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Re: Facebook's AI lab

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Post by ars_technician »

argonaut wrote: post #68
sushirain wrote: post #60

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There is an increasing amount of peer pressure though.

"How is any of that Facebooks fault?" As repeated by resonator several posts up.

What don't you get? It's exactly facebook's goal to get critical mass to get the network peer pressure.

If it's my goal to create a product that forces people via social pressure to do something, it's definitely my fault when it works.

Your response is the same as people saying "don't fly" when they complain about the TSA. 'Someone had an unpleasant experience with the TSA? How is that the TSA's fault? That person didn't have to fly.'

Re: Facebook's AI lab

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Post by argonaut »

ars_technician wrote: post #91
argonaut wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"How is any of that Facebooks fault?" As repeated by resonator several posts up.

What don't you get? It's exactly facebook's goal to get critical mass to get the network peer pressure. If it's my goal to create a product that forces people via social pressure to do something, it's definitely my fault when it works. Your response is the same as people saying "don't fly" when they complain about the TSA. 'Someone had an unpleasant experience with the TSA? How is that the TSA's fault? That person di…

NO. It depends. Let's reduce your argument to the absurd. If I make it a goal of mine that happens by next week, and I do in the meantime, and in fact happens, whether or not is my fault depends on what I did. If = nothing, then obviously was not my fault.

Facebook has designed a killer product that makes it really easy to use for social interaction. But Facebook is not forcing you to use it, Facebook is not forcing your friends to use it, Facebook is not forcing social peer pressure on you, and if in fact someone's friends are wholesale excluding that person because they're not on Facebook, Facebook is not responsible for the fact that someone has shitty friends that are too lazy to include that person.

Re: Facebook's AI lab

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Post by zerooneinfinity »

bch wrote: post #50
zerooneinfinity wrote: post #41

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Really changes the phrase 'those who can't do teach'.

That sassy phrase (Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.) is irritating to me. Now I'm not casting judgement on anybody who _does_ find it entertaining, or useful, but for what it's worth, the _original_ phrase is: Those who know, do; those who understand, teach. -Aristotle.

Interesting, I didn't know that's where it originated from which I suppose is your point.

Re: Facebook's AI lab

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Post by Houshalter »

eli_gottlieb wrote: post #66
justaman wrote: post #36

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The announcement of an organization who's revenue is based on advertising doing research into AI deeply scares me. Take a look at this MIT study . Each day our corporation based government takes a step closer to 1984 and each day people become more and more apathetic and quick to change the subject at the first sign of the conversation. http://web.mit.edu/people/amliu/Papers/PentlandLiu_NeuralCom...

That was published in 1999 and we still don't have pre-crime reporting security cameras flagging me everywhere I go. Just saying.

Technology takes time. We'll have them soon, just wait.
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