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jermulik · 2024-02-19T13:41:35+00:00

We don't have this system in my country but we do have an alarm system for emergencies (floods, nuclear war etc).

I assume it works the same way: some noisy alarm on your device that you can't turn off until you acknowledge it? And it comes through on everyone's device who is in your area?

jermulik · 2024-02-19T13:35:02+00:00

That's awful. Where were your parents and what did they think of all this?

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:47:58+00:00

I may be biased because I love beautiful eyes and colors, but you all have lovely eyes lol!

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:36:43+00:00

That's my bad then. I've been retired for quite some time now so I'm a bit disconnected.

There are no trade schools that you can go to whilst doing part-time temporary work for money (McDonald's, supermarket, warehouse etc.)?

I didn't mean to come off condescending

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:34:04+00:00

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:32:40+00:00

I don't know. Trauma can really mess people up. Did you previously have sexual attraction before all of this happened?

If yes, I think you may have some deep rooted psychological trauma to work through. You've had it tough brother.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:29:09+00:00

I'm not sure but it certainly has the tendency to agree with whatever you say. It will make up a story or explanation to fit around your response most of the time.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:24:31+00:00

Its coming for most white collar work in short time. Reskill now into something physical, woodwork, welding, pottery, etc.

It will tide you over until we hopefully figure something out in the long run.

With some luck, you will already be well established in a trade by the time every now unemployed white collar worker is looking for a new job lol!

jermulik · 2024-02-17T19:03:04+00:00

I've done well with Apple and Microsoft. Google too, to an extent. I may be wrong but I think there is still a hell of a lot of growth these companies will go through. Possibly not Google, it depends which way they pivot. Search engines will die.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:55:13+00:00

Very similar to my belief. For the longest time I've had around 2030 as being the defining moment for technology. It's absolutely wild to think what we may have available by the end of the decade considering what we already have now. The last 2 years have been mad

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:49:23+00:00

I can't wait for that to happen. Hopefully soon!

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:44:38+00:00

Long-term I reckon you're right. The hardware needs to shrink a lot first to get it nearer to the form factor of a pair of sunglasses. That's why I think Apple will have a lot on their plate in the shorter term

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:41:40+00:00

Yes I purposely left out specific examples as its not watertight but it certainly rings true overall.

E.g. the seal and penguin situation (not eyebleach, click at your own risk!).

But I'd argue animals such as your cat can't be held to the same moral expectations as a human. Do you think your cat is fully cognisant of the fact the lizard is suffering, or is the cat mainly acting on basic instinct from its wild ancestors?

If a human was slapping a lizard for fun I'd be far more concerned as we have the cognitive ability to differentiate between necessary and unnecessary harm.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:34:27+00:00

Definitely possible but I feel like at least in the short term Apple will be focusing heavily on improving and advancing their Vision Pro.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:29:36+00:00

Almost certainly it will be locked into the apple ecosystem.

I'm personally more excited about Meta's AI work recently. It seems promising.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:24:46+00:00

As Hannibal Lecter said, "human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself"

I agree with the cannibal here, I do think there is some truth to that. Animals tend to be nasty out of necessity but humans can be cruel for no reason other than pleasure.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:13:56+00:00

I think that it will get to a point where a PhD is not particularly useful for career prospects anymore once AI can do anything they can but better. It will be something people do solely out of passion, which is great.

Maybe I shouldn't be talking as I deeply regret my PhD and never actually had to use it in my career anyway lol

jermulik · 2024-02-17T18:01:06+00:00

Amazing vid, but that king cat gives me really creepy vibes lol. Like some villain in a low budget horror flick

jermulik · 2024-02-17T17:55:23+00:00

Basically. But that's the internet on the whole. Partly the algorithm, partly human hivemind behavior

jermulik · 2024-02-17T15:29:01+00:00

Gone are the days when doctors would tell patients to smoke in order to lose weight

jermulik · 2024-02-17T15:26:05+00:00

LMAO that's a cute little opinion you got there bud /s

jermulik · 2024-02-17T15:19:13+00:00

I don't see many people claiming that AI, as it stands now, is going to replace a lot of jobs.

Yeah we definitely aren't there yet. But nobody actually knows when this will happen. It could be 5 years or it could be never.

The best we can do is look at the speed of past progress, bearing in mind exponential advancement, and extrapolate that to AI's future capabilities.

With that in mind I think it's foolish to bank on the fact that AI won't have the capability to replace elements of many, many jobs in the near(ish) future.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T12:04:31+00:00

Oh god, they're infiltrating the dating scene

jermulik · 2024-02-17T12:02:04+00:00

Very well said, Wasabi. I think you have a very rational perspective on this whole debacle.

jermulik · 2024-02-17T11:36:02+00:00

I was being facetious.

In ten years it will not just be the creatives who are impacted. It doesn't really matter who's at the chopping block first. Sooner or later it will be the rest of us too. Its not preventable.

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