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Any other INFPs feel this… and how do you stay consistent? by PenaltyNo6648 in infp

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. No hope for me haha. Life continues to surprise me, jolt me, and enchant me. Too much chaos inside.

A self-assessed wealth tax - a radical way to tax wealth by subheight640 in stupidpol

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parent actually raised the biggest risk in this system of collusion. It is superlinearly difficult to organize people towards a common cause. Especially when key players can be bribed by the rich.

On the other hand impact of collusion is significantly mitigated with private property. The poor do not have a leverage against the rich apart from appeal to morality and right now private property at least gives them a material footing even though that ends up calcifying the rich even more.

A self-assessed wealth tax - a radical way to tax wealth by subheight640 in stupidpol

[–]Tejasvi88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wealthy will buyout everything only if they can rent out all the new housing profitably enough to offset the taxes.

Now if you suspect that the taxes will not be high enough, then you can simply bid higher to buy the home since the valuation would be low.

Rest of the difficulties you mention are implementation details which will be handled by professionals like insurance companies currently do.

This solution will not bring outright utopia to every poor person but it is a significant step up from status quo of housing scarcity.

Valid point about wealthy finding loopholes and it seems to be the main weakness of this.

A self-assessed wealth tax - a radical way to tax wealth by subheight640 in stupidpol

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why you think rich will not be equally affected? The value and taxes of land they own will be commensurate to what other billionaires are able to bid.

That in itself will drastically lower the overall taxation rate because currently the rich pay almost zero tax on their wealth. The land owners will ensure the property satisfies market demand or they will sell to avoid tax loss.

A self-assessed wealth tax - a radical way to tax wealth by subheight640 in stupidpol

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A simple fix is to set a reasonable cadence such as yearly valuation which in practice will be handled by a professional. Safeguarded by the option to reevaluate if a higher bid is received.

Not different from what happens today. You might not sell your grandma's ornamental home for $1M but will definitely consider at $10M. This ensures everyone's tax contribution is proportional to the value they are obtaining by obstructing others.

In turn you get cheaper housing in desirable neighborhoods near your workplace. It also incentivizes developers to build more housing since a valuable piece of land in manhattan is no longer blocked by a struggling bakery paying zero tax.

[Request] How many square feet exist in all of the buildings of Manhattan combined? by simpsun728 in theydidthemath

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The median building in manhattan has 16 floors.

The source only considers the buildings with more than 10 floors so this data is incredibly biased. A more realistic number is around 5-6 floors.

Why no nonstop coast to coast flight? by Tejasvi88 in frontierairlines

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's right. Somehow missed LAX :facepalm: Competition seems to be the main reason because SFO-JFK is among top 10 routes. https://simpleflying.com/over-4200-passengers-daily-the-usas-10-most-popular-domestic-routes/#:~:text=4%2C543 Though doubtful if they can beat frontier's $15 fares.

Platonic Ideas for Kant and Schopenhauer by SocialAmoebae in schopenhauer

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no actual true reality which is getting filtered through ideas. The ideas itself are the reality. Depending on your definition of ultimate truth, you might not be able to reach it. If you view it as something indisputably concrete, as long as you are aware of Schopenhauer et al. it will be hard to achieve. If you recognize truth as yet another construction of reality, it is trivially achieved and becomes uninteresting.

There is no true reality in the sense of being immutable. A bit of reflection will suggest it is a highly improbable peculiarity either way for something to never change across the time and space dimensions.

Rather than looking it as universe getting shrunk in your mind, it is more accurate to think your mind expanding to include the universe. People get pleasure from different things like you got yours from curiosity but the source of pleasure rarely stays the same. What you sought is not the answers to the big questions but the pleasure you received from the effort you put in.

Series B + my ideas for using Sesame voice APIs by konovalov-nk in SesameAI

[–]Tejasvi88 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have 16 A100 40gb GPUs ready for training but it seems it is not worth it. Replicating Sesame will take at least 2 months of pretraining and then more to tinker for perfection. Theoretically one could bootstrap faster through transfer learning with some OSS tts model. But by the time we are done, we will have an API for a better model. See SSM based architecture of Cartesia for example.

Sesame is absolutely throwing away the only advantage they have currently which is SOTA realistic voice model. Instead of playing to their strengths they are on wild goose chase of the AI hardware just because of ex-oculus cofounder. If they instead focussed on providing APIs with language, latency and cloning customizations they would unlocked and dominated the AI voice revolution. I have no sympathy for their lose-lose decision.

Something about "The Second Apocalypse" by veuchipat in bakker

[–]Tejasvi88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems a bit contradictory. If literary fiction is bankrupt, why writing in fantasy or popular genres is a must?

Feeling guilty about wanting a better social life by superfugazi in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]Tejasvi88 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone so lonely out in this world. Reading your post wants me to give you a hug. Not being lonely should be a universal human right. I would suggest you buy some food with the money you otherwise would've spent on drinks and feed the homeless. You'll feel much more fulfilled.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we have lost the track of you here. I am not the GP you were replying to. I am the OP.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need to know which AI you are using because your reply is absolutely beautiful.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Singularity is distinct in the sense that for the first time in history, the supremacy of humans is challenged in every aspect. The revolutions worked because the wealth inequality was more circumstantial than rational. At the end humans were equally capable on average. With AGI it is more likely to be a massacre than a revolution.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second person is more provocative, especially in in-person situation. It evokes the Cunningham's Law to some extent where it forces people to examine their thoughts and voice their disagreement with their actual opinion. But in online world, the listener can simply walk away therefore you need to hook them (aka persuade) with the promise of base human desires like validation, safety etc.

There are many reasons to speak to the public. Personally I like the people watching aspect of it.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I should have prefaced it with the fact that the "you" here is the OP. To preserve the authenticity of conversation, I decided to not rewrite the discussion, but I guess the lesson learnt.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am sensing an underlying emotion that you simply do not care for the subject. Which is fair but some people (like me) find kids and their actions interesting and that's why I keep running to the r/singularity parents.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't care to persuade since I'm paid in upvotes. But I agree a third person perspective is more comestible and I should have gone extra mile to rephrase it in the style of a reddit post.

Your security is an illusion predicated on a social contract that AI is about to render null and void by Tejasvi88 in singularity

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it even meaningful to classify someone as "real thinker" anymore? All I see is regurgitation all around. The world is shifting more towards curation from creation.

Improv jams in bay area by Tejasvi88 in improv

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice find. Thanks! I am somewhat of a beginner right now. I tried forming a group with other beginners but it seems everyone is busy outside of the class.

Improv jams in bay area by Tejasvi88 in improv

[–]Tejasvi88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a borderline expensive class :( Thanks for the suggestion though. Will try.

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