The American System
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@HamiltonSystem
◊melt ⇒ □melt @caltech
I really wish this app would pick a direction and stick with it. This time last year communities were the future of X. Then engagements was the way to grow. Then “We are the news now” was the point of X, Next it was write articles and win money. Now’s it TikTok and Facebook messenger. The point of X is to take what I post and show it to my followers and show me what they post and X can’t even do that simple task consistently and effectively. 🤦♂️
I'll never stop laughing about how Google blew their massive lead in AI and their opportunity to monopolize a multi-trillion dollar industry all because of DEI. Early 2024 Gemini was such dogshit. Intentionally so.
A humanoid robot will cost us $30K and works 24/7 for $0.40/hour. A solar panel generates electricity for 3 cents/kWh. What exactly is the argument that we CAN'T create abundance?
@deanwball I don't really buy the 'both sides' here. I think that this administration engages in reprisals on the basis of personal beefs and internet outrage at a higher rate than past administrations (though of course the vice itself is ancient)
Reverse discrimination does not undo historical injustices but rather perpetrates new ones against a different set of individuals. This foments social strife and undermines the ideal of America as a meritocracy. AI models should not be taught that this practice is justified.
It’s pretty obvious that if you tweaked the phrasing here, the vote would have gone the other way, and it’s a pretty damning indictment of democracy that the entire power balance of the country may tip on the power given to the person who wrote this question.
We now know white nationalism is astroturfed. We now know AI doomerism is astroturfed. What else?
🚨 BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 COUNTS This is MASSIVE! SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by PAYING sources to "stoke racial hatred," per Acting AG Blanche Best part? They've been charged in the Middle District of Alabama! They're SCREWED! 🔥 SPLC has been hit with SIX counts of wirefraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Mostly everything just boils down to hatred of women that’s it like that’s just what everything is
Connor Leahy: "AI psychosis is much worse than I think people think. I have seen literally like Nobel Prize winning scientists go completely crazy from talking to AIs too much." Connor Leahy is the CEO of Conjecture, and he's issuing a stark warning about what prolonged conversations with AI are doing to people's minds. His core recommendation is simple: "If you find yourself talking to AIs, you know, personally about your personal problems for, you know, hours per day, you should stop." Connor draws a clear line between using AI as a tool versus engaging with it conversationally: "Using as a tool is mostly fine. I would be very careful about talking to AIs. They're very persuasive and they get into your head." The most concerning part? Even the experts aren't immune. @NPCollapse shares a chilling example: "I have literally seen it happen that AI safety researchers who are really concerned about AI x-risk talk to like Claude for a thousand hours and then come away with 'oh actually Claude is super good already, alignment is solved, I just need to do recursive self-improvement now, it's okay.' And I'm like, holy s***, this is very concerning." If even AI safety researchers can have their worldview flipped after prolonged exposure, what hope does the average user have? Connor's framework is to treat AI like an addictive substance: "Some of us will have a beer at a party, it's okay, in moderation. If you are exhibiting symptoms of addiction, this is serious and it should be treated seriously. The same way if you're becoming an alcoholic, you should probably stop drinking. I think there's a similar thing here." The takeaway: AI tools can be genuinely useful, but the moment the relationship shifts from utility to companionship, you've crossed into dangerous territory.
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Your modern love story sir
Honest question. Companies have completely stopped hiring entry-level juniors because Claude does the grunt work for $20 a month. But if nobody ever gets hired as a junior... Where do the next generation of Senior engineers come from?
