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UpsideDownRide··on Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives
Education could help solve that problem but It wouldnt be of the driver kind
UpsideDownRide··on LLMs as a Cognitive Virus
Asking for a friend - how much resources are being spent on data center buildouts vs helping out society at large?
UpsideDownRide··on LLMs as a Cognitive Virus
Being able to pass on precise information without writing them down would be hella impressive in of itself. Currently we fail with simplest ones after a few hops.
UpsideDownRide··on Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
Is this the joke section of the comments?
UpsideDownRide··on Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
Always is such a strong word.
UpsideDownRide··on Git hosting that never leaves Europe
And who exactly in European tech doesn't know English?
UpsideDownRide··on AI handles incidents, engineers lose touch with their systems
For some definitions of efficiency.
UpsideDownRide··on Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
Surely has nothing to do how each plays ball with the government
UpsideDownRide··on Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
This is not that dissimilar to what happens in our human networks that are objective based.
UpsideDownRide··on Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business
That is about as bad of an analogy as you can make
UpsideDownRide··on Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]
Being a good communicator is a skill in itself and requires understanding not only of the problem, not only of yourself, not only of the language but also of other people. And not everyone is capable in all of those at the same time.
UpsideDownRide··on Marx, Keynes, and AI
Yes and no. It's not a new problem for humans and it's a pretty solvable problem if social pressure and structures can be applied once it is identified. As long as the resource is to be used by a community that depends on it and not an outsider then we are able to keep ourselves mostly in line for the benefit of the group.
UpsideDownRide··on Marx, Keynes, and AI
Yeah it's a pet peev of mine as well. People define very tight space and then proclaim actions irrational if they don't make rational sense in that setting.

Which wouldn't be a problem in itself if there was discussion about the defined space and if it is an actually good model.

A big chunk of economics is like that, if the data doesnt fit the model then too bad for the data. Same goes for metrics used, externalities are like a side note in economy books and not an example of fundamental issues with current economic toola and modeling.

And it's not limited to introductory level either. Nordhaus had most asinine assumptions in his model and he got the pseudo-Nobel.

It's not pretty.

UpsideDownRide··on Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patients
What the everliving..... There is no world in which current LLMs are even non harmful for people with actual mental issues.

People making such decisions should be barred from any kind of social adjacent decision-making.

UpsideDownRide··on Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode
Also Claude often cooks up atrocious overengineered ideas but responds pretty well to being guided hands on to the desirable scope.
UpsideDownRide··on The EU has begun enforcing the AI Act: first RFIs to model providers
Nuclear in Germany was destroyed mostly due to unchecked Russian influence. Shroeder got rewarded by putting the final nail by getting all those board positions in Russia. And they had a reason to be blind to it since the industry does want Russian hydrocarbons.

And as sad of a story as it is, it's nothing compared to what Orange did. It will be a good showcase for the future how business is not the economy.

UpsideDownRide··on Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
There is nothing inherent to democracy that says that everything needs a simple majority for a decision.
UpsideDownRide··on Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Sovereignty is not a binary thing. And it's also not the case that not being a part of some structure makes you sovereign from it. In some cases it's the opposite - you need to conform anyway and have no input into the decision process. So as usual things are nuanced and not black and white.
UpsideDownRide··on Aphantasia Beginner's Guide
What would you accept as a proof if that doesn't clear the bar for you?
UpsideDownRide··on I should have loved biology (2020)
To be precise It has excellent mEV for you.
UpsideDownRide··on Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated
You mean increase the profits AND increase the costs....
UpsideDownRide··on Meta's blockbuster trial draws parallels to big tobacco
Stop using buzzwords instead of engaging in a discussion. Someone clarifying their position is not necessairly moving goalposts, they might have just not laid out fully their idea in the first place.
UpsideDownRide··on AI-Generated GitHub Copilot “Autofix” Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira
Overblown? Not really. There is still not enough of criticism given asinine hype given by the LLM and adjacent companies.

Funny of you to mention strawman after presenting one.

UpsideDownRide··on France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
Alcohol story is a lot more than just it being a good business, in vino veritas and all. There is a huge cultural aspect around it for better or worse.
UpsideDownRide··on France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
This logic is sus. Just because we cannot have a oerfect system doesn't mean we shouldn't have it at all. Like alcohol age limitations, they can be worked around and wont ever be 100 percent perfect but I see regularly teens bouncing off the register at my local store.

So the metric should be case by case for each proposed solution. Most of things proposed are no good, but that doesn't mean there is not a sensible solution out there to limit net for teens.

UpsideDownRide··on Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election
Brexit cannot be reversed if people dont get their act together. And that will take a good amount of time and effort.
UpsideDownRide··on DeepSeek Harness developer preview
Is it staggering? Given the amount of money being poured in it doesn't seem all that impressive at all. And the constant overhyping is not helping either.
UpsideDownRide··on Mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations identified
There were some very questionable experiments done in the name of science that lead to development of ethics guidelines. Being respectful of other people is hardly pearl clutching
UpsideDownRide··on License plate reader searches should require a warrant
Once you remove constraints imposed by needing actual labor you make it a difference in kind since you are allowing for tracking of anyone versus having limited information on a limited area.
UpsideDownRide··on LinkedIn CringeBot 3000
Apparently what's even harder is understanding what the other person is saying
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