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mnbpdx

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    Comment #48342667

    If a computer being better than people at a thing made it not satisfying to do, then no one would enjoy doing anything AI/computers are already better than us at doing. IOW why do …

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    Comment #48238391

    I don't have a strong opinion here yet, because I think it's a genuinely complex problem: Information should be as free as possible, but creating and organizing information still n…

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    Comment #48170949

    Yeah, I agree: "academic/intellectual/educated person" != "owner class" I feel like that's the big misunderstanding between working class libs & working class conservatives. I'm (w…

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    Comment #47818119

    Yeah I do ginger beer! There's plenty of recipes online. Simplified version: Combine ginger + sugar + water in a quart jar. Let it sit for 3-7 days, covered but open, at room temp.…

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    Comment #47250407

    Turning it back around, what's the goal of this message? At least talking about it and signing petitions keeps the cultural idea alive. If you'd prefer people spend their energy el…

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    Comment #46860425

    If this is true, then what would explain just oral vitamin D supplementation working? that said, yeah let's all get outside more for sure

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    Comment #45948389

    would be funny if openAI couldn't turn a profit but somebody could suppressing it

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    Comment #45470569

    Regardless, it's not what humans are used to, culturally, or in our recent human evolution. Lol maybe I don't disagree that it's a lizard thing. But then why would you force a thin…

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    Comment #45350955

    So is thoroughness, you have to strike a balance.

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    Comment #44997293

    Just double checking...we agree that this is suboptimal, right? Since might does not in fact equal (moral) right? I'm not arguing for any previous arguments here, just want to argu…

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    Comment #44869396

    The establishment right-wing is pro privacy?

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    Comment #44856887

    > AIs that "think" before answering (called Reasoners) are the best at hard problems. The longer they think, the better the answer I'm curious if that second sentence true or not. …

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    Comment #44673367

    I don't think the author was talking shit about Dubai, she was sticking up for the people who are being exploited there. Obviously there's humanity and real lives everywhere, she's…