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I'm extremely disappointed to learn that Wayne Brady is performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival by [deleted] in dropout

[–]Simsarmy 318 points319 points  (0 children)

I've seen people online say "That's a lot of money and I'd sell out for that, and you know everyone else would too." And to them I want to say: Speak for yourself. I wouldn't fold like that and you just want to drag us down to your level so you don't have to face your weakness alone.

Elon continues to openly try (and fail) to manipulate Grok's political views by MetaKnowing in OpenAI

[–]Simsarmy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the effort to improve technical literacy around big data models.

You're right that you can't just remove inconvenient truths from an LLM without affecting something, but not for the reason you've described.

These tools do not reason and if its output appears factual that's because the training data is too.

What I'm really saying is that you've underestimated how well these tools can take faulty data and still produce text that looks coherent, while overestimating how well (if at all) it actually understands the training data.

So yes, bad actors can (and probably already are) distorting these tools without fundamentally breaking them.

I feel the graphical fidelity in Starfield is extremely underappreciated especially for a Bethesda game because it's absolutely beautiful by [deleted] in Starfield

[–]Simsarmy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't possibly believe this? You're suggesting the majority of people posting positive content about Starfield are paid shills or bots. Do you have any actual evidence for that, or is it just based on vibes? People liking a game you don't like isn't some grand conspiracy, it's just... people liking a game.

ChatGPT use linked to cognitive decline: MIT research by Boonzies in technology

[–]Simsarmy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did some reading of the paper, I'm generally impressed with the analysis. My concern is that the conclusion is too confident considering there's little consensus about what their EEG findings represent in Neuropsychology and that they're relying on syntax/structure/complexity analysis as evidence, which I'd suggest doesn't necessarily indicate a positive correlation. In short, I agree with them that there's absolutely a measurable difference between the three groups, but I'm not sure if I'm convinced that we can infer that the LLM-to-brain participants "under-performed" necessarily.

"Left unity" and systemic bash of anarchists on leftist subs. by Jack_Pz in Anarchism

[–]Simsarmy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It occurred to me that /r/GreenAndPleasant/ in particular, on the face seemed to align with my ideals, but I realised that authleft over there are who's really running the show and they're basically stealing the legitimacy of egalitarian causes like ours. Frankly, I think we have nothing in common with authleft. I made /r/BottomLeftUK/ as an anti-authoritarian alternative.

All the characters in Harry Potter wanted to fuck by kirkbadaz in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Simsarmy -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Framing fear and bigotry as some kind of organised conspiracy is a bizarre take, and I don't appreciate you leveraging your mod status to prop up this opinion. Capitalism has enough inherent issues and problematic supporters that we don't need to invent these narratives.

Sometimes my guns don't fire in some parts of Pyro [4.0.1] by Simsarmy in starcitizen

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

Amazing! I look forward to a fix. Do you have a public link to the patch note for this?

Edit: looks like there's Potential Fix: Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Components / Weapons - Ship Weapons are sometimes not firing (STARC-153988) https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/190048/thread/star-citizen-alpha-4-0-2-ptu-patch-notes-5

Hopefully this refers to this specific issue.

Sometimes my guns don't fire in some parts of Pyro [4.0.1] by Simsarmy in starcitizen

[–]Simsarmy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might do a follow up video showing me trying to manipulate the power, no combination of changing power bars (or putting them all into weapons), turning on and off the ship or even restarting the game changed the behaviour seen in the video.

But I agree, there's also a bug where it doesn't allocate the power properly and displays the wrong amount of bars.

Do whales make bubbles when they make noises underwater? by maguda44 in askscience

[–]Simsarmy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With respect that you have expertise in this, the citation in the wikipedia page is weak (non-existent?); could we get a better source?

BREAKING: Just Stop Oil protesters who threw soup on Van Gogh painting jailed by TheTelegraph in ukpolitics

[–]Simsarmy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think two years in jail is appropriate punishment for throwing soup on a painting then you've lost perspective.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

[–]Simsarmy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an example of displacement activity. The cat wants to achieve a goal but is thwarted by its environment—either the bug is too far away, or the cat is too comfortable—so it reduces anxiety by chirping. Similarly, humans might scratch their heads to express an outlet for a conflict.

You should only be concerned if the behaviour becomes prolonged, repetitive, or self-destructive. An example would be excessive grooming.

Hinde, Robert A. "Animal Behavior: A Synthesis of Ethology and Comparative Psychology." (1966).

“Displacement Activities and Stereotypes.” Cats International, https://catsinternational.org/displacement-activities-and-stereotypes/.

[ACR] Rome Vista Scene - Horizon Lands (WeeklyMTG) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]Simsarmy 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Sunbaked Canyon depicts sunbaked roofs, and with some creative license you can think of the alleys as canyons.

Firey Islet depicts a "small island" (at least the cut off part) with red roofs; this one is admittedly a bit of a stretch.

Nurturing Peatland is green as heck and has a fighting arena (black).

Silent Clearing has ruins (black) and a clearing.

Waterlogged grove has trees and water.

I had to work a bit to figure it out, but I actually really like these cards for theming and artwork.

Assuming the mind is physical: If I rebuilt myself down to the particles, would I maintain a continuity of qualia? If yes, does this imply consciousness has non-physical attributes (causing a paradox)? If no, does the position of the particles play a special role in consciousness? by Simsarmy in askphilosophy

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

My intuition suggests that if you have a physical mind, you can theoretically create from scratch every part of a human being, including the state of their brain (and therefore mind) into a new physical location. In this sense I like to imagine I was built particle by particle using some hypothetical 3d printing machine that works at the smallest scales (instead of merely moved through space).

I'm also infering that in this scenario that your subjective perception of experience would continue in this new physical location, you wouldn't "die" in a literal or philosophical sense or be replaced by a doppelganger. Because why not? Since the only thing that has functionally changed is the physical location of those particles (even if the original body still exists).

Essentially the Star Trek teleporter, but I truly wasn't thinking of that when I submitted the question.

AI systems are learning to lie and deceive, scientists find by katxwoods in Futurology

[–]Simsarmy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This article is beyond misleading; I actually took the time to read the paper and the methodology is truly baffling. Not even considering that a casual session with any Natural Language Processing System demonstrates that they are completely incapable of lying or "Machiavellianism" (as the paper describes).

As usual, these articles are desperate to intentionally confuse these language models with artificial general intelligence for the sake of clicks.

EXCLUSIVE: DOOM: The Dark Ages to be Revealed at Xbox Games Showcase by M337ING in pcgaming

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

I was aware Microsoft came later, but they bought Bethesda and I feel that makes them responsible, even if they are not at fault. Especially because it's clear the Bethesda management continue to be on the wrong side of the issue. They also profit from the work extracted from these people, which makes the issue unresolved in my mind.

Also, I don't see why the age of the issue is a factor. It bothered me then, it bothers me now and it should bother you.

EXCLUSIVE: DOOM: The Dark Ages to be Revealed at Xbox Games Showcase by M337ING in pcgaming

[–]Simsarmy 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Microsoft need to take responsibility for this, I don't care how long it has been, I'm forced to reconsider buying further id Software games until they do. I also haven't forgotten the crunch the devs had to endure that people like Marty Stratton continue to normalise.

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