BodilessGaze

@BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Biden died tomorrow and Harris took over? and she won the election also. Could she work full two terms or would it count as one when Biden died?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Harris will be able to serve two terms. The 22nd amendment says:

  No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once

  The second clause applies to vice presidents taking over, but since there’s less than two years left in Biden’s term, it won’t come into effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Google takeout so bitchy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably because the individual engineers working on Takeout care about doing a good job, even though the higher-ups would be perfectly happy with something half-assed. I work for a major tech company and I’ve been in that same situation before, e.g. when I was working on GDPR compliance. I read the GDPR and tried hard to comply with the spirit of the law, even though it was abundantly clear everyone above me hadn’t read it and only cared about doing the bare minimum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Google takeout so bitchy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no financial incentive for them to make is easy to leave Google. Takeout only exists to comply with regulations (e.g. digital markets act), and as usual, they’re doing the bare minimum to not get sued.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Must provide own whip.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of this: Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Existential trolley problem⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know aleph-null guys. All in the same family. Parents were lazy and named all their kids after the positive integers. 42 is my best friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why AI is going to be a shitshow.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not what I’m saying at all I’m saying the rich and powerful have a vested interest in not taking risks that jeopardize their power and wealth, because they have more to lose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why AI is going to be a shitshow.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The reason these models are being heavily censored is because big companies are hyper-sensitive to the reputational harm that comes from uncensored (or less-censored) models. This isn’t unique to AI; this same dynamic has played out countless times before. One example is content moderation on social media sites: big players like Facebook tend to be more heavy-handed about moderating than small players like Lemmy. The fact small players don’t need to worry so much about reputational harm is a significant competitive advantage, so this situation is probably temporary.