zestier's recent activity
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Comment on Question for the women in relationships: how would you react if a male friend asked to hang with you alone? in ~life.women
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Comment on The Just World Cultural License—a copyleft license to make the world a better place in ~creative
zestier Link ParentI wouldn't normally post formatting feedback, but since you just stated you made this here it is anyway: this site is somewhat clunky to read on small screens. On my phone it looks like about half...I wouldn't normally post formatting feedback, but since you just stated you made this here it is anyway: this site is somewhat clunky to read on small screens.
On my phone it looks like about half the width of the page is just various margins and padding. As a result each line only has 3-5 words and many words split across lines. In just the preamble there are 11 times words got cut across lines for me.
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Comment on Which game has the best dodge animation? in ~games
zestier LinkI did watch the whole thing. While I can't say I disagree with the winner, it is interesting to me from the perspective that it was clearly a highly inspirational implementation. This makes me...I did watch the whole thing. While I can't say I disagree with the winner, it is interesting to me from the perspective that it was clearly a highly inspirational implementation. This makes me wonder a bit if the video author believes it to truly be the best when stacked up against the works it inspired, or if it got some bonus points for the groundwork it laid.
Either way, fun video. My favorite section was regarding games that go for realism and the challenges that realism presents to a player wanting a near-instant large change in momentum.
Winner
Nier Automata
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Comment on Medicare for all would save 68,000 US lives per year and reduce costs by $450 billion in ~health
zestier Link ParentWhile I don't think I've seen politicians try to claim this, I personally believe that single payer healthcare could be strong in pro small business camps. The basic logic is simple: if you want...While I don't think I've seen politicians try to claim this, I personally believe that single payer healthcare could be strong in pro small business camps. The basic logic is simple: if you want more people to start small businesses those people need to not fear losing employer coverage. In practice I don't know that our politicians are actually pro small business, but at least some of them try to claim to be.
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Comment on Medicare for all would save 68,000 US lives per year and reduce costs by $450 billion in ~health
zestier Link ParentI had a conversation with a coworker some months back about how even though we objectively had better than average healthcare through our employer I would much rather single payer. He and I have...I had a conversation with a coworker some months back about how even though we objectively had better than average healthcare through our employer I would much rather single payer. He and I have very different opinions.
His position was effectively that if you are old and no longer provide the value to society that would grant you healthcare then you should not have it. When I asked about if it was a young person that would have earning potential if treated it almost felt like his view flipped and that that person shouldn't be left to die. It didn't even feel like it mattered how much someone had contributed, only that they could contribute more in the future.
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Comment on She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate in ~life
zestier Link ParentFair, I didn't really provide a definition as I think it largely lacks one due to its buzzword status. There are obviously strong connections to it's usage though, which is why I was discussing...Fair, I didn't really provide a definition as I think it largely lacks one due to its buzzword status. There are obviously strong connections to it's usage though, which is why I was discussing connotations rather than denotations.
I don't remember the wording, but there was a question like, "Is AI making the world better or worse?" in the demographic survey. The erosion I was referring to is related to the implied definition of questions like that. I don't think anyone answering that would've included cases like putting a threshold on maximum missed payments in a given time frame as "AI" in their consideration, unless all of that was happening inside an ML box.
If I were to attempt to denote that use more specifically, which is still imperfect: virtual recreation of human behavior(s) within a specified domain by applying models intended to represent human behavior(s) within that domain.
Buzzwords suck. It now unfortunately means whatever is happening when a company slaps "Powered by AI" on a product, and that seems to mean "we're now using AI chips."
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Comment on She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate in ~life
zestier Link ParentAs someone that just exited a job that assisted with building "GenAI" applications, it now just means ML targeted directly at non-technical users. There are some other reasonable markers that work...As someone that just exited a job that assisted with building "GenAI" applications, it now just means ML targeted directly at non-technical users.
There are some other reasonable markers that work for the fuzzier definitions that importantly keep the connotations on the same page. These are things like that they use tons of power, consume massive amounts of data, and heavily leverage "AI chips". If we also call cases where none of those are true "AI" then the larger discussions about problems with AI start to not even make any sense. This is because when people see "AI" they also start to wonder about it's training data and energy usage.
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Comment on She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate in ~life
zestier (edited )Link ParentI do agree that it is being eroded, but I think we're far from the world really accepting "AI" to be defined as "any logic run on a computer". We will definitely still have people misusing it...I do agree that it is being eroded, but I think we're far from the world really accepting "AI" to be defined as "any logic run on a computer". We will definitely still have people misusing it though.
The reason I say this is that even with the abysmal definition of "AI" it has a large number of connotations that don't fit standard algorithms. A few examples being dedicated AI chips, massive energy and water usage, and legally grey usage of copyrighted material.
I'm currently working on the assumption that the journalist above is just wrong about AI being used, but using the buzzword pulls in a bunch of connotations that are likely misapplied. Comments like, "Do we really need to be burning down the planet to identify people that risk missing payments? We have their payment history already." or "This is the danger of using AI. If they just wrote actual logic instead they could handle housing vouchers correctly."
My interpretation of the whole thing is that they may be using human-crafted logic, but that said logic just didn't account for housing vouchers. There could be real discussion about how or why that was missed or what the most appropriate fixes would be, but letting the "AI" connotations seep further in distracts from those.
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Comment on She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate in ~life
zestier Link ParentIt is unfortunate how poorly "AI" is defined and is getting eroded further. My perception is that marketing people started using "AI" to get laypeople excited about machine learning because people...It is unfortunate how poorly "AI" is defined and is getting eroded further. My perception is that marketing people started using "AI" to get laypeople excited about machine learning because people weren't interested in "ML" as a buzzword anymore. That's all to say that we kind of need a line somewhere because calling all algorithms "AI" just doesn't fit within reality. For example,
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Comment on Tildes Demographics Survey, year… uh, it’s 2024? in ~tildes
zestier Link ParentI actually did try an email to the invites address back in November. I'd previously heard that those do take a few days to get replies, but it's been a few weeks without success. Maybe I'd...I actually did try an email to the invites address back in November. I'd previously heard that those do take a few days to get replies, but it's been a few weeks without success. Maybe I'd eventually get a reply, but I also didn't want to harass the invites inbox about it by sending multiple requests. So from that experience I got the impression that a DM to someone on r/tildes was likely a more reliable path.
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Comment on Your returns most likely end up on the landfill and you are paying for it in ~enviro
zestier Link ParentSome products, notably electronics, do have potential problems with having been opened that make them more complicated to deal with. While I would buy, open, and plug an unopened USB stick from a...Some products, notably electronics, do have potential problems with having been opened that make them more complicated to deal with. While I would buy, open, and plug an unopened USB stick from a reputable manufacturer into my computer I would not do the same with open box.
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Comment on Tildes Demographics Survey, year… uh, it’s 2024? in ~tildes
zestier Link ParentThank you! I've been a lurker for quite a while and this comment was the push to finally change that. The normal path seems to be to request an invite from within another platform, such as Reddit,...Thank you! I've been a lurker for quite a while and this comment was the push to finally change that.
The normal path seems to be to request an invite from within another platform, such as Reddit, but as someone that doesn't use those platforms it can be difficult to find invites.
Not a woman, but I am in the same age range. I think it's maybe a bit optimistic to believe that our generation is beyond seeing attempts to have alone time with someone that fits your dating demographic as not suspicious. I'd say it's maybe more normal to have more diverse friend groups, but alone time is a different story. My wife has male friends, but I would be very weirded out if she was specifically invited to be alone in one of their homes and especially so if I was explicitly excluded.