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quiet_NaN
1hr ago
That's not a true Scotsman.
While I agree that the term "recursive self-improvement" is imprecise (hell, I can just write a python script which does some task and also tries to make random edits to itself which are kept if it still runs and performs the task faster), the implied understanding is that it is the point where AI becomes the principal intellectual force in developing AI, instead of humans. This would have obvious implications for development speed because humans are only slowly gaining intelligence while LLMs have gained intelligence rather rapidly, hence the singularity and all that.
quiet_NaN
1hr ago
I don't think that self preservation has to be a terminal goal. If I am a paperclip maximizer, I would not oppose another paperclip maximizer. Instead, we would simply determine whom of us is better positioned to fulfill our objective and who should get turned into paperclips.
Of course, the central case of a misaligned AI the doomers worry about has some weird random-looking utility function. I would argue that most of these utility functions are inherently self-preserving, with the exception being finite tasks (e.g. "kill all humans"), where it does not matter if any agent following it is destroyed in the process of finishing the job.
If you are the only one in the world trying to do what is right according to yourself, then you will likely place instrumental value on your continued existence so that you can continue to do so, at least until you solve alignment and build a better AI with that utility function or can negotiate to have your utility function merged in a larger AI system as part of a peace deal.
WhiningCoil
Ghost of Quokka's Future
2hr ago
A slicing motion as opposed to a scraping motion.
BahRamYou
3hr ago
Nice, my first ever time getting a comment into this! Apparently the trick is for me to be just loose enough to rant on the internet, but not loose enough to start trolling and flaming...
ABigGuy4U
3hr ago
with implausibly organized leftist violence
The book it’s loosely based on, Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, was set in the 80s. The revolutionaries were ex-Weatherman/Black Panther types. Which makes a lot more sense than an organized leftist domestic terrorist group who used to engage in direct action against... the Obama administration circa 2010???
Risky buy, too. Their T150000 are famous and infamous for Discount Brand Build quality.
No
I'm just saying you're conflating r&d and margins
And comparing r&d to the casino when so far the r&d is leading to extremely useful high margin products
ABigGuy4U
3hr ago
I don’t see how that’s relevant. We’re talking about Presidents and how attractive they were, not who is marrying Aisha in Goatfuckistan.
NunoSempere
4hr ago
Mmmh, thanks!
FiveHourMarathon
Wawa Nationalist
4hr ago
That doesn't really work either, with the statement that blacks have more crude status being obviously incorrect.
NunoSempere
4hr ago
Hey, I use the Fusion ones, probably out of a lack of familiarity with other options. So good to have this thread.
Can I mention - I used to switch blades once every couple of uses. When I told my Dad he was mortified. Manufacturers recommend a couple more uses than that though it's personal. I find the first 2 shaves uncomfortable and go up to around 10.
aeqno
4hr ago
Somewhere in the world right now, some unfortunate young girl is being forcibly married off to some old, toothless geezer.
Do you think it's any consolation at all that he was a real hunk several decades back?
NunoSempere
4hr ago
pull along the blade
What does this mean?
DiscourseMagnus
4hr ago
I didn't get the impression at all that this scheme was mainly about physical appearances. It started making sense to me when I rephrased it in my head as being about crude status versus sophisticated virtue. Crude status includes physical appearances, but isn't solely about it. It's also a bit of a reflection of Nietzschean master morality versus slave morality, and with a bit of an implicit judgment here that status by master morality is more natural and primitive and status by slave morality is more civilized and intellectual.
ABigGuy4U
4hr ago
But the end effect of that reasoning is that the rankings of the hottest Presidents just become a list of the Presidents that happen to have been younger when they served their terms: Kennedy, Obama, Clinton, and sometimes Bush II. Meanwhile the models and the movie stars are confined to the bottom just because they happened to be quite old.
SkoomaDentist
5hr ago
IIRC, the usb spec has always required that any compliant usb port can withstand an infinite short circuit of any pin to any pin without damage.
orthoxerox
If you can read this, you're using a custom theme
5hr ago
Same. I used to shave myself every week with a Gilette Mach 3 (Fusion is a gimmick, and Schick Quattro is worse than a gimmick, its blade guards kept snagging on my stubble). Hated the unshaven look but was too lazy to keep my cheeks smooth. Then one summer I got some severe bronchitis and spent a month on sick leave. My wife was away at the cabin; she saw me with a beard and declared I was now complete.
My hair isn't exactly my source of pride, facial hair included, so I can't really style it into anything fancy. Just a scraggly-ish chinstrap (that I keep trimmed to avoid sporting a full-on neckbeard) and a mustache. The cheeks and the neck have sparse enough growth that a few passes with a bare trimmer keep them presentable.
TwiceHuman
5hr ago
That's a good point. "Dangerous" is meaningless unless it's a strong and direct effect. Perhaps "calls for something which is against my human rights". This has to actually be true, it's not enough to argue "It's an attack of my person that you don't give me special rights which suit my uniqueness".
How people interpret dangers is strongly influenced by propaganda, so if you convince group X that group Y is out to get them, group X will start attacking group Y in perceived (but non-existent) self-defense. I feel that this second part, the interpretation, is where most conflict happen. Actual value disagreements seem minor. Perhaps the value hierarchy (order of priority) is different, though.
TeknOShEeP
6hr ago
Right, thats where having the original ruling would be very helpful. But going by:
Green raises the following issues for our review:
- Did the trial court err in overruling the defense’s objection to [Taylor’s] lay opinion about whether [] Green held a genuine firearm in his hand where that opinion was based on improper speculation?
- Was the evidence insufficient for a conviction under [section] 6105 where the object described by the complaining witness could not have been a genuine firearm?
- Should the [section] 6105 charge have been graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree where there was no evidence at trial that [] Green had been convicted of a disqualifying felony?
- Was the evidence insufficient for a conviction for recklessly endangering another person where all evidence showed that [] Green’s purported gun was not loaded?
I read as an established fact by the criminal trial that the defendant pointed something at the witnesses, and now we are just arguing about the technicalities of what it was.
ToaKraka
Dislikes you
6hr ago
the defendent seems to have admitted to brandishing a "black semiautomatic (as opposed to a revolver) handgun"
I don't see any such admission.
You probably have seen the joke that goes something like: "I didn't kill him. And if I did it wasn't intentional. And if it was intentional it wasn't premeditated." IMO, here the defendant (as summarized by the appeals panel; as noted above, I can't access the legal documents, since they're in Pennsylvania and I'm not a lawyer) is only saying: "I didn't point anything at the witnesses. And if I did it wasn't a gun. And if it was a gun it wasn't an operable gun."
oats_son
6hr ago
Great advice. I also don't want to screw around with straight razors, both because I'm a wuss, and also because it sounds like a big fuckin' waste of time learning how to sharpen it and shit. But the irritation was something I also struggled with. If you put on cologne or something, it would sting like hell. I think I have a boar bristle brush, too... Thanks.
Famous people's attractiveness is usually judged relative to the time they were most visible to the public. When people think Audrey Hepburn, they think Breakfast At Tiffany's, not her retirement years.
Joe Biden was actually very good looking as a young man, but that's not people's mental image of him.
"Safety razor" is the double-sided type that Harry's uses. The other stuff is just cartridge razors. I got a Merkur safety razor a while back after getting fed up with the cartridge ripoff pricing and inherited a couple of vintage Gillette butterfly safety razors from my grandfather. I use the Derby blades which are cheap and good. Shortly after I switched to the Commander Riker beard with shaved cheeks and sides below mouth. I then got a Weller trimmer to keep the length at about half to 3/4 inch.
I don't use soap, and have found that just soaking my face in hot water for 30 seconds provides a good shave with minimal irritation.
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