Jack Flak

@CuriosityonX [hissing and gurgling noises]

What would be the scariest message humanity could receive from outer space?

@pngmitbh @StefanMolyneux Approaching it as a software engineer I need to see the commit history in order to understand the current state of our understanding. So I appreciate a good video like this that talks history and how we got here. Here’s another great channel fyi @huygensoptics?si=W2H7wWs_QU8_sDVa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@huygensoptics…

@FormlessEntity @StefanMolyneux I’m no physicist, but this guy’s explanations are great. youtu.be/qKZvAwcXceE?si…

I think we can be pretty sure about gravity though

When you get sucked into the gravity well, you aren’t “going faster”. When you come out the other side, assuming you don’t get sucked in, you’re going the same speed but with the motion of that massive object imparted to you (i.e. slingshot) but therein lies another paradox, what if the slingshot propels you over c? Anyways, you two keep telling each other how retarded you think the other is, you both look like retards from this frame of reference.

I think you’re both wrong, you’re trying to apply Newtonian mechanics to something that is “more fundamental”. It’s something to do with spacetime, and Einsteins point that gravity isn’t a “force”, it’s the curvature of spacetime itself. And I cannot reason about it any further than that. But you two are both way behind where I’m at, at least that’s what it looks like to me.

@Patriot5715 @OlisCory @StefanMolyneux 👎

@FormlessEntity @OlisCory @StefanMolyneux F=ma. Force flows thru mass. As you accelerate, the point at which the force is emitted and where it is applied keeps increasing. See atomic clocks in motion. Fewer clock ticks = less applied force at the receiver.

@OlisCory @Patriot5715 @StefanMolyneux And why does it become harder to accelerate? My understanding is that your thruster only exits at speed c. But then why doesn’t a rocket at relativistic speed pass c on its way down into the gravity well?

@FormlessEntity @Patriot5715 @StefanMolyneux That's because the faster an object moves the higher its relativistic mass (inertia) becomes. The faster an object goes, the harder it becomes to accelerate it. That's just a quirk of the universe, and not so much a weird gravity thing.

Yeah I learned something from this, he probably does understand that he’s not as capable, but the job he’s doing then becomes equally important. Better than two heroes tripping over and yelling at each other to duck. What I find most fascinating is that he’s comfortable with the shooter spraying bullets a few feet over his head.

@The_Banned_Vids His comrade is a coward.

Genuine question. Tech companies are laying off thousands of engineers, and the ones left behind are basically just reviewing AI-generated code. But what happens in 6 months when the AI stops making mistakes? If your entire $200k job has been reduced to proofreading Claude's output, what exactly are they paying you for?

@duncanreyburn @DavidDeutschOxf The realization I had is that consciousness isn’t really special, it’s a stream of unspoken tokens. Same with dreams. Just a compaction or something like that.

No decent philosopher believes ‘machine consciousness’ is (or ever will be) a thing.

This is actually an important nuance, he may be a troll, but there is something fundamentally different about gravity. It doesn’t contribute to your velocity the same way that thrust does. If you’re going 0.99999c and you fall toward a black hole, you might expect that you accelerate past/faster than c. But you don’t! Somehow.

@Patriot5715 @FormlessEntity @StefanMolyneux So things don't fall to the ground? Do you even know what 'acceleration' is?

@Kekius_Sage When AI Walter Cronkite starts talking to people the way they like to hear the news

What will be the “oh shit” moment for people who still think AI is just hype?

@zakarum4 @carpedave @StefanMolyneux That’s right. I want to know why the pull, there is no explanation, but also no shortage of people willing to try and explain with much hand waving and word salad.

@carpedave @FormlessEntity @StefanMolyneux But person asks if that time dilation is what stands behind the pull.

@OlisCory @Patriot5715 @StefanMolyneux That still doesn’t explain what gravity is. As far as I can tell, nobody knows what gravity is. And when they don’t know, they like to say it’s “fundamental”, like with QM/superposition, bell tests and such, testing nothing.

@Patriot5715 @FormlessEntity @StefanMolyneux And your post nothing with the flow of time. The closer to the surface of the Earth the higher the acceleration due to gravity, the higher the acceleration due to gravity, the slower time flows for you. The acceleration is a gradient, so your feet age slower than your head.

@georgecursor @StefanMolyneux A point particle also experiences gravity according to GR. Never did like Susskind’s explanations. He’s like the king of academia 😛

@FormlessEntity @StefanMolyneux It kinda is like that but it doesn't help with understanding it. A flat piece of paper also experiences gravity 😁

@bankal33 @StefanMolyneux You mean acceleration right? That’s what is indistinguishable from gravity, really.

@StefanMolyneux How do you distinguish gravity from buoyancy? Not a flat-earther but it's true that you can't really distinguish between the two in observation.

Name a movie you've seen more than 7 times with just a GIF

@farzyness His piano YouTube vids are great

This guys' content is elite 1%.

@Liv_Boeree I’d be here opening day. Can someone make an AI powered 80s action flick? Like Commando but even more awesome.

what in the ever loving fuck

@GWHayduke97 @emiliesyverson Why? I’d say you can live like Barbara Streisand for 2-3 days if you saved a few years. Most people wouldn’t care. Everyone can have a suburban house. Land isn’t really at a premium. Do you like those rocky cliffs? Just make more, landscaping.

@emiliesyverson Sounds miserable tbh.

Serious question for AI optimists who believe AI will automate all work: In a society where there are no sources of income other than UBI, and thus everyone has the same income, how would positional goods be allocated?