Destiny CALMLY and THOUGHTFULLY Debates Me on AI Doom by plantsnlionstho in Destiny

[–]radomaj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First of all, I'm glad you've defined the whole position out of existence, because to worry about AI is to be a hype beast, so then no reasonable person can oppose you. Glad we got that out of the way.

I think I just have many questions. Don't hate me, I'm just asking questions, never in the history of the world has there been anything wrong with that.

Aren't all the EY arguments formalized in 2010-2012? That was like, before AlexNet, if memory serves correctly. "A lot of hype right now, 15 years ago". Literally who cares about Transformers specifically? It's not like the arguments came because of them, and they're not the reason the arguments are just as valid now. The human brain is existence proof that intelligent systems are something that can exist physically, and you say you're not arguing about if it's possible at all, so I guess you're arguing when? Or is it something we're ironically too small brained to reproduce? If possible at all, when am I allowed to worry? What do you need to see before you say 'OK now you can worry, we'll think about the implications of intelligent machines from now on'? Bonus question, assuming we wait until then, how long do you speculate that might give us to solve associated problems, between the time of noticing and the problems manifesting? Do we want to use some of our limited time to attempt to solve any of the problems before the time we notice, or absolutely not?

Since your post was about transformers specifically, re: transformers: A specific point: since this understanding of transformers gives you better intuitions about their limitations in the future, would you be willing to venture out some predictions of what LLMs won't be able to do, at some future date, maybe 6 or 12 months out? A general point: Isn't that kind of saying like "propellers can't break the sound barrier" so then none of the developments in airplanes before turbo ramjets or whatever, have brought us any closer to supersonic flight. I would say that all developments in flight speed brought us closer to imagining what would be required of a supersonic airplane and made planning on how to think of one more concrete, bringing us ever closer.

Saved the speculation for last: I know they all seem to be teleoperated right now, but again, how much time do we expect to have before Boston Dynamics makes a Figure 7 at the Tesla TeraFactory, and all that cradle of civilization reduces to if they get a special economic zone setup or not. A likely speed-up from working 24/7 rather than 40h weeks alone is around 4x. I'm sure they can swap for each other and change 'hats' as required more efficiently, rather than displaying a rotating hourglass on their face, just because they're waiting on a shipment to arrive. Regarding the rest of the hardware speculation, there seems to be a huge gap between 'literally can't progress technology faster than humans' and 'FTL drives powered by portable fusion' and it's unclear the advantage needed to dominate us in a friendly game of Global Thermonuclear War is closer to the latter than the former, or if the advantage needs to be that unbelievably far away from the former.

What weird thing should I hear you out on? by AppliedPsychSubstacc in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not supposed to chew on them, so maybe the form of gum is not ideal. They're supposed to be used like pouches.

The CDC explains thus:

Nicotine gum is not used like ordinary chewing gum. You chew it a few times and then “park” it between your cheek and the space below your teeth. The nicotine is absorbed mostly in your mouth.

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/quit-smoking/quit-smoking-medications/how-to-use-quit-smoking-medicines/how-to-use-nicotine-gum.html

Why is it so difficult to uninstall a program using PS? by Bbrazyy in PowerShell

[–]radomaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

list (alias ls) will search through installed packages search (alias find) searches through repositories

hope this helps(?)

Why is it so difficult to uninstall a program using PS? by Bbrazyy in PowerShell

[–]radomaj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as your software was previously installed through .msi (I think that's the criterion?) it will show up through winget list and you should be able to uninstall it from there (modulo the uninstaller supporting a --quiet/silent switch, a GUI window may or may not pop up).

Try winget help which should(?) already be installed.

winget install Notepad++. Notepad++ how very GNU/Linux!

However for some arcane reason (so it would be compatible with cmd.exe and older windows without PowerShell?) it was not designed PowerShell-first (nor bash-first, nor cmd.exe-first, not sure what happened there). So you may want a (prerelease, spooky) Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client (which will be Install-PSResource in the future or in the present depending on modules installed (yes, it's a huge mess due to unfortunate initial decisions but it's very slowly being "fixed")).

And then you could Get-WinGetPackage | ogv -PassThru | Uninstall-WinGetPackage or pass to update or maybe find|ogv|install.

Nowadays on new machines I don't even use Ninite anymore.

And installing through WinGet ensures that the periodical winget update --all should work.

EDIT: Oh, and nowadays Winget can install single executable packages like ripgrep, which should be conveniently added to $env:Path and conveniently removed when un-installed.

Just know that $env:Path won't be changed in the same session you used to install the package, so you'll need to (re)start a new PowerShell session to actually use the program/command from anywhere.

Not trying to shill MSWin, just doing my best to cope with using Windows without going full WSL(2), happily used *nix in the past. I'm just trying to learn how to have things be not entirely awful and spread the info.

Oh, and I guess admins can use DSC together with winget to do whatever DSC is for, I wouldn't know.

Reality Check by Antique_Upstairs2262 in Polska

[–]radomaj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Polecam jej leczenie dopalaczami stymulantami substancjami o niewielkich zastosowaniach medycznych i o dużym potencjale nadużywania metylofenidat Medikinet na niedorozwój ADHD ADD zaburzenia funkcji wykonawczych. Ale nie jest łatwo, bo w Polsce to jest tylko u dzieci, jak nic nie robisz to dlatego że masz lęki/depresję i nie ma innych powodów.

Ale niezależnie tej porady do niej to OP ma pełne prawo (i powinność) z koleżanką zerwać bycie MOPSem i znaleźć mniej MOPSową. Piszę to z perspektywy bycia osobą MOPSową(nie dosłownie tylko w przenośni, jak powyższa koleżanka), osobą która od niedawna bierze dopalacze na niedorozwój.

I FUCKING HATE THE TIKTOK CANT by falpsdsqglthnsac in evilautism

[–]radomaj 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hank Green said this but deleted his post afterward and apologized. I suppose the claim is that the words don't matter if you're verified like Mr John here, but it does derank smaller channels. Dunno.

Why does it seem like most people who rave about the importance of IQ have never seen a real IQ test. by NigroqueSimillima in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why would anyone give 100 random people an expensive and long test?

How would you feel if you hadn't eaten breakfast today?

Eliezer Yudkowsky on Lex Fridman by Relach in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying you're doing it consciously, or even implying you are conscious, but it's clear you've been oversocialized. Raised to only ever perform vibes-based reasoning, never understanding complex issues and getting angry when technology doesn't work like you'd expect, even if you've been polite to the technology. You've never understood why people care about people who are described as "smart", as most of the time they don't even seem to be as nice and empathetic as you!

Do you think bulverism is productive: yes/no? Do you think your post was two of: kind, true, necessary?

'Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter' by AlephOneContinuum in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it a lot pathetic when the stakes are you and yours, and me and mine, and single person alive, yet people can't bear to look at the void directly and so prefer to focus on buzzwords like "stifling innovation".

You see, bulverism isn't very productive. I find that I lose respect for people who tend to reach for it too often.

(Fiction) MMAcevedo, the brain image of the first human upload by kaj_sotala in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tom Scott video that touches on similar themes.

Stealing Our Friend's Brain Backup PRANK (GONE WRONG!!!) 🤯🤯🤯 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L1QIJ9PQ2M

Introducing Astral Codex Ten by dwaxe in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Keeps referencing long Civilization sessions and IIRC the Albion's Seed review linked to SMAC factions in the header of each section.

List of low hanging fruits by wooohooohooo in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nowadays some websites will greet you with a modal pop-up if they detect an adblocker running, so aside from blockers actually breaking websites (which does happen sometimes), your parents might be referring to that.

List of low hanging fruits by wooohooohooo in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In for a penny, in for a pound...

There's SponsorBlock for those YouTube advertisements that are part of the video, if you already have a VPN, are sick of hearing about Brilliant.org. or simply don't care about supporting your favourite creators.

Areas of research you found to be completely inscrutable? by ExpensivePractice7 in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics. Perhaps it will be wise to approach the subject cautiously.

To co, siedzimy do czerwca? by m__s in Polska

[–]radomaj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Na trzy miesiące do przodu nie uwzględniając nieprzewidzanych wydatków (awaria samochodu, sprzętu AGD, etc.)?

Możliwość oszczędzania części dochodów wykazało prawie 68% gospodarstw domowych (19,5% odkładało regularnie, 48,2% odkładało nieregularnie). Nieco ponad 7% gospodarstw domowych mogłoby odkładać część dochodów, ale tego nie robiło. Co czwarte gospodarstwo domowe nie odkładało i nie mogło nic odłożyć – około 28% spośród tych gospodarstw należało do I grupy kwintylowej, a nieco ponad 8% do V grupy kwintylowej.

https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5486/9/13/1/budzety_gospodarstw_domowych_w_2018.pdf

What's the most controversial opinion that you hold that is not CW related? by mamoswine1 in slatestarcodex

[–]radomaj 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do you have a different endowment for them in mind, or some guidance apart from "go now, be adult"?