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nostromo123

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    Comment #35226029

    Someone who is that involved and desiring to learn will get an A even without help, and someone who is not will not care enough beyond "do my homework for me".

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    Comment #35225981

    Best to just shoot these pesky meat eaters in the name of saving the planet, right? /s

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    Comment #35223149

    Sorry to hear your job is so simple it can be automated away, but for the rest of us there's no big danger.

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    Comment #35223113

    A machine can already run better, fly better, play chess better than me... how does that affect me? Zero.

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    Comment #35206519

    "Architect systems and database tables from user stories in seconds"...haha, no. This only works for simplistic problems that we got as students to solve on paper during a 2h exam …

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    Comment #35206438

    "A lot of the world is able to walk, so people don't need wheel chair access in buildings". "A lot of the world is male/female, so people don't need made up genders and surgery". .…

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    Comment #35196696

    Absolutely agree! Well, they had to scramble to spin up something fast, it's the best they could do.

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    Comment #35196654

    "I agree this probably shouldn't be here..." And yet, here it is ;) This whole "asked GPT, here's what it said" spiel is getting old already.

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    Comment #35180345

    Forget AGI, just make a robot that can fold laundry. I'll be here waiting :)

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    Comment #35180323

    Then I guess I can ethically pirate anything I want, since I'm not "stealing the money from a human creator" anymore, huh?

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    Comment #35180307

    You're paid more not because what you do is more important, but because many more people can do what your buddy does than what you do.

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    Comment #35177182

    "They do the same thing you and I do; read the literature and come to a conclusion." I'm sorry for you if you can't do better than an LLM.

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    Comment #35176722

    "The park is vibrant and full of kids and families over the day.. dealers don't even annoy you usually if you signal strong non-interest or don't fall into typical buyer group." Ye…

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    Comment #35176630

    None of this is "industrial control task", aka "real work".

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    Comment #35158652

    "Learning facts and trivia was already devalued by everyone having a hyper-encyclopedia in their pockets, this will just extend that." I hope you don't end up having surgery done b…

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    Comment #35109785

    Exactly! Also, don't forget detailed photos of your partner/kids, together with their workplace/school addresses.

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    Comment #35106822

    There is no "spare time", there is only "time". You're either wanking away the time with indecision over what to do (I speak from experience, used to do that before my son was born…

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    Comment #35099476

    You should let an AI bot have sex with your significant other when the tech is ripe enough, to avoid burning even more of that precious lifespan on things that a machine can do bet…

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    Comment #35092765

    Of course, Hersh's hypothesis was getting a bit too much attention, have to deflect quickly...

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    Comment #35082994

    His "anecdotal joke" is fact and was in the German speaking news, just like the "anecdote" about the activists who blocked the street to protest cars after arriving in, you guessed…

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    Comment #35082943

    The best were the two German "climate activists" who flew to Thailand and Bali - their explanation was that they flew there as private persons and not as "activists" :D Well then i…

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    Comment #35054530

    Had the same experience with other content. I'm ready to pay, here's my money, take it! Instead I have to wait for months and be spoiled by seeing everyone discuss it, just because…

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    Comment #35054449

    "Will my daughter compare herself to these things without knowing they aren't real and go insane..." This is already the case today with airbrushed and photoshopped models in media…

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    Comment #35034206

    Big corporation with shady past promises us nicely that they will not sue...thanks, I'll pass!

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    Comment #35034165

    Seeing how you have to wait for hours even to get an ambulance for a heart attack or stroke in the UK, I wouldn't get my hopes too up.