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"drop off," i think is the analogous term
November 8, 2023 at 7:04 PM
"drop off," i think is the analogous term
i wish we talked about it like this more, but very rare to see ppl ask, "how do we get someone on the primary ballot"
November 8, 2023 at 6:54 PM
i wish we talked about it like this more, but very rare to see ppl ask, "how do we get someone on the primary ballot"
pov outside of academia, this is a well-known bad habit. if you can't answer a q with "i don't know" then you can't ask a q, which is literally a pre-emptive "i don't know." suddenly no one's learning from each other, and no one knows who knows what
November 8, 2023 at 5:30 PM
pov outside of academia, this is a well-known bad habit. if you can't answer a q with "i don't know" then you can't ask a q, which is literally a pre-emptive "i don't know." suddenly no one's learning from each other, and no one knows who knows what
i too had nothing really at risk on my ballot. i went for the sticker, stole the pen too
November 8, 2023 at 5:08 AM
i too had nothing really at risk on my ballot. i went for the sticker, stole the pen too
use it to pack your books when you move
November 7, 2023 at 5:56 PM
use it to pack your books when you move
cassandra was a story about how being completely right and completely ineffective was a curse on her, it was not a story about how the people around her were all stupid
November 6, 2023 at 8:22 PM
cassandra was a story about how being completely right and completely ineffective was a curse on her, it was not a story about how the people around her were all stupid
and elections are not "picking a destination to land on," they are "pulling in the direction you want to go."
November 6, 2023 at 6:38 PM
and elections are not "picking a destination to land on," they are "pulling in the direction you want to go."
maybe also in the readership? i always thought th gawker family was a specific flavor before they got bought up
November 5, 2023 at 6:39 PM
maybe also in the readership? i always thought th gawker family was a specific flavor before they got bought up
ot1h polls today are about as relevant to '24 as polls from this time last year. otoh polls are proxy measures for current issues, and we want our electeds to pay attention to them
November 5, 2023 at 5:27 PM
ot1h polls today are about as relevant to '24 as polls from this time last year. otoh polls are proxy measures for current issues, and we want our electeds to pay attention to them
is why organizers always say: do this with friends. so y'all keep each other in the game when there aren't any, like, balcony-scene-in-evita moments
November 5, 2023 at 5:15 PM
is why organizers always say: do this with friends. so y'all keep each other in the game when there aren't any, like, balcony-scene-in-evita moments
not that this will make anyone feel better, but in general when protests move needles, even at its most dramatic it takes days for anyone to notice and weeks for anyone to admit it
November 5, 2023 at 5:12 PM
not that this will make anyone feel better, but in general when protests move needles, even at its most dramatic it takes days for anyone to notice and weeks for anyone to admit it
a grand theory of the internet: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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November 5, 2023 at 6:43 AM
a grand theory of the internet: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
right, it doesn't help that the people who understand it and have access to policymakers also have an incentive for AI to be understood a certain kind of way. and the public mostly gets those narratives, telephone-gamed through the press
November 5, 2023 at 2:48 AM
right, it doesn't help that the people who understand it and have access to policymakers also have an incentive for AI to be understood a certain kind of way. and the public mostly gets those narratives, telephone-gamed through the press
but i agree that the people who have hopes of exploiting this don't have a strong grip on what they want to exploit, or why. they are probably accidentally correct that this kind of AI can help... statistically speaking... (it's like raiiiiiin...)
November 5, 2023 at 2:33 AM
but i agree that the people who have hopes of exploiting this don't have a strong grip on what they want to exploit, or why. they are probably accidentally correct that this kind of AI can help... statistically speaking... (it's like raiiiiiin...)
it doesn't have to be words. the "deep learning" thing started (IIRC) with image recognition. if i see this block of shapes and colors, what are the chances it's a dog? if i hear these notes, or this concentration of chemicals, etc... any "data" that can be signified and correlated
November 5, 2023 at 2:32 AM
it doesn't have to be words. the "deep learning" thing started (IIRC) with image recognition. if i see this block of shapes and colors, what are the chances it's a dog? if i hear these notes, or this concentration of chemicals, etc... any "data" that can be signified and correlated
if you have millions of "well, what if" conditions, eventually reasonable-looking answers fall out. the reason it's "opaque" is we don't see what conditions the AI is taking into account, or how important it weighs each condition
November 5, 2023 at 2:15 AM
if you have millions of "well, what if" conditions, eventually reasonable-looking answers fall out. the reason it's "opaque" is we don't see what conditions the AI is taking into account, or how important it weighs each condition
AI isn't a total sham, but it isn't classical "intelligence" either. it's essentially statistical correlations, hyper-accelerated. think: whenever you see the word "eat" on the internet, what is the percentage chance the next word is "ass"? what if it's a news site vs. tumblr page? etc...
November 5, 2023 at 2:14 AM
AI isn't a total sham, but it isn't classical "intelligence" either. it's essentially statistical correlations, hyper-accelerated. think: whenever you see the word "eat" on the internet, what is the percentage chance the next word is "ass"? what if it's a news site vs. tumblr page? etc...
this conversation that starts with tasha's "killing children is always wrong" and ends with your "murdering babies is never okay" is kind of how this conversation always goes. not saying we shouldn't still have it, just saying there are resources for figuring out what lessons to learn
November 3, 2023 at 6:39 PM
this conversation that starts with tasha's "killing children is always wrong" and ends with your "murdering babies is never okay" is kind of how this conversation always goes. not saying we shouldn't still have it, just saying there are resources for figuring out what lessons to learn
do you think that the correct "something happening" is murder
November 3, 2023 at 6:30 PM
do you think that the correct "something happening" is murder
do you think what you are doing right now on bsky was preordained by what you were at six months old
November 3, 2023 at 6:27 PM
do you think what you are doing right now on bsky was preordained by what you were at six months old
the left here does this thing where we snipe at each other so hard we convince ourselves that it's better to die together than work together, you might have seen this elsewhere, anyway i'm turning off my apt lights and drinking whatever's under the sink now
November 3, 2023 at 1:09 AM
the left here does this thing where we snipe at each other so hard we convince ourselves that it's better to die together than work together, you might have seen this elsewhere, anyway i'm turning off my apt lights and drinking whatever's under the sink now
what it looks like when a train of thought has only two boxcars
November 2, 2023 at 6:16 PM
what it looks like when a train of thought has only two boxcars
