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Related to this is the idea of the tragedy of the commons, which if you consider the utilization of human and natural/capital resources, It almost seems like we are approaching the point at which everything needed for society, basic needs, and health is becoming over-utilized and under-optimized.

In all except rural Europe which will likely hurt tremendously because of this, most people likely will not care too much. Unlike America a car is not a requirement in most of Europe due to public transportation being allowed to develop instead of it being neutered and made just good enough to exist.

Sure man it can say what it wants its just BingChat, anyone who's opinion I actually respect can't have their worldview altered by a collection of tensor GPU's.

increasingly as influence and MKultra esque government and social media programs continue to rollout, it is becoming blatantly obvious who is easily influenced and who is not. Which is exhausting, it shows just how few people really have any autonomy at all.

I'm curious, what lead you to write such a thought and post it? In all genuine honesty I want to understand what you thought calling people worried about AI anti vaxxers and implying that because it will not cause nuclear holocaust, it must be safe would contribute to this discussion?

dead serious btw

This is just screaming into the void, but I have an ego so I must.

If you believe AI will bring innovation, you believe in it's capability.

If you believe in its capability, you must also understand it is capable of wrongdoing as well as good deeds.

Most of the comments here are just arguing about this basic stream of logic bringing in things like "PHD" "Fallacies" or "Blind faith"

If you feel the need to argue, know that there exist people who would walk toward the sun until it burned them, and there exist people who will shut themselves indoors the day somebody explains light to them.

Both of them are extremely outspoken about their views.

The end of capitalism and the beginning of fascism is when an invention hasn't even been released to the public yet and people are asking "What if somebody doesn't like it?"

Fuck AI though ask an amish farmer how to update your antiquated jquery to angular and just realize how much happier than you he is.

Better without AI 3 years ago

Researchers and private interests are already, even in the public eye, on the precipice of seriously respectable non general intelligence AI.

I wish AI would be banned for its net negative effect, but humans are designed for growth, and the masses, like those who will downvote this comment, cannot perceive the harm of a flame until it has burned them.

How to ruin a SaaS company

Sell "one size fits all" usage scaled billing

Don't hire a sales team

Large companies won't do business with you since they cant negotiate or engage with a sales team to make sure the product fits for them

A thousand small users sign up and pay 1$ per month before credit card and merchant fees, misuse the product and want a refund, and throw tens of thousands of support requests at you

You now have a less than worthless sales model.

Okay so 4 ferns would do it in 250 +- 100 hours then. I'm not saying one home garden will solve global co2 buildup I'm saying its significantly cheaper and potentially more rewarding as a hobby than trying to play god with air quality and a 1k budget. You're also not accounting for gaseous exchange rates related as a function to current air quality. Yes a terrible PPM is 2000 but your body produces less co2 as a result of reduced function in such an environment, therefore increasing the effect of any filtration.

The year is 2030, after developing unrest the world government has decided the best way to subdue the population is to make taxes even more complicated. Entire family units are formed around starting on the years taxes 13 months before the next tax season, any attempt to simplify tax is killed by the turbotax lobbyists, who boast a legendary 11 month taxes turnaround. Paper supply is at an all time low due to economic returns, and most crime is centered around illegal paper trade in order to file a paper return, and avoid the automatic audit on any virtual returns submitted.

Wordle, like many things, was acquired not because of any actual utility or value add to the company which bought it, but bought and killed slowly to comply with anti-trust laws, and to prevent anyone outside the big club from getting an atom of public power.

These companies make a lot of enemies, you're likely on a list at this point just in case those enemies should ever need some temporary leverage. If your friend has integrity to his company and self you will likely not survive such an encounter. Good luck.

There definitely is, and not all engineering is hard. Maybe creating react is hard, but using it after reading the docs and practicing is not, though it is a developmental process.

There's this weird idea in America that using your brain at all to learn something is "hard work". Yes if you go into deep research you will work hard thankless hours, but up until recently and still in some cases there are many handsomely paid front end and back end devs who are little more than number changers.

It's hilarious how nobody is pointing out the extreme irony of microsoft and google calling anyone elses software spyware. I'd rather have my bank password leaked by some brazillian than my web browser, purchase, location, social connections, interests, and work activities leaked by big tech and stored in perpetuity.

True, but invalidated by burner and jailbroken phones which are widespread in China. They can definitely catch somebody with a concerted effort but I'd be surprised if the average Chinese teenager couldnt figure out how to make a burner email

This is because data isn't taxed, Alexa is prob one of the most successful data gathering operations since social networks and the patriot act. Amazon will write off a fat chunk of its taxes, and keep the millions of voice recordings and customer datapoints. Win win.