Claude can now search the web

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:09 AM UTC

fhd2 wrote: post #503

rank0 wrote: post #431

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Right! So everyone would choose to pursue passions/interests/leisure. We would be going into debt with no meaningful benefit to the taxpayer. Direct malinvestment.

This is drawing a line between "us" (tax paying citizens + the government) and "them" (people on benefits). I don't think it's that simple. I imagine just like with existing benefits, the majority of people wouldn't feel great about being on UBI doing nothing, and they would pursue something that gives them a better social standing, a better sense of purpose, a good challenge, whatever motivates an individual. It's w…

Post by mbs159 » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:18 AM UTC

Post by dartos » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:27 AM UTC

Almondsetat wrote: post #111

tcdent wrote: post #102

Searching the web is a great feature in theory, but every implementation I've used so far looks at the top X hits and then interprets it to be the correct answer. When you're talking to an LLM about popular topics or common errors, the top results are often just blogspam or unresolved forum posts, so the you never get an answer to your problem. More of an indicator that web search is more unusable than ever, but inte…

>looks at the top X hits and then interprets it to be the correct answer. LLMs are truly reaching human-like behavior then

Post by RGamma » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:27 AM UTC

jmrm wrote: post #382

prawn wrote: post #343

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One suggested weakness of UBI is a lack of purpose. I wonder if the "solution" is somewhat as you implied: jobs without a strict return on investment. You get your stipend, but you're keeping your block clean by sweeping and mulching. They're getting theirs in exchange for cranking out sourdough at cost for the neighbourhood. Someone else gardens for elderly residents.

Not UBI per se, but this exists in rural parts of Southern Spain in some way, and is called Rural Employment Plan (PER in its Spanish initials). The give simple jobs, like cleaning or painting, to people on the lower bottom of earnings. Most people in that plan are people with low formation, like those who left school in their mid teens.

Post by Sharlin » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:28 AM UTC

prawn wrote: post #343

Toenex wrote: post #278

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Maybe we already have Universal Basic Income, you just need to have a pointless job to collect it.

One suggested weakness of UBI is a lack of purpose. I wonder if the "solution" is somewhat as you implied: jobs without a strict return on investment. You get your stipend, but you're keeping your block clean by sweeping and mulching. They're getting theirs in exchange for cranking out sourdough at cost for the neighbourhood. Someone else gardens for elderly residents.