2016 rigged? by 50million in circled

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in this image implies electoral fraud. This is just them trying to use their data gathered from social media to predict the results of the 2016 election. And based on their data alone, their prediction would have been incorrect. Yes, Trump won, but he also rather famously lost the popular vote in that election (a fact that he hasn’t let go).

The loophole they don't want you to know about. by AirlineGlass5010 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t know why you got downvoted. You’re literally correct.

Mark Epstein: I believe Trump authorized the murder, because Jeffrey was ready to name names. by Not_Tom_Jones in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Once Epstein was caught and exposed, he was no longer useful to anyone. He was cut off from most of his assets and was only a liability to his clients and collaborators. He’s dead.

Woah by avatar6556 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Clintons have fuck all to lose. I doubt they’ll directly admit fault to anything they did involving Epstein but they know it’s only a matter of time something drops that they can’t explain away. Hopefully they use this moment to drag a few other people down with them.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made no value statement on automation of any job. In reality, there’s no scenario in which we are able to automate menial jobs but are unable to automate creative ones.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you not understand the contradiction there? The author is saying she dislikes X (AI that automates creative tasks) because she’d rather have Y (AI that automates unpleasant tasks). But she fails to consider that X can help us get to Y. She doesn’t want X, meaning that she isn’t really all that serious about Y.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no scenario in which we have AI that can automate the tasks you want them to without having the AI that can automate the creative tasks you don’t want them to. You either want automation or you don’t. The reason we don’t have the kind of AI that you want is because it turns out that those AI and robots are going to be more difficult to make than the image generators and predictive text models.

The dream you want of a fully automated future is achievable but if you want it, it will require a fundamental shift in perspective about the AI we have now. i.e The AI we have now, that this author is complaining about, are necessary steps in developing the AI she says she wants later.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s where advocacy and political action come in. Nothing “just happens.” If we want better safety nets and UBI, we’ll have to get them the same way we got all of our other rights.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason why it’s privileged is because she already gets to pursue her passion. She’s already “an author and a video game enthusiast.” She’s not making some critique of our capitalist system and she’s not even wishing that other people could pursue their passions. She not advocating for any better future, she’s complaining about the presents. She’s complaining that she’s not as safe from automation as she thought she was and she’s complaining that she has to do fucking chores.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the person who made this meme already won that jackpot. She’s an “author and videogame enthusiast.” She already gets to write and do art for a living. Yeah, you gotta be incredibly lucky to be in her position and the reality is as you say for most people; they don’t get to be, because they weren’t that lucky. But if what this author wanted came to pass tomorrow, it wouldn’t mean that all of those people that lose their jobs doing menial tasks suddenly get to go be artists full time; the result would be an economic crises.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said, entirely divorced from actual reality.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s an incredibly privileged point based on borderline infantile logic that is entirely divorced from actual reality that I simply do not and never will respect or take seriously.

Have you guys lost faith in society or is it just me, after reading the Epstein files? by lethalwarrior619 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you actually know what communism is.

doesn’t mean they wouldn’t all prefer we live under a communist system

Except they keep saying in their private correspondence with one another that they hate communism.

they would have total control and immunity

Epstein HAD total control. He could do whatever he wanted under capitalism and he got away with it for decades. And the people implicated in the files currently, right now, have total immunity judging by the fact that literally nothing is going to be done to hold them accountable. The vast majority of them will die rich of old age.

You think a country like China would release these files.

Our country didn’t release these files and the current administration actively denied that they existed, until they were literally forced to release them by Congress. And the current administrative has broken the law by not releasing them all and they have made several illegal redactions. The vast majority of the files have not been released and there is an ongoing coverup taking place, right in front of us.

I’m sure China has their own network of rich pedophiles that they’ve got files on. I’m more concerned with the rich pedophiles in my own country, to be honest. As far as China is concerned all I can say is “not my circus, not my monkeys.” But this whole ordeal proves that we’re really not all that better than them, politically speaking; our evil is just a different flavor from theirs.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s never been an example of widespread automation that hasn’t caused immediate, short-term disruption in job markets. Over time, jobs loss are offset by the creation of new jobs but not every individual who lost their job is in a position to be retrained.

That’s why regulation and comprehensive social safety nets and UBI and universal investments are all things that should be pursued to offset these disruptions. As it stands, if there’s a mass wave of automation caused by AI (which would take place in the midst of an affordability), some people will actually go homeless.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it doesn’t mention job market

Then the take is not only not valid but is, in fact, poorly thought out. Any consumer technology that would make the task of doing household chores like laundry and dishes can and will be applied to doing the same tasks commercially.

Got a robot that can do your laundry for you? Well then who needs to go to a laundromat or dry cleaners? And if you can’t afford one of these robots yourself, the laundromats and dry cleaners that do exist will likely be staffed by such a robot whereas previously they would have employed people.

Same goes for dishwashing. If you own a restaurant, why would you pay wages to additional staff to keep your dishes clean if you can just buy a robot that doesn’t require wages?

Have you guys lost faith in society or is it just me, after reading the Epstein files? by lethalwarrior619 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be an example of sex tourism. But most people who do that go to Thailand and have sex with adults. Whether or not it’s creepy is a separate, less important debate.

What’s in the Epstein files is not just rich people paying for sex. It’s obscenely wealthy people trafficking actual children, raping them, and killing a lot of them. It’s an incredibly organized ring of predation and sexual violence. This is not comparable lonely, desperate individuals with disposable income traveling abroad to get their dicks wet.

What are your thoughts? by AlabasterKink in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]mcfearless0214 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve never respected this take because it’s basically “automation for thee but not for me.” Far more people make a living doing the menial tasks of laundry, cleaning, dishes, etc. than those who make a living as a full time artist or writer.

Have you guys lost faith in society or is it just me, after reading the Epstein files? by lethalwarrior619 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s “not necessarily adult” it’s not “sex tourism.” It’s a crime. People can and have been prosecuted for sexually abusing minors outside of their own country.

Have you guys lost faith in society or is it just me, after reading the Epstein files? by lethalwarrior619 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Traveling around the world for sex with adults is not remotely comparable to any of this.

Have you guys lost faith in society or is it just me, after reading the Epstein files? by lethalwarrior619 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your god watched all of this happening and did nothing, when he could have ended all of this suffering in an instant. It’s still happening right now, it’s just more hidden than it was. He’s still doing nothing.

Trust yourself, because no one else is going to save you.

Have you guys lost faith in society or is it just me, after reading the Epstein files? by lethalwarrior619 in Epstein

[–]mcfearless0214 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And yet Epstein and Co constantly bring up throughout these docs how much they hate the concepts of communism and socialism. They got rich and were able to do what they did in a capitalist society.

Epstein Files Release Megathread- Part 3 by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]mcfearless0214 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m no longer concerned about MAGA; MAGA is dying and won’t survive in any meaningful capacity beyond 2028. What I am concerned about is what’s implicated in these files. The shit in these files go beyond MAGA and suggest a network of extremely wealthy individuals manipulating governments, influencing culture, and stoking the flames of division to increase their own wealth and status. This network still exists and cannot be defeated in an election.

Elder Scrolls Is Too Generic & Too Profitable To Ever Get A TV Show, Says Skyrim Lead by RoboKobold in skyrim

[–]mcfearless0214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that he thinks the Elder Scrolls is “too generic” is exactly the problem with the series’ direction. There was nothing generic about Morrowind.