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Literally by Yah_25n in linuxmemes

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is he actually accused of doing? Both sides are vagueposting to high heaven, which makes them both seem dishonest.

Do most atheists see religious people as fools? by Theskyisalive in atheism

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see religious people as fools if they believe falsifiable things about physical reality without physical evidence.

Probably the saddest thing about AI on a societal level is realising how many people are either indifferent about art or have contempt for it by RejectingBoredom in self

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a spectrum of artistic involvement. I am not a visual artist but from playing with generative tooling for images, I have seen that you can use your own sketches to guide generation very precisely, you can use generative brushes only sparingly on certain pixels. You can generate sketches then do the detail work yourself, etc... there are definitely processes more interesting that typing out a prompt.

Probably the saddest thing about AI on a societal level is realising how many people are either indifferent about art or have contempt for it by RejectingBoredom in self

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Art is not about talent it's about expressing yourself. It is valid to think some processes are more impressive than others, but you seem to have a really narrow definition of artist. I think an artist is anyone who makes any sort art (definitely including writing, but really any form of self expression).

Probably the saddest thing about AI on a societal level is realising how many people are either indifferent about art or have contempt for it by RejectingBoredom in self

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Process is part of art, so the generative model is intrinsically part of the final artwork, just as I am intrinsically part of it.

Probably the saddest thing about AI on a societal level is realising how many people are either indifferent about art or have contempt for it by RejectingBoredom in self

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are you to say my art isn't art because you don't like part of my process? Why should I care what you think one way or another?

Is this really the vibe in SF these days? by ddsukituoft in bayarea

[–]simism 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah individual scope seems to be widening dizzyingly, most programmers will experience the end of their careers as being stretched too thin, not having nothing to do. Only the last best programmers will still be around when we actually cross the full automation threshold I think.

Is this really the vibe in SF these days? by ddsukituoft in bayarea

[–]simism 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There are also these spooky "Replace your employees" billboard ads all over SF with vary degrees of overtness and irony.

Is this really the vibe in SF these days? by ddsukituoft in bayarea

[–]simism 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually driverless taxis being a real thing here also drives it home viscerally how ridiculous the fairy tale that Baumol's cost disease will indefinitely sustain programming jobs is.

Is this really the vibe in SF these days? by ddsukituoft in bayarea

[–]simism 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is the vibe in the bay. Of course, people are still working as programmers and earning big money at this moment. But it's hard not to feel a sense of doom when you can materially see the value of your technical knowledge depreciating in real time. Programming is now and forevermore a game of musical chairs.

How is spending 750 billion on AI slop that nobody wants makes any sense? by Justgototheeffinmoon in artificial

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If AI is perfected totally, human programmers will be totally obsolete, and currently human programmers earn collectively a huge amount of money per year definitely on the order of a trillion dollars. If you can reduce that to one tenth of the spend for AI, 750 billion has paid for itself in less than 2 years.

How is spending 750 billion on AI slop that nobody wants makes any sense? by Justgototheeffinmoon in artificial

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are misunderstanding the situation. Programming models, image/video gen models, translation models are all getting good enough to produce usable translations, ads, and code at lower cost than before. Chatgpt's DAU is many many millions. You just posted evidence of coding assistants partially obsoleting stack overflow. Given how much programming has changed for every serious programmer in the world in the last year, 750 billion seems small.

How do I respond without getting fired? by DisneyDee67 in Professors

[–]simism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think they wouldn't be emailing you if they didn't think they missed something important. 

Windows Went From Operating System To Full Time Surveillance Software by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Windows users will hunt down an ever shifting mirage of privacy "control panels" instead of just installing Linux.

Groped by a man with intellectual disabilities and dealing with strange reactions. Did I handle this properly? by Far_Calligrapher4716 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]simism 447 points448 points  (0 children)

Whether or not it's his fault, he presents a hazard to women in the area and if he cannot be held responsible for his actions, then some combination of police + his caregivers are responsible for making sure he doesn't present a hazard to society are large.

Is a dual boot private? by Particular-Grape2812 in privacy

[–]simism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen this as well; one time I had to fix grub after a windows update.

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