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Comment on Is the AI bubble about to burst? in ~tech
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Comment on Is the AI bubble about to burst? in ~tech
koopa Link ParentYeah, congrats we made it even easier for FAANG to print money with AI generated and AI targeted ads without having to share it with labor. That’s not a good outcome for society. I think a system...That part is the crux of it, for me; “de-skilling” sounds like a euphemistic way of saying “a whole lot of jobs are going to get even more pointless than they already were”.
Yeah, congrats we made it even easier for FAANG to print money with AI generated and AI targeted ads without having to share it with labor.
That’s not a good outcome for society.
I think a system similar to Alaska’s Permanent Fund is badly needed to properly redistribute AI wealth. But I have little hope that when this idea comes up against American “work ethic” that we won’t see anything like this without a Great Depression level economic event.
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Comment on Everyone in Hollywood is already using AI (and hiding it) in ~movies
koopa Link ParentI think we’ll eventually end up in a good equilibrium, I would have loved to have these kinds of tools when my friends and I were making crappy videos in iMovie as a kid. But I do think it’s going...I think we’ll eventually end up in a good equilibrium, I would have loved to have these kinds of tools when my friends and I were making crappy videos in iMovie as a kid.
But I do think it’s going to be a terrible shitshow of a lot of the old world being at the very least disrupted if not destroyed between here and there.
I worry the most that our political system (in the US) is not functioning in a state to be able to properly navigate this change for the common benefit.
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Comment on A new report reveals Tencent purchased a 15.75% stake in Arrowhead Games Studios last year in ~games
koopa Link ParentJust look at how private equity firm Elliott Investment has destroyed everything good about Southwest Airlines with just around 15% ownership and taking advantage of a crisis. Even a minority...Just look at how private equity firm Elliott Investment has destroyed everything good about Southwest Airlines with just around 15% ownership and taking advantage of a crisis.
Even a minority stake can force big changes if they leverage it right.
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Comment on The issue of indie game discoverability on distribution platforms in ~games
koopa LinkDiscoverability is the main problem for every kind of content online. If you don’t have the money to buy discoverability it is a hard road. So we invent “algorithms” that try to surface content...Discoverability is the main problem for every kind of content online. If you don’t have the money to buy discoverability it is a hard road.
So we invent “algorithms” that try to surface content out of the endless slop but that comes with more problems and different companies are better at this than others (Apple is pretty bad at it) and the company making the algorithm has it’s own incentives.
Streamers seem to be one the best way that games can come out of obscurity. So along with suggesting games to your friends maybe more importantly is suggesting a good but relatively unknown game to streamers you watch or are involved with their “community”.
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Comment on Japan Post launches 'digital address' system in ~tech
koopa Link ParentI’ve done this enough times that whatever central database they’re pulling from has finally fixed itself for my address after a couple years. Which is nice, but also kind of spooky that there’s...That’s a pretty great idea; I’ve had to fight with automatic address fill ins on websites that insisted I lived in a different city. I shouldn’t have to go to dev tools to fix my address.
I’ve done this enough times that whatever central database they’re pulling from has finally fixed itself for my address after a couple years. Which is nice, but also kind of spooky that there’s that much data sharing going on.
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Comment on $30 homebrew automated blinds opener in ~life.home_improvement
koopa LinkI love seeing stuff like this, sharing hacked together weekend projects is the internet at its best.I love seeing stuff like this, sharing hacked together weekend projects is the internet at its best.
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Comment on US Food and Drug Administration to limit covid shot approval to elderly, those with medical conditions in ~health
koopa LinkIt is just unbelievable to me that for the first time in human history we used advanced technology to prevent many millions of deaths from a plague and then we followed up that incredible triumph...It is just unbelievable to me that for the first time in human history we used advanced technology to prevent many millions of deaths from a plague and then we followed up that incredible triumph with the spread of anti-vax hysteria.
I feel like this timeline was custom made to infuriate me in particular.
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Comment on Norwegian government commissions a committee to investigate causes and possible consequences of falling birthrates, and devise strategies to reverse the current trajectory in ~society
koopa Link ParentThe reason I worry (I certainly wouldn’t say panic) is that the future of humanity comes from the societies that can sustain themselves. If liberal democracy ultimately descends into its own...That being said, I think we also need to stop panicking about the declining birth rate. The planet will certainly not complain about there being less of us exploiting its resources. If the fear is that we won’t have enough hands to maintain our current standard of living, and pensions, and all that shebang, than let’s instead focus our attention and resources on creating a system that isn’t dependent on an ever-growing population. This shouldn’t be that hard.
The reason I worry (I certainly wouldn’t say panic) is that the future of humanity comes from the societies that can sustain themselves. If liberal democracy ultimately descends into its own collapse, I think that is bad for the future of humanity. Because authoritarian governments certainly will have no problem violating people’s rights to ensure the stability of their population (just look at China’s misguided one child policy). So if liberal democracy cannot sustain itself then the future is owned by authoritarianism.
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Comment on Observation: Video links go unwatched in ~tech
koopa Link ParentThis is the key dynamic. And you can add in the fact that Reddit is incentivized to keep you on Reddit, not sending you somewhere else to watch an hour long video they can’t monetize. The Reddit...This is the key dynamic.
And you can add in the fact that Reddit is incentivized to keep you on Reddit, not sending you somewhere else to watch an hour long video they can’t monetize. The Reddit algorithm consciously or not, wants you looking at and voting on things on Reddit, which provides much higher engagement on Reddit with short form content.
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Comment on YouTube’s new ads will ruin the best part of a video on purpose in ~tech
koopa Link ParentA big reason for most of the extra egregious short term profit seeking we’re seeing lately is the result of suddenly higher interest rates. Companies need to show higher profits to entice...A big reason for most of the extra egregious short term profit seeking we’re seeing lately is the result of suddenly higher interest rates.
Companies need to show higher profits to entice investors away from the easy guaranteed return of 4-5% government bonds. When interest rates were effectively 0 companies didn’t have to show as high returns to attract investors because they were happy to get pretty much any return.
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Comment on If you could travel back in time and bring one thing back to the modern day, what would it be? in ~talk
koopa Link ParentI don’t think I’d be able to carry one, but along the same lines I’d certainly try to bring back the 12 foot tall flightless Moa that lived in New Zealand before humans arrived.I don’t think I’d be able to carry one, but along the same lines I’d certainly try to bring back the 12 foot tall flightless Moa that lived in New Zealand before humans arrived.
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Comment on Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? in ~life
koopa Link ParentManufacturing jobs suck. I worked two weeks in an ice cream factory and that was enough to do whatever I could to stay far away. Many Americans have this rose colored view of manufacturing as if...Manufacturing jobs suck. I worked two weeks in an ice cream factory and that was enough to do whatever I could to stay far away.
Many Americans have this rose colored view of manufacturing as if there’s something magical about manufacturing that creates good jobs you can support a middle class family on.
Except the reason manufacturing jobs were “good jobs” 50 years so was because they were so shit beforehand that they were all unionized. That’s the magic.
A union McDonald’s job in Denmark is a far better paying “good job” than a non-union manufacturing job in Alabama.
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Comment on New ESPN streaming service to cost $29.99 per month or $299.99 per year, limited options and bundles available in ~sports
koopa Link ParentYeah there’s zero chance this price sits stagnant. Disney Plus was late to the streaming game and 5 years later is already double it’s launch price for the monthly ad-free plan.Yeah there’s zero chance this price sits stagnant.
Disney Plus was late to the streaming game and 5 years later is already double it’s launch price for the monthly ad-free plan.
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Comment on They don’t read very well: A study of the reading comprehension skills of English majors at two midwestern universities in ~humanities
koopa Link ParentHonestly, it feels like we’re living through another version of the “lead generation” with how we’ve screwed up a whole generation of students. I don’t know that handwriting is even going to be a...Honestly, it feels like we’re living through another version of the “lead generation” with how we’ve screwed up a whole generation of students.
I don’t know that handwriting is even going to be a long term solution with AI smart glasses coming down the pipe in the next 5-10 years. Education is probably going to have to become something completely different in this new world and I don’t think we’re ready for it in the slightest.
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Comment on They don’t read very well: A study of the reading comprehension skills of English majors at two midwestern universities in ~humanities
koopa Link ParentAlong with grade inflation and outside pressure from parents etc. Schooling has also just become ridiculously easy to game. I went through it all before AI and even back then it was shamefully...Along with grade inflation and outside pressure from parents etc. Schooling has also just become ridiculously easy to game.
I went through it all before AI and even back then it was shamefully easy to get through English class with spark notes etc. Standardized tests are easy to cheat written essays are easy to write around what you don’t actually know. I also never experienced a teacher prior to a single professor in college caring enough (or being paid enough) to do the work to properly grade essays.
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Comment on Will the humanities survive artificial intelligence? in ~tech
koopa LinkUnrelated to the larger points of the article, this is something I’ve also noticed. Only my partner and parent has ever paid such complete attention to me as a chatbot does and neither as...“And it was so patient,” she said. “I was asking it about the history of attention, but five minutes in I realized: I don’t think anyone has ever paid such pure attention to me and my thinking and my questions . . . ever. It’s made me rethink all my interactions with people.”
Unrelated to the larger points of the article, this is something I’ve also noticed. Only my partner and parent has ever paid such complete attention to me as a chatbot does and neither as consistently as the chatbot. Teachers and professors never patiently explained things the way a chatbot explained the DPDK c library the other day.
Which is kind of dystopian feeling.
I feel like maybe the social internet has gotten us to a place where people seem so disposable that we often value the people around us less than a chatbot does. The internet can connect you to more people than there are seconds in your life so things like ghosting and half attention have a certain kind of logic, but really feels like it takes the humanity out of it all.
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Comment on How would I meet you outside of Tildes? In the flesh, so to speak. in ~life
koopa Link ParentI’d try to find a local tabletop game store, but personally I went the become a GM route and created my own group before ever playing as a player (though I had watched a lot of Critical Role). So...I’d try to find a local tabletop game store, but personally I went the become a GM route and created my own group before ever playing as a player (though I had watched a lot of Critical Role). So I probably won’t be much help.
If you have any interest in GMing I’d say that’s the most sure fire way, even if it’s just to start. We’re at a point now in my group that while I’m still the primary GM other members in the group GM from time to time.
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Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk
koopa Link ParentIt was popularized by Joesph Campbell and more commonly known as The Hero’s Journey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey The original Star Wars movie is a textbook example of following...It was popularized by Joesph Campbell and more commonly known as The Hero’s Journey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey
The original Star Wars movie is a textbook example of following The Hero’s Journey template.
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Comment on How would I meet you outside of Tildes? In the flesh, so to speak. in ~life
koopa LinkIf you have any interest in D&D I’ve met pretty much all my friends as an adult by putting together a group and running a weekly game going on 9 years now. We’ve all moved apart since the pandemic...If you have any interest in D&D I’ve met pretty much all my friends as an adult by putting together a group and running a weekly game going on 9 years now.
We’ve all moved apart since the pandemic and now play online every week but we had a good 4-5 year run of in person D&D.
Labor market disruption can arrive before profits do. I’m optimistic about the technology and pessimistic about the politics.
In my mind the political side is probably heavier lift than the technical at this point. So I think it is vital to start building support for these kind of ideas, especially when we’re in a culture like America that will be hostile to them.