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andsoitis
29,372karma·9,781submissions·May 6, 2022
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> Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology How is Minnesota planning to ban open weight models and the services that host them?
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> But realize that money and government are technologies and we can create new versions or even new paradigms. I'm intrigued. What is a paradigm to replace money? Musk is predicting that in ar…
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> I'm sure they'd welcome your help if you'd like to apply to achieve the admin's policy goals faster. I'm against government-run grocery stores. I'm also not an NYC r…
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> The five stores are expected to be placed in each of the city’s five boroughs, with the first set to open toward the end of 2027 in the Bronx. He plans to have all five operational by the end of …
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> It's a structural problem in our socio-technical system. it has always been like this, has it not? almost by definition the more resources you have the more power you have. this is how the u…
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> one that would strip voting rights from anyone who pays no income tax It could be an interesting thought experiment to consider the second and third order consequences, even if, from first princi…
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Yeah, it isn't really possible to insert/remove a major development (like smartphones) from history and accurately predict how the world would have or would not have turned out.
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In 2006/07, before smart phones, life expectancy was 68 years against today’s 73.5. Extreme poverty was 27% vs 10% today. Literacy has gone up from 82% to 87%.
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Conspicuous that none of the frontier labs, unless you count SpaceX, are in this alliance.
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> > Never for a compiler, who even is that person? > Why do you care? > It's a stranger from the Internet. Same as with any other software you're using. In particular, same as wi…
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> >> that doesn't mean much. it has a lot of tests > tests don't mean much if you are not an expert on the subject I think the bet is that the AI is an expert, given the vast lit…
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> I don't see how the existence of other systems that would be equally bad or worse is relevant. Consumerism, the growth imperative, absence of proper carbon pricing, etc. ultimately cause eco…
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> blame capitalism. If nothing else because it has so far stopped all effective measure to stop the climate crisis. Growth-driven ecological harm isn’t unique to capitalism.
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Re-read what I wrote.
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> AI will bring ultimate power to the leader of whatever AI company reaches recursive super intelligence first. Why would it let a human control it?
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> The majority of pension funds (public or private) and 401k plans are simply passive index funds That’s completely wrong. Most 401k plans have by far more active fund options than passive fund opt…