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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Josquius - Today at 01:52:10 PMI'm torn on AI overall.
I used to be very much of the opinion it was all marketing buzz and would soon blow over.
Increasingly though I am worried. Its not in that place yet. I do still expect in the next year or two a backtracking on all those replace jobs with AI moves...
But longer term when it comes down to it.... Sure its not actually thinking and its just 1s and 0s throwing out the most likely stuff...but isn't that what humans are too?
The other day I had quite the existential panic over the future.
I used to be very much of the opinion it was all marketing buzz and would soon blow over.
Increasingly though I am worried. Its not in that place yet. I do still expect in the next year or two a backtracking on all those replace jobs with AI moves...
But longer term when it comes down to it.... Sure its not actually thinking and its just 1s and 0s throwing out the most likely stuff...but isn't that what humans are too?
The other day I had quite the existential panic over the future.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Tamas - Today at 01:23:38 PMInterestingly the Guardian comment section under an opinion article on the neurodivergent kids thing seem, if anything, in the side of curbing the current system.
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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...
Last post by The Brain - Today at 01:20:02 PMIIRC we finished it in three years.
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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 12:40:53 PMIIRC both of them are on CBC Gem too.
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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Jacob - Today at 12:38:34 PMI rarely watch films these days, but I've started watching them on flights when the kids let me.
Just got back from a short vacation in Ontario (with a quick dip to Quebec) and finally saw Mad Max: Fury Road. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it for the 80s post-apocalyptic sci-fi vibes and general over-the-topness.
I also watched Bonne Cop, Bad Cop for the first time. I loved it. I love the Canadianess of it. Unfortunately my plane landed and I haven't seen the final 10 minutes of the film. It looks like it's on Canadian Netflix, so I should be able to finish it later today.
Just got back from a short vacation in Ontario (with a quick dip to Quebec) and finally saw Mad Max: Fury Road. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it for the 80s post-apocalyptic sci-fi vibes and general over-the-topness.
I also watched Bonne Cop, Bad Cop for the first time. I loved it. I love the Canadianess of it. Unfortunately my plane landed and I haven't seen the final 10 minutes of the film. It looks like it's on Canadian Netflix, so I should be able to finish it later today.
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Tamas - Today at 11:52:28 AMQuote from: crazy canuck on Today at 11:38:52 AMQuote from: Tamas on Today at 10:23:28 AMMost of the risks around AI would go away if marketing people stopped pretending it actually thinks.
Yes, but to make the statement more accurate I would remove the word marketing and replace "pretending" with "believing".
Good point.
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:38:52 AMQuote from: Tamas on Today at 10:23:28 AMMost of the risks around AI would go away if marketing people stopped pretending it actually thinks.
Yes, but to make the statement more accurate I would remove the word marketing and replace "pretending" with "believing".
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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...
Last post by Darth Wagtaros - Today at 10:53:51 AMYeah, no idea but we play once or twice a month. So not too many.
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Tamas - Today at 10:23:28 AMMost of the risks around AI would go away if marketing people stopped pretending it actually thinks.
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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 09:43:39 AMIt's the bond of Reeves' fiscal rules and election pledges. Fiscal rules that are stricter than Jeremy Hunt's, economically bumpy times (some things in our controls, others like Trump not) plus a commitment to not raise taxes on "working people".
I think I mentioned with the rebellion on disability benefit - I'm really not sure the PLP will wear the cuts to special education needs provision (which is this cut - and again a ballooning cost that needs real, not Treasury-driven, reform) or immigration changes.
I often agree with Labour MPs but ultimately they ran on a manifesto ruling out revenue raising from two thirds of the tax base, have big spending plans on infrastructure, the NHS and (now) defence and they're rejecting all other cuts. I think at some point somewhere something will have to give and it won't be pretty.
I think I mentioned with the rebellion on disability benefit - I'm really not sure the PLP will wear the cuts to special education needs provision (which is this cut - and again a ballooning cost that needs real, not Treasury-driven, reform) or immigration changes.
I often agree with Labour MPs but ultimately they ran on a manifesto ruling out revenue raising from two thirds of the tax base, have big spending plans on infrastructure, the NHS and (now) defence and they're rejecting all other cuts. I think at some point somewhere something will have to give and it won't be pretty.