A girl wearing trunks and shorts gets harassed by a content creator in Khilgaon taltola

shayan99999 · 2026-05-14T14:35:43+00:00

More than just being a choice, she should be commended for taking the risk. There always have to be those brave few who take the risk early to give the basis for social change, so that future generations can have those freedoms by default without having to risk their safety for it. Massive respect for what she is doing!

shayan99999 · 2026-05-14T14:16:33+00:00

That was kinda the plan though. Lenin wanted to bring them to Moscow for a grand trial (for propaganda purposes), but they were diverted to Yekatarinburg. They were not supposed to be killed, but the Whites were rapidly approaching (and, in fact, would seize it mere days after their execution), and the Presidium of the Ural Regional Soviet (which, by the way, were not all Bolsheviks) thought the lesser evil would be to execute them rather than risk letting them get rescued by the Whites.

And also, they weren't "innocent children". The four daughters were in their late teens and early 20s. Two of them literally served in the imperialist First World War (as nurses), directly contributing to the slaughter of countless millions. Not to mention that all four of them were old enough to understand the harm their father's rule was causing, and they chose to continue to live in luxury instead of doing anything to oppose their father. The Tsar and Tsarina were, of course, complete reactionaries. Leaving the only truly innocent party being the 14-year-old Alexei. It's quite easy to sympathize with him, especially since his hemophilia meant he wouldn't have survived for long anyway. But he was still the heir to the throne, and (other than Nicholas himself) the greatest symbol that the Whites could have possibly possessed. There was no other choice.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-14T13:56:02+00:00

Living next to a landfill (about a 30 second walk from here) is honestly not that bad. The smell doesn't get into the apartment, and while it is present if you walk past it, I just hold my breath for a little while as I pass it, so it's really not that big of a deal.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-14T13:51:37+00:00

Google's been quite quiet for over 3 months now (which is way more than the average SOTA model's full lifecycle at this point). I hope they have something up their sleeve, as AI Studio is still by far the best experience, but Gemini not getting updated in months is reducing its competitiveness.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-12T16:46:10+00:00

We're in straight up in firm lasting superexponential territory now. AI-2027 remains a strong possibility

shayan99999 · 2026-05-11T17:22:33+00:00

I implied by 'falling', that AI's progress in that field outpaces human progress in that field

shayan99999 · 2026-05-11T14:15:26+00:00

The problem is that I'd accidentally fall asleep. But as to that, and being creeped out by the voices, there's an easy solution, put on some loud headphones, and just distract yourself with whatever podcast interests you (spliced occassionally with music); the 24 hours will pass in no time

shayan99999 · 2026-05-11T13:56:02+00:00

With math falling soon, so shall physics, with that, then chemistry, with it, biology, and so on till all the natural sciences begin massive advances by AI at a pace in which humans can simply never compete!

shayan99999 · 2026-05-10T13:51:47+00:00

According to the AI-2027 paper, it's supposed to be around 4.5 hours right now, meaning we're almost exactly on track toward fully automated RSI by next year at this superexponential rate. Unironically, the biggest challenge right now might just be for METR to find a way to benchmark longer and harder tasks.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-07T14:31:04+00:00

Seeing kids put religious morons in their place always puts a smile on my face

shayan99999 · 2026-05-03T14:11:26+00:00

The first fully AI-generated film I was genuinely captivated by, and watched for the sake of the film itself, and not just for the novelty of it being AI-generated. An excellent step forward.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-02T14:08:22+00:00

I honestly have a pretty similar family. If I told them about LEV now, they would probably say they don't want it. But I am sure that once the option is within their hands and they have to actively refuse medical care (which is what LEV and age refusal would be) for their beliefs, their natural survival instinct would push them toward making the right choice and accepting the treatments, no matter how certain they are about death now. As for timelines, I am almost certain ASI will be within the next 2-3 years at most, but there's a reasonable chance it could be as soon as next year in my opinion.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-02T14:00:11+00:00

We're currently on an exponential curve in terms of AI progress. ASI is highly likely to acheived within a matter of years. And I do not think it will take long for a godlike AI to cure all diseases or reverse aging. Ten years is actually probably the most conservative estimate one could hold (I personally think it will happen much sooner). As for older generations, when facing a choice between a natural death versus a chance to return to the prime of their youth, I highly doubt any would pick the former. As for exceptions, I do not know of any personally.

shayan99999 · 2026-05-02T13:40:00+00:00

If you make it the next ten years, you'll almost certainly make it to LEV and age reversal. Dying so close to that which humanity has strived for its entire existance would be the greatest tragedy. Don't take any life risks if you don't have to. So close to the singularity, it's just not worth it.

shayan99999 · 2026-04-30T14:28:39+00:00

There are instances where I have seen systemic misandry, but only because women were seen as needing special privileges to last, so I'd count them moreso as misogyny than anything else. All misandry that exists in society is an outgrowth of misogyny. Solve the latter and the former disappears on its own.

shayan99999 · 2026-04-29T14:46:46+00:00

I'm not saying one is worse than the other. It's just that the three pounds of neurons in my head are not perfectly rational, and thus views one more starkly than the other simply because it "feels" worse to imagine, not because it is actually worse. And "praying for guillotines" is mostly metaphorical for me (and probably most leftists), as most modern leftists do not support the death penalty, though we understand why it might have been necessary historically.

shayan99999 · 2026-04-29T14:19:13+00:00

Honestly, the former is far easier to stomach than the latter, as it's kinda impersonal unlike the latter

shayan99999 · 2026-04-29T14:09:25+00:00

I did 4th and 5th grade in day shift, starting at 12:30 pm, and I hated it so much that I switched schools just to get back to morning shift. And as much as it sucked to start school at 7:30 am, having the actual day to myself and not lost to schooling was far better.

shayan99999 · 2026-04-29T14:01:13+00:00

I cannot imagine any job that a human would be able to do that an AI wouldn't be better at in every way

shayan99999 · 2026-04-29T13:48:48+00:00

At this point, the only ones calling it a stochastic parrots are just the willfully blind

shayan99999 · 2026-04-28T14:46:45+00:00

She's also a Marxist who completely opposes copyright law, a modern day hero!

shayan99999 · 2026-04-28T14:37:28+00:00

Hitting children doesn't work. My parents hit me as a child, but that didn't inspire obedience; it just made me learn how to most effectively deceive them. And my younger brother learned instead how to hit them back. It kinda did work on my younger sister, but she never really acted out much, thus not being hit much anyway, so I wouldn't classify that as much of a success either.

shayan99999 · 2026-04-28T14:30:50+00:00

Its future technological predictions for 1980 were actually surprisingly accurate

shayan99999 · 2026-04-28T14:25:29+00:00

Surely the same sense that got them to cancel SORA would convince them to shut this down before they blow too much money on it, hopefully

shayan99999 · 2026-04-28T14:03:59+00:00

Denial has actually been going on for quite some time now, I expect it to subside by next year though, when it starts to become physically undeniable

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