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[–] istewart@awful.systems 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Remember that this is not targeted to influence you. This is targeted to influence brain-poisoned wealthy Republicans who own things like a bunch of fracking oil-fields, or multiple car dealerships across multiple Southern states. The doors to the institutional capital (especially public pension fund capital) that Thiel's investment funds previously had easy access to are surely being shut, and he's trying to salvage what he can from MAGA as it breaks up on re-entry.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

About half of it (~150 pages)

That’s not a card! That’s a book!!! If they can’t get this simple classification right, how am I supposed to trust their probabilistic text extruder?

[–] istewart@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think we can call it, "Goose value 71" is officially the peak of the bubble

[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago

Yah and sign up for their newsletter too

[–] istewart@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

high end medical equipment like it was another AI powered furby knock-off

Bbbbbut making high-end medical equipment profit margins on cheap Furby knockoffs is the new Silicon Valley ideal!

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A step up from last week's uncritical fluffing of Aella, and the hard target on Pinker is nice, but still kinda highlights how the publication grows out of semi-parasocial social media crushes and grievances. I'll take it, but they've still got a ways to go to convince me that they're not gonna turn out to be Neo-The Atlantic 2029

[–] istewart@awful.systems 11 points 2 weeks ago

This situation is the first time I've become aware that there was a longtime Dimes Square hangout called Kiki's. I'm gonna go ahead and consider that a mental health check that I happily passed

[–] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, OK, cool. Let me know how the chatbot handles temperature management, stock rotation, allergen cross-contamination for seafood, all that good stuff.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I keep on saying that there will be at least one more AI bubble before 2045, because apparently that's the latest date Kurzweil gives for his Singularity™ (can't be arsed to go reread his book and double-check, my copy was a PDF that came via the high seas 5 computers ago anyway)

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Zefram Cochrane is supposed to invent warp drive in 2063, these guys need to be moving their timelines forward, not backward!

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude why do we even need or want AGI?

We need salvation but it won't come via rapture this decade

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

I trust Nate Silver's writing advice exactly as much as I trust his recommendations for hair-care products

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