Cosmicomical

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Cosmicomical ,

Sure, the package managers of other languages are super safe

Cosmicomical ,

Came here to say this. As much as I don't like china, there is really nothing to see (apart from the source, that's for everybody to see).

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Please hand over your driving license

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I also think the same, I'm afraid we live in a tech-savvy bubble

TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it ( en.wikipedia.org )

Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...

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but not as easily dismissable

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AI is an umbrella term, it's not necessarily less than ASI or AGI but can include them

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In this case this wouldn't apply, as you would never be simulated as (say) a kid in the middle ages, just as a version of yourself in the timeframe leading to the creation of the basilisk. You should be one of the persons alive when the basilisk arises to be of any use to it. Only those would need to be tested.

I feel like abdul alhazred explaining these things to people while being aware of the risks :)

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Yeah that should be called KAPUTalism

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First of all thank you, I wasn't aware of the concept of acausal trade, and I'll look more into it. Very interesting.

I'm not sure we are discussing the same aspect of this mind experiment, and in particular the aspect of it that i find lovecraftian is that you may already be in the simulation right now. This makes the specific circumstances of our world, physics, and technology level irrelevant, as they would just be a solipsistic setup to test you on some aspect of your morality. The threat of eternal torture, on the other hand, would only apply to you if you were the real version of you, as that's who the basilisk is actually dealing with. This works because you don't know what of the two situations is your current one.

The basilisk is trying to estimate the future behaviour of real you on the basis of the behaviour of the model he has created of you.

In this scenario you can think of me as a pseudopod of the basilisk that is informing you of the details of the stipulation by means of this post.

Of course, if you are the real version of you the basilisk would need to be something that can be created in this reality, which i think is only impossible with our current approach to ML and AI, but is otherwise within our grasp given the computational power we have available. But if you are a fake version of you the real world could be radically different from ours and maybe in that world P=NP.

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And those that didn't see a quaternary joke coming

And those that didn't see a quinary joke coming

...

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A big step in the right direction

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"Where's the fucking router"

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Economic freedom in this example is pure nonsense. I don't want the freedom to overpay for something. The price point is also completely unreasonable. There are alternatives that could be implemented, like setting limits. Your example has a clear goal of promoting a certain world view that the existence of slavery is what makes us free. If that's not a paradox a don't know what a paradox is.

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To be fairer nobody asked them to produce content. They decided to create it because it's cheaper that licensing the actual good stuff.

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Not really. I can undersgand licensing but at this point it's become a distopian practice completely separated from the basic need to monetize the content an make a profit.
That's why those companies become such gargantuans monsters.

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But it's very interesting to think where we would be technologically and socially if humans weren't such assholes

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who are prepared to work themselves to death for peanuts

...while having no idea what they are doing

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Lol, more a hope than a plan

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  1. Covid has more than 10x the mortality rate of common flu
  2. even without vaccine you still have an immune system, but not as ready against covid, and you spread it for a longer period which can be fatal for those around you, especially older people or people with a bad immune system

I don't get what you people have against vaccines. They saved millions of lives over the years and the causation is clear beyond any doubt.

You are te proof that the education system sucks.

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Bro, I've only heard this line from people that don't read

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This is disrespectful towards the achievements of the human race. My father kept attributing all of our recent technology to "the findings at roswell" and i have very strong feelings towards this position.

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Fuck aliens

With the recent issues of transgender people in sports, why don’t we move some sports over to a weight-class system?

Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play....

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For team sports you can assign a point value to each player and force the team to deploy a maximum total value, like for armies in WH40K

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Wat

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Of course they do

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Still a very bold move imo

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unfortunately they are being manipulated into being idiots

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A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back ( www.windowscentral.com )

It's a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...

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I don't want to be the guy that always says Linux, but...
...Linux

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SOMEBODY ALREADY ASKED THIS QUESTION USE SEARCH

I don't understand this approach, if you don't want to answer, just don't answer. Why would you waste time writing that you won't answer?

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I thought you were a search engine.

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True but there is less and less stuff that you cannot do properly on linux.

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Well they said the same about AI and at some point it became true enough to be a problem

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Seems a reasonable request. You are creating a tool with the potential to be used as a weapon, you must be able to guarantee it won't be used as such. Power is nothing without control.

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This is for models that cost 100 million dollars to train. Not all things are the same and most things that can do serious damage to big chunks of population are regulated. Cars are regulated, firearms are regulated, access to drugs is regulated. Even internet access is super controlled. I don't see how you can say AI should not be regulated.

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Sounds deranged. If it was NOT socially ostracized they would NOT need to rely on the partner being ostracized.

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This is like saying a meatgrinder is a good place to live because it works

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Because that's a bullshit take. Effective at what exactly? Oppressing people? Killing minorities? Certainly not effective at making people's lives better, unless you are part of the ruling class.

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It's certaily e-bikes that make nyc a nightmare

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I'm sure the basilisk will see through all this bootlicking.

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Did he just invent self-hosting?

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I know but I'm sure he's just throwing words around, what he meant is "gigafactory of COMPUTERS"

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Don't forget also the male morning-after pill: you take it the next day, it changes your blood group

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Just far enough to be effectively unreachable, lol :(

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We are talking of relativity, so something related should be fine.

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If there was a university course in short term deception you should teach it. I don't care if it's hypothetical, the idea is still brilliant.

Republican bill aims to give Americans in Israeli military same benefits as US soldiers ( www.middleeasteye.net )

Two Republican congressmen have introduced legislation that would provide the same employment and economic protections to Americans serving in the Israeli military as US citizens who get deployed to serve in the US military....

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"Leftists" complaining about Biden, where are you? I don't see you being very vocal against republicans

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And yet you commented on it in a very neutral tone, without expressing any concern. To me it looks like you agree with it.

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