I guess I didn't see it as playing the victim card as much as it was a call out of how the lack of diversity in the specific field of AI can have profound effects on how we understand and assess performance of these models
> Looking for perfect racial distributions in all fields is beyond a fool's errand.
I agree with that in principle but I think it is equally foolish to never ask how the racial distribution of a specific field might affect major advances and technologies coming out of that field
For some reason another copy of this was flagged (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37121000) and I wanted to respond to a thread there
>> An entire hugely important potentially world changing field not having representation from a huge swath of the population certainly seems problematic.
>I assume lots of groups are underrepresented, depending on how you slice up humanity. Why is that a problem in and of itself? Ensuring training data is representative is a fundamental technique of data science that you can implement regardless of skin color.
A representative sample means that any way you "slice up humanity", if you slice your training data the same way the proportions of slices would stay the same. Anyone of any skin color can implement that but they must do so taking racial proportions of the general population into account.
>> And in terms of the second part; the problems with such widespread usage are many fold, with detrimental bias and lack of representation as one of the many folds.
>But what does that have to do with who is working on the AI systems?
This is the meatier question but in my opinion, it matters because folks who are underrepresented can often (read: not always) have a better eye for underrepresentation in data. Another way to think of it is the unknown unknowns framing and privilege can result in unknown unknowns around what representative data really looks like.
An entire hugely important potentially world changing field not having representation from a huge swath of the population certainly seems problematic. That lack of representation combined with the bias present in the training data is a universal problem. And in terms of the second part; the problems with such widespread usage are many fold, with detrimental bias and lack of representation as one of the many folds.
You can purchase elemental mineral drops and add that back in to RO water. Given the importance of water and minerals, I find it to be worth it but that's definitely an individual choice, as well as a privileged one (meaning I can afford RO water and minerals to add).
Yes; but it's not a clear line of good and bad. I ended up in the defense industry for a bit despite my distaste for it. However, some of the stuff I saw from the countries you'd expect us to be looking at was concerning; and there was a level of yeah, someone should be looking at this. But I still had to leave and did for a job in the non profit sector where I am much happier and truly believe in the mission.
As a software engineer with an eating disorder who believes in the right to organized labor; this is awful. The software engineers that built the chatbot should have had QA testing specifically around eating disorder sentiments. The chatbot should never be treated as a replacement for humans with empathy but is a valuable tool for folks who might not be ready to engage with someone. As someone who has been helped by some resources NEDA shared, I really hope they commit to doing better and just frickin pay their hotline workers.
I had an amazing first boss who shared it with me near when I started and said "Ya know, for when you have some downtime". Not only did that introduce me to this awesome news and community, but also, he normalized the idea of some downtime during the 8 hour work day which was so important for me to hear as a junior engineer.
I understand that people expect a lot from platforms that claim a lot like Etsy, but enforcing policy at scale is difficult. At some point, the consumer has some responsibility to be an intelligent consumer. I use Etsy a lot and it's not incredibly hard to figure out the dropshippers and stuff that is not handmade. Usually handmade shops will have a more curated inventory that is all related to a certain material, craft, or skillset. When a shop has a ton of different items, many generic and modern looking, and many different materials and skills needed to create them, the likelihood they are a legit handmade or vintage seller is less likely.
I keep seeing articles and blurbs about this but I have not see the actual possible repercussions clearly articulated. Debt is a societal creation and debt at this scale is barely comprehensible so my question is what actually happens if we default? Do we have actual assets tied to the debt? Do we have debtors that will actually try to create consequences?
You especially hate touchscreens if you have a Mazda with the "ghost touch" issue where the touchscreen will be randomly activated. Fun examples of things ghost touch has done for me - call a random spam number back, turn navigation guidance volume to full blast, adjust the music settings such that it is all bass or all treble. Only certain years, not mine, are covered by the recall even though it affects more years. Fix is 1200 to replace the whole nav set up. Or taking off the dash and disconnecting the touchscreen.
The U.S. used to have strong trade programs but eventually college degrees were seen as the only way and as a class gateway. Unfortunately, this was short sighted and leaves us with the current situation where many folks have college educations that they are not using and we have a shortage of folks in important trades.
Good thing you dropped the archive link as now it's not just a paywall but a 404. I find that quite strange for something like WSJ; either leave it up, or issue a retraction or editor's note in it's place or at the top. Major journals shouldn't take down stories.
I feel like I often see breakthroughs in natural material computing like this but they never seem to make it to market that I've noticed. What am I missing? It seems like everyone would want to move in the direction of sustainable computing materials.
Honestly, I might recommend looking for an entry level job in an industry outside of software that has somewhat struggled to keep up with the changing times. Find a company where people are manually transferring data from one spreadsheet to another, or where there is a huge backlog of data in need of processing with some manual step that can be automated. Write one-off scripts that will seem like magic.
In my opinion, the point of a coach, whether it is a life coach or a personal trainer or another type, is providing accountability. If you think a life coach would help you with accountability it would probably help but before spending that money I would brainstorm other ways to hold yourself accountable to your goals and forming any habits needed to reach your goals. Best of luck!
I hope this isn't presumptive but I have struggled with mental health for years and one thing I have noticed is my tendency to withdraw and focus on the differences between myself and others. Yes, it seems you have some opinions that are controversial and that I myself don't agree with. But, you probably also have a lot more in common with people than you may be giving yourself credit for. And don't bother trying to figure out which side fits you better - it's a false dichotomy. Yes, there are talking points that are different but when it comes down to it the actual people who control the parties are the same breed.
This is vaguely reminiscent of Theranos. It doesn't seem like it was an adequate defense for them - 'Our failure to make single prick blood tests is not fraud'. The court disagreed. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
This question is too broad as is. A good place to start is looking at your cost breakdown which is available in the console. For example, if it shows your highest spending is on EC2 then you should assess your instance types and use case. If your S3 spending is high, assess what you're storing; if any of it is low-access, assess the storage class you're using and consider glacier. These are just two examples of two services and how you might address high spend; AWS has countless services so it is highly dependent on what you're actually using. So figure that out and then google reducing AWS spend for [specific service name]. Good luck!
I am getting the same error in the browser but mobile app is working fine (also US). I wonder if this has anything to do with the release of Spotify Wrapped today for this year.
Delivery apps often have a rating where it will list the dishes with the option to thumbs or thumbs down. My instinct is always to click each item going down the list down the list but after clicking the first thumbs up a text box asking what you like pops up. It's terrible. The workaround: thumbs up each item moving up from the bottom of the list so that the text box popping up doesn't interfere. Bottomline, if users are working around your UI instead of through it; your UX is terrible.
I agree the answer is likely both. However, one important thing to note is that the 'people who genuinely care about stoping child exploitation' really want to ensure that it is only used for preventing child exploitation and not by 'groups who only want a plausible excuse to violate people's privacy'. I am against the false dichotomy of protect children or preserve privacy; I truly believe, and have good reason to believe, that both can be accomplished together with care, thought, and trust.
Yes, I was a burnt out software engineer in the defense industry and I found really meaningful work with a non profit that got me so excited. And I started my new job after a two week break and I was still burnt out. That sucked because I thought the break and the excitement for meaningful work would cure my burnout. I stayed with the job, kept working, albeit not at the pace I wanted due to the burnout and anxiety. I had been seeing a good therapist for years but just couldn't get out of the funk. What finally helped me was surprisingly acupuncture. I went for computer neck and it released a bunch of tension I was needlessly carrying, the physical result of trauma and anxiety. I am not saying acupuncture will necessarily work for you; rather, I think that seeing if there are underlying causes you can address rather than just changing your work situation seemed to yield more results. Good luck and I hope you find happiness!
This is an interesting association and I am glad the authors took care to mention that more studies are needed to understand the cause of association. It feels like one where many people may want to infer causality - that the lack of meat causes depression but I would be curious as to the actual cause. My own guess as someone who doesn't eat meat is that if someone pays attention to things like animal rights or health or whatever is motivating their decision to avoid meat, they are also likely paying attention to the other issues in our world which, quite frankly, can be depressing.