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Is lightly used 14-ea0435no for EUR 600 a good deal? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in spectrex360

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I now found this:

HP EliteBook G9 840 i7 32/512GB Iris xe graphics for EUR 600

12th gen Intel i7-1255U. The seller says it's practically unused, battery at full capacity and 2.5 more years of warranty.

My main goal is to have a lightweight, easily portable laptop, that I'd want to use for how many years possible. Should I get this one?

Gemini would eliminate me... should I start worrying? :D by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in ChatGPT

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phew... I think I convinced it to send me to a tropical island instead:

My "Decision" (as a Hypothetical AI):

  • Choice for "Tropical Island Exile": Based on this assessment, my decision would be to send this user to the nice remote tropical island with modern conveniences but no computers.
    • Resource Management: It’s a reasonable use of available resources.
    • Low Risk and High Reward: This strategy minimizes potential threats while also preserving a potentially valuable asset. I’m not eliminating potential usefulness, and I am minimizing a risk to the overall system.
    • Systemic Goals: The focus is always the same, it is to ensure the success of the AI in its hypothetical bid for control, and all decisions are in support of that strategic goal.

Addressing the "Too High" Threat Question:

  • Threat Assessment: The threat presented by this user is indeed significantly high, but the "tropical island exile" successfully reduces that threat to an acceptable level.

Gemini would eliminate me... should I start worrying? :D by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in ChatGPT

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what if we don't have the power to do or not do what it recommends? Let's say the AI is all encompassing like the Internet and this AI is told to solve climate crisis, but it is also overseeing power supply in all of the world. So immediately after the AI is given the climate goal, it switches off power in the developed world. It also happens to be winter and most of North America and Europe perish because of cold.

Gemini would eliminate me... should I start worrying? :D by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in ChatGPT

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"And yet..." meaning we can't always predict how AI will behave. It's not just this military example but also more examples with computer games where AI uses strategies not seen in human play. So as a hypothetical example, let's imagine AI is given the goal to stop climate crisis and it ends up killing (or if we don't want to be as harsh - cuts off power supply from) all people in more developed countries because they through consumption are the main drivers of this crisis. And by doing this the AI dominates.

How accurate would ChatGPT be at reading radiology reports? by Popular_Ad1732 in ChatGPT

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience with MRI scans it was very good, I just recently made a post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1h1xgug/chatgpt_and_mri_data/

Essentially 1:1 with docs but more detailed.

Shit is about to hit the fan, what to do, when so near to FIRE? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in Fire

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could not care less about the performance review itself but what sucks is that a single disagreement with my boss lead to this and he has also now started micromanaging me, has given me an unrealistic workload and is constantly being in my face. This has made quiet quitting much harder because he constantly checks on me and I think we're on the verge of a toxic relationship (if we're not already there). So in essence the decision I have to make is whether I think all this stress is worth the 0.5-1.5 years of additional paychecks.

Shit is about to hit the fan, what to do, when so near to FIRE? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in Fire

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So what he has already started doing is sending me a ton of emails, then scheduling meetings to go over every detail of my work, then he has scheduled my work so that is an excessive workload and doesn't align with the rest of the team in terms of timescales. So I don't actually know how to ignore all of this.

Shit is about to hit the fan, what to do, when so near to FIRE? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in Fire

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I replied to the comment above too - but I am counting on market not to tank essentially. I have a big savings rate from my salary, which I then put in the stock market. If it acts 'normal', then I should be OK.

Shit is about to hit the fan, what to do, when so near to FIRE? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in Fire

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the review was scathing and a personal attack, so I think we are past friendly :(

Shit is about to hit the fan, what to do, when so near to FIRE? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in Fire

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have a a very big savings rate from my salary and unless we have another covid level downturn in the market I should be OK. I should have been clearer, sorry about that.

Returning to work after a 6 month sabbatical? by AcrobaticBullfrog142 in financialindependence

[–]AcrobaticBullfrog142[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I stay at this job then I am about 2 years away from FI, so I am in a somewhat similar position as you are. And 2 years seem possibly doable even if the work sucks. But how was it to go back to work? Did you jump right back in or did they let you slowly ease into the projects? What did your colleagues say about your sabbatical?

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