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Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society
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Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentNot at all. Governments put bans/embargoes on useful things more often than you'd expect. This is more talking about possibility than viability. But back to reality: Yes. And those will be the...This entirely hinges on your thesis of AI not actually being that useful
Not at all. Governments put bans/embargoes on useful things more often than you'd expect. This is more talking about possibility than viability.
But back to reality:
Companies have continually gotten better at implementing and are becoming less reckless with their token spend as they've stared dialing things in.
Yes. And those will be the companies to survive, maybe thrive post-bubble. As of now, the largest contributors haven't really slowed down.
Even if a country would like to protect their labor force, they're worried that putting measures in place that are too aggressive will cause that work to go elsewhere, and they'll be left behind.
America has given away decades of labor and technology, hence why we became so behind on very necessary resources that could have mitigated the current bubble. So I don't really think that's a justification the US truly believes in.
You really need international agreements in place to assuage those fears.
Only if you 1) lack other kinds of leverage and 2) genuinely think you will be left behind. I don't think the US has neither. And that's really what all this comes down to: even if this was genuinely a transformative technology, the ones heading the charge do not have the interests the country nor humanity in mind.
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Comment on Summer US box office hits all-time $4.76B record: how audiences surrendered to moviegoing in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentI think it came down to it being as simple as: there were a lot of really good (or at least, really popular) movies that were varied enough for everyone. Big blockbuster? You had the biggest...I think it came down to it being as simple as: there were a lot of really good (or at least, really popular) movies that were varied enough for everyone. Big blockbuster? You had the biggest Spiderman yet, Nolan delivered another raving success with Oddessy, and Michael was a surefire hit for the older millennial/Gen X crowd (among several other films).
More into indies? We're hitting a potential new era of filmmaking with Obsession and Backrooms being the dark horses of the summer, and we even had a web show premiere its finale in theaters. Animation? Toy Story 5 was there, and there was a few other hits that didn't blow up, but contributed. Mandalorian and Moana (if we call that "animation") underperformed, but it still got people in seats. And Minions continues to minions.
Look at any genre and I'm sure there's something that catches your interest this summer. I don't think any major trend changed this year on the consumer end. There was just more stuff getting people out to theaters this time.
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Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentNo. People who do not work on the ground fell for the snake oil that AI tools are massively increasing productivity, and are reacting in kind because it feeds into their justifications for actions...AI tools have also greatly increased productivity in certain areas, reducing the need for labor.
No. People who do not work on the ground fell for the snake oil that AI tools are massively increasing productivity, and are reacting in kind because it feeds into their justifications for actions they always wanted to do anyway. All formal studies on AI productivity maxes out at 10% productivity gains. Many seem to place it more conservatively around 3%.
That's "I can make emails faster" levels of productivity, not "I'm ready for an non-human white collar future" levels. We come around to this argument every single year and then I read new studies and it's creeping alone logarithmically at most. Not exponentially like what the headlines want us to believe.
The economy's transformation has been well underway for a while, and the average worker is not coming out ahead.
Well it's too bad the average worker is the one who has to vote on such issues, huh?
The only thing that any one country can do alone is enact polices that dampen the negative impacts of the transformation on the average citizen.
Governments regulate companies, not the other way around. The governments can 100,000% entail stronger worker protections, if not outright ban mass scale AI if they wished. Don't let billionaire propaganda tell you otherwise.
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Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentI doubt that's the real document being proposed. it looks more like a summary for proper legislation to be written up if this ever gets more support. I can imagine they never try to sway congress...I doubt that's the real document being proposed. it looks more like a summary for proper legislation to be written up if this ever gets more support. I can imagine they never try to sway congress members with a massive 20+ page documentation until it's near the support needed to potentially pass a vote.
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Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentI'm pretty tired of the "But China is going to make the torment nexus" argument. How about for once we let someone else screw up instead of insisting that the US needs to be the leading screw-up...Step 3) Watch from the sidelines as China becomes the leader in AI.
I'm pretty tired of the "But China is going to make the torment nexus" argument. How about for once we let someone else screw up instead of insisting that the US needs to be the leading screw-up of the world?
China is already beating us IMO. Because their approach to AI is much more sustainable and future proof than this multi-trillion dollar rollout of data centers. in 20 years, well after this bubble pops, the most important AI models will be the ones that can run on your phone, not cloud into some data center that hikes up energy costs for everyone in the area.
Not to mention that this current approach to data centers only severs to enrich a very select few people in the country, not the country as a whole. Believe it or not, we don't need a billionaire to compete in technology.
I don't understand the anti-AI pivot.
Data center rollouts are one of the very few bi-partisan issues right now in this otherwise very divided country. the pivot makes perfect sense, and in one way or another we are going to deal with the fallout of this huge gamble in a few years. I completely understand why Bernie is getting on this now.
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Comment on Proposal to ban development of AI superintelligence by US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Representative Greg Casar in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentHard to say. Bernie likely has professional writers and AI was ultimately trained on this exact kind of rhetoric. This newpaper-y slightly click-baity feel to reel people in.Don’t have any evidence to make that claim concretely though.
Hard to say. Bernie likely has professional writers and AI was ultimately trained on this exact kind of rhetoric. This newpaper-y slightly click-baity feel to reel people in.
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Comment on What are your "how on earth did I not learn this sooner" tech moments? in ~tech
raze2012 Linkmore of an anti-pattern, but for windows users: try out Win+ alt + ctrl + shift + L and see what happens ;) as a more interesting and useful utility: win + . (period) in a textbox context will...more of an anti-pattern, but for windows users: try out Win+ alt + ctrl + shift + L and see what happens ;)
as a more interesting and useful utility: win + . (period) in a textbox context will bring up an emoji menu for you, to save you some web searching. Also includes gifs via Giphy to insert.
lastly, I really hope people know this one by now on Windows 11, but: a quicker way to get your old, more powerful context menu back rather than right click -> Show more options is to shift + right click. It's one of those tiny time saves that gives you back hours over the years.
as for some apps, I'll share 3 that I always install on any new device these days:
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Everything for a blazing fast search indexer. make sure to go into the options to set a hotkey to open the window and you're set to never use windows search again.
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ShareX if you find yourself screenshotting often and want to make some pipelines around it. it can be as simple as a more convenient full screenshot button, or automating an entire process to crop a screenshot, annotate it, save it to a folder with a name, and upload it to your favorite image host. Extremely customizable
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Wizrtee for a more powful disk space analyzer. Pretty fast, can open it in a context menu to analyze a given folder. Not as oft used a tool, but great way to quickly figure out where to save space.
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Comment on How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentI'm angry precisely because I can see the boons and potential here. I did some light work with reinforcement learning a few years before LLM's blew up, so I can see all kinds of ways such part so...I'm angry precisely because I can see the boons and potential here. I did some light work with reinforcement learning a few years before LLM's blew up, so I can see all kinds of ways such part so tech (LLM or other types of AI) can be used for procedural animation, advanced enemy AI, terrain generation, and much more. Tools that enhance art instead of threatening to replace them with slop.
Now instead I have to wait for the grifters to get cold feet and eject as the bubble (and as a result, the global economy) pops and hope more virtuous people pick up the pieces for such goals.
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Comment on ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ snags no. 2 with $15.4m as ‘Spider-Man’ nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ put to sleep in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentWhy do you mean? The Mickey Mouse shorts on D+ were excellent little bits of classic slapstick and that ran for 6 years. And to this day there's still some preschool aged Mickey Mouse animation....I think Disney was smart to stop making stuff with him as a character.
Why do you mean? The Mickey Mouse shorts on D+ were excellent little bits of classic slapstick and that ran for 6 years. And to this day there's still some preschool aged Mickey Mouse animation. The mouse never stopped, he just changed audience.
Would he carry a theatrical release? Hard to say. He was made in a time where he pioneered the idea of the format. But if they can keep finding ways to make Spider-Man fresh to every new audience, it's not impossible for a good director to do the same for Mickey.
On the other side of the spectrum, I'm genuinely wondering who is cinematically funding Tom and Jerry at this point. Must be the same person keeping the Smurfs alive.
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Comment on ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ snags no. 2 with $15.4m as ‘Spider-Man’ nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ put to sleep in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentBe careful. Last time we went down this route, we got Velma 2023. And that was vastly overhated. But I can't say I liked either. Shows like Mystery Incorporated show they don't need to be confined...Be careful. Last time we went down this route, we got Velma 2023.
And that was vastly overhated. But I can't say I liked either. Shows like Mystery Incorporated show they don't need to be confined to a certain type of show and make a good show. But we still seem to have this odd perception that Family Guy style humor is the only modern approach to "adult animation" (despite there being so many good examples of adult animation in the last decade).
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Comment on ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ snags no. 2 with $15.4m as ‘Spider-Man’ nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ put to sleep in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentSounds like an opportunity for Square Enix to revitalize the character in the modern age. Bugs can totally pull the look off. Like Mickey, Bugs has so many incarnations out there that he can be...It's a shame that Bugs may go down the Mickey Mouse route
Sounds like an opportunity for Square Enix to revitalize the character in the modern age. Bugs can totally pull the look off.
Like Mickey, Bugs has so many incarnations out there that he can be almost whatever you want. I grew up seeing Bugs in slapstick, as an edgy action hero, and as a sitcom protagonist. And those were all broadcast on the same channel at nearly the same time.
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Comment on ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ snags no. 2 with $15.4m as ‘Spider-Man’ nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ put to sleep in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentIts a problem with all their anination in general. Every now and then it can create a hit, but it feels like it's *despite * Warner Bros instead of because of them. its really like how they...Its a problem with all their anination in general. Every now and then it can create a hit, but it feels like it's *despite * Warner Bros instead of because of them. its really like how they treated the Acme settlements early in the film. "Cartoon? Basement"
Rick and Morty is their most recent animated juggernaut. How many really feel like that's a Warner Bros. Property rather than an Adult Swim property?
Hell, DC is a great distillation of what's going on. It has so many excellent animated series out right now and in the last 15 years in general. Meanwhile all the focus goes into trying its darndest to hoist up the DCAU in the movie space instead.
At least this angle is understandable when you follow the money. What's the most successful DC animated show? As much as it pains me to say this: Teen Titans Go. Ironic that injecting Looney Toons style of humor into what was once an earnest action series is the golden formula, somehow.
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Comment on ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ snags no. 2 with $15.4m as ‘Spider-Man’ nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ put to sleep in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentHard to say. This had a simiary limited release as The day the Earth blew up. It was in some 1000+ less thatres than a full release. There aren't any showings in my town and had to drive down some...This is a movie that cost 70M, and it'll make about half of that. So, from a business decision, it makes sense why WB canned it.
Hard to say. This had a simiary limited release as The day the Earth blew up. It was in some 1000+ less thatres than a full release. There aren't any showings in my town and had to drive down some 15 miles for the nearest viewing.
I can't say it would have done gangbusters (and honestly, while I enjoyed his performance I'm not sure if the budget warranted John Cena), but I feel a proper release cycle would have at least made its money back. The industry still seems to highly undervalue the power of natural buzz and word of mouth these days. It can save what looks to be blockbuster disasters (Elemental, as a recent ish example) and create tepid responses to the biggest marketing campaigns.
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Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentGood thing legal precedent is rarely set by the apathetic majorityGood thing legal precedent is rarely set by the apathetic majority
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Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentAnd money is fake as well, going by that logic. At least, as of 1973 in my country. They get a license to grab zeroes and ones from a server. So yes, it has value in that utility. I wouldn't call...All video games are digital.
And money is fake as well, going by that logic. At least, as of 1973 in my country.
do people think BluRays have a range of values that can be "zeroish" or "almost one?"
They get a license to grab zeroes and ones from a server. So yes, it has value in that utility.
find it obnoxious that this has been the norm in the Steam-monopoly world for twenty years, and suddenly people only care when Sony makes a symbolic change
I wouldn't call myself a PC gamer per se. I have a PC collection, but it's "only" maybe a few hundred games spread throughout a dozen vendors over the course of 15 years. My physcial collection is not far off in size from my digital one.
So it's not "symbolic" for me. Being able to own a disc for media I cared about was a large draw in how I shaped my shopping habits.
the vast majority of game sales are sold online through PSN.
Okay. I'm not really here because I'm "the vast majority of people".
but the recent framing smells like childish anti-console stuff.
I can only speak for myself on the matter.
But I think it goes beyond childish when it's up in courts and we regularly use "reasonable person standard" worldwide. It's what makes court systems ones run by humans, not strict legal definitions (which are made by humans).
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Comment on We surveyed 6,000 Americans. Here is the winning message for Democrats - Opinion, Dustin Guastella and Erica Etelson in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentGood ol' gaslighting. Same shit, different day. I don't really know if there's a viable solution to this kind of menatlity. The only solace is its cowardice; You see the narrative and toxicity...clearly they can't do that, even if they wanted to!
Good ol' gaslighting.
He's not REALLY going to do all these things
He's only going after the bad guy!
You must have Trump Derangement Syndrome!Same shit, different day.
I don't really know if there's a viable solution to this kind of menatlity. The only solace is its cowardice; You see the narrative and toxicity really ramp up during Trump 1, then Biden comes in and a lot of that narrative flees to the dark corners of the internet, like cockroaches. Not as far back as it was in 2015, but a noticeable retreat. And then Trump 2 comes and it's back in full swing.
The mitigating factor is trust and empathy. But increasing wealth inequality makes that harder to do. And that's more of a preventative factor than a curative one. It's extremely hard to change mind in general, and it gets harder as people age.
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Comment on Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentIt has to do with 1) many high profile cases against Meta having them lose, which is creating an avalanche effect, 2) that even among addictive social media, FB's algorithms are especially bad,...It's a little strange it's only Facebook, though. There's plenty of other websites that are equally, if not, more harmful.
It has to do with 1) many high profile cases against Meta having them lose, which is creating an avalanche effect, 2) that even among addictive social media, FB's algorithms are especially bad, and 3) how studies have broken down FB's ad space being home to significantly higher instances of fraud, with less punishment (early punishment is just charging fraudulent ads more... So FB profits off of fraud).
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Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentTried that some decade and a half ago, in the FB era. Turns out I don't actually have that many "friends". I don't know if that speaks more to my character, theirs, or the nature of social...stop using it at all, instead go and meet your friends in real life. Not easy, by doable
Tried that some decade and a half ago, in the FB era.
Turns out I don't actually have that many "friends". I don't know if that speaks more to my character, theirs, or the nature of social networks. I've grown acquainted with loneliness, but I understand that this isn't a road everyone wants to take.
You choose to walk your own road in a digital age, and you'll be sobered by how few follow. But you also might be uplifted by who you meet along the new road.
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Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentI'm not even sure if you can fully block Elon Musk these days with the built-in tools.I'm not even sure if you can fully block Elon Musk these days with the built-in tools.
Well clearly we don't "have" to. That assumes companies or shareholders care about the quality of the output.
If they are fine with garbage out and are willing to ignore customers/stakeholders (or trick them) into consuming slop, then the slop factory wins out. The most profitable model requiring the lowest (eventually) expenses. Will that prevail? Doesn't look good so far for slop, but I wouldn't quite say they lost yet.
Worst case, the rich get away with the big con instead of the long con.