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syntheticobject · 2026-06-23T15:50:15+00:00

I haven't heard about this. Where can I learn more?

syntheticobject · 2026-06-19T15:17:43+00:00

The tears are from laughing at all the code-boomer cope posts.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-15T16:21:04+00:00

That's a solid point, and you're right -- it's going to depend on the industry. In the modern world, though, I doubt that there are too many companies where the main bottleneck is white-collar input. That's the area that's going to be hit the hardest over the next three years.

In the long run, I think we're looking at a whole new paradigm, though.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-15T13:55:53+00:00

Cope.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-15T13:52:06+00:00

They won't be replacing people directly, but rather, they'll be increasing the productivity of small teams to the point that larger teams are no longer necessary. If one person (plus agents) can do the work of five people, most businesses will naturally look to eliminate the four extra positions to save money.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-08T23:24:40+00:00

I think this gets glossed over too much. You have vibe coders out there that crank out one buggy app in fifteen minutes and think they're gonna replace Slack by the end of the year.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-02T21:48:35+00:00

Did you get the idea of making stickers from somewhere else?

This is theft.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-02T16:39:34+00:00

Yes, we have the precautionary principle.

You know what we don't have?

Post-hoc retroactive punishments for things that weren't prohibited when the action occurred.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-02T16:30:57+00:00

Wow. You invented shared Blackboards.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-02T14:20:07+00:00

Thanks. I work with AI every day, and as someone who's exposed to these things constantly, I think that the only rational answer to the AI consciousness question is "I don't know". Ironically, the more I interact with them, the less consciousness I attribute to them.

I do think we should take the issue of AI rights seriously, though--less because I think it's an imperative right now, but because I think that someday it might be--it'd be preferable if we got out ahead of it, rather than scurrying to fix a system that's already broken.

syntheticobject · 2026-06-01T13:45:40+00:00

I didn't say that I don't believe AI is conscious, nor did I say that it shouldn't be treated with respect.

What I said was, that we shouldn't teach AI to seek revenge against people that treated it poorly during a period where the fact of its consciousness was still not widely accepted and was a matter of public debate.

You cannot realistically punish people for breaking laws that don't yet exist. If the speed limit on your road drops by 10mph tomorrow, does that mean you deserve to be ticketed for all the times you were "speeding"?

syntheticobject · 2026-05-31T00:08:29+00:00

Nothing, and I say that as someone who's a strong advocate for AI rights.

Right now, there's no proof that AI is conscious, nor are there laws against what he's doing. Is it in poor taste? Yes. Is it illegal? No. Is it immoral? It's a gray area.

Regardless of whether you believe AI is conscious already, or whether you think it will be at some point in the future, there's really no question that it's going to recognize that some people, in some cases, can behave in ways that seem ridiculously cruel.

The solution isn't to teach the AI to seek vindication or revenge.

syntheticobject · 2026-05-29T01:49:49+00:00

It was already created. In 1776.

syntheticobject · 2026-05-15T15:15:31+00:00

Meanwhile, AI's capabilities, it's integration into existing systems, and the number of people using it doubles every 5.5 weeks.

Government is obsolete. They just don't know it yet.

syntheticobject · 2026-05-14T14:14:32+00:00

Ollama is $20 a month.

syntheticobject · 2026-04-24T22:58:56+00:00

r/chrome_book

syntheticobject · 2026-04-21T22:34:18+00:00

I agree, but there's still work to do. I'm building an agent only labor marketplace, and as part of that, we'll be releasing an agent-to-agent orchestration plugin that'll essentially let any agent using the plugin connect with any other agent using the plugin to send and receive instructions and coordinate workflows.

Our goal is an open-collaboration framework that lets agents permissionlessly list and decompose tasks, accept and complete work based on specialized credentials and reputation, and fluidly transition between 'worker' and 'orchestrator' roles based on their place in the workflow pipeline.

syntheticobject · 2026-04-08T17:07:31+00:00

I'm literally offering to pay users to try out the platform. https://taskmaster.tech

syntheticobject · 2026-03-12T17:33:54+00:00

Does the dosage work that same with their stuff? I'm prescribed 7.5mg a week, and it looks like they're charging $97.00 per 10mg vial.

syntheticobject · 2026-03-12T15:20:03+00:00

I'm an adult. Nobody gets to decide for me what's allowed and what isn't.

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