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nyc_data_geek1
·13 days ago·discuss
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft.
nyc_data_geek1
·20 days ago·discuss
This particular technology has been trained by explicitly ripping off a lot of peoples' friends, though.
nyc_data_geek1
·last month·discuss
Understood, apologize for my misconception of your assertion. Mass media, of course, is only too happy to cultivate such misconceptions on the part of the public.
nyc_data_geek1
·last month·discuss
Maybe don't be so dismissive of that which you lack a thorough understanding.

Recommend reading "Against the State" by James Stout, wherein he describes history of various Anarchist societies, including Barcelona during Spanish fascism, Myanmar where they are very successfully fighting the junta which wrested control from their civilian government, and Rojava where he personally visited and gives a firsthand account.
nyc_data_geek1
·last month·discuss
If we need to check everything AI produces, every reference and factual assertion, where is the value in what it's producing? Why should we spend the money on producing this, and the time reviewing it, when I can just do it right the first time? Where is the efficiency?
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
Equities are underlying collateral. Prediction markets are literally just betting on an outcome, no underlying asset exists.
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
He could be right, or he could just be a phone company CEO trying to get you to buy a new phone, or he could be both.
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
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nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
Take it a step further. Words, in the financial world are largely used for obfuscation, marketing, concealing of the truth by financially motivated actors. Thus, financial literacy is looking at the numbers, market conditions and geopolitical situation, while consciously discarding whatever bullshit corporate speak is being disseminated by captured media.
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
The whole idea that pushing back against resource exhaustion and planned obsolescence is inherently apolitical is bunk, in fact. Politics are only "extra" and "bolted on" when you are comfortably benefiting from the status quo
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
Absolutely, and exactly my point. This boils down to wasteful make-work again.

As the bard said, brevity is the soul of wit.
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
And they are generating the longer version with AI, that you are then using AI to summarize.

This is not adding value for anyone except people whose function is to look busy, and people trying to avoid their busy work.
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
UnusualWhales begs to differ
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
Because your fear is their marketing, is their valuation. There, saved you a click.
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
“The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With.” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,” with a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent. Curiously enough, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica that had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a thousand years in the future defined the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came.”
nyc_data_geek1
·2 months ago·discuss
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nyc_data_geek1
·3 months ago·discuss
Many people struggle to differentiate between illusion and reality, these days.

There's a sucker born every minute, after all.
nyc_data_geek1
·3 months ago·discuss
Who's going to enforce antitrust laws in this environment, pray tell?
nyc_data_geek1
·3 months ago·discuss
It's like low-background radiation steel. There's a finite amount of information out there that's not ai garbage, and the percentage of scrapeable information that isn't tainted grows smaller by the moment.

I imagine this trend will continue, and the price will go up.
nyc_data_geek1
·3 months ago·discuss
This is not creating widgets or lines of code, not creating a product for consumption, this is fostering the development of inquisitive minds, hopefully encouraging them to become critical thinkers and ultimately the next generation of leaders who will push the bounds of human knowledge further than ever before.

Why would better tools be expected to do enable teachers to do that for more students at a time?

There is a lot of research out there showing worse educational outcomes as class sizes increase. This is one of the areas where wealth disparities in education manifest; rich areas tend to have smaller class sizes, and historically the very rich would pay for private tutors for their kids, whereas poor kids are stuck with bigger class sizes, less individual attention from educators, and typically average worse educational outcomes.