deadcream

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're called leaves for a reason.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not American but my understanding is that many of those “suburban” residential blocks have sidewalks and you can walk around withing the confinement of your block. However blocks are isolated from each other and you need a car to go somewhere else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Features for Dragon Age: The Veilguard⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its recommended specs are very low actually, so it’s possible that it will run well without “ultra” graphics features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember that space is completely unforgiving and we just aren’t up to the task for anything more than a token selfie by the best dozen humans we can possibly produce with great effort and training.

  Astronauts aren’t superhumans and there is nothing “special” about their training. They are just pilots with stricter physical requirements. The reason why there aren’t many of them is because there is no need for more. Our technology is not there yet for cheap and “boring” space travel beyond low Earth orbit (and probably won’t be for a century at least). And there isn’t anything worthwhile for humanity out there anyway. At least at the current stage in our “evolution”. So for now manned spaceflight programmes are just vanity projects funded by politicians (for “national pride” or whatever) or some billionaire celebrities like Musk.

  Also I don’t think that world peace would be necessary for space colonization. It could be born out of conflict or for economic reasons, like colonization of Americas. It’s simply that it will take centuries for us to reach a point when the prospect of leaving Earth will become attractive for regular people (if we survive that much of course).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes it’s possible to do this now. However with further advancement of AI or whatever you call it this can be made even more effective and efficient. And any edge over the “enemy” is useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are many uses for AI that governments are interested in. Deepfakes, cheaper and more subtle ways to influence public opinions on the internet (by being able to instantly deploy thousands or millions of fully automated bots that are able to express their “opinions” in a way that is indistinguishable from humans), accurate and automated analysis of public discourse on the large scale, etc. And if you have an edge over other countries then you are able to influence their public opinions and detect (and possible counteract) when they try to influence you.

  AI is very good at analysing human-generated data, as well as generating data that looks human-created. Any entity that deals with (and desires to control) a large number of people (of which governments are prime examples) will find many uses for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russian forces now using Musk’s Starlink on Ukraine front line⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, he said that he doesn’t sell starlink terminals in Russia. When asked whether Russia uses starlink he declined to answer.