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> If you care then you'll fact check before publishing. Doing a proper fact check is as much work as doing the entire research by hand, and therefore, this system is useless to any…

> The proof is in the fact that it flies, not what it is constructed from. And LLMs do not. > "But it looks like reasoning to me" My condolences. You should go see a doctor about y…

It's called absurd not because it's not understood, or because there aren't technical counterarguments to be made. It's called absurd because it does not deserve to be humoured the…

> The employer sets the terms of the interview. If you don’t like them, don’t apply. What you're missing here is that this is an individual's answer to a systemic problem. You don'…

I'm sorry but what the fuck is this product pitch? Anyone who's done any kind of substantial document research knows that it's a NIGHTMARE of chasing loose ends & citogenesis. Trus…

> It isn't banned Yet. They have clearly voiced their desire for this. > it just won't be state funded. This isn't just "The government is not funding research into this", this is …

In what sense? The "Mugging" going on is that "AI safety" folks proclaim that AI might have an "extinction risk" or infinite-negative outcome. And they proclaim that therefore, we …

> It feels like they always anthropomorphize AI as some sort of "God". It's not like that. It is that. They're playing Pascal's Wager against an imaginary future god. The most madd…

> The same argument applies to essentially all technology, like a computer. Why yes, it does. Even setting aside that most AI hype: Yes, automation is in fact quite sinister if you…

This is a hilarious claim given that none of the current action is going through the legislative path, and the tech billionaires freely bend the knee to Trump even before the inaug…

> Your stereotypes belie a lack of familiarity with researchers I was referencing what the current Trump administration deems "meritocratic" and seeks to "return" to, their policy …

Look at Albania for why this is bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_schemes_in_Albania Crypto is different from things like housing (where the "bubble" is merely artificiall…

> Sure you can say that crypto is only bubble, but that doesn't really add any information. The bubble can't be "inflating" since there's no ratio to a non-bubble version. The core…

>Why should somebody researching e.g. fusion for the Department of Energy also need to create a Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research (PIER) plan, to even apply? Why? Because …

> we do KYC And what then, is stopping governments from simply demanding you hand over a list of your customers? They will seek to enforce those currency controls you are subvertin…

Firstly, do note that the original text is talking about use of AI, this one line doesn't seem to be about banning AI so much as banning a use . Secondly: The implied basis here is…

Their way of squaring this circle has always been to whine about "AI safety". (the cultish doomsday shit, not actual harms from AI) Sam Altman will proclaim that he alone is qualif…

> (Don’t answer that.) It is nevertheless important to say out loud: > Why is getting people to use AI seen as a good in itself? Because user counts pump up the stock price. And th…

He, and most of the executives like him, are just being idiots about this particular thing. Our field is notoriously hard to quantify in terms of productivity. The metrics (Lines o…

> Some states (CA, NY, IL, WA, OR come to mind) Yes. My concern is the opposite here; A lot of red states are gleefully following every whim of the Trump Administration, and we can…

What the claimed motivation is does not matter; the order is gone in it's entirity now. Frankly, it's just conservatives using "affirmative action" as a buzzword, because it really…

If you're a federal contractor: Congratulations you can now be discriminated against on the grounds of "race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national…

Much in the same way you are allowed to criticize Putin in Russia. So long as you do it in a sound proofed room.

> because say the CEO of a company is friendly to the President. "Engaging in political censorship of their platform in favour of the President" is a little more than being "friend…