is why my preferred outcome is for him to just fucking die already before November. Unless he's an undead zombie (a possibility I'm not prepared to eliminate), having him buried in a sealed wooden...
View ArticleArticle 1
Convicted Felon Donald J TrumpYou can just call him that all the time now and there's fuck all he can do to stop you.
View ArticleArticle 0
Being legally entitled to say Convicted Felon Donald J Trump AND a perfectly executed HRT injection?It's a good night, y'all
View ArticleArticle 13
My coworkers are booking stuff for DEFCON. I've never been to it and I was thinking about going, but honestly the idea of going makes me anxious.Big events like that always make me anxious. Social...
View ArticleArticle 12
Elon Musk is the prime example of why billionaires are bad. Not simply bad for society, but bad for the billionaire too. That kind of wealth drives people insane. It's not healthy.
View ArticleArticle 11
Having an extreme level of wealth means very few people have the ability to tell you "no". You just end up inventing imaginary enemies and going on meaningless, quixotic quests. You fall down the...
View ArticleArticle 10
I really do feel like this is the best argument for wealth redistribution. It's for their own good to give them limits. Limits force you to become a better person.
View ArticleArticle 9
And I don't mean this in a paternalistic way. I don't suggest taking their money "for their own protection" or whatever.I want to live in a society that encourages people to thrive. A society that...
View Article