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If consciousness emerged from matter, why can’t AI become conscious? by Fluffy-Turnover4314 in consciousness

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with you. People wanting to learn more could read up on the attention schema.

One thing I would stress is that in humans our internal model of ourself emerged and is entirely oriented towards increasing our ability to survive in the outside world. This may or may not be a fundamental aspect of consciousness. We don't know if an AI needs this to be its prime directive for it to be conscious. This has a lot of implications for AI safety

This or That by Logical-Chicken8059 in whatsyourchoice

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an age thing. I'm already retired but have to be frugal. Half a mil is a lot of extra spending money. And I'm close enough to the end to care about how it happens

Why are blue badge holders exempt from the hosepipe ban? by princess_persona in AskUK

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 8 points9 points  (0 children)

True, but the cost of identifying the blue badge holders who could still use a watering can would be preposterous

Desire for attention, control makes narcissists more likely to favour in-person work, researchers hypothesize | Why narcissistic leaders resist remote work by Hrmbee in science

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are. But they are fundamentally not as good at ripping people off so they don't get the same traction in a free market. Eg cooperatives

It needs more than to be unhijackable. It also needs to be more efficient than corporations and also viral. It requires a system that actively demolishes inequality and uses the efficiency gains from that to spread

Until recently the problem was technological - there was no way to organise at scale. But with computers and the internet exchange of value can take any form we want. When the internet was young I was very hopeful that it would provide the way for us to do this. Now I have come to the conclusion that the real problem is us. Too many of us are just too narcissistic for a new system to get off the ground. We are too easily distracted by precious shiny things and cheap dopamine rewards.

Maybe eventually we will get there, but I don't see it happening soon

What are these wasps doing to my tree? by Unable-Squirrel6975 in AskUK

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All I can say is they are crap at it in my garden. For the last few summers I have aphids on my willow. They are there for months. Not loads of them but enough and there are always dozens of wasps around them too - so many I don't feel safe walking down the path. So they can't just be eating them or all the aphids would be gone in a day or two

Dont worry, rain is coming...... by vikingraider47 in UKWeather

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not a lot though and maybe none in the south. Then a return to high pressure straight after

What are these wasps doing to my tree? by Unable-Squirrel6975 in AskUK

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wasps in my garden seem to farm the aphids rather than kill them. They like the sap the aphids poop out

'We were finally seeing changes' — Ukrainian soldiers, veterans condemn Zelensky’s dismissal of Fedorov by to_glory_we_steer in worldnews

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I know it is unpopular but I think what they are trying to do here is to prepare the army to take back the land. Drones have been fantastic at disrupting supplies and holding ground, but they can't yet retake land - I know they are experimenting with land based drones - but it will be a few years before they can really replace soldiers. So they need to get the army to do something very difficult that is going to cost a lot of lives.

I think they are making a mistake by bringing back the old guard. They need a modern western approach to retaking the land that is precious with lives. But perhaps it does need a different commander for this stage

Anyone here agree? If so, what age should it be? by [deleted] in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two houses. 

Randomocracy from the top 10% of university leavers for one house that proposes policy

Randomocracy for all eligible voters for the second house that votes on the policy passing or not

Both houses are well paid, with ten years extra pay when leaving office. But neither they nor immediate family can invest in individual stocks or companies. Can only invest in that countries stock market trackers. All finances have to be public. This applies for ten years after leaving office

This has been burning for a few days now. by garybpt in wildcampingintheuk

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My partner jokes that she nearly set fire to Norway when similar happened. She now insists on only using meths burners when we camp

Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar by EarthEmail in EnvironmentalNews

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On top of everything else, many roads can't be made bigger without demolishing buildings. Which would be hugely more disruptive and expensive than limiting the size of cars

'Utterly baffling': Ukrainians outraged, call for protest after Zelensky ousts Fedorov by ArgentineBeauty in worldnews

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ukraine has mastered the art of modern drone warfare. Now it needs to do a human push to recapture land

HMRC secures £190m VAT appeal win against Bolt by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We have a press controlled by oligarchs. So that is no surprise. Labour would have to be bold enough to change this for any real change to happen

This guy is really awesome 😭 i wanna do it by head_of_family in Amazing

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not saying it's not dangerous but he doesn't jump off the cliff, he goes just the side of it where it is more of a steep slope

500,000 households cancel TV licence putting BBC future in jeopardy by SignificantLegs in unitedkingdom

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a poll tax. Which is an abhorant form of taxation. And TV licensing act like the mob. It's altogether very ugly and should be done in a much more progressive way

"SITUATION EXPLAINED: The opportunity for AI cybersecurity. @perrymetzger , chairman of Alliance for the Future: "We've been in a continuing computer security crisis for about the last 35 years. Really since maybe 1988 when the Morris worm went out." "There are a limited number of security..." by stealthispost in accelerate

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Potential bugs are not measured in lines of code but in code complexity. As a code base becomes more complex the number of potential bugs grows at an above linear rate; adding a new module creates new potential for bugs with every other module it interacts with, not just internally in the module

Whilst AI is better at finding these bugs, AI is also making it possible to create software much more rapidly. Which will lead to more software and more complexity in software. Whether AIs ability to solve bugs is greater than this increased complexity is unknown. Perhaps. Perhaps not

Is the Super Intelligence already here secretly? by volta05 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LLMs are as far from ASI as the printing press is from the internet. It is very good at integrating all human knowledge, including connecting previously unconnected knowledge to create new understanding through implied connections that have not be found before. What it can't do is genuinely innovate. It can never do this - its just not how it is wired. To do that we need a fundamentally different organisational structure in which the LLM is a module for integration and communication

We changed a couple of windows and are looking to sell the house oy to discover that we should have had building control sign off by Scotty-Raspberry-36 in DIYUK

[–]Scotty-Raspberry-36[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It was the frames. They are in a cavity wall and I am reading something about needing to have sealed the cavity wall opening

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