I buy the emotional appeal of “please let the UFO show up and dissolve all our problems.” But even if non human intelligence is real (it’s not impossible), turning that into “doom” is mostly a choice: it offloads agency and absolves us from the seat.
To me 'boredom' is the sneakier driver :) A lot of “I want it to be aliens” reads less like evidence-following and more like novelty-hunger: reality feels stale, so we reach for a plot twist big enough to make everything mean something again. That impulse is exciting, but it’s also how you end up treating catastrophe (or salvation) as entertainment instead of responsibility.
The world is boring, and you are responsible. Live with it.
I don't want to read comments, but I can’t be the only one who wrote a script to click forever and turned the page into a chaotic, laggy nightmare. Pure art honestly
Consciousness is the most obvious mystery, one that undoubtedly warrants considerable attention.
Your point about starting with physical things is questionable, as highlighted by prominent figures like Penrose and Donald Hoffman. The fundamentalism of materialism is an axiom that lacks proof.
Perhaps to you 'saying consciousness is the result of quantum effects in microtubules explains nothing', but so does Dennett's saying 'consciousness is an illusion', which equals 'I'm not sure what it is, but I will dismiss it because I would rather ridicule the unknown than accept my ignorance.'
At least Penrose denies what is deniable to open the door for a broader perspective, something that Dennett failed at.
I bet you think an LLM can experience what the color red feels like, or it can feel the scent of a rose, if it's fed enough 1/0's about it.
Understand things? He has never successfully explained anything related to consciousness except by using the magical word: illusion. One might argue back, 'You're the illusion, Mr. Dennett,' and we end up as a bunch of ignorant folks pointing fingers.
I've never quite seen eye to eye with Daniel Dennett. His tendency to reduce the inexplicable to what he's confident he understands has always made me wonder if a challenging childhood might have fostered his distrust of the mysterious. Whenever I admire Nobel Prize laureates like Roger Penrose, who argue that consciousness isn't just software running on the brain's hardware, I can't help but feel a twinge of pity for Dennett and his like-minded peers. I can almost hear him reflecting, 'Wow, that was a wild ride, but boy, was I cranky! I wish I could have another go at it.
It's a revolutionary thing, but I'll reserve my judgment until I see if it can handle the real challenge: creating a video where my code works perfectly on the first try.
Brazil is truly "samba"-rific, hitting a high note with 92.4% of its electricity by renewables. It seems they're not just good at producing great music and football talent. Obrigado, Brazil, for showing us how it's done!
IMO it's not that there 'were' multiple species and only we survived; we are still multiple species, but we don't point that out for cultural correctness. Yes, the extent of our differences has narrowed as we passed through survival bottlenecks, but we never became a single species.
About me:
• Over ten years of experience in back-end and front-end development across various technologies
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Such incidents mark the end of an era. The diminishing relevance of traditional media in the digital age is afoot.
I feel sorry for those who feed their families through this industry, but they need to learn and adapt before it's too late.
Even if this lawsuit finds merit, it's akin to temporarily holding back a tsunami with a mere stick. A momentary reprieve, but not a sustainable solution.
I agree with those who say power matters. There are players out there who don't care about copyrights. They will win if the "good guys" fall into the trap of protecting old information models by limiting the potential of new tech.
Such event should be a clear signal: evolve or risk obsolescence.
Insightful articulation of the concept of technical debt (likening it to a financial loan) but it somewhat oversimplifies the nuanced and often non-linear nature of software development. I observe that technical debt is not always a straight trade-off between speed and future maintenance. Sometimes, what appears as debt could be a strategic decision aligned with evolving business goals or market demands. The article underestimates the dynamic nature of software projects where initial assumptions might change, making the so-called 'debt' a necessary step in the process of innovation and adaptation. This perspective fails to acknowledge that in certain scenarios, adhering too rigidly to best practices can lead to missed opportunities or an inability to pivot quickly in response to user feedback or changing market conditions.
Brilliant! After years of delay and uncertainty, €2.6 billion per year to regain access to a program they were once part of? Who needs that extra money for healthcare, education, or infrastructure anyway? Is this a hint that someone's tail is between her legs and wants another change?
You can dictate the style of writing in your prompt, though. For example, I have a few prompts saved in my notes, each for a particular use case. Except for a few comments I write on social media (like this one), none of my English output is generated directly by me, and it never looks or feels generated by AI. All thanks to the writing-style prompts.
I believe that in a couple of years, people will start looking at writings (any writing) in a very different way than they do now. Apart from the fact that spelling or grammatical mistakes will join history, people will take anything written on a much less serious or personal note. Although the less personal aspect is gratifying, the less serious tone is a huge negative. Writers will move to a new level of writing skills in order to keep relevant and retain their audience. Puns, teasing, and unorthodox expressions will flood the internet. Writing styles will become trademarks! Language itself, especially English, will be much more standardized, as if it's a programming code. The bad will get badder and the good will be gooder.
Me feeling philosophical. To me, solving a problem is living. No machine will do living, unless we know what living is, so that we can try to bake it into a machine. We can use ChatGPT to take blind, systematic steps in the way of solving a problem, but never to 'solve' the problem. For solving is living.
To me 'boredom' is the sneakier driver :) A lot of “I want it to be aliens” reads less like evidence-following and more like novelty-hunger: reality feels stale, so we reach for a plot twist big enough to make everything mean something again. That impulse is exciting, but it’s also how you end up treating catastrophe (or salvation) as entertainment instead of responsibility.
The world is boring, and you are responsible. Live with it.