> To the average person, LLMs are too useful to reject them
The way LLMss are now, outside of the tech bubble the average person has no use for them.
> on some ultimately muddied arguments along the lines of "it's OK for humans to train on books, but it's not OK for robots"
This is a bizarre argument. Humans don't "train" on books, they read them. This could be for many reasons, like to learn something new or to feel an emotion. The LLM trains on the book to be able to imitate it without attribution. These activities are not comparable.
I find it funny when people say it's not on Carlsen when it was entirely his decision to not compete. We already have rapid and blitz world championships that are separate. This is the classical world championship and I think the format is both exciting to watch and decently fair.
That's a very privileged attitude. Certainly someone already wealthy will not get much more happiness from gaining more wealth, but for many Americans a few thousand dollars could be a life-changing amount of money.
It's not the proportion of the population that is wealthy that matters, it's what proportion of the total wealth that they have. From the article, "In 2022, the wealthiest 1 percent held a quarter of the net personal wealth in the EU." So if you are taxing the 'poor' 99% of people, you are only accessing 75% of the taxable wealth.
Perhaps I'm oversimplifying things, but I have personally always assumed that using "Medieval" to describe D&D was almost entirely a reflection of the (non-magical) level of technology, and not anything societal or cultural.
Could you explain more about how first responders are not empowered at their jobs? I'm mostly curious if you see the cause as something local, or more like national policy that changes your ability to do your job.
I'm curious about your experience with older men not playing video games? I'm in my mid-thirties and I would say that the overwhelming majority of my male friends and co-workers play video games recreationally. Video games are more popular and accessible than ever, so I guess I'm confused about why someone would age-out of the hobby?
The game industry is notorious for expecting way, way above 40hrs/wk of work, especially as deadlines to release approach. Stories of game devs sleeping under their desks at night are shockingly common.
I find it interesting that the study is only about print and TV news, since I get about 90% of my news from my state's public radio channel. I'd say that I have an extremely high confidence in both NPR and my state's local stuff.
What's funny here are that the example issues you listed are exactly the issues that the vast majority of Americans actually do agree on. Those are wedge issues that were carefully crafted by political parties to try and create a division in popular opinion when there isn't one. It's a fairly common political strategy nowadays.
The user experience with Libby is so much better than any other audiobook service I have tried. The app is nice looking and responsive, but also minimal. Bonus points because using their website provides the exact same UI and UX as the app.
This is why things like 2-year vocational schools are so great! They tend to focus on competency-based outcomes, where "tests" usually involve demonstrating a skill in a simulated environment. Though I will definitely admit that this is not the best option for all areas of knowledge.
Teaching is mostly unskilled labor? What a ridiculous statement. Have you ever created a lesson plan? Written a test? These are difficult tasks that take skill and practice.
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