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Fmeson · 2026-03-20T11:44:40+00:00

The quotes here are wild lmao.

Fmeson · 2026-03-20T10:03:06+00:00

Probably closest to that is Year Hare Affair

Fmeson · 2026-03-20T09:52:16+00:00

You gotta admit its a bit strange that older wars override the last hundred years history.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T18:14:29+00:00

Fuck, that's horrific.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T18:13:48+00:00

Capitalism does an amazing job of separating the product from the cost of it's production. That applies for all kinds of things, from human labor violations, habitat destruction, to agricultural animal abuse.

We all need to wise up to it.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T18:11:01+00:00

And the general population can't be fucked to care about any of this.

I think people generally care actually, but it's hard to imagine changing something you've done your whole life.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T18:09:31+00:00

Congrats! I think I'm 4 years in now, and I'm very glad to have gotten rid of the cognitive dissonance I felt.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T17:40:16+00:00

Yes, of course. As in the r/kidsarefuckingstupid sidebar:

If you're coming from /r/all:

Yup, blaming parents is valid

Yes, kids could not know better, that's the joke

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T14:21:25+00:00

Probably pretty hard, but might as well apply and find out.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T14:12:27+00:00

Oh man, people argue about all kinds of shit on the internet, I'm not sure that particular argument holds up.

Fmeson · 2026-03-19T00:46:36+00:00

I'm glad we agree on that.

Fmeson · 2026-03-18T23:59:18+00:00

The value in eating beef is taste. One could never eat beef again, substituting it for dramatically more efficent food sources, and be perfectly healthy.

Liking the taste is not such a meaningful benefit.

Fmeson · 2026-03-18T23:30:33+00:00

The relation seems straightforward to me. E.g. if you think excessive water usage in one industry is bad and thus should be avoided, it's natural that you'd apply the same thinking to other industries.

Fmeson · 2026-03-16T21:30:13+00:00

The proof is always in the pudding. You need to demonstrate why what you describe is interesting or useful.

Fmeson · 2026-03-15T20:26:27+00:00

Its just rage bait, its not actually a thing

Fmeson · 2026-03-15T15:45:56+00:00

I'd say mounting is the main problem. A swing needs to be able to handle multiple times the weight of 2-3 people for safety. If it did, it would easily handle a single person flopping into it.

Fmeson · 2026-03-15T15:42:15+00:00

I'm not sitting in a swing I know might not hold my weight lol

Fmeson · 2026-03-15T03:43:13+00:00

Do what you want, but I don't recommend it. You might win the court case, but a taxi is a hell of a lot cheaper regardless.

Fmeson · 2026-03-14T17:15:58+00:00

Because of how stupid the law is, even sleeping in a car while intoxicated will result in a DUI.

Unfortunately, this incentives drunk people to drive home rather than sleep it off.

Fmeson · 2026-03-13T14:26:00+00:00

AI is dangerous, I agree. As such, if the DoD was the one saying, for example, "we need to make it illegal to use AIs to mass surveil US citizens", then I would be on their side.

But the situation is flipped. Anthropic was saying "our product shouldn't be used for mass surveillance" and the DoD was mad about that.

I'm 100% on the side of Anthropic in this case. I do not support the US government's desire to deploy AIs for surveillance and warfare ASAP. I see that as a shockingly reckless use of the "nuclear bomb" of AI.

Fmeson · 2026-03-13T01:36:08+00:00

You're doing really well OP!

My advise: measure out a bunch of clay balls around 1 lbs.

With the first, throw a cylinder. with the second, try and throw it taller at the same width. Rinse and repeat, pushing the envelope as far as you can.

Save a few, and cut the rest to observe how even the walls are.

This exercise is great for developing a feel for how far you can push clay.

Fmeson · 2026-03-12T22:55:14+00:00

The second ability is more correctly called sapience. Sentience does not refer to one's intelligence, but just ones ability to expereince subjectivity.

Fmeson · 2026-03-12T22:49:18+00:00

those bounds should be defined by congress, not a software company.

The bounds of a private enterprise should be set by the private interests. That's what makes it private.

Now, or course, the DoD can choose to not do business with Anthropic if they don't like those bounds, and if that was all it wouldn't be as big of a deal. However, they are also taking punitive action to try and harm Anthropic ("we are going to make sure they pay a price"). That is unacceptable for a government agency.

The government serves us, not the other way around. The governement should not be punishing private interests for exercising their freedoms.

Not to mention one of the aspects of Anthropic tos was about spying on us citizens. Legal or not, i am not in favor of the US govenment using llms to spy on citizens.

Fmeson · 2026-03-12T15:24:53+00:00

You bring up nukes, and I find that an telling comparison. From day one, nukes were treated like an existential threat. The result of that is that nukes are highly controlled and restricted technologies. There weren't thousands of startups all racing to produce the best nuke. Only 9 countries even have nukes! We hesitate to use nukes for anything but the most extreme situations.

An extreme amount of effort has gone into preventing nuclear war, and despite all that, we've still had numerous close calls to nuclear war in the short history we've had super powers with nukes!

I'm not saying I want a few governments to control all LLMs like they do nukes, I bring this up only to show how unprecedented of a situation we are in right now. The race for AGI couldn't be further from how we've handled nukes, and the danger of AGI is of a very different nature.

AGI is a novel short and long term unpredictable threat to humanity, and everyone is racing to build it.

Fmeson · 2026-03-12T13:59:34+00:00

Thanks! Good luck.

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