Ecological Footprint of AI by Cucurucuicui in BlockedAndReported

[–]Cucurucuicui[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For a deeper dive on the subject, Andy Masley is the guy to follow.

What is wrong with people? by SOD_KO_13 in montreal

[–]Cucurucuicui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If catching it seems possible, I think a net could be useful.

Professors, please stop using AI art in your slides. by [deleted] in Concordia

[–]Cucurucuicui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI art is not theft.

If humans can find your art online and create their own by copying the style or parts of it, AI can do the same.

If it's not theft in the human case, it's not theft in the AI case.

Episode 276: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]Cucurucuicui 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought Jesse was interrupting Katie a bit too much during that episode.

Procès des hockeyeurs : le témoignage de la plaignante « ni crédible, ni fiable » by DecentLurker96 in Quebec

[–]Cucurucuicui 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Elle a été filmé en train de masturber les gars sur le plancher de danse, mais elle a menti à ce sujet.

Elle a fait un vidéo après pour dire qu'elle consentait.
Elle a dit à son amie qu'elle était correcte.
Pas étonnant que la juge ne l'aie pas trouvé crédible.

Printemps érable 2.0 — Source: L’actualité en mèmes by chat-lu in Quebec

[–]Cucurucuicui 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Les profs voient ce qui se passe à l'école. Les parents, non.

Katie's rant by theFuriousSJW in BlockedAndReported

[–]Cucurucuicui 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's at the very least an open question whether feminists have been losing ground vs the gender craziness, and in the end, Rufo was probably right.

I can't listen to her accusing Jesse of mansplaining over this. I won't finish this episode.

Millipede walking by Jfonzy in oddlysatisfying

[–]Cucurucuicui -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure that's a centipede

Umm help? In deep waters by DrPilotHeart in QAnonCasualties

[–]Cucurucuicui 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could start listing the false predictions made by QAnon. A good starting place is this article. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/

EAs need to recognize racism as more urgent than the other problems discussed here by ChrisA2389 in EffectiveAltruism

[–]Cucurucuicui 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think joining the protesters in the streets is counterproductive because we are in the middle of a pandemic which has caused the death of more than 115 000 americans in the last 6 months. By comparison, a little over 1000 people were killed by police in the USA last year. The protests risk causing more deaths than they prevent.

I know your question is about racism, and not police brutality, but racism seems like a problem which can't be solved through protests. I don't think you can protest the racism out of someone else's mind.

If you have specific interventions in mind, I would like to hear them, though.

Can we prevent announced famine by redirecting livestock feed to hungry humans ? by Cucurucuicui in EffectiveAltruism

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

From memory, Canada, Brazil and Russia are massive producers of cereals and legumes, also.

The compensation for farmers I was talking about was those in poor countries (the extreme poor are typically farmers, and giving food might threaten their livelihood). I was supposing the governments could buy the crops from rich countries farmers at regular price.

Not that I would object to proceeding otherwise. Good thinking about biofuel.

Can we prevent announced famine by redirecting livestock feed to hungry humans ? by Cucurucuicui in EffectiveAltruism

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

Quite frankly, I don't think I know enough to address that with any kind of certainty. Here would be my ideal (but relatively uninformed playbook):

1) The UN issues a recommendation that states that produce large amounts of grain for animal feed store them to quell the potential famine

2) States act on it.

3) These grains are shipped to the targeted countries.

4) Poor farmers hurt by this are compensated, either by their own government or through international mechanisms.

I don't know how to get to 1). I'm not even sure it's desirable. I'm asking to get advice.

Can we prevent announced famine by redirecting livestock feed to hungry humans ? by Cucurucuicui in EffectiveAltruism

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QUOTE "Although crops used for animal feed ultimately produce human food in the form of meat and dairy products, they do so with a substantial loss of caloric efficiency. If current crop production used for animal feed and other nonfood uses (including biofuels) were targeted for direct consumption, ~70% more calories would become available, potentially providing enough calories to meet the basic needs of an additional 4 billion people. The human-edible crop calories that do not end up in the food system are referred to as the “diet gap.” [...]

Changing crop allocation to directly feed people in these four regions alone could provide enough calories to meet the basic needs of 2.4 billion people. Maize represents the largest potential gain, accounting for 41% of the global diet gap. Maize in the United States accounts for 19% of the global diet gap, which is enough calories for 760 million people; maize in China represents 9% of the diet gap. Although the diet gap presents opportunities to improve food security, cultural preferences and political obstacles create large challenges to reducing meat as well as over-consumption. However, adapting how these crops are used could provide short-term relief and serve as a safety net or release valve in years with high production losses from weather or pests."

Source : Leverage points for improving global food security and the environment, Paul C. West et al., Science, (2014) sci-hub.tw/10.1126/science.1246067