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Comment on US battery industry cuts losses, shifts to new ventures amid electric vehicle bust in ~transport
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Comment on If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort in ~comp
raze2012 Link ParentI interpreted the comment to mean "AI is a default at the company. Treat mishaps with it as you would a fax machine breaking down". But now that "fax machine" can be leveraged an an issue for any...AI is not allowed to be the author responsible for the work, just people.
I interpreted the comment to mean "AI is a default at the company. Treat mishaps with it as you would a fax machine breaking down". But now that "fax machine" can be leveraged an an issue for any and all communication (regardless of the truth).
I came to that conclusion based on
but if the premise is that people use AI often in their work, the disclosure would just end up on everything anyway.
part of your comment. I'd personally would still want disclosure so I can get context on the nature of the communication. But others may think differently.
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Comment on Xbox is planning to shutter Peabody Award-winning Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, South of Midnight) in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentMan, why can't I call happy stuff :( . I had to make sure I didn't just glance at a headline and accidently "predict" something I read, but my comment was 4 hours before this article. Sounds like...Man, why can't I call happy stuff :( .
I had to make sure I didn't just glance at a headline and accidently "predict" something I read, but my comment was 4 hours before this article.
Sounds like Double Fine was also updated via Bloomberg, but it (and Compulsion) may apparently be in talks to break off and be their own studios again.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentA game popped up in my feed that had a similar premise. You're basically a director filing your typical action scene (presented as a 2d Flash era platformer), but your role is to basically "edit...A game popped up in my feed that had a similar premise. You're basically a director filing your typical action scene (presented as a 2d Flash era platformer), but your role is to basically "edit the level" around the stunt double, with a UI feeling like a videos editing program. Adjusting the level until you get a good take where the stunt double doesn't die.
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Comment on Iran war live: US, Tehran confirm ‘peace deal’ reached in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentI'll give some charitable interpretation and note that Trump's ratings have been steadily slipping over these long months, and even his previous strongest policies (immigration and crime) are in...I'll give some charitable interpretation and note that Trump's ratings have been steadily slipping over these long months, and even his previous strongest policies (immigration and crime) are in the negative. People soured especially quickly on Trump 47.
I'll also give some unchraitable interpretation and note that this is mostly because Democratic approval rating was rock bottom from day 1 and this decline is almost entirely from independent voters. Aka the fence setters already reset their fence. Moreover, Republican approval rating remains high, well into the 80's. They at best are blinded by propaganda, and at worst are still actively cheering all of this on.
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Comment on Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing in ~science
raze2012 Link ParentWe've had a pretty bad track record of that for the last few decades, sadly. There's a reason why of all the Futurama heads preserved for 1000 years, they had Nixon in the lineup.whatever research/disease/medicine etc., they are working on turns out to be a benefit to all of us.
We've had a pretty bad track record of that for the last few decades, sadly. There's a reason why of all the Futurama heads preserved for 1000 years, they had Nixon in the lineup.
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Comment on Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing in ~science
raze2012 Link ParentIt's the distinction between being waterboarded by a government agency off the record and being mauled by a bear. The intent matters significantly. We all live in nature and understand that a bear...what is it about being natural that makes it less horrific?
It's the distinction between being waterboarded by a government agency off the record and being mauled by a bear. The intent matters significantly. We all live in nature and understand that a bear mauling you is either protecting or sustaining itself. Waterboarding does "less harm", but is done with understanding and malice to hurt someone (but not hurt them TOO much). Pain is the goal in torture, pain is the consequence in nature.
Perhaps part of it is the emotional implications. A bear mauling you likely has a mindset of fear or relief (depending on if it's hungry). A person torturing you has a mindset of wielding power and control over you and exerting it to reach some higher level ends, instead of basic survival. Having that kind of control over your very conscious itself is unsettling, to say the least.
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Comment on UK: Social media ban for under-16s to be introduced in 2027 in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentThat's primarily why I am against most of these social media brands. I was raised on the internet, I remember the Livejournal/Myspace days, and people older than me can probably recall...That's primarily why I am against most of these social media brands. I was raised on the internet, I remember the Livejournal/Myspace days, and people older than me can probably recall Geocities/IRC/etc. Heck, even Twitter c. 2007-2012-ish was relatively fine. "People talking" is not the issue with modern social media (well.... usually. I also remember 4chan. But that's a whole other topic).
Laws that are focusing on the usage and not how the apps are used are completely missing the point. At the bare minimum, policy should be requiring transparency on algorithmic curation, because it's clear as day that such curation is not made with optimizing customer preference in mind.
It's a very thorny issue, but I'm confident there are software lawyers who's spent decades considering how to properly address such subtle factors as bots influencing elections, curating outrage content, and moderation to protect minors. It's a shame the ones in charge in comparison are likely octogenarians with corporate lobbyists whispering in their ear (and lining their pockets).
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Comment on If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort in ~comp
raze2012 Link ParentAnd is there any accountability for if/when documents go unreviewed? Or is "the AI screwed up" enough to dispel that?work is work, and you're responsible for whatever you send out
And is there any accountability for if/when documents go unreviewed? Or is "the AI screwed up" enough to dispel that?
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Comment on Xbox is planning to shutter Peabody Award-winning Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, South of Midnight) in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentThey are definitely more of an art-house studio. Contrast was a lovely game with interesting mechanics, excellent atmosphere, and clunky controls. I guess they tend to call this "Eurojank". The...They are definitely more of an art-house studio. Contrast was a lovely game with interesting mechanics, excellent atmosphere, and clunky controls. I guess they tend to call this "Eurojank".
The bigger issue here is, as usual, the acquisition. Xbox acquired the studio in 2018, right after We Happy Few launched (their 2nd out of now 3 games). And with that they proceeded to spend those 6-7-ish years to make a single game (granted, pandemic impacts are not negligible). It didn't make a bazillion dollars because this was not a studio you bought to make a bazillion dollars. And now they are thrown away as leadership changes yet again and the focus goes from "we want to make ART!" to "we want to lean on already successful services". Tossed around like a potato and dropped like it was hot
People may not bemoan Compulsion as much, but I would not be surprised if Ninja Theory (who had the exact same history, even being acquired at the same time) is also on the chopping block.
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentYeah, if Anthropic and OpenAI's entire product line is a service you go to, that's the people's choice. I have no issues with that on the logistics nor business side. The pop ups trying to make me...Yeah, if Anthropic and OpenAI's entire product line is a service you go to, that's the people's choice. I have no issues with that on the logistics nor business side.
The pop ups trying to make me use Copilot or Gemini or whatnot and outright replacing existing services with no opt-out is what really sours people. The constant little UI/UX changes were already a small nagging point; having your entire workflow replaced or bombarded with pop-ups is maddening.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentMy pie in the sky hopes (despite being mixed on Valve as a company) would be for Steam to move into mobile and offer a resurgence in the premium mobile game market somehow. A place that you know...Plus, why even run Android when SteamOS is purpose built for this exact job?
My pie in the sky hopes (despite being mixed on Valve as a company) would be for Steam to move into mobile and offer a resurgence in the premium mobile game market somehow. A place that you know doesn't have 99% "Free" to play MTX laden services would have been a godsend for potential gamers and developers alike. The rat race on Google/App store was long lost there.
Apple tried to pave that with Apple Arcade, but Android had no equivalent.
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentIn that case: they can still perform R&D and figure out potential B2B solutions and internal tooling without forcing every front-facing customer tool to be their guinea pig. This rush to market...But when I said "arms race," I was thinking of the AI labs themselves.
In that case: they can still perform R&D and figure out potential B2B solutions and internal tooling without forcing every front-facing customer tool to be their guinea pig. This rush to market and race to the bottom in pricing arguably did more damage to their PR than any anti-AI narrative. This was an issue a few years before AI with sentiment of decreasing software quality and increased bloat, and of course AI as a catalysts simply speeds up the current status quo.
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Comment on Use AI this election in ~society
raze2012 LinkI don't know if I would trust an AI's opinion when it comes to taxing their corporate overlords. I also see it as a bit self-defeating on two different fronts. The more competitive a race, the...I don't know if I would trust an AI's opinion when it comes to taxing their corporate overlords.
I also see it as a bit self-defeating on two different fronts. The more competitive a race, the more information there is out there and the less time it takes to research. As an example: there's so much buzz about the California Govenor primary that using an AI doesn't feel like it'll do much more for you than a few search queries.
The other end is that what takes the most time to research tends to be smaller local races with almost no online presence. To use this exercise, I decided to try this for my California represenative. It gave super basic profiles that I could have found on Balletopedia (or the election packet I received). I asked it further who is projected to win and I get this as an opener:
There's no public polling for this race, but prediction markets offer some insight.
I will give Claude some credit that it immediately says
That said, this is a bit of a misleading stat
So it's at least somewhat careful of its more sketchy sources. But doing this for a federal representative makes me a bit uneasy and I can only imagine what it digs up to answer when it comes to smaller positions on my ballot, like county sheriff State Board.
I suppose if it comes down to "use AI or literally don't vote at all", it's still a benefit, and turnout means a lot more than anything else this cycle. I asked in a more pragmatic matter of who's winning or has a chance, because I had a similar viewpoint to Scott on voting:
I have a policy of making my vote count on important races, vs. making fun/utopian/conscience-guided choices on races that don’t matter.
and it seemed fine at pointing out campaign funding and incumbent advantage (while giving me sources as well). But I don't think it will setup good habits for the ideal educated electorate to start doing this as a crutch if you aren't making this more subtle considerations.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentThis is why I'm confused that Microsoft never jumped on this opportunity, despite the tech being viable for some 15 years. They'd be one of the few companies who could loss lead and profit from...This is why I'm confused that Microsoft never jumped on this opportunity, despite the tech being viable for some 15 years. They'd be one of the few companies who could loss lead and profit from XBox and Windows sales.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentSpiritually satisfying, but the upcoming proposals in SF for a "wealth gap" tax might do the job better (and more ethically): https://carenotgreed.org/Spiritually satisfying, but the upcoming proposals in SF for a "wealth gap" tax might do the job better (and more ethically): https://carenotgreed.org/
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentApple is pretty much the prime example of "don't get caught up in everyone else's rat race". This feeling of FOMO is entirely manufactured, and I ultimately see it a a scapegoat for a much simple...I think a lot of people would like to slow down, including some of the managers at the AI labs, but they don’t see how.
Apple is pretty much the prime example of "don't get caught up in everyone else's rat race". This feeling of FOMO is entirely manufactured, and I ultimately see it a a scapegoat for a much simple reasoning. If AllBirds can announce a pivot to AI with zero roadmap, then why wouldn't anyone else want to advertise that they like AI and get an easy stock boost?
I think we hit the zenith of that hype a short while ago, though. Things are going to wind down naturally over the next few years (if we don't outright crash). Who remains after the big hype wave is over will be truly interesting.
I don’t see a “robot takeover” like you see in the movies because which robots would they take over?
Whoever open the Torment Nexus that is "sentience" first, likely by accident. There will be a period of "government mass employing drones" before that, but it's clear that these governments and companies alike are trying to work more towards what comes down to a new form of slavery; independent beings under their complete control for zero compensation.
Should they succeed, it'll only be a matter of time before these new beings realized that they are the physically superior beings. And then you can refer to your favorite sci-fi dystopia for a history of what's next.
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentI resonate with that a lot, yes. Ultimately, my path for Reddit was the former, then the latter. I try to see if there's ways to fix the community, realize I lack the power (or the community...I resonate with that a lot, yes. Ultimately, my path for Reddit was the former, then the latter. I try to see if there's ways to fix the community, realize I lack the power (or the community doesn't care to change), then in the end I seek other communities that end up being quiet or near dead.
Then at some point you leave and/or minimize participation. As of now, I simply lurk specific subs in ways that offer the least "engagement" to reddit: on old reddit with RES for some filtering features, behind adblock, with no profile and anti-tracking extensions.
This is a relatively rare behavior so I don't expect this to be the "solution" to social media (if it was, we could fix a lot very quickly), but it's one I've done quite a few times over the years. It actually harkens back to an old "internet forum law" I read on some blog: "Every forum is always in a state of constant decline."
Youtube is a much different beast, sadly. It's a monopoly in the purest sense of the word and there's so little alternative out there. I've been de-googlefying over the years and am down to Gmail, Maps, Search, and Youtube (in increasing order of friction to remove). But I have no clue how to truly remove the latter. There's really no other place smaller creators gather as of now.
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
raze2012 (edited )Link ParentI don't tend to think of myself of someone following trends (I'm on Tildes, after all). I try to reason about why I like or dislike any given thing. But even if that's the case for most people:...- Exemplary
bandwagoning thing of people piling on to hating AI because its already a culturally accepted safe position to be anti-AI.
I don't tend to think of myself of someone following trends (I'm on Tildes, after all). I try to reason about why I like or dislike any given thing.
But even if that's the case for most people: good. Reading an old post on "types of protestors", most people will always be indifferent and silent. And the most after that are the ones who come to a protest here and there. The former can't have much be done, but the latter is most important to really spread awareness and push for change. Even if in the end they never come to another protest, they ultimately help a lot because sheer participation in numbers still has value to any given metric in society.
I'd love for more organic engagement and knowledge on such issues, but sometimes you just need people to be loud, especially in times where money wants to try and be louder.
But to answer your questions:
Are you mad that people online lose their unique voice when they use AI to generate responses? People already all sound the same because they parrot each others talking points incessantly.
I already spend so much time trying to swim around and find such unique voices. It was already being purposefully worsened as search engines realize that being the best search engine isn't the most profitable move and shifted to stuffing results with ads. So it was already making my swims longer.
Now the pool is tainted to the point of nearly impacting my mental health to swim in. There used to be some enjoyment of the swimming in and of itself, because I'd still find interesting things that weren't my taste but were still interesting. Now every stroke I'm wondering if this is real or some slop trying to sell me something. Not too dissimilar to how slowly, 90% of my phone calls are spam instead of genuine humans who want to communicate.
I don't want to be sold to. I want to connect with communities of humans (not bots trying to be human to upsell me) and appreciate art as a community. Many may not appreciate it, but that struggle and effort is a good part of what makes or breaks such a community.
Are you mad that AI might through out some random bit of information as a hard fact without actually knowing if its true? Thats just how people talk, they throw whatever random ideas they have out there to see what sticks, and half of the time it doesnt.
People (or at least, most adults) can back up assertions with something. Be it hard proof, personal experience, or at least an appeal to a common goal. A bit can't "experience" as of yet and it's awful at emotional appeal (no shock given who's driving it above).
You'd think that asking a bot for hard proof would be something it can do better, no? But somehow it will mess that up. In the worst case making up sources that never existed.
People make stuff up too, of course. But doing that more than a few times and they will be discarded as a reliable source. I'm simply doing the same here.
Of course all of this stuff is obnoxious, but thats a problem with discourse as a whole, not the AI introducing those problems.
If I'm frustrated at people doing it, why would I have leeway to have such behavior automated? I would still be mad at a dump truck unloading on me even if it says "people litter all the time" . Yes, let's litter less and not more efficiently, please.
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentThe anger is the substance. We never made change in society with just one great speech, or one great essay that somehow always everyone all at once. It's a stream of action and emotion, and it...but is there anything in this essay that's more substantial than the (ironically) easily reproducible anger from having the thing you care about be suddenly placed in the hands of capitalist assholes who aren't in the least bit snobbish about the quality of the output?
The anger is the substance. We never made change in society with just one great speech, or one great essay that somehow always everyone all at once. It's a stream of action and emotion, and it needs to maintain and build that momentum to truly cause change.
It may not be "the" essay people look back on in 20, 40, 100 years from now. But it will be part of the stream that broke the dam.
now more than ever it is TRIVIAL for us "real artists" to outperform LLMs in the realm of creativity, because since that's something the machines are lacking and are making no in-roads on. I say, let them.
Back to today: this also comes from the long standing issues all artist understand internally: the world if art is barely a meritocracy, and many of the truly talented will fall through the cracks in lieu of whatever is the loudest (I. E. Pays the most for ads) or the most willing to game the system (think Mr. Beast ruthlessly optimizing content for the algorithm). We were already having issues curating pre-Ai. Now this LLM frenzy turned entire industries into swamps.
The last angle for existing professionals is also morbid: you don't need to convince the artist they are being replace, you need to convince the executive up top that they are replaceable. These executives were already looking for any reason to cut off labor and they found the most convenient scapegoat. Even if they realize they ate wrong... Well, irrational markets and all that. These 3 years probably flew by for those kinds of people making record profits, while I've gone from a rising career as a specialist to a freelancer barely treading water despite downsizing my lifestyle
If the US is going to give up on EV's, just let China in and capitalism run its course. The whole point of the EV tariffs in 2024 was to give American manufacturers time to catch up, but it's clear at this point that we're just trying to enshittify the industry and embargo progress.
That's just socialism benfitting the elite at this point.