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I actually prefer if whatever comes next does not include #5. I'd rather Project Gemini stay the way it is versus every website trying to browse my local storage, troll my localhos…

Some could say with how quick one is to judge everyone against the lowest common denominator, that such decision making skills is itself, lazy.

The language of this discussion is interesting. For those arguing for red button pushing, the dominant register is intelligence and rationality. Terms such as "dumb", "idiots", "un…

>>However, with the recent chat based AI models, this agreement has been turned around. It is now easier to get a written message than to read it. Reading it now takes more effort.…

This. Anthropic didn't really have a choice, at that point, short of killing its company and closing its doors ahead of time. "Pentagon officials said the Defense Department is pla…

There is a sentiment around tools and a particular business sells perfectly fine, cheap, one use tools, for those jobs that you'll only need to do once, maybe twice. But if you wan…

>> it seems you've fallen into the "Russia is our enemy" propaganda trap. Well, we did have an entire decades long war about it. That we magically assume ended November 9, 1989 but…

>> We should be asking how in the fuck there are so many children with unsupervised access to devices that this is a real problem. I mean, I had unfettered access in the 90s. And l…

Oh the irony in this comment. A lot of QAnon nonsense is actually credible, now. It's just not pointing as many fingers at the people it lead people to believe.

You're not alone in this line of thinking. While "AI" has its perils, it strikes a nerve on people who previously felt comfortable in their jobs. Worrying about AI is a privileged …

How many people have lived or had a loved one saved due to automobiles? We have the benefit of hindsight but we're also making judgment calls looking back on fuzzy recollections, f…

Don't forget, the camera also destroyed art and put artists out of a job. Then digital cameras ruined it for the film industry. And on, and on.

I found that unpredictability to be interesting. I'm doing super simple projects with these models and a year, or even six months ago, it would give me a block of code and as soon …

Much like the epidemic we're going through of "everything is fake", every comment that even has a whiff of these tells will automatically be dismissed at "AI". I've find myself doi…

We're in an era of Disaster Capitalism. Some of the richest people have realized they've nearly extracted all the money they can gain on the current trajectory of nations and came …

It's got to be hard to find the right balance, what works for most users, and somehow include those who have workflows that involve using a rapid temperature rise as a way to signa…

Maybe https://news.ycombinator.com/active helps filter out the new article spam? It's where I start, anymore.

There's a reason prohibition failed miserably. Humanity has a drinking problem in the age of fresh water availability.

I think something a lot of people miss out on is that we're not all the same. We all have different internal thought models, whether it is a biological difference (ADHD brain?), ed…

>The internet by comparison feels like a clear net positive to me, even with all the bad it enables. When I think of the internet, I think of malware, porn, social media manipulati…

I'm in the same boat. There's a lot of things I don't know and using these models help give direction and narrow focus towards solutions I didn't know about previously. I augment m…

"Abundance of books makes men less studious" - 15th-century Venetian editor, Hieronimo Squarciafico

I'm a big fan of annual contracts versus the whole wedding model. As your next anniversary approaches you review your contract and decide to re-up with the same terms, make changes…