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@imobulus @justMizuyuki A GPU-emulated brain might replicate behavior, but LLMs can’t reach consciousness because they’re fundamentally language-based. Human language is not a fundamental aspect of reality, we give it meaning by reference. Human thought isn’t built on words, but raw experiential input.

I am still convinced that a human brain implemented on GPUs will be conscious. The bunch of words in this abstract did not change my mind. Therefore the question still remains — what do you need to see in order to distinguish the world where LLMs have the same jnternal thing that makes human brains conscious vs where it does not.

It's kinda surprising to me that ppl genuinely do not realize this like I kinda forget normal ppl have genuinely no idea how LLMs work

@lahiMaka @DrakeGlider @hakeyloweee @mehdirhasan @Omojuwa …worsened by Jim Crow, redlining, and '80s crack crisis (CIA-Contra links). Constitution says equal under law, but births aren't equal. Kids in poverty from these injustices lack fair starts. Education's key, but targeted fixes like investments level better than anecdotes.

@lahiMaka @DrakeGlider @hakeyloweee @mehdirhasan @Omojuwa Respect your view and experience. But family misuse doesn't negate the idea for reparations (for note, I’m not in favor of direct payments). But for example with slavery's harms. Post-abolition, Black folks started with no assets vs. Whites, creating a 160-year wealth gap…

Mehdi Hasan. Legend. He will use his left hand to guide you into a corner, then deliver his coup de grâce via a mortal upper cut. He asked this British professor (Nigel Biggar) if he felt guilt about slavery. Because the professor had written in his book that the guilt was imaginary. The professor replied to say, “we can only feel guilt for something we did…I can’t feel guilt for what my ancestors did” Hasan then said, “so you don’t take pride in Britain defeating the Nazis in World War II?” The professor’s brain started to buffer like poor internet. Buffers buffers buffers. He was floundering. You could almost see his brain staggering. Biggar was begging his brain to bail him out. Then he admitted, “I take pride in it…” At that point, I thought nothing more needed to be said.

@lahiMaka @DrakeGlider @hakeyloweee @mehdirhasan @Omojuwa This assumes that you’re now starting on equal footing. The atrocities of relatively recent past still have cascading effects. It’s like shooting someone in the foot, then making them race you a week later. Even if the rules of the race may be equal, it isn’t a fair race.

@DrakeGlider @hakeyloweee @mehdirhasan @Omojuwa Best way to pay back for old wrongs we had nothing to do with is to give equal education and treatment to everybody. Quit holding people back by giving them excuses for failure, that is evil.

@ScarletNoct @solomonii_ @LuckyBonick @nocosttooblue It is purely to enhance experience because this AI isn't replacing a script, it's powering a mechanic that a human writer literally cannot do: manually write a script for infinite player choices, so this isn't about cutting corners. It’s a small part of generic npc interactions

@solomonii_ @LuckyBonick @nocosttooblue if you use AI for "unimportant" dialogue, why should I believe you won't use it for important dialogue?? This just signals that the game has at least some parts that are viewed as mandatory and can be used to cut corners instead of something to enhance the experience

i didn’t expect the en dub to be this bad why is there unedited voice line 😭

@alyssamariiee7 Maths isn’t your only problem. Your ability to actually read a statistic seems flawed as well. That’s 55m visa ‘holders’, only about 13m are actually in the country at any one time. Many of them are just regular tourists, so they’re not competing in the housing market.

I’m no mathematician but removing 55 million visa holders would probably free up the housing market and lower rent for Americans

@calk0_ @WuWa_Verse1 She’s the resonator of sentinel Imperator who was a Pegasus (winged horse=flying=wind), before being corrupted by Leviathan (hence water attribute). Fundamentally though still wind.

@WuWa_Verse1 So she’s aero but has water attacks…. Makes sense

(2.4) Cartethyia Official Gameplay #WutheringWaves #鳴潮

Joel's death was supposed to weigh way heavier on Ellie. This whole trip to Seattle feels like a romantic subplot, not the revenge driven nightmare it should be. The ending with Dina's pregnancy reveal is especially annoying because it's supposed to show Ellie's loss of morality due to grief. In the game, she directly calls Dina a burden and resents her for not telling her sooner. Not this "I'm gonna be a dad" nonsense. It was supposed to highlight how blinded she is by revenge. This doesn't fit with where they are and what they're there to do. They can and should take creative liberties since this isn’t a game and the game itself wasn’t perfect, but this generic cheesy romantic subplot wasn't the move. Especially with all the serious stuff happening in the subplots of the episode. It's out of place and undermines the story's depth. Though like I said it’s still salvageable, if they can properly utilize Tommy and capitalize on the setup of the subplots shown in the episode.

@coolhead2281 @AlexAaronson80 @kirawontmiss how has it derailed i haven’t played the second game

@kirawontmiss I gotta admit, I'm glad I waited for it to run its course before I invested any time.

@rizza_X0 @AlexAaronson80 @kirawontmiss Let’s be real the recent episode was bad. It’s not unsalvageable, the episodes before it were good. But the plot line has derailed from the game in a bad way. The backlash right now, isn’t just by the people who hate just to hate.

@AlexAaronson80 @kirawontmiss ngl people switched up sooooooo bad omfg the shows first season was the highest rated tv show on imdb and people hating just to hate. it’s very worth the watch. i also don’t recommend getting your opinion from the internet. make decisions yourself you have a brain i’m sure

He still fits. Multiple times he is confronted with a choice, we see his inner conflict, when some part of him questions things (the actor did this very well with his facial expressions). Then we ultimately see him ignore it, forgotten once praised by some higher up. Self interest doesn’t only need to be material/logical, like career advancement, which fits more with the type of person Dedra is. It can be the nourishing of one’s own pride, for a character as meek and desperate for greater purpose as Cyril, that pride can be enough to blind.

@CatImperator @TSoS_ if i remember right, this is not at all what she meant by the banality of evil. its core characteristic is the suspension of one's own ethical code and responsibility for that of the regime's and the pursuance one's narrow self-interest (careerism). dedra fits it much better.

Syril Karn is truly one of the most compelling characters in Star Wars. To be so blinded by a need for order and control, to follow and idolise the fascist regime like a perfect, pathetic bootlicker, to realise far too late what's right and wrong, yet to go - despite that devastating realisation - after the nemesis you created in your head, someone who doesn't even remember you after all that he has lived through; to die just as pathetic as you lived, nothing but a pawn in the Imperial game. What a beautiful narrative foil to Cassian. One who gave everything for the right cause and one who gave everything for nothing. #Andor

English does have a massive vocabulary, but a lot of it is technical jargon, regional slang, or archaic words no one uses anymore (if you don’t consider those it’s more around <300k). Languages like Arabic, Hebrew, or Hindi often do more with fewer roots, using patterns and context to build deep meaning. Every language has its own tools for poetry, nuance, and emotion. Expression is about how the language works and what it makes possible, not word count.

The English Language has the largest vocabulary. 600,000 words. Whereas Hebrew only has 10k, Hindi 120k, Arabic 100k, Spanish 150k This means whatever the human being would want to express, can be expressed most precisely, most poetically, most passionately in english.

Childish attempt to play in the court of public opinion, hoping people are stupid enough to overlook the loss of due process in the actual courts. There’s no proof he’s MS-13 or a domestic abuser, just baseless claims and a shady deportation. Still can’t believe the actual White House account is partaking in this idiocracy.

SATURDAY WORDS OF WISDOM ✨ If he tattoos like MS-13, beats women like MS-13, and tramples the law like MS-13—THEN HE’S PROBABLY MS-13.

@radish_ranger @ChingteLai When you call Taiwan’s import taxes daylight robbery, could you clarify what specific part you find excessive? Are you referring to the 5% VAT, the low threshold, or something else like the duties on specific goods?

@coolhead2281 @ChingteLai Taiwan import taxes are daylight robbery

Taiwan does not seek retaliatory tariffs against the US. Instead, we’ll start talking from bilateral 'zero tariffs.' To ensure #Taiwan's competitiveness, we'll increase US imports & adopt other measures. Working together, we'll usher in a golden age of shared prosperity.

@elonmusk If the cause is so just, why employ bribes?

@WhiteHouse When an institution no longer takes itself seriously, how can it expect others to?

This is the letter he’s referring to, though he’s misconstruing what it says. The law targets actions that intentionally or recklessly seek to influence or obstruct abortion services within 200 meters of a clinic, even if visible or audible from private property. So like if you live opposite a clinic and start shouting at them or something like that. Not you just praying at home.

WHAT'S GOING ON??? People in Scotland have been receiving letters that they could break the law if they pray in their own house. I'm not making this up. This is literal Soviet behavior. If their house is within 200 meters of an ab*rtion clinic and if they pray inside their own house, it could be illegal. What is going on over there? Freedom of religion and free speech is under attack in Europe.

From the outside, it’s striking: Elon Musk, a billionaire at Trump’s ear in the White House, now offers million-dollar bribes to petition signers to undermine the judiciary—a symbol of U.S. decline. As wealth erodes institutions like the courts, I wonder how long the U.S. can lead the world?

Exciting to announce our first million dollar award for supporting our petition against activist judges in Wisconsin! Next million dollar award will be announced in 2 days.

A caliphate is a unified Islamic governance system led by a caliph who rules as the political and religious leader of the global Muslim community. Countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, which are 90%+ Muslim, don’t claim to be caliphates, nor do they have the structure to do so. So how could any country in Europe, with only 6% of its population being Muslim and mostly secular systems, become the center of a new caliphate? More fear mongering from your favourite Cambodian European

Which will be the first European country to become an Islamic caliphate?

I'm not sure where you're getting your stats from, but I suppose they're generally accurate (more around the 80% mark though last I checked). But as for the rest of your point: white South Africans, who make up just 7.9% of the population, own 72% of individually owned farmland, while black South Africans, who are 80% of the population, own only 4%. When looking at freehold farmland overall, white farmers control 78% (61 million hectares out of 78.21 million hectares), leaving just 22% for everyone else, including black farmers. This means black South Africans likely own around 4% of freehold farmland, or roughly 3.13 million hectares, though this could be higher if we include communal land or black-owned companies and trusts. Even if black South Africans can ‘access’ state land, that’s not the same as owning freehold farmland with full commercial rights. Conflating these categories inflates the idea that ‘50%’ of farmland belongs to black farmers, that's rather misleading, no? These numbers trace back to policies like the 1913 land act, which restricted black land ownership to just 7.5% of the country, forcing millions into overcrowded "homelands" and creating a legacy of landlessness, poverty, and inequality. Post 1994 land reform set a goal for white farmland ownership to drop from 77.58 million hectares in 1994 to 61 million by 2025 (at least, that was the intended target). Currently, it’s estimated to be between about 65 and 70 million hectares (or about 70–72%). However, many black farmers still lack access to commercially viable land with proper title deeds. Much of the land black South Africans have access to (often communal or state-managed) lacks the infrastructure, capital, or market access needed for large-scale farming, which is why they produce only 5–10% of agricultural output, while 5,000–7,000 mostly white commercial farmers generate 80%. This isn’t just about land, it’s about systemic barriers. Black smallholder farmers face economic challenges, limited government support, and racial disparities in accessing resources like water rights, training, and credit. Meanwhile, white farmers, who inherited the benefits of apartheid era policies, dominate commercial agriculture, producing the majority of crops and livestock, as your post notes (though the exact percentages like I said may be overstated). The frustration over these inequalities are likely the reason for the "Kill the boer" song (which is what I assume you're referring to when you say 'songs about killing us'), though people who are unfamiliar should keep in mind this song is from back the apartheid era, specifically during the liberation era, they're not a modern day creation. Of course it shouldn't be used in the present day, but using this as fuel for your oversimplification of farming disparities is again pretty misleading. Addressing this requires more than just land transfers, it needs investment in infrastructure, training, and market access for black farmers. Both sides have valid grievances, but when you simplify the issue like this and I dare say try to mislead people, it doesn't really help. People might believe you, as I can see multiple racist assertions (or just flat out racism, though that's just twitter these days) in these replies. When these views based on misinformation become rampant, I wonder if it would be a surprise if a largely less educated and financially insecure population would react in a more emotional capacity and bring action to those liberation era chants. In other words, you do a disservice to the knowledge of the wider world, empower bigots and harm the safety of white South African farmers. This isn't an attack on you, I just hope you'll take a less emotional and combative approach to this issue, your username is literally Boer, so I understand it may be personal for you.

White farmers in South Africa produce: - 95.3% of all the corn - 96.9% of all the soybeans - 98.7 % of all the wheat - 97.6 % of all the cotton - 97.2 % of all the citrus - 99% of all the potato - 91.4% of all the tomato - 89% of all the wool - 66% of all the cattle - 95.8% of all the poultry. Why are the black farmers not commercially producing ? They do own millions of hectares of land. Approximately 50% of all the Land area when you add state land. Yet they want what white farmers own and sing songs about killing us. 🤯🤯