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What makes it so much harder to publish a CL game on Steam versus a C++ game?

Legalese seems to me a different category more akin to technical writing. I wouldn’t classify difficulty understanding a legal document as a general lack of reading comprehension. …

I’m not sure I should start a conversation on metaphysics here :-D Still, I’m struck by your use of words like “should” and “goal”. Those imply ethics and teleology so I’m curious …

I don’t understand your position. Are you saying it’s okay for computers to kill humans but not okay for humans to kill each other?

I think it would be “sphericles”.

I think that’s right. The analogy for straight men would be that they may want to love and sleep with many women but that it’s still wrong unless within a marriage.

AFAIK original sin does teach that all men are fallen and require salvation. This doesn’t mean that human nature is all bad and it’s indeed not the same as total depravity. However…

What’s the “something else” you’re currently using?

While I agree that simulation theory pushes the question up a level, that is not the case for the God of classical theism.

I think a key difference with humans is that ChatGPT doesn’t know that it doesn’t know.

This is surprising to hear. From my perspective as accomplices scientist being a doctor strikes me as one of the few jobs where you are obviously and directly helping people, thus …

So there can be no redemption? I can’t, off the top of my head, think of any endeavors where someone can never participate again once they’ve cheated. Certainly not in sports.

I hope you’re joking because that actually sounds like a terribly impoverished life for a human consciousness.

I have some anecdotal evidence against this. Learning how to write automated proofs using Isabel and HOL definitely improved my ability to write proofs with pen and paper. Also, I …

Thanks, that sounds like a good strategy. I’ll have a look at the Accelerate book. > how can you be expected to do better than practices espoused by industry leading research and c…

I think the “doing your work well” part is often the question. Am I really doing all I can? Could I do better/more? This then leads to working more and being busier. Maybe the prob…

I mostly agree with your post. I’m just curious about which variables people care about most and how accurate your “far and away” statement is. For example, a quick google search s…

That’s actually not clear to me. Anecdotally I have often experienced the saying “opposite attract” to be true. I have had discussions with friends who hold your point of view. Of …

Is there a mechanism in place to stop people from laundering money with ethereum? This is a serious question, I’m a total noob when it comes to crypto.

I’m not sure the analogy to gravity works. At least in the case of gravity we have a model which (largely) explains the planetary orbits. As far as I know, we are not even close to…

What explanation are you referring to though? Just saying consciousness is an emergent property is not an explanation. Rather it is an assertion.

Grass and trees and such. Perhaps bushes and animals too.

:-D

Are there any experts that can ELI5 this “breakthrough” for us? How much closer does this bring us to a useful number of logical qubits?

I guess this is where we differ. I don't see a sufficient reason to believe that increasing computational capacity/complexity alone gives rise to consciousness. Moreover, I think t…