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The conclusion of this blog post is a bit hysterical. The intent of this steg is excruciatingly clear (identifying usage by Chinese firms that may be conducting model distillation)…

And even if that's true (and it frequently is!), detractors usually miss the underlying and immense impact of "sleeping dad capability" equivalent artificial systems. Horizontally …

> Not "hidden", but probably more like "no one bothered to look". Well yeah. There weren't enough "someones" available to look. There are a finite number of qualified individuals w…

It's doom and gloom because the underlying game theory forces all state actors into an unbound and irresponsible arms race, consequences be damned. AI development game theory is ex…

Unfun thought experiment: In an AGI scenario, what lever of power do the UBI recipients have to force what you've described? Historically, humanity's biological monopoly on the fun…

I used to think that "AI operating in meatspace" was going to remain a tough problem for a long time, but seeing the dramatic developments in robotics over the last 2 years, it's p…

Do you genuinely believe that this is a binary decision, or is this just anti-euthanasia rhetoric disguised as concern trolling? Offering humane end-of-life options to people suffe…

> You're talking about two different things. No, you've actually missed his point entirely. He is alluding to the fact that over the last decade or so, consumers have unwittingly s…

A black hole in our solar system is basically "in our backyard" in relation to typical interstellar distances. Sure, we wouldn't be able to get there for many decades, but "within …

Yes, I am quite aware that the current generation of space-based telescopes are quite limited. And it's solely due to the historically extreme cost of mass to orbit. The largest pr…

> Isn't one of the nice aspects of astronomy is that you can do quite a bit as an amateur with some decent equipment and a nice vantage point? What value does this fleet have to th…

I actually use this exact example when encouraging careful attention to paradigms where a fundamental variable is slowly but consistently changing. It's essentially equivalent to a…

I am entirely convinced that absent LEO comsat constellations, people who espouse this sentiment would likely be whining about "useless astronomy taking money away from helping poo…

Trains don't have guaranteed personal space, nor do they proceed from one's origin directly to their destination. You might not value that, but lots of other people do.

I've always felt that trying to pin down the precise definition of AGI is as useless as trying to pin down "what it means to truly understand". It's a mental trap for smart people,…

Strong emphasis on "seems". I'd encourage you to review the definition of "brute force", and then consider the absolutely immense combinatoric space represented by the grids these …

This is highly unlikely to be a mechanical limitation of the robotic arms. As others have said, it's likely an inference speed limitation - their model is understanding, reacting, …

Depends on one's goals. If simply hooking up is the objective, although it's disingenuous/dishonest, this would improve one's odds.

> You can't run when it's rainy/snowy/etc, so more downtime. Waymo vehicles don't work in the rain? This is easily verifiable as false. You really have a tough time with being wron…

Sorry, that's goalpost moving. Just reminding you of your earlier claim: > AI is not good enough yet for anything requiring deep reasoning, mission-critical work... Is driving a mi…

> The way you know fully autonomous driving is nowhere near ready How do you reconcile this claim with Waymo's dramatically increased rate of expansion these past few years?

> We don't understand human cognition despite literally thousands of years of thought and study Is this a requirement for achieving AGI? The history of progression of the ML field …

At the start of 2021, "we are entering another AI winter" was a common sentiment, even here. People proclaiming that were so very certain about that point of view, and yet, here we…

I don't give a rat's ass about whether or not AI reasoning is "real" or a "mimicry". I care if machines are going to displace my economic value as a human-based general intelligenc…

> We already produce more than enough for economic liberation all over the world, many times over. It hasn't happened. Why? Because directing material resources towards that end re…