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Re: Growing AI presence is re-energizing parts of San Francisco

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Post by CrzyLngPwd »

schrodingerscow wrote: post #49
CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #2

It's 1999 all over again. Escuse me, I have some tulip bulbs/crypto for sale.

This is seriously the laziest type of analysis there is. It’s like a freshman who memorizes the formulas for a test and attempts to pattern match existing concepts rather than understanding fundamentals. In this case you’re pattern matching the most unimportant features of the existing trend. If you don’t understand the difference between AI and crypto I don’t know what to tell you

Oh you wanted analysis, that's too doors down, right next to entitlement.

Re: Growing AI presence is re-energizing parts of San Francisco

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Post by Hel5inki »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #55
Hel5inki wrote: post #50

Is there value in moving there for an individual who’s an employed swe, but trying to break into AI? I’d love to work for some of these startups but it seems difficult to get past the resume screen these days, and I don’t think I have that weak of a resume. If moving there would make a big impact I’d consider it, but I’m not sure where exactly in SF, and how to connect to the community while maintaining my current jo…

> Is there value in moving there for an individual who’s an employed swe, but trying to break into AI? Yes. If you’ve never experienced the value of an industrial cluster, it’s exhilarating. You still have to hustle. But the payoff on a single day well executed is exponential; meetings beget introductions and actions are decided on handshakes.

So if I move there I should maximize meetups? How does one filter meetups? I only ask because I do see a large quantity of meetups, but having never been there before I’m not sure what to expect, and I’m considering a short term (30-60 days) trip to determine if moving there is a good idea for my career or if I should just stick to remote work in the midwest

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Post by ben_w »

lazide wrote: post #48
javajosh wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's genuinely horrifying to realize that you both consider yourself a good person and yet recoil in disgust at people in great need. What is more painful than having your self-conception as an altruistic, moral person thoroughly undermined?

Empathy without boundaries is self destruction

Even this can still be horrifying to face, when seeing the scale of those whose suffering exists and is far beyond your means to do anything about, even before facing ones own analysis-paralysis upon seeing so many good causes and not knowing what to do about it.

Much easier to hide from this, one way or another. Some do it with platitudes about fish or hard work, others with demands that the super-rich pay more taxes, still more with karma and the mysterious workings of the divine.

That's all very human.

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Post by lazide »

ben_w wrote: post #63
lazide wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Empathy without boundaries is self destruction

Even this can still be horrifying to face, when seeing the scale of those whose suffering exists and is far beyond your means to do anything about, even before facing ones own analysis-paralysis upon seeing so many good causes and not knowing what to do about it. Much easier to hide from this, one way or another. Some do it with platitudes about fish or hard work, others with demands that the super-rich pay more taxe…

Underlying that is a presumption of control and ownership of things outside one’s control which is toxic though.

Suffering may exist. But when it is outside of one’s actual sphere of influence, and not caused by you - it is not really your business.

Turning it into an imperative is actually inverting the ownership involved, and trying to turn someone else’s pain into yours.

Which is the toxic part. As it disconnects the situation from who really does own it, and who really does have it within their sphere of influence.

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Post by layer8 »

bettercallsalad wrote: post #42

I am always spooked by these types of headlines concerning AI. On one hand, LLM and AI is supposed to replace many Dev jobs and be productivity multiplier. On the other hand, I still don’t see any widespread adoption of LLMs in tooling and overall dev infrastructure at my work. As someone working at a mid size tech company, is there anything I can do? Are these meetups helpful to learn what tools and technologies are…

I don’t think you’re missing out on much at this point.

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Post by w0z_ »

molave wrote: post #56
GenerocUsername wrote: post #26

AI is being hoisted to a pedestal for lots of tasks, but can it save the commercial real-estate bubble?

That inspired me to copy your comment as a prompt in ChatGPT: Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact various aspects of the commercial real estate industry, but it may not have the ability to save or prevent a commercial real estate bubble on its own. The state of the commercial real estate market is influenced by a complex interplay of economic, financial, and market forces, and the rise or fall of…

Oh wow, another useless ChatGPT text prompt answer... Good job... ?

Re: Growing AI presence is re-energizing parts of San Francisco

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Post by ben_w »

lazide wrote: post #64
ben_w wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even this can still be horrifying to face, when seeing the scale of those whose suffering exists and is far beyond your means to do anything about, even before facing ones own analysis-paralysis upon seeing so many good causes and not knowing what to do about it. Much easier to hide from this, one way or another. Some do it with platitudes about fish or hard work, others with demands that the super-rich pay more taxe…

Underlying that is a presumption of control and ownership of things outside one’s control which is toxic though. Suffering may exist. But when it is outside of one’s actual sphere of influence, and not caused by you - it is not really your business. Turning it into an imperative is actually inverting the ownership involved, and trying to turn someone else’s pain into yours. Which is the toxic part. As it disconnects…

> Underlying that is a presumption of control and ownership of things outside one’s control which is toxic though.

Sure, but it is (to varying degrees between each person and situation) hard not to make this error when you're face-to-face with it.

> it is not really your business.

On a personal level, perhaps not; but hence the left half of politics, all the way from "lets not cut taxes" to actual literal Communism.

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Post by gumballindie »

wilg wrote: post #47
gumballindie wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but this time the tech is based on stealing people's intellectual property. Hopefully this theft ends soon.

What if what you can build based on humanity's collective "intellectual property" is worth the discomfort of not "owning" the work you release into the world?

Suppose you could use the argument for robbing everyone of their possessions. I believe communists did that. Imagine if the state built based on humanity’s collective property. Didnt go well did it?

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Post by lazide »

ben_w wrote: post #67
lazide wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Underlying that is a presumption of control and ownership of things outside one’s control which is toxic though. Suffering may exist. But when it is outside of one’s actual sphere of influence, and not caused by you - it is not really your business. Turning it into an imperative is actually inverting the ownership involved, and trying to turn someone else’s pain into yours. Which is the toxic part. As it disconnects…

> Underlying that is a presumption of control and ownership of things outside one’s control which is toxic though. Sure, but it is (to varying degrees between each person and situation) hard not to make this error when you're face-to-face with it. > it is not really your business. On a personal level, perhaps not; but hence the left half of politics, all the way from "lets not cut taxes" to actual literal Communism.

Sure. It’s also self destructive and often destructive to the one being ‘helped’ when taken to extremes (like most things).

The history of aid to Africa causing economic disruption and further long term misery being a good example.

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