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To put it into perspective if we consider that US salaries are 3 to 5 times those of other "rich" countries then it's already a 60 to 100 dollar subscription for the next richest p…

One intelligent humanoid robot per house. What could go wrong really. Possibly the worst idea.

It's such a shame that our society doesn't value more, in economic terms, this type of skills.

I see it go in either two directions, assuming it plateaus at a marginal increase in productivity. Either this newly found productivity helps teams tackle backlog tasks that they n…

There's no irony because they'll never put two and two together and republican politicians will use the frustration to get reelected.

Tangential but this article got me thinking. Are we going to see less publicly shared science? With private actors or governments restricting access to AI resources to a few scient…

There's about 193 countries in the world, your number would mean there's less than two countries that are better in every way that matters. I can name ten countries off the top of …

People have forgotten because it feels like eons ago but at the beginning of Trump's first term the Turkish president on a diplomatic visit to the white house sent his goons to bea…

Can it be a case of she's not earning all of the $200k in cash?

Not convinced it means anything in one way or another. I remember the same headlines right after Facebook's IPO. The discourse was very much that it was obvious that a website to c…

How many ?

The present US administration and its backers don't want diversity, democracy and non-whites. Where does that leave non-Chinese and non-US citizens ?

She can sell books because millions of kids were taught to read. How fair is it that she becomes a billionaire while most teachers struggle?

Regarding personal responsibility, at an individual's level it's your responsibility to improve your life, because that's the only lever you have and you don't have the time to wai…

Actually it's probably more 99.99% likely due to the family you're born in. > What's so unfair about this, exactly? We don't roll the same dices at birth.

Found it https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prep... > Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground…

Can't find the article mentioning it but apparently it's an open problem they're thinking about. But yeah if society collapses these billionaire nerds are the first to go. Quietly,…

Most books, guidance and wisdom about startups appeared during a ZIRP era. How relevant all of this remains today?

> If I wanted an LLM's opinion, I would forego HN entirely and just use ChatGPT. We used to say "My google search is not your google search". I think we can say that OP's prompt is…

Is meritocracy a dream for a society? The danger of a meritocracy is in the word. What do you merit? Your job? Fair enough. More rights? Certainly not. I'm afraid it's easy for som…

The IQ of the smartest human, the perfect memory storing and recollection of computers, the fact that it never tires. I don't know if it's AGI but it's already something greater th…

Maybe you'll dismiss it as another poetic waxing but what I understand they're saying is that capitalism hasn't yet captured all the inefficiencies of the human experience.

You're more likely to die each year that passes. If you subscribe to an insurance in your 20s it'll cost you less per month than if you start it in your 60s.

It's gold only if it comes from the Dore région of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling metal.

You'll notice it's about how it makes the poster feel. Complaints against the right are usually about their actions, the terrible consequences and how they hurt people. Complaints …