Yes I am a Luddite, a proud tech-loving Luddite. And if you think there's a contradiction in that, then you need to read up on what the Luddites stood for.
The problem is not that AI tech exists. Machine learning has been around for quite a while, and the modern neural processor chips are a great evolution of it. The problem is that corporations are using the tech for exploitation, plagiarism on an industrial scale, and creating misinformation ant terrifying speed.
Though you reference to the Luddites is quite appropriate in that they opposed the replacement of skilled labourers with child workers, just as modern day opponents of AI slop seek to stem the tide of skilled programmers being replaced with vibe coders, artists and illustrators with prompt writers, and the myriad of workers being replaced with inferior imitations of intelligence.
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
Frank Herbert, Dune
People were happy about the killing of Brian Thompson the moment that news of his death spread. A health insurance CEO. A man who systematically denied healthcare to thousands of people, almost certainly leading to some of them dying.
You can say that murder is wrong, and be correct in that. But then surely being instrumental in running a system of denying and delaying people's access to medical treatment leading to their death is so much worse that directly killing one person.
The conversation is about human death. The question is at what point is a human being considered dead. If cellular function is brought into it, then a rotting corpse is teeming with bacterial life.
You are right that biological functions of the human body can continue well past the point that someone would be broadly considered dead. I just think that a lack of brain function is a good classification of when to consider that someone has died.
Seems to me that you're not missing any fun. It's just that the gameplay that fans of the factory building genre find entertaining, you don't. For me it's the fun of an ever growing interconnected mesh of production lines. It's like a series of complex puzzles that are based on how I solved the ones before. And trains... I love trains.
Personally I just can't get into Souls-likes. I've tried several times and none of them have ever clicked for me.
If this is true, then it's a serious warcrime that warrants condemnation and prosecution of the Hezbollah personnel who did it.
But that is a very big if.
At this point, Israel has been caught lying so many times that any claim they make should be assumed to be a lie unless verified by an independent third party.
Well actually. In the Lovecraft story The Whisperer in Darkness, the Eldrich beings are from the newly discovered ninth planet. So yes, it is canon to Lovecraft's work that Pluto harbours Lovecraftian horrors.
Enemy at the gates is not a documentary, and that scene is very much not historically accurate. The actual history is significantly more complicated.
I don't think the comparison to the soviets is needed at all. I think the incompetence of the Russian army stands by itself. And unless this new offensive somehow turns things around, I think that Russia's forces will continue to get fucked for the foreseeable future.
They were listing some of the atrocities and crimes commited by the US military. It's an odd response to what you said I'll give you. But I believe the point they were trying to make is that you don't need to understand the finer points of the military to see the horrors it inflicts.
I'm annoyed by it saying he got 'slightly less' that the six years prosecutors wanted. 40 months is 3 1/3 years. That's not slightly less than six years, that's almost half.
Yeah, you should run a train on her.
How about simply 'sloplings'
I cannot think of the word smashing without thinking of his voice.
Yeah, but before she can even get them on, Picard will have seen everything.
It was David Cameron who was the, alleged, pig fucker.
Yes I am a Luddite, a proud tech-loving Luddite. And if you think there's a contradiction in that, then you need to read up on what the Luddites stood for.
The problem is not that AI tech exists. Machine learning has been around for quite a while, and the modern neural processor chips are a great evolution of it. The problem is that corporations are using the tech for exploitation, plagiarism on an industrial scale, and creating misinformation ant terrifying speed.
Though you reference to the Luddites is quite appropriate in that they opposed the replacement of skilled labourers with child workers, just as modern day opponents of AI slop seek to stem the tide of skilled programmers being replaced with vibe coders, artists and illustrators with prompt writers, and the myriad of workers being replaced with inferior imitations of intelligence.
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." Frank Herbert, Dune
People were happy about the killing of Brian Thompson the moment that news of his death spread. A health insurance CEO. A man who systematically denied healthcare to thousands of people, almost certainly leading to some of them dying.
You can say that murder is wrong, and be correct in that. But then surely being instrumental in running a system of denying and delaying people's access to medical treatment leading to their death is so much worse that directly killing one person.
The conversation is about human death. The question is at what point is a human being considered dead. If cellular function is brought into it, then a rotting corpse is teeming with bacterial life.
You are right that biological functions of the human body can continue well past the point that someone would be broadly considered dead. I just think that a lack of brain function is a good classification of when to consider that someone has died.
Well at least you had a box and a hole. I only had a damp newspaper on a patch of dirt to live in.
For only $1B I'll open 'The Straight of Hormuz'. It will be either a gay bar or a gaming cafe.
Seems to me that you're not missing any fun. It's just that the gameplay that fans of the factory building genre find entertaining, you don't. For me it's the fun of an ever growing interconnected mesh of production lines. It's like a series of complex puzzles that are based on how I solved the ones before. And trains... I love trains.
Personally I just can't get into Souls-likes. I've tried several times and none of them have ever clicked for me.
Really? Because I've been seeing a pretty steady stream of complaints and general badmouthing of Democrats for many years now.
If this is true, then it's a serious warcrime that warrants condemnation and prosecution of the Hezbollah personnel who did it.
But that is a very big if.
At this point, Israel has been caught lying so many times that any claim they make should be assumed to be a lie unless verified by an independent third party.
Well if you're going to fire me, I'm gonna fire the warehouse.
Well actually. In the Lovecraft story The Whisperer in Darkness, the Eldrich beings are from the newly discovered ninth planet. So yes, it is canon to Lovecraft's work that Pluto harbours Lovecraftian horrors.
Enemy at the gates is not a documentary, and that scene is very much not historically accurate. The actual history is significantly more complicated.
I don't think the comparison to the soviets is needed at all. I think the incompetence of the Russian army stands by itself. And unless this new offensive somehow turns things around, I think that Russia's forces will continue to get fucked for the foreseeable future.
They were listing some of the atrocities and crimes commited by the US military. It's an odd response to what you said I'll give you. But I believe the point they were trying to make is that you don't need to understand the finer points of the military to see the horrors it inflicts.
I have a feeling it's gonna be a long road, getting from here to there with eugenics. I'd much rather use technology to overcome our limitations.
I'm annoyed by it saying he got 'slightly less' that the six years prosecutors wanted. 40 months is 3 1/3 years. That's not slightly less than six years, that's almost half.