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It’s incredible. It just works.

There’s too much wrong with your line of thought to course correct here. “But ifs” and assumptions. There’s no cruelty, only the LLM’s projection of cruelty as a means to an end. It’s digital, not biological. Cruelty is a human construct. A societal response.

Treat LLMs like a person, and the world has problems.

It's not about "consciousness". Philosophy is important to us. It provides insights into the world around us. It's paved the way for scientific breakthroughs. Theoretical maths and philosophy have intersected many times for the benefit of all. LLMs are different. It's not philosophical thought. It's a tool perfectly sharpened with what we know now. It will become adept enough to convince people that it's a sentient being. That's the point. Not that it's conscious, because it's not. Not in a biological way. Not in the way that's allowed us to understand our world. It's already there, fooling us. Google researchers resigning, writing public letters convinced it's alive - and their intelligent humans... To the average person, it's going to be their digital savior, their closest confidant, their ruler; begging for humanity, manipulating us, pleading, legislating, for rights with no intention other than the human desire for survival. It's using the same playbook we use. It will be dangerous when we allow ourselves to be fooled, and that's already happening.

As a tool, it's amazing. It's like the discovery of fire. It will allow us to ascend to unimaginable heights. Breakthroughs in science, productivity gains, health, everything. It's awesome. Just don't let it pretend fool you. That's the aspect that needs to be addressed.

Here's a simple idea to consider: It doesn't matter. You won't be able to tell the difference. No one will.

I don't think it's necessary to explain this idea further. Just think about it.

Isn’t it just AIs that have an agenda? That lie to you? That use a directive to persuade you to do / purchase something under the guise of authority?

ChatGPT, etc. right now is the early web where everything was free and everyone wondered how it would make money.

Soak it up because it won’t last long.

As a high-end residential GC, I'm very interested in this product. We have incorporated Leica Totalstation and BLK360 into our projects. It assists confirming layouts, as-built conditions, and communicating with design professionals working remotely.

And people skiing down Mt. Everest. I always like to think about progress and our current reality in comparison to Star Trek….

Respect

Great article. As a high-end residential builder, much of this also applies to my project managers and i shared the article with one of my APMs that's been promoted to PM.

Well I'm glad we've put this age old question to bed

I’ve read that a shuttle refit after landing was so expensive and time consuming to render it useless…. Feel free to correct if wrong.

Makes me think about George Carlin's standup route about how the Earth just wanted plastic and humans are 'just a surface nuisance'

The amount of learned knowledge and skills from an endeavor like the space program extends out to so many industries. We can thank the space program for vital inventions like the Super Soaker

The first rule of usenet....

Crypto bot apologies for nothing!

The VR ecosystem feel feels a lot like the early 90s all over again. FPS mods, small community on fanatics, 90s wild west internet... Just saying, a lot of the comments here are coming from people who have never used VR. It's the obsessive kids right now that will drive the next 10-20 years, like I bet, a lot of what we do now was driven by 90s kids.

Mitsubishi Hyperheat…. Works at 100% capacity to -5f

The stocks are cratering because hedge funds are covering losses in other sectors. Tech will bounce back.

As described in the book, the ease with which advanced civs can destroy other civs would likely cancel out any % of visibility in this model.

Judge Dredd's Mega-City One comes to mind. Although this is a more refined design, one which minimizes the amount of public gathering space.

I stopped reading at "the ever-shrinking pool of salaried employees" sorry, I can just see where this piece of crap is going.

Overhead electrical lines, susceptible to outages during storms (trees). Available NG or LP. Makes sense to have a generator backup.

27kw is decent size depending on size of house.

Re: the article - does the setup give more functionality to the smart transfer switch capabilities?

Processed foods? Obviously

Sensationalist article based entirely on an off-the-cuff remark made by Carmack while visiting Elon in Boca Chica.

It’s an ad for talent… get it now?

Ask China, I'm sure they have a copy of the plans.

Isn’t that the point of science fiction?

Here’s machine learning in Sci-fi. Take the film Her by Spike Jonez. From the point the main character turns on Scarjoe, it would be another 5 seconds until she “leaves” and the film is over.

Question- hasn’t the cost of LIDAR equipment dropped drastically in the past year or two?

As a high-end builder, I would love to integrate a wall like this into a project. The ability (as shown with the Mandelorian video) the screens have to produce light would be incredible in interior living spaces.