rage against the mean bean machine
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Like the far right hated Charlie and the far left basically considered him a joke, plus the choice of target completely aligns with their explicit stated desire to start a civil war whereas the motive for a left wing shooter would just be that they were mad. Not that the latter is impossible.
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Like the far right hated Charlie and the far left basically considered him a joke, plus the choice of target completely aligns with their explicit stated desire to start a civil war whereas the motive for a left wing shooter would just be that they were mad. Not that the latter is impossible.
am I crazy if this makes me think it was neo nazis
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
am I crazy if this makes me think it was neo nazis
the demographic that supports israel's genocidal ambitions but doesn't like when they're executed on is probably pretty slim
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
the demographic that supports israel's genocidal ambitions but doesn't like when they're executed on is probably pretty slim
much less structurally-required waste (advertising, insurance, etc.) too
September 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
much less structurally-required waste (advertising, insurance, etc.) too
I think there's a degree to which people are amazed by a computer that can talk in the same way a spider would be amazed by a robot that can spin a web.
It makes sense that humans would place outsize importance on talking because talking is the thing that we do.
It makes sense that humans would place outsize importance on talking because talking is the thing that we do.
September 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I think there's a degree to which people are amazed by a computer that can talk in the same way a spider would be amazed by a robot that can spin a web.
It makes sense that humans would place outsize importance on talking because talking is the thing that we do.
It makes sense that humans would place outsize importance on talking because talking is the thing that we do.
I don't think statements that are openly acknowledged to be speculation can really be defamatory, it's not like they claimed to have some kind of secret evidence it was AI.
August 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I don't think statements that are openly acknowledged to be speculation can really be defamatory, it's not like they claimed to have some kind of secret evidence it was AI.
Every accusation against the CIA must be evaluated in a vacuum, with the CIA presumed innocent, and their long history of committing crimes and covering them up lends no additional weight to the idea of a coverup, which is regarded as conspiratorial nonsense up until it's conclusively proven
August 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Every accusation against the CIA must be evaluated in a vacuum, with the CIA presumed innocent, and their long history of committing crimes and covering them up lends no additional weight to the idea of a coverup, which is regarded as conspiratorial nonsense up until it's conclusively proven
What's crazy to me is that the idea that America's intelligence agencies just stopped abusing their power at some indeterminate date (even though all the conditions that led to those abuses persist) is seen as the default, sensible position
August 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What's crazy to me is that the idea that America's intelligence agencies just stopped abusing their power at some indeterminate date (even though all the conditions that led to those abuses persist) is seen as the default, sensible position
Not to say their legal powers aren't also absurd and excessive, of course
August 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Not to say their legal powers aren't also absurd and excessive, of course
"(legal)" is doing most of the heavy lifting here lol
August 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"(legal)" is doing most of the heavy lifting here lol
Also even if you forget all about the root causes, it's wild to blame anyone other than America for Crumbl cookies, which is extremely Mormon lmao
August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Also even if you forget all about the root causes, it's wild to blame anyone other than America for Crumbl cookies, which is extremely Mormon lmao
"food insecurity" being on there is wild
August 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"food insecurity" being on there is wild
> reduce gender confirming surgery in children to almost zero
do they mean increase it to almost zero lol
do they mean increase it to almost zero lol
August 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
> reduce gender confirming surgery in children to almost zero
do they mean increase it to almost zero lol
do they mean increase it to almost zero lol
I put a lot of weight on what he has to say because he worked on the evolution of biological intelligence before transitioning to machine learning, and is also just a brilliant scientist in general.
August 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I put a lot of weight on what he has to say because he worked on the evolution of biological intelligence before transitioning to machine learning, and is also just a brilliant scientist in general.
People who dislike AI due to (rightful, imo) cultural polarization against Silicon Valley, but fwiw I work with a lot of people in machine learning and a slim majority would probably say LLMs aren't intelligent. This is an expert who takes that opinion:
youtu.be/jXa8dHzgV8U?...
youtu.be/jXa8dHzgV8U?...
Intelligent Humans vs. Smart AI: The Ultimate Showdown
YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
People who dislike AI due to (rightful, imo) cultural polarization against Silicon Valley, but fwiw I work with a lot of people in machine learning and a slim majority would probably say LLMs aren't intelligent. This is an expert who takes that opinion:
youtu.be/jXa8dHzgV8U?...
youtu.be/jXa8dHzgV8U?...
Of course not. The behavior of antisocial psychos is their own fault, but that behavior isn't in our control, whereas the vulnerability of the political system to organized bigotry is to a certain extent.
August 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Of course not. The behavior of antisocial psychos is their own fault, but that behavior isn't in our control, whereas the vulnerability of the political system to organized bigotry is to a certain extent.
Ok then, take reconstruction (because 150 years of history make things significantly clearer). Huge, undeniable progress was made in ending slavery and codifying Black suffrage, but we can still clearly identify failures like the lack of land redistribution which threatened that progress.
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I could have been more precise-- the problem isn't the mere existence of bigoted and antisocial people, it's the political viability of organizing around that bigotry. The former I agree is inevitable but the latter is a very different thing.
August 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I could have been more precise-- the problem isn't the mere existence of bigoted and antisocial people, it's the political viability of organizing around that bigotry. The former I agree is inevitable but the latter is a very different thing.
It would be stupid to say this means the progress was meaningless, but at the same time, most people agree that it had specific shortcomings which left room for political white supremacy to find purchase and undermined itself.
August 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It would be stupid to say this means the progress was meaningless, but at the same time, most people agree that it had specific shortcomings which left room for political white supremacy to find purchase and undermined itself.
Ok then, take reconstruction (because 150 years of history make things significantly clearer). Huge, undeniable progress was made in ending slavery and codifying Black suffrage, but we can still clearly identify failures like the lack of land redistribution which threatened that progress.
August 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ok then, take reconstruction (because 150 years of history make things significantly clearer). Huge, undeniable progress was made in ending slavery and codifying Black suffrage, but we can still clearly identify failures like the lack of land redistribution which threatened that progress.
I don't agree fully with the person you're responding to but I think the general point is the fact that this "open, liberal society" produced these people who want to burn it down is indicative of a major, essential flaw in that society.
August 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I don't agree fully with the person you're responding to but I think the general point is the fact that this "open, liberal society" produced these people who want to burn it down is indicative of a major, essential flaw in that society.
I can think of a stronger incentive than tax breaks but I don't think he'd like it
August 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I can think of a stronger incentive than tax breaks but I don't think he'd like it
This used to bother me a lot but imo it's actually completely reasonable to not have a standard for proof positive of consciousness, and unreasonable to demand one as a precondition for saying something isn't consciousness.
August 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This used to bother me a lot but imo it's actually completely reasonable to not have a standard for proof positive of consciousness, and unreasonable to demand one as a precondition for saying something isn't consciousness.
did he fake this footage lol
August 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
did he fake this footage lol