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> Of course the very real benefits of this can be abused by the gov and there are some conspiracy types using that to push their own agenda but on the whole I'm largely positive ab…

> If you notice high energy use while cooking, are you going to start eating more salads instead? Of course, why wouldn't you? If the assumption isn't that effectively unlimited po…

The biggest benefit by far in my opinion is having the opportunity to learn how to listen to one's body again. Most of us aren't very good at recognizing the signals our bodies are…

If civilization collapsed, it seems reasonable that anyone predicting it wasn't wouldn't be remembered. Anyone left standing after a collapse would have bigger things to worry abou…

> The response is to the authors conclusions, which are wrong. How have you come to the conclusion that the author's conclusions are wrong? Many in this thread have rightly pointed…

My proposal was simply that data-driven decisions should be made based on accurate data. Nepotism and bias aren't the alternative here. If you require that decisions are driven by …

The data should be accurate though. Any data-driven decisions can easily miss the original intentions if they're made with bogus information. Looking at browser usage data from GA …

"appears to have 2%" is doing a lot of work he. If the earlier comments are accurate, the government stats are based on Google Analytics data that is specifically blocked or obscur…

> You say groupthink bubble, I say place where I don't have to brace as much for racist or sexist views being expressed. There is a real risk that avoiding topics or people one fin…

I'll see if I can find the links, it's been a while since I last saw them, but there was a very active GitHub issue on the main Mastodon repo back in 2017 or 2018 related to search…

I assume it's better these days, but Mastodon avoided adding proper search for years because the core devs knew there was plenty of questionable content or there and making it disc…

Another example of why the EPA and similar regulatory agencies shouldn't be trusted blindly. The idea that the EPA would quietly agree to this is completely ridiculous. Dupont lite…

Years out from an expected production run, I would be surprised to see any binding agreement. A letter of intent to buy is plenty for the chip manufacturer to be able to shop that …

There is something unique in web development connotation to the other fields I've worked in. The industry has made a habit of reinventing the wheel in every more complex ways. My b…

What I am saying is that if the US dissolved, similar to the Soviet Union in your example, there isn't anything technically preventing Germany from being able to take over the nuke…

It's hard to predict how that game of chicken would have played it. It seems likely that Russia may not have invaded of Ukraine had nukes, if they believed Ukraine would use them. …

US nukes in Germany are actively controlled and operated by the US military. If the US dissolved you better believe Germany would have the technical know-how to begin operating tho…

The GP didn't specifically call out Russia, seems reasonable that they may very well have had Russia + allies in mind. It is worth noting that many countries have poured money, wea…

Idelaly we wouldn't have to put limits on companies from the state level at all, users should decide not to use a service if they don't approve of how their data is used. Given tha…

The public doesn't pass laws though, our elected representatives do. Without diving down the rabbit hole of how well our current system manages to select for representatives that a…

It sure seems like the average person doesn't care that children use Facebook and similar online services. Why should we give more power to state regulators when the public doesn't…

How would you define or recognize a level of intelligence or autonomy that is sufficient to raise concerns? Would you be able to recognize it before its too late? An early GPT-4 te…

The default position should be based on risks and unknowns, I don't think the GP was making any recommendation based on personal feelings. The fact is we don't know how current ML …

If the original reasoning of Sam's lack of honest communication with the board was an indication, it would make more sense if that comment tipped the board off to a breakthrough th…

My comment here was actually meant to talk about AI broadly, though I can get the confusion here as the original source thread here is about OpenAI. I also don't expect the governm…