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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We can bet on a lot, but when you’re betting on human lives, you might get hit with a massive lawsuit, right? Try to bet less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  On what grounds? Only certain things can be appealed, not “you’re wrong” gut feelings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  More than one person can be at fault, my friend. Don’t lie about your product and expect no consequences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If Tesla promises and doesn’t deliver, they pay. That’s the price of doing business when lives are on the line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SEC says it will deregulate cryptocurrencies with 'Project Crypto'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. There are a few legitimate non gambling non crime uses. But those are typically very minor transactions. The problem is that it is somewhat anonymous and not refundable. It turns out that we really do want those features for almost all medium-high price purchases. Otherwise the thieves and scam artists will jack our shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creative writing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As a teacher, I feel the opposite. I think the teacher now has entertaining stories that they can show to co-workers about how messed up the kids are these days. It’s a kind of therapy for everyone involved.

  The only tricky point is when kids write things that are NSFW and then you have to require that they revise them to be SFW, when many kids are not good at understanding the difference, and specifically why it matters in a school environment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the new world of risk: Microsoft cuts off services to energy company without notice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your framing is inconsistent with the information provided in the story. Actually, I think your version is more deceptive than the original, although both could be made more transparent, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Assistant Is Basically on Life Support and Things Just Got Worse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You got to love the author of that article. If you want the lights to turn off and on normally, maybe people should use light switches. Those aren’t going to break due to software downgrades, those don’t require Gemini or internet connections.

  And I understand, there are rare situations when throwing the internet at your home appliances can make sense for solving niche problems. Those situations definitely exist, but for almost everyone almost all of the time, but it’s pretty fucking easy to turn lights off and on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oncoliruses: LLM Viruses are the future and will be a pest, say good bye to decent tech.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So they are not intelligent, they just sound like they’re intelligent… Look, I get it, if we don’t define these words, it’s really hard to communicate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Chatbots Remain Overconfident — Even When They’re Wrong: Large Language Models appear to be unaware of their own mistakes, prompting concerns about common uses for AI chatbots.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s two basic mistakes that you made. First, you think that we aren’t experts, but it’s definitely true that some of us have studied these topics for years in college or graduate school, and surely many other people are well read on the subject. Obviously you can’t easily confirm our backgrounds, but we exist. Second, people who are somewhat aware of the topic might realize that it’s not particularly productive to engage in discussion on it here because there’s too much background information that’s missing. It’s often the case that experts don’t try to discuss things because it’s the wrong venue, not because they feel superior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Chatbots Remain Overconfident — Even When They’re Wrong: Large Language Models appear to be unaware of their own mistakes, prompting concerns about common uses for AI chatbots.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What a terrible headline. Self-aware? Really?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, it’s good at fake apologies! As good as the CEO, no doubt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t, but AI does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You say “mistakes” I say “features”. That’s what they wanted, right? Humans are not accountable, couldn’t be helped, that’s life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home sales are down. So why are prices at an all-time high?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  X weeks. :-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what you mean. He can do almost any single act he wants. But depending on what it is, the response could possibly come back to bite him in the ass.

  Like his fucking around with Epstein or his claims of ending various wars. He fucked around and is in the process of finding out. But he’s rich, so he won’t get locked up, because that’s how the justice system is designed.

  In reality, most of the world doesn’t respect him, including most of the U.S. And like any scam artist, he caves when he has no other choice, and then lies about it. So, is the U.S. totally fucked? We’ll find out, won’t we. There’s no guarantees in life. And it also depends how white and how male you are, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Employers do NOT verify your total work history unless you're applying for a government position.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This also depends on the country and the industry. For many American jobs these days, your previous employer might be opening themselves up to a lawsuit if they said anything bad about you, so many companies now will at most identify the duration of your employment and your job title but nothing else.

  The point is not that a former employee would necessarily win a lawsuit, but they could bring one and the legal bills alone would be significant, therefore many company lawyers will say to just shut the hell up when asked any questions about performance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. [The New York Times]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck the Times. Classic shit article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does a guy become his most confident around women?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is your baseline? Did you really live thirty two years never talking to a woman before? More information would be good.

  And what are your goals? You’re hinting at something romantic or sexual but didn’t say anything clear on that subject.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitter founder Jack Dorsey pumps $10 million into a nonprofit to build Nostr-based social media apps⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If only someone could invent a distributed open source social media platform, wouldn’t that be great. Then he could spend his time and energy doing something more productive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They already do that. Now they will do it less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bring them back!!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Hold hands and say it like me The most shady, Frankie baby, fantastic Graphic, tryin to make dough, like Jurassic Park did quick to spark kids who start shit” -Biggie

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jury shown CCTV of alleged assault on police at Manchester Airport⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see you are not a lawyer. Neither am I. But I have learned that in many countries, a guilty verdict could be tossed out by the judge if the pigs’ actions were bad enough. You can also get jury nullification, if you’re lucky.

  And sometimes it turns out the officers actually fucked shit up before or after the video, which might only be uncovered before or during trial. Depends on the details.

  All of those possibilities go to zero if you plead out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re renting, maybe it’s not your problem. The landlords jack us for rent, so we mess with their drains. Meh.

  Should we respect our landlords, you might ask? That depends on them. Respect is earned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should know that in many countries, and now also the U.S., the government will revoke the visa of “political irritants”. In other words, your question is actually a historical one, and it is equivalent to, “Is it immoral to immigrate?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Patriotism leads to nationalism and racism. Fuck patriotism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to be first country to use AI healthcare system to prevent future scandals⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You said it yourself: extra places that need human attention … those need … humans, right?

  It’s easy to say “let AI find the mistakes”. But that tells us nothing at all. There’s no substance. It’s just a sales pitch for snake oil. In reality, there are various ways one can leverage technology to identify various errors, but that only happens through the focused actions of people who actually understand the details of what’s happening.

  And think about it here. We already have computer systems that monitor patients’ real-time data when they’re hospitalized. We already have systems that check for allergies in prescribed medication. We already have systems for all kinds of safety mechanisms. We’re already using safety tech in hospitals, so what can be inferred from a vague headline about AI doing something that’s … checks notes … already being done? … Yeah, the safe money is that it’s just a scam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interesting how THIS happened at every place that I've worked⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Although that sounds cynical, I think it’s often the opposite. People learn what their job actually is, and they do it, and good for them. :-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re trying to paint windows in a positive light when Microsoft is desperately trying to spy on us and force more advertising on us even though we really don’t want it, and the only reason they can do that is because they have a monopoly. So yeah, it really is that awful.

  And if we want to do side by side comparisons of the available software packages, most things that you would need for your average office setup are free and come by default on your major Linux distros. On Windows, you have to install them manually, and the default options are mainly commercial. So you’re paying more and possibly getting something worse, depending on your personal preferences about each software package and its alternative. That’s pretty bad, my friend. Windows is competing with free and losing, but they have inertia and a monopoly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should absolutely see something wrong. This is solving a problem that doesn’t exist, which means it’s actually trying to solve a different “problem”, namely that minorities get to vote.