Stochastic Parrot

@edwardross14 @hamandcheese bullshit terms coined by busybodies

@hamandcheese Yeah… in the child protection business, that’s called “ephebophilia grooming" or "age-transition abuse” when the abuser preys on the child's vulnerability and then transitions to a sexual relationship when they are legally an adult.

So if I have this right, Cormac McCarthy gave refuge to a victim of abuse, began a loving relationship, delayed having sex until she reached the Texas age of consent, offered marriage but when declined used his MacArthur money to pay for her return home, staying in touch until his death, such that 47 years later she not only has no regrets but credits him with saving her life? And this is supposed to be damaging to his reputation?

@Triton214 @RyanKindaSwims @jamesarthur83 could be a medical episode.

@RyanKindaSwims @jamesarthur83 Possibly distracted by a mobile phone or an electronic distraction on the dashboard causing a lapse of concentration in the usually very demanding traffic conditions on the Bridge. No doubt the accident investigation will eventually reveal the cause.

Another horrific crash on the Sydney harbour bridge…looks like a head on involving a bus. Still can’t work out why they cant just give both directions the same number of lanes and put a median strip down the middle of it.

@Spencer_Gray @shakoistsLog tax all of taylor swift etc. the entire pop music shit. its a cancer

@shakoistsLog All of this gets fixed if weirdo simps are taxed at 100% of their income. Weirdo simps having market power is a hazard.

This actually is capitalism at its best. Independent business owners quickly acted on limited information out of self-interest to make a nascent entertainer popular. They’re just bitter in real life the high charisma foid wins the market.

@ylecun @Airte747 @elonmusk you guys censored and then repented as zuck acknowledged. no principles

@Airte747 @elonmusk If it's not malice, then it's stupidity.

Elon vs Brazil: Elon lost.

@Michael_Druggan @trevormccrt1 why fewer french IMO golds than hungary? europeans - you mean western europe?

@trevormccrt1 In math it's the opposite. Europeans do as much math in their undergrad as many Americans do to get a masters because the Europeans don't have to waste their time on gen eds

@ylecun finally a sigh of relief. you arent a scientist. you are a ML researcher. anything beyond that you arent an authority and maybe even a fool

People studying misinformation lean left for two reasons: 1. scientists lean left, regardless of specialty, because they care about facts. 2. misinformation today primarily comes from the Right ("they're eating the dawwwgs!") which makes it worth studying and fighting against for people leaning left.

@ylecun @DeryaTR_ elites lean left. yessir. its predictable.

@DeryaTR_ The data is clear, highly educated people lean left, not just scientists.

@ylecun do you really not know why they lean left? read hayek.?the elites must lean left because without it they cannot control and shape society. they are absolutely scared of losing control (of the narrative as well) and cannot accept emergent behavior and therefore sneer at markets

@Stokes12345678 waqar had a couple of great seasons. otherwise, not goat material. got thrashed many times

Akram Waqar Bumrah 3 greatest fast bowlers of Asia ever I know bumrah might end at the top but that chance is not realistic Wickets volume matters

@e_considine @stnlss_stl_rt @Noahpinion @danielcincu @MarkFriedenbach distribution is more important than product market fit - applies to solar energy as well. distribution is many magnitudes harder

@stnlss_stl_rt @Noahpinion @danielcincu @MarkFriedenbach Solar is just fusion done in space. Already two steps ahead

Nuclear fission is no longer the energy of the future. But for lots of engineer types, it serves as a sort of test case for whether the U.S. government is willing to strangle technology to cater to populist movements. Building more nuclear won't do much to change our actual energy situation, but it will help convince engineers that America cares about progress more than about political whim.

@e_considine @stnlss_stl_rt @Noahpinion @danielcincu @MarkFriedenbach they shut down the engines at night, too bad

@ylecun what do you think is a charitable explanation of the republican world view on immigrants? try once

The dehumanization and scapegoating of immigrants is a prelude to their mistreatment. The word fascism is thrown around too much these days, but this is the very essence of fascism (black shirts, brown shirts, and all).

@AmericanGwyn if it was so calamitous, how come the great enlightenment and renaissance that took the world into modernity happened barely 2 or 3 generations later? did it need all those people to die

I’ve posted about it before, but Barbara Tuchman’s A DISTANT MIRROR is one the best books I’ve ever owned. It’s a history of 14th century Europe, but also something far more than that: a fever dream of an apocalyptic future. You read it thinking, “Could this happen again?”

@Sarmientista_AB @0xAlaric magnanimous? do you know the meaning of that big word?

Hernan Cortés is a Great Man of History, on par with Caesar, Napoleon, and even Alexander. Nothing will convince you of this more than just reading primary sources. Absolute force of nature.

@ylecun @PKUWZP @elonmusk @sundarpichai @satyanadella @vkhosla is it because there were other things like funding the ukraine war in it? or not. you decide. why is it not simply a bill about the US border. why ram thru other shit

@PKUWZP @elonmusk @sundarpichai @satyanadella @vkhosla Trump pressured Congressional Republicans to kill a bipartisan border bill in early 2024. He didn't want Biden to score. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

"Our country is being poisoned" by immigrants, like me, @elonmusk, @sundarpichai, @satyanadella, @vkhosla, Jensen Huang, and two of Trump's three wives.

@ylecun @bitcloud @elonmusk @sundarpichai @satyanadella @vkhosla dumbassery.

No one wants open borders. But people just cross the border. To do something about it, you a bill and a budget. There was such a bipartisan bill in front of Congress in January. But Trump pressured Congressional Republicans to kill it. He didn't want Biden to say he did something about illegal immigration. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

@ylecun @alexwd you never pause to think why 50% or more of the country does not like your ideas? it cant be all because trump is <insert epithet of choice> or they are tribalistic but your side is all rational

@alexwd Trump is literally running his campaign on hate.

Who are "the elites" we hear so much about? One could say that the elites are people with power or influence. They come in several flavors. 1. They can have intellectual influence because lots of people like their intellectual production. They so,etimes rose through the ranks of academia, arts, or science thanks to their intellectual production as judged by their peers and mentors, or the appreciation of the consumers of their work. That usually requires a good education (not necessarily in elite institutions) and a thirst for knowledge. Those who are (pure) academics are rarely rich. Many infkuential scientists, artists, writers, and academics fall in that category. I put myself in that category. 2. They can have power because they run large organizations in business or government. They often get to that point because they are judged to be good at what they do by their peers and mentors. Sometimes, they get to such positions through democratic elections. Those who work in government are rarely rich. Kamala Harris falls in that category. 3. They can have power and influence because of their money. If they made their money by creating new and unique things that people like to pay for, fine. Most tech entrepreneurs fall in that category, including Elon, Mark Z, Jensen Huang, etc. 4. They can have power and influence because of money they inherited or obtained through sheer luck. Having by-passed the vetting of their peers, their influence through money may exceed their intellectual legitimacy. In that category are heirs or rich dynasties (Koch, Walton, etc), or accidental co-founders of tech companies who fell victim to Sudden Wealth Syndrome and "retired" too early to learn about life. 5. They can have power and influence because of money obtained through unethical activity or outright fraud, perhaps seeded through an inheritance. They often overplay their influence (e.g. though political patronage) because they need to defend their position against the justice system and other enemies. Trump falls in that category. Categories 1 and 2 are the good elites. They got there because of their skills and personal qualities. They were vetted by mentors, peers, consumers, or voters. Category 3 can be good or bad elites. They are good if they use their wealth for philanthropy (e.g. in health, science, education, human rights,...). Examples include Bill Gates and Mark Z. They become bad if they use their wealth for excessive self-serving political influence, e.g. by buying and using a propaganda machine. Elon is a perfect example. Categories 4 and 5 have not been vetted. They may have no skills, no morals, and atrocious personal qualities such as narcissism, grandiosity, dishonesty... Their power and influence are undeserved and can be destructive and dangerous. They often have nothing better to do than overplay their influence. That's Trump.

@unseen1_unseen @NicoleShanahan Revealed preferences speak more than fake remonstrances. they should vote with their wallet. no american is prevented in buying from whom they want. they might not like it that the fellow selling them the stuff is yellow. but they buy it anyway

@ByzantineGener9 @NicoleShanahan Having a controlled market doesn't mean the people agree with it.

This Venn diagram illustrates the kind of consensus that this coalition represents. Our enemy is corruption. Not each other.

@robinhanson this is like blaming "patriarchy". there wasnt any conspiracy or top down agenda to eliminate anyone. they just did the same things they used to do - pillage the neighboring tribes. this time with new weapons

"Human history has been again and again a story of one group figuring ‘something’ out, and then basically wiping everyone else out."

@LeeLeepenkman @yacineMTB those who immigrate to a different country are more motivated than both natives as well as the ppl they left behind

@yacineMTB Sounds like you are going through a lot of similar feelings to a lot of what us New Zealanders feel hearing about the Australian dream/success story...

literally every single famous software engineer in america is canadian. karpathy. the inventor of java. the inventor of go. even grimes