Rhaedas

@Rhaedas@fedia.io

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They probably could if that was the command. However Tony wanted to keep what had happened in the five years since the snap so he didn't lose his daughter, so the second snap couldn't be to put things back like it never happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That's a reasonable definition. It also pushes things closer to what we think we can do now, since the same logic makes a slower AGI equal to a person, and a cluster of them on a single issue better than one. The G (general) is the key part that changes things, no matter the speed, and we're not there. LLMs are general in many ways, but lack the I to spark anything from it, they just simulate it by doing exactly what your point is, being much faster at finding the best matches in a response in data training and appearing sometimes to have reasoned it out.

  ASI is a definition only in scale. We as humans can't have any idea what an ASI would be like other than far superior than a human for whatever reasons. If it's only speed, that's enough. It certain could become more than just faster though, and that added with speed... naysayers better hope they are right about the impossibilities, but how can they know for sure on something we wouldn't be able to grasp if it existed?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt the few that are calling for a slowing or all out ban on further work on AI are trying to profit from any success they have. The funny thing is, we won't know if we ever hit that point of even just AGI until we're past it, and in theory AGI will quickly go to ASI simply because it's the next step once the point is reached. So anyone saying AGI is here or almost here is just speculating, just as anyone who says it's not near or won't ever happen.

  The only thing possibly worse than getting to the AGI/ASI point unprepared might be not getting there, but creating tools that simulate a lot of its features and all of its dangers and ignorantly using them without any caution. Oh look , we're there already, and doing a terrible job at being cautious, as we usually are with new tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fact that users are encouraged to include text descriptions with media content makes it perfect training data for AI.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Web content should always strive to be more accessible. Things like AI should be better regulated instead. I think we've missed the boat on a big part of that though, should have legally clamped down on activities a long time ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I've seen it in both forms online and in chat, but I'm also old so it might be a depreciated form. I'm a walking internet archive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Places would change up and down in tone and attitude since the days of Usenet, BBSes, and FidoNet. It's not the platform, it's the people. How the world is in RL affects how people talk online, and the world changes over time.

  The simpler answer may be that your feed has changed some since you started and you're pulling in discussions that have a different vibe than when you started. Just as you can grow your feed by browsing around, you can cull certain places that tend to be darker by blocking people or instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If serious, whichever one works best for you. Lots of info out there to help steer you to a good match. There are some that will have a harder time than others thanks to Microsoft domination all these years.

  If not serious. Arch, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two New Windows Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild — One Affects Every Version Ever Shipped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So stick with my Linux and don't boot into Windows again. Got it.

  Lots of these exploits can be very specific cases so aren't going to threaten the average user. However the point is, Windows 10 is now a huge target and there are lots who would love to take advantage of a freshly open gate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  NASA is different because its money is Congressionally controlled, so not only does that expect perfection in an area that will have mistakes, but has a small window to act in before political interest wanes, and has little flexibility as things are learned on the way. The only advantage of a national space program is deep pockets. Even the small percent that NASA gets is a lot more than most commercial organizations can swing. Imagine if they had a few percent of what the military gets and a bit of latitude to find ways for us to expand out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oppa oppa⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Be me, a literal reading scifi fan in 11th grade English having to read Jane Eyre and find all the damn symbolism. When all I saw was a 19th century romance novel. Blech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oppa oppa⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to comment the same. The best art is where each person can derive their own meaning. Even better when you find new significance every time you see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At somepoint in human history there was likely a day where not a single human died.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If I recall right (and it may not be right lol) it was timing as well as how many other populations there were. I think the initial discovery and research made some assumptions that what they found was the only people around and that it was a sudden disaster. Just like now we think that the dinosaurs were already suffering for various reasons and the asteroid was just a final push towards extinction over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At somepoint in human history there was likely a day where not a single human died.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There's other recent research that counters this idea. It's still uncertain. Humans have dipped low before though, just probably not levels rivals animals like the cheetah, otherwise we'd show the same genetic issues they have due to the inbreeding of the survivors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨don't look up :)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  "Why does the ephemeris keep getting lower and lower?"

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worse than stubbing your toe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have video I can estimate the size and shape of the piece. Of LEGO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anti-porn GOP legislator allegedly had account on adult sexcam website⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing wrong with him having such an account.

  He just needs to enjoy it and stay out of everyone else's sex life. The hilarious thing isn't the hypocrisy, but the fact that if he was successful in banning things he wouldn't have that outlet anymore. That's borderline stupid, shooting oneself in the foot level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists Just Made Light Speed Visible. The Images Will Break Your Brain.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I get it, but it still hurts the brain. I think many scifi stories may be right and if we develop some type of warp/hyperspace/whatever, a human looking into whatever it looks like would go mad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harsh⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don't panic. Shut everything down. Call the Fuel Rats.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the USA ever rewrites their constitution it will likely have embedded ads.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And starts with "Writing a constitution for your new country is an exciting task! A constitution serves as the foundation of a nation's government, outlining its structure, powers, and limitations, as well as the rights and freedoms of its citizens. Here's a general outline to help you get started:"

  (actual local LLM model reply)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red, gold and green.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That's karma for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI chatbots that butter you up make you worse at conflict, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How is this surprising? We know that part of LLM training is being rewarded for finding an answer that satisfies the human. It doesn't have to be a correct answer, it just has to be received well. This doesn't make it better, but it makes it more marketable, and that's all that has mattered since it took off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I never could get into poems much, but this is genius.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Giving good Hedera⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this more, "this isn't going to end well, better spread some seeds"?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JFC, who did this?!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He left the ending ambiguous for the reader to imagine what happens. He missed out on twisting the knife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On Jeopardy, does getting the Who/What/Where/When/Why part of the response necessary?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is technically correct, since you are answering "What is [the answer]?"

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JFC, who did this?!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That seems to happen to a lot of adaptations of his work. I think he may have even admitted that he's not great at ending what he starts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JFC, who did this?!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Vague to avoid spoilers. Must be Mandela effect. I remember it being passed around to each person. Which honestly made it more horrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK When you hover over a piece of the phonetic notation on (English) Wikipedia, it shows you an example for its pronunciation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like Wikipedia decided to let the users battle it out since they have both listed. Both the right and the wrong way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to clarify - so you don't believe in any of the supernatural stuff and are just about the better teachings of Jesus? Aka a Jefferson bible take?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A nitpick, none of the gospel writers were eyewitnesses, the documents were written long after Jesus was gone. They are interpretations of stories passed down, and all four gospels have different takes on events. So the phrase "gospel truth" is very ironic in its definition.