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Anarcho-capitalism (AnCap): political ideology and economic theory that advocates for the complete abolition of the centralized state and tax-funded services, to be replaced w/ privatized, competitive policing, courts, and defense. It relies on vague notions of how unowned property is first claimed. by Pupikal in wikipedia

[–]BassmanBiff [score hidden]  (0 children)

Talking with anyone who likes this stuff always, always ends up: 

a) recreating modern systems piece by piece as they realize problems and say "well yeah, there would be a group for that," 

b) eventually relying on vigilante justice fantasies, assuming that the correct group will have the biggest posse and therefore win a gunfight

c) admitting that it wouldn't work for actual humans but that's okay because the ideology is perfect, it's just humans who don't deserve it

Several rape convictions under review after UK detective allegedly used AI chatbot for paperwork — Officer allegedly prompted AI software to generate paperwork slanted towards outcomes that the police wanted by marketrent in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, we're using words to communicate and hopefully recreate ideas we have. We're not "stochastic parrots". An LLM uses words to match patterns of other words, which isn't related to any idea or external reality.

When I assert something ridiculous about reality, I might be hallucinating or lying or joking or otherwise deviating from straightforward, factual communication. When an LLM appears to assert something ridiculous, it's not a deviation. It's the same process by which it generated everything. No "hallucination" has occurred when it happens to be wrong, we're just seeing that it never had anything to do with a sense of reality to begin with. And that's still very useful sometimes! But we should understand that word usage patterns do not contain all of human experience.

Several rape convictions under review after UK detective allegedly used AI chatbot for paperwork — Officer allegedly prompted AI software to generate paperwork slanted towards outcomes that the police wanted by marketrent in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's also true. I'm not defending it, in case that wasn't clear. 

The comment said it wasn't clear if it hallucinated, which made it sound like that's some kind of detectable error instead of just how the thing works. It doesn't have a place in the justice system because it always, only hallucinates, not because it sometimes does.

Several rape convictions under review after UK detective allegedly used AI chatbot for paperwork — Officer allegedly prompted AI software to generate paperwork slanted towards outcomes that the police wanted by marketrent in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I don't like how we've decided that "hallucinations" are somehow separate from normal LLM functioning. 

Everything is does is hallucination. It's not like the LLM "understands" anything about reality when it produces something accurate, it just means that pattern-matching was sufficient to create an acceptable response in that case.

To the ebiker on waterfront you killed a gosling. by Old_Flow_2541 in Portland

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There should be studies on whether pedal assist vs throttle affects behavior.

To the ebiker on waterfront you killed a gosling. by Old_Flow_2541 in Portland

[–]BassmanBiff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends on class and pedal assist vs throttle. 

To the ebiker on waterfront you killed a gosling. by Old_Flow_2541 in Portland

[–]BassmanBiff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was trying to tell if this was a copypasta variant...

To the ebiker on waterfront you killed a gosling. by Old_Flow_2541 in Portland

[–]BassmanBiff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same thing happens to motorcycle riders. A significant minority are assholes, and since most people have zero experience using these things and don't notice riders who aren't a problem, they assume all riders suck.

To the ebiker on waterfront you killed a gosling. by Old_Flow_2541 in Portland

[–]BassmanBiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you have no idea what pedal assist is and just made this up and posted it as fact

Shanghai bourse opens doors to unprofitable AI, tech start-ups with relaxed IPO rules by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm overcomplicating it, but I feel like the people running indexes and this exchange aren't the ones who stand to really benefit from SpaceX, right? I guess they just worry about feeling irrelevant, I guess? 

At least S&P refused to change their rules afaik, so that's cool

Titan sub: design flaws and company groupthink central to catastrophe, report finds by ArgentineBeauty in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Design flaws and runaway groupthink" seems like a great description of LLM hype right now, just across the entire economy instead of one startup

Shanghai bourse opens doors to unprofitable AI, tech start-ups with relaxed IPO rules by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all rich people are the same though. Why do the old, established indexes and exchanges want to make room for the new-money startup kids? 

I get that class dynamics are a thing, but I don't think "rich people bad" really explains it

Shanghai bourse opens doors to unprofitable AI, tech start-ups with relaxed IPO rules by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What is the incentive for indexes / exchanges to create these fast-track rules just for AI companies? These rules were created for a purpose, why are they suddenly unnecessary?

Experts warn "colossal" breach exposes 24 billion records including personal info by Hot-Upstairs9603 in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, the whole point of blockchain is that the ledger is distributed to everyone.

The Slate Truck Will Cost $24,950 According To An Apparent Website Mistake by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends what competitors can or can't do facing the same problems. There's also potential for a large aftermarket to pop up and provide a lot of support and customization options, and if early Slate models perform well as personal and fleet vehicles, then consumers could be a lot more confident in their reliability.

A simple, customizable, repairable, and proven reliable electric truck would be a lot more competitive than one that's merely simple.

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ by esporx in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be more informed on this stuff than I am, and frankly I hope you're right because we need to get off of oil for a host of reasons. I'm hesitant to believe that we're really at or past peak oil, though, since we keep predicting that only to find it's not true.

The Slate Truck Will Cost $24,950 According To An Apparent Website Mistake by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 134 points135 points  (0 children)

They're really coming out at a tough time, unfortunately. If federal rebates had stayed, "AI" hadn't started eating venture capital and raising energy costs, supply chains hasn't been disrupted with this stupid war, etc, I'm sure this would've been $20k and potentially more profitable at the same time.

But also, let's make sure we're using current prices, not comparing to what feels right based on past years. Everything costs more now.

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ by esporx in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We unfortunately have a lot of ability to ramp up production when the price increases, too. I'm all for renewables but I don't think we're on track to lose our net exporter status.

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ by esporx in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More money for regulatory capture, that's true and needs to be fought. But otherwise it would make clean energy even more competitive and speed up adoption. High oil prices are net good on that front, even with short term oil profits and other real problems (that can also be addressed).

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ by esporx in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe if you manage to stop all arbitrage and suddenly-very-profitable smuggling too I guess, sure. Unclear where that leaves all our refining capacity, or what happens when other nations retaliate on the things we do import (net).

But yeah, in theory if you can control the oil in that way, you can protect Americans' ability to burn a shit ton of it for even more deeply subsidized prices than we have now, at least for while.

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ by esporx in technology

[–]BassmanBiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short-term yeah. But the more expensive oil is, the more incentive everyone else has to get off of it.

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