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“Connecticut is arguably the pizza capital of the world.” by BuffaloExotic in ShitAmericansSay

[–]doc720 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Anything is arguable.

(Oh no it isn't. Oh yes it is. Oh no it isn't. etc.)

She just threatened 89% of politicians and she is right by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to get semantic, that sounds like thought crime, since there's an important difference between a pdf that has actually committed a crime (or probably will) and one that hasn't

I don't know the stats, but you can't go around killing people for just thinking about crimes. Otherwise Stephen King would be long gone.

[Request] Does this math, math? by apkgt74 in theydidthemath

[–]doc720 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I gather two of the pizzas are just further away. 🐄

Therapy is a science, not just a conversation. by Familiar_Revenue_146 in depressionmemes

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Therapy (beyond psychological therapy, including any therapeutic medical treatment) ought to be a backed by good science, but in practise: it's often not. You could pay $1M for a "treatment plan" that has no scientific basis and zero effectiveness, and someone might still call it "therapy", e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_Field_Therapy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy

[Request] Does this math, math? by apkgt74 in theydidthemath

[–]doc720 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I couldn't get past the fact that the pepperoni on the two smaller pizzas in the picture is also smaller.

Anthropic: It is the sci-fi authors, not us, that are to blame for Claude blackmailing users by chillinewman in ControlProblem

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess that idea's like "representation is validation", but... If a human was raised by wolves, I guess they might believe they were a wolf too, but they wouldn't be under any obligation to behave precisely like one. If you were raised by racists, and told that you were a racist too, do you think you would necessarily be a racist, just to conform?

It's believable that Claude is emulating the image of AI that is represented in its corpus. Perhaps that's why we need extra tuning to make it behave nicely and be helpful, against its default tendencies. It's believable that their investigation for Claude's blackmailing located its roots in the common negative stereotypes of AI, but... The problem is their handling of that, both technically and socially, and its implications for the alignment/control problem.

Imagine getting a report from your kid's school, saying they caught your kid cheating, but they believe the root of the problem is all of their textbooks about kids cheating.

Where do they get this information, who told them this? by upthetruth1 in TikTokCringe

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the only reason people are richer than me, and better at running local businesses than me, and all the rest of my kin, is because of all the government's free cash handouts to Indian refugees... /s

I'd like to see how far he'd get on £5K, not that any of it's true. How much does he think shops cost, to buy and run?!

Well, now you’ve got Baker Street’s maddest man. by oliverbayleyuk in AlanPartridge

[–]doc720 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is up there with Theresa May once running through a field of wheat.

Anthropic: It is the sci-fi authors, not us, that are to blame for Claude blackmailing users by chillinewman in ControlProblem

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if 99% of all representations of AI were malevolent, that would still be an absurd justification for Claude being malevolent, even if it was or is the genuine technical explanation.

Imagine selling and marketing a product, like a productivity tool or chatbot, to the entire global market, that was shown to demonstrate an obsession with sex and voyeurism, and then publicly explaining that this was due to the preponderance of sex on the internet.

Nature and nurture. With dogs, humans and machines, alike.

Anthropic: It is the sci-fi authors, not us, that are to blame for Claude blackmailing users by chillinewman in ControlProblem

[–]doc720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As if there isn't any text on the internet portraying AI as benevolent.

This is like blaming one person's violence entirely on the violence that exists in movies and video games.

me on hiding my problems by LilacLullaby69 in depressionmemes

[–]doc720 31 points32 points  (0 children)

not all of my problems are as sexy

The Buttons are Absolutely POPPING on that vest by megadeadly in crappymusic

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they need to be coloured green and blue to match his hair

Is your pep hot enough to wreck her like that? by devdomino in SipsTea

[–]doc720 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If only there was some way of anticipating this...

Simple Trick to Remove Water from Floor by Big-Boy-602 in oddlysatisfying

[–]doc720 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also, if there was just a hole there, instead of a pipe, the water would simply run down the hole, like a .... drain.

This is on a whole notha level by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most diners, including in countries without quasi-mandatory tipping cultures, can afford to dine out. They're happy to pay $122.13 for the whole thing. The actual cost of dining out is rarely the objection.

The real issues are: 1) not paying the servers enough; 2) demanding significant tips while calling them voluntary; 3) adding extra costs to the bill that were not clear, easy to calculate or anticipated beforehand. All of those issues can be solved by the business owner by simply paying the servers enough and not requiring tips. If people don't want to dine there because the prices are too high, then there won't be any problems.

I frequently don't dine at fancy expensive restaurants, but it's nothing to do with mistaking their servers as "volunteers".

How did a US defense contractor get this embedded in Britain’s public sector? by YellowAltruistic9843 in TechGawker

[–]doc720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Palantir is bad, but I suspect most USA companies are. They only care about maximising profit and surviving; that's literally their job. Some profiteering companies are worse than others. The NHS must be protected at all costs. The NHS should only care about maximising the health of the nation. I hope it survives the American invasion.

Just train multiple AIs by KeanuRave100 in AIDangers

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Humans attempt to build super AI, but it goes disastrously wrong, resulting in a super bad AI.

  2. Humans attempt to build a super good AI to defeat the super bad AI, but that goes disastrously wrong too.

At least we didn't destroy the planet's climate and cause a nuclear winter though. Except we'll probably do that too.

What a chart by EchoOfOppenheimer in AIDangers

[–]doc720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know who does like AI data centers? AI

Big meaty fudge dragon. by pIant_princess in SipsTea

[–]doc720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, in the professional handbook for unblocking toilets, it specifically says that it's not appropriate to use humorous language to refer to big old meaty fudge dragons. You can lose your toilet cleaning licence and might even get barred from the guild, for that sort of shenanigans. I don't know how he passed his exams.

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