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    Comment #41170691

    It should be remembered that most aspects of culture developed because they have a purpose. In the case of cooking and eating good food, there are definitely practical benefits, la…

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    Comment #39697920

    > Weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people. I dont think an agent fighting in a video game really…

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    Comment #37167738

    I think there's an inherent problem in the way we perceive AI bias. It's highlighted by Musk's claim to want to create a "TruthGPT" - we don't quite grasp that the way humans do co…

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    Comment #36081802

    Projects like this try to get around the fundamental flaw in GPTs - namely that they do not have goals, plans, thought processes etc - without actually solving it, e.g. by having t…

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    Comment #35648856

    I think you're right about the framework-constructing. The social games that make insincerity natural come more intuitively to neurotypicals, so they don't notice they're playing t…

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    Comment #35553794

    Hopefully it's free for now to gather users, at which point they'll introduce a paywall. If it keeps working as well as it is so far, and remains private and free from ads, I reall…

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    Comment #35217948

    I've always thought computer science was the closest thing the real world had to magic, because the essense of software is always automation - you write the spell, so later you jus…

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    Comment #34752557

    I think the semi-obsession we have with "correctness" in style is actually something programmers do a lot better than most other disciplines. Arguing over indentation is functional…

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    Comment #33955149

    > Strachey had always displayed a talent for the sciences but rarely applied himself. I would guess any experienced programmer with adhd would and has done the same multiple times.…