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ageedizzle

@ ageedizzle @piefed.ca

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  • U of A staff, students speak out against move to axe EDI from hiring policy

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  • Yeah I think targeting income brackets is the way to go. It’s a more precise target. Because not everyone from a minority group is economically disenfranchised, though of course many are. So targeting income brackets would still have the effect of increasing diversity, but at the same time it would ensure that the individuals benefiting from these programs are those that need it most.

  • Our understanding of reality might be a result of the way cousciousness works

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  • This is not unique to the science of consciousness. Extreme scepticism can kill any science from the get-go. Sure, we can’t prove that other beings are conscious. But we also can’t prove that the external world exists, either. Does that mean we’re doing to stop doing physics? No, because some forms of extreme scepticism are simply unreasonable. If we wait around for solutions to these radical sceptical scenarios then we’re never going to get anywhere.

  • Our understanding of reality might be a result of the way cousciousness works

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  • How do we know that certain wavelengths of light produce certain visual experiences (the colour red, green etc)? How do we know that electrical stimulation to certain parts of the brain can cause certain experiences (such as the hallucination of sounds or smells etc.)? That’s because we test on consciousness indirectly all the time, through first-person reports. So to say that we cannot test any hypothesis related to consciousness is demonstrably false.

  • It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines

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  • Interesting. And yeah I fid see that Claire Obscure Expedition 33 stuff actually haha.

    Thank you for your perspective and your advice! I appreciate it.

  • Japan and Canada Sign $700M Grant Deal with Ukraine Backed by Frozen Russian Assets

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  • Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining 

  • Japan and Canada Sign $700M Grant Deal with Ukraine Backed by Frozen Russian Assets

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  • Whats the distinction between the seizure versus the proceeds?

  • What is your favorite users to follow on here and why?

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  • Hahaha that's okay it's better than nothing. Thank you!

  • It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines

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  • Thank you for the detailed response. Most opinions on this topic are very much so based on vibes rather than real experience, so it's interesting to hear an informed opinion from someone on the inside.

    I hope to become a software developer one day too (it's a slow process, because I'm teaching myself in my free time) so I sometimes worry if all the effort I'm putting in is even worth it if LLMs will be doing all the programming in a few years. Do you think that's a concern? Will these tools continue to develop to that point or are they hitting a wall, like some people are saying?

  • Our understanding of reality might be a result of the way cousciousness works

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  • There is a lot of data that is out of reach (such as the experience of a dog) but we can generalize from the data we do have access to and see if we can pick up any meaningful patterns and then generalize from there. That’s how all science is done 

  • Our understanding of reality might be a result of the way cousciousness works

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  • If there's a new force or field, then it's still physical,

    That depends how you define your terms, but under most definitions I don’t think that this is always going to be the case

    But that's not what you're talking about, I think. It's more like the notion of life

    I’m not taking about life, I’m talking about consciousness which is a separate topic

    And yes, you can consider consciousness as some sort of other fundamental order, but it's not scientifi

    Why?

    it specifically cannot be since we can not measure it.

    We can measure it indirectly (eg by people telling us about their conscious experiences) which is good enough for empirical study

  • 'No One Should Have a Copyright on Vance Being Booed': Video From Olympics Blocked on X

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  • Wow, lasts 10+ years and has 3D capabilities. That sounds pretty good. What model is it? 

  • What is your favorite users to follow on here and why?

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  • That’s pretty neat please let me know what your twin says

  • Are you doing something to fuck over "the powerful"? If so, what?

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  • Even your fellow coworkers can be screwed over if you don’t give two weeks notice

  • What is your favorite users to follow on here and why?

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  • I think this user is posting on Mastodon but because they @ asklemmy it shows up as a thread in there. 

  • What is your favorite users to follow on here and why?

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  • You can follow a lemmy account from Mastodon? 

  • What is your favorite users to follow on here and why?

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  • The use of hashtags also suggests that this was originally a Mastodon post 

  • It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines

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  • Nor do I think they need an AGI to do this.

    Yeah I guess theres a lot of interesting stuff we can do with AI without necessarily achieving AGI. What about programming? Even if we don't get AGI soon, do you still think LLMs will be snatching up a sizeable chunk of programming jobs? 

  • It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines

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  • Interesting. Stuff like this makes me suspicious of the current LLM hype. I know it’s not necessarily language models per se being used by these vehicles, but still. If we were really on the cusp of AGI then I’d expect us to have at least cracked autonomous driving by now. 

  • Japan and Canada Sign $700M Grant Deal with Ukraine Backed by Frozen Russian Assets

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  • Wasn’t the EU considering doing something similar a while ago but then they eventually decided against it?

  • Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection

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  • That’s interesting I wonder why it wasn’t working for me