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cmilton··on FBI misused surveillance powers more than 280k times in a year
The life I've lived would be my experience. I have had zero direct interactions with any of these enemies. Enemies to the US aren't necessarily enemies to me. Should I be forced to inherit these enemies?

I agree with self defense. However, I'm not sure this is always the case.

cmilton··on FBI misused surveillance powers more than 280k times in a year
>The fault here lies with Congress.

The fault lies with the idea that there always needs to be an enemy.

cmilton··on GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion
Thank you. I wholeheartedly agree that it can make things easier. Easy in the short term may not be beneficial in the long would be my only concern.
cmilton··on FBI misused surveillance powers more than 280k times in a year
>I elected the government in large part to protect...us.

Protect you from who?

>I want them to spy on our enemies.

Who are these enemies, and how did we identify them as such? Do we just spy until we found one?

cmilton··on GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion
>However, some people (myself included) already have difficulty with this kind of interaction, so ChatGPT here is strictly positive

Do you think this technology is going to make it more difficult for people like yourself?

cmilton··on Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe
Just to add an another anecdotal view, here in the US, I have seen more birds than recent years. I attribute the increase in my area to the halting of mosquito spraying practices.
cmilton··on JPMorgan Chase and Co tracks employees to dystopian extents
looks like its from 2022
cmilton··on The EU AI act is coming, this time for real probably
I believe that tech has helped solve food shortages across the world in recent decades. Tech has cured disease. Even recently it helped to develop a vaccine at record speed. Tech has provided internet connectivity for the most remote parts of the world.

That gives me optimism.

cmilton··on The EU AI act is coming, this time for real probably
>Because the results of the last few decades of tech optimism have been so utterly dismal?

Can you expound upon this a bit? In my view, we have witnessed astonishing progress in tech over the last few decades.

>neo lib deregulation dream

What is your dream?

cmilton··on The EU AI act is coming, this time for real probably
That sentiment doesn't really bother me. Most of the "current climate" exists within these screens.

Just so we are clear, I am against this premature neutering of technology.

cmilton··on The EU AI act is coming, this time for real probably
Why do we assume evil? How do our unfounded decisions today affect the possibilities of progress? How easy will it be to repeal these laws when we find the harm they may cause? I would prefer to wait and see.
cmilton··on Fuck being productive
We all need a reason to be productive. We have placed these jobs above our own well being. That doesn't sound very healthy at all. I would suggest finding something you are passionate about. It may take a while.
cmilton··on Fuck being productive
Its possible you just picked the wrong career. Time for a change?
cmilton··on Internet disrupted in Pakistan amid arrest of former PM Imran Khan
>yes, they do want to be oppressed

>being under the boot is safe

Do they want oppression or safety?

cmilton··on UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Bill
I am still unsure how I ultimately feel about the use of these technologies by government. I do believe that people want safety over all, and by most of the statistics I have seen, the UK is somewhat safer than before [1]. Is the government implementing these measures to take advantage of its people or to provide safety for them?

[1]: https://popcenter.asu.edu/sites/default/files/230-priks.pdf

cmilton··on US warship collides with tugboat in disastrous launch
From the video it seems the individuals on the tugboat are running away from something (around 0:18). Do you think this was part of the plan as well?
cmilton··on Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks
> the US pollutes more than anywhere else.

Do you have a source for this claim? In my limited searching China exceeds the US in pollution. My sources could be biased, so I would be happy to take a look at yours.

cmilton··on Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content
Yes, anything we do not agree with should go away entirely.

I do not agree with throwaway accounts. They should go away entirely.

You are being just as "toxic" in your motives.

cmilton··on Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content
Who\What is deciding who these "people whose only goal is to be assholes to others or to spread disinformation" are?
cmilton··on Why some researchers think I’m wrong about social media and mental illness
I think most would agree that more is better than fewer caretakers. This works well when families are located close geographically, but not so much when spread out.

I would also argue, why does the community automatically bear the responsibility for a decision made by two?

cmilton··on Why some researchers think I’m wrong about social media and mental illness
What do you think it is?
cmilton··on Brit cops rapped over app that recorded 200k phone calls
One of the downsides to have a device for both personal and business use with no easy way to separate the two.
cmilton··on AI song featuring fake Drake and Weeknd vocals pulled from streaming services
Do you want equal opportunity or equal outcome?
cmilton··on Efficiency trades off against resiliency
How is peak load defined in a hospital? (I assume you mean patients. I apologize if that is incorrect.)
cmilton··on Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to history-off” [pdf]
You asked for documentation of legal holds. Pardon me for interpreting that as such and providing a link to Google’s legal hold documentation.

It sounds like you are looking for the laws “that requires google to hold the data for this particular topic.”

cmilton··on Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to history-off” [pdf]
https://support.google.com/vault/answer/7664657?hl=en
cmilton··on Replacing my best friends with an LLM trained on 500k group chat messages
How would the LLM be trained with information she wouldn't divulge?
cmilton··on AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes
Correct.

What if the private company is Visa or Mastercard? What if it is your only ISP?

cmilton··on I want to lose every debate
Thank you for that. I appreciate your conversation about the content of his article rather than the content of his character.

Like others, I have no idea who Sivers is.

cmilton··on I want to lose every debate
What do you think about losing every debate?
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