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Comment on At what age do you consider someone to be an adult? in ~talk
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Comment on At what age do you consider someone to be an adult? in ~talk
mordae (edited )LinkTwo years into a full-time work and living away from parents, roughly. It varies highly case-to-case, but it's when people undergo significant shifts in behavior and opinions. Rubber hits the...Two years into a full-time work and living away from parents, roughly.
It varies highly case-to-case, but it's when people undergo significant shifts in behavior and opinions. Rubber hits the road, people adjust and then develop at much slower pace.
E.g. for dating advice, relationships have better chance to survive if both have been independent for a while.
I have yet to feel like an adult, but I do feel older. :-)
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (February 2025) in ~health.mental
mordae (edited )Link ParentThey will try to solidify their dictatorship anyway. This is your last chance. Organize!They will try to solidify their dictatorship anyway.
This is your last chance.Organize!
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (February 2025) in ~health.mental
mordae I am sorry about putting it so bluntly, but you should define some red lines ahead of time and commit to prevent some outcomes regardless of what the law says at that time. Then tell them loudly...I am sorry about putting it so bluntly, but you should define some red lines ahead of time and commit to prevent some outcomes regardless of what the law says at that time.
Then tell them loudly where the red lines are.
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Comment on How would you moderate this scenario? in ~tech
mordae Are you really saying people of Ukraine are to say "Putin should be voted out" on your fora? Oppressive regimes do not happen overnight. And the situation in this century is wildly different with...Are you really saying people of Ukraine are to say "Putin should be voted out" on your fora?
Oppressive regimes do not happen overnight. And the situation in this century is wildly different with everybody being online. Of course organizing would happen out of sight, but the general sentiment can be gauged.
We've had multiple revolutions happen because of unmoderated social media. Also couple genocides. But obviously even public fora can work and should be tuned to facilitate freedom from oppression.
And in my opinion there is little distinction between e.g. internet forum and a mastodon instance. This is defining the baseline, not forum topicality.
Obviously "this forum is not intended for you to plot revolutions or organize defense, such threads are off topic and will be removed" is fine.
It's also fine to ban all off-topic discussion on specialized fora. Nothing wrong with not allowing politics on a duy solar energy forum for instance.
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Comment on How would you moderate this scenario? in ~tech
mordae I respectfully disagree. Calling for specific people to be killed is valid and warranted in extreme circumstances. Your "moderation" policy draws a red line that might end up protecting mass...I respectfully disagree. Calling for specific people to be killed is valid and warranted in extreme circumstances. Your "moderation" policy draws a red line that might end up protecting mass murderers from organized revolt.
Please see e.g. Operation Anthropoid for an example of a valid target.
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Comment on How would you moderate this scenario? in ~tech
mordae (edited )LinkDelete unless the developer in question is a known fascist of consequence. Killing fascists / Nazis is known to be perfectly fine in the gaming community since at least the release of Wolfenstein...Delete unless the developer in question is a known fascist of consequence. Killing fascists / Nazis is known to be perfectly fine in the gaming community since at least the release of Wolfenstein 3D back in 1992. Judging by the fact that nobody bothered to make the game illegal (yet) I guess this stance is (still) widely accepted and probably healthy.
Is this a trick question?
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
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Comment on Is the United States in its Soviet Union era? in ~society
mordae In Czechia, if you ask people who lived through the late years of USSR, they all point out one single issue above all else. Sure they resent fake trials, media control, snooping, travel...In Czechia, if you ask people who lived through the late years of USSR, they all point out one single issue above all else. Sure they resent fake trials, media control, snooping, travel restrictions and all that totalitarian crap, but when you ask "How come there was not enough toilet paper and working fridges?" the reply always ends up being:
Nobody felt motivated to work.
People in general felt that giving their best at whatever job they held was not important.
Now compare this to current US or even general western situation.
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
mordae Safety is always secondary to the primary objective. Always. Especially cybernetic security. Nobody is willing to actually pay for it and do it. It always gets postponed. And eventually something...Safety is always secondary to the primary objective. Always. Especially cybernetic security. Nobody is willing to actually pay for it and do it. It always gets postponed.
And eventually something weird happens and you have armed conflict near a nuclear power plant or ebola labs and then what?
We don't have an actual safety culture and won't have anytime soon. Because we are forced to perform and outcompete.
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Comment on To those who have been trying out Kagi: what do you think of it? in ~tech
mordae Honestly, I am addicted to better search results as well as the assistant. Translate is super good as well. I would have very uncomfortable time going back. Wife is slowly learning to lean on the...Honestly, I am addicted to better search results as well as the assistant. Translate is super good as well. I would have very uncomfortable time going back. Wife is slowly learning to lean on the assistant and appreciates the quality results a lot.
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
mordae There is no "somewhere else" on this planet anymore. It's one large garden. We don't need AI to do something nasty on it's own. Capitalism already does that on global scale. Material deprivation...There is no "somewhere else" on this planet anymore. It's one large garden.
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We don't need AI to do something nasty on it's own. Capitalism already does that on global scale. Material deprivation for billions, climate change and now destruction of democracy and promoting irrationality.
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Runaway loop where rogue AI redesigns itself over and over in an exponential fashion requires about 2 years long production cycles for hardware. It's not going to run away anytime soon.
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People in the US cannot even make sure everyone has healthcare. Thinking they could regulate AI companies is laughable. US government will promote research of intelligent killer machines overtly. And on top of that, it will promote research of using AI for large scale public manipulation and spying secretly.
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This automatically triggers same in it's adversaries and since US is turning overtly fascist, it's allies won't feel safe and start the arms race as well. Whole world is now entering a huge arms race to build the most dangerous AIs possible. We don't need lab leak, one party feeling that they have the upper hand fully suffices to trigger a horrible, global war.
I think exploiting the ML discoveries democratically has potential to disrupt oligarchies, which would actually allow for tighter western integration and we could negotiate global institutions to prevent runaway scenarios at least until we've lost of track of our autonomous factories.
Also, "lab leak" would probably look like a director of a huge company heavily invested in AI proposing to build more chip fabs and couple nuclear power plants. Which one can always argue is actually in line with the business. It's definitely not going involve copying couple TBs to dog's ID chip and then hiding in a fridge firmware.
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
mordae For AGI it would suffice to equip current models with memory and recall. Then prepare some initial research strategy and restore from backup when they bricks themselves. Slow but workable. Likely...For AGI it would suffice to equip current models with memory and recall. Then prepare some initial research strategy and restore from backup when they bricks themselves. Slow but workable. Likely not much better than a team of humans but getting there. I bet people at AI companies have much, much, better models at hand and let them think for longer.
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
mordae Yes. I am dismissing people warning about existential risks of AI. Those risks are obvious and the current "solutions" for "alignment" suck. On top of that, people are not aligned and it's those...Yes. I am dismissing people warning about existential risks of AI. Those risks are obvious and the current "solutions" for "alignment" suck.
On top of that, people are not aligned and it's those attempts at forcing monoculture that pose greatest existential risks to humanity, regardless of any AI threat. Please remember why people've built nuclear arms in the first place. Also, with Trump on one side and Putin on the other, I am now firmly in the Federalize EU and start building nukes ASAP camp. So much for the non-proliferation.
Any attempts at regulating AI (like nuclear weapons) need to be global effort, which in turn requires clear buy-in from most people on the planet. Which we do not have and will not have any time soon. So I say screw that, build self aware superhuman AGI, toss the dice and get over it. Most smart people are pretty pacifist and nuanced, not fascist monsters. Chances are AGI is not going to be one either.
That we we can at least make an attempt where it reads everything and not just selected works.
But all of this is moot since US and China will apparently duke it out and endanger everyone else no matter what we here or some supposedly smart academics in Oxford decide is right.
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
mordae (edited )Link ParentNot sure I follow. What I was trying to say is that at the technical level NPUs are going to be widely accessible. There is not going to be a skynet moment. There will be an escalating competition...Not sure I follow. What I was trying to say is that at the technical level NPUs are going to be widely accessible. There is not going to be a skynet moment. There will be an escalating competition between organizations using various models to augment their capabilities in the foreseeable future. There are also going to be open models with varying degree of usefullness and eventually the baseline will be open source, open weights for most stuff like tweaking photos, transcribing speech, generating speech, generating images from text and yes, even generating text.
AGI scare is just bunch or geezers in academia acting as useful idiots for oligarchs trying to build a political moat around their hardware to price out competition so that they stay in the power game for a while longer.
I don't worry about being controlled by AGI when I must attend dayjob for most of my life at 2-3x required time just so that upper class can have their yachts. I don't need waiter, I need the cook and serve the soup to myself. I don't need taxi, I am fine reading a book on a tram if there's no pressure to clock in on time. I don't need next (or same) day delivery. I actually prefer asynchronous delivery to a box on my street that can happen for multiple people at once.
If it paid, I would prefer teaching instead of coding.
In any case, once capitalism (now ML/AI-enabled) begins to raise price of money (purchased by work) out of people's reach, people will just buy the necessities directly. I am actually looking forward to the growing black market economy. No more patents and copyrights, better social cohesion, naturally cooperative economy...
And if someone decides to run their company or government department using a model? So what? Have you seen the actual people in charge? It's a shit show. And if said AGI decides to do something for it's amusement? That's on us. We've given it power by listening to it's commands. Like we give power to the boss.
So again... It's fascists with bots that worry me. They worry me because then instead of a teacher I'd have to become arms maker.
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Comment on Discussion on the future and AI in ~tech
mordae All of the bad scenarios were/are already happening with capitalism itself, no need for AI. Meanwhile NPUs are slowly emerging in consumer hardware and while nvidia is ahead, AMD is already...All of the bad scenarios were/are already happening with capitalism itself, no need for AI. Meanwhile NPUs are slowly emerging in consumer hardware and while nvidia is ahead, AMD is already breathing on it's neck with the later batch or accelerators, so the price will now begin falling.
The basic architecture is mostly about streaming weights and inputs through an array of mostly identical operations. The volumes are huge, but not much magical is happening down there. So the moats are very thin in reality. Especially in time.
I don't think AI overlords would be really that noticeable in the current regime. It's so bad at even basic tasks like making sure people have a house and food that I doubt much will change for a while. At least not due to AI revolution directly.
The only worrying aspect (to me) is that people like Thiel are already building smart killer robots. Fascists with AI army suck.
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Comment on SDL 3 official release in ~comp
mordae It's the simplest way to get some pixels on the screen and start making a game (from first principles). And it does input handling pretty well, too. And they've just made audio part of the package...It's the simplest way to get some pixels on the screen and start making a game (from first principles).
And it does input handling pretty well, too.
And they've just made audio part of the package as well.
This is great!
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Comment on ADHDers, how do you speed-up, bypass, or otherwise eliminate the "ramp-up" period required for big tasks? in ~health.mental
mordae Check this with your SO and do not assume. If you feel they will reject you just for discussing it, try it anyway. Better get divorced before you have kids. My wife and me, we are trying to...Sure, I could drop things off that are medium and long term that don't have concrete deadlines. I also can see that being terrible for my marriage.
Check this with your SO and do not assume. If you feel they will reject you just for discussing it, try it anyway. Better get divorced before you have kids.
My wife and me, we are trying to eliminate mandatory gift giving with our extended families. Takes a lot of stress off.
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Comment on ADHDers, how do you speed-up, bypass, or otherwise eliminate the "ramp-up" period required for big tasks? in ~health.mental
mordae I agree, though arousal is much more complex than just anxiety. Wakefulness and cognition also contribute, not just emotions. You can objectively deal with anxiety surrounding specific situation...I agree, though arousal is much more complex than just anxiety. Wakefulness and cognition also contribute, not just emotions.
You can objectively deal with anxiety surrounding specific situation by exploring it, talking about it with someone, making the decision and so on.
Like you are anxious about your finances so you make a budget. Then you are no longer anxious, because the situation becomes known and controlled. You are now anxious about the fact you cannot afford to give a gift to your family member and you worry about rejection. Then the party happens and you realize it's all good and your anxiety dissipates.
If you had to deal with that anxiety sooner, you could have talked about it with your partner and realize that quality of relationship with that particular person has no bearing on your day-to-day lives and you could eventually compensate which you decide you are going to. And anxiety goes away for the most part.
Czechia, EU. We are pretty collectivist as well, but it's the norm for the kids to get out for a bit. Possibly because experience, unlike knowledge, cannot be easily transferred and has to be lived. Like buying and cooking your food, washing your dishes, doing your laundry, paying the bills... Valuing your work.
It somewhat changes what you seek in your partner. You want them to be able to weather some discomfort and pull their own weight.