lowkeyoptimist (u/lowkeyoptimist)

lowkeyoptimist commented on Sam Altman and Jony Ive Will Force A.I. Into Your Life newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee

mattnewton · 7 months ago

I'm skeptical of any hardware play here - As Marques Brownlee has said a lot when trying new ai hardware, "Smartphones are kinda OP."

Phones have gotten really good through incremental improvement and keeping some backwards compatibility so they were always useful at every point in their evolution. It's hard to imagine another device for ai that isn't just better served as an app.

lowkeyoptimist · 7 months ago

Waiting for them to come out with a screen-less phone so you just have to interact with it for absolutely everything.

lowkeyoptimist commented on US and Europe fear escalation of RU hybrid warfare amid Ukraine missile attacks theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/howard941

lowkeyoptimist · a year ago

"Earlier this year, US and German intelligence reportedly foiled a Russian plot to assassinate a number of defense industry executives across Europe, including a plan to kill the Rheinmetall CEO, Armin Papperger."

I would say that Russia already is engaging in acts of sabotage or "hybrid warfare".

If you are going to support Ukraine, support them in a fashion that actually allows them to win. This slow walk of aid and putting rules of engagement on Ukraine that no sane country would ever follow if attacked is sickening.

lowkeyoptimist commented on Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science reason.com/2024/11/18/how... · Posted by u/Bostonian

TheBigSalad · a year ago

I don't think people who say "Trust the science" are saying that science has it all figured out. It's telling people that they should weigh scientific data into their thought process. In reality many people make all of their decisions based on emotions and "feels".

lowkeyoptimist · a year ago

"Trust the science" really came into its full form during the pandemic and was a veiled line in appealing to authority. The CDC, Dr. Fauci, NIH, or any governing body issuing mandates during the pandemic would tell you to trust the science, when in reality they just didn't want people to question their decisions. As it turns out, some of the people questioning school closures or masks were correct! Questioning vaccine safety for young men was and is correct, as long as there were not comorbidities. The people or institutions that were yelling "trust the science" the loudest were indeed saying that they had it all figured out and that anyone that questioned them was wrong.

"Trust the science" became a campaign slogan during the pandemic, and fell into the same realm as "defund the police" or "trust all women".

So yes, "trust the science" does mean what you said that it is a process that should take data new and old into account. However, the sad thing is it was co-opted by people who used it as a cudgel to silence anyone that didn't toe the line.

lowkeyoptimist commented on Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science reason.com/2024/11/18/how... · Posted by u/Bostonian

csours · a year ago

I feel like rational communication requires an overlap in perspective - not the same point of view, but some amount of overlap.

Science relies on rational communication between people who disagree, because we can fool ourselves, and we can fool our in-group. The narrative fallacy doesn't just affect weak minds; by yourself, you won't outsmart your own filters.

To learn about the world, you have to accept the world, and some things about the world are hard to accept as bare facts. Donald Trump was elected president. Can you accept that as a bare fact? Probably not if you've fought with people about it. There's a drag show in town. Can you accept that as a bare fact? ... IQ tests have a history of racial disparity. ... The earth is round and orbits the sun. ...

A lot of rational minded people tend to disparage emotional intelligence, but I feel that rational communication across strong moral feelings requires a lot of emotional work and trust, and it's really hard to trust while you are fighting.

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I feel like 'virtue signaling' is poorly named. I think 'Comfort Signaling' and 'Loyalty Signaling' are easier to talk and reason about.

* I am flying this flag because I want my people to be comfortable with me.

* I am flying this flag because I want my people to know that I am loyal to them, and I don't care about what other people think. (Or, I'm fine with the other people hating me because of this flag)

lowkeyoptimist · a year ago

It is 100% virtue signaling because it is used as a means to feel and show moral superiority to others that do not hold those views or 'virtues'.

It is also a loyalty and comfort signal, but as we saw with Helmuth's reaction - it is impossible that Gen X saw fault with Harris' policies. It is only that they are bigoted, narrow minded, fascist loving, misogynist. If a 'virtue' is questioned, you are excommunicated from the 'liberal/ Democrat' party if you want to label it as such.

lowkeyoptimist commented on Indian startup 3D prints rocket engine in 72 hours spectrum.ieee.org/3d-prin... · Posted by u/pseudolus

abduhl · 2 years ago

OSHA has a nice pamphlet regarding hazard identification and hazard controls. The least effective method of protecting workers is to put the risk on the worker to protect themselves. Your view has a similar vibe to "well they weren't wearing their hard hat and so it's their fault," a view that has been rejected across the board for safety in favor of the view that even letting the situation get to that point is a failure.

https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/Hierarchy_of_Contro...

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

If a driver is using any driver assistance feature they need to be paying attention all the time. Not only is it stated in all vehicle manuals, it is the intelligent way to use the features given that automated driving is still far from perfect.

Your analogy makes no sense given that the risk is always on the driver whether there are driver assistance features or not.

lowkeyoptimist commented on Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison cnn.com/business/live-new... · Posted by u/misiti3780

caturopath · 2 years ago

The new management found many billions of assets of various asset classes https://www.reuters.com/technology/bankrupt-crypto-exchange-... When FTX thought it was broke, there were really billions of dollars of stuff they were too much of a mess to come up with.

That isn't to say that 'all the money was there' or that the conduct wasn't deeply criminal and unethical, but a huge part of the shortfall was really just terrible books.

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

That billions of stuff were other coins that dropped in value which they were using to run their scheme and investments that are still illiquid, like their 500 million dollar investment in Anthropic. I can only imagine what that Anthropic investment is worth today.

https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

This is even from the article you reference: "FTX has benefited from a recent rise in crypto prices, Dietderich said. Its total recovery would be valued at $6.2 billion based on crypto prices from November 2022, when it filed for bankruptcy after traders pulled $6 billion from the platform in three days and rival exchange Binance abandoned a rescue deal."

lowkeyoptimist commented on Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design cnu.org/publicsquare/2023... · Posted by u/jseliger

jmyeet · 2 years ago

Times change.

Feudalism existed for centuries until it fell to capitalism.

Prior to WW2 there was a strong labor movement in the US. There was a reason the US was paranoid about communists. Abraham Lincoln was basically a Marxist in this sense [1][2]. That's how far right things have shifted, particularly since Ronald Reagan.

The Red Scare dstroyed any sense of class consciousness people had and neoliberalism ran wild. This doesn't happen overnight.

[1]: https://www.cooperative-individualism.org/lincoln-abraham_on...

[2]: https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/how-karl-marx-influenced...

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

Here is the full speech for reference, but Abraham Lincoln was far from a Marxist given that he describes essentially the American dream of starting from nothing to build your own enterprise.

"Again, as has already been said, there is not of necessity any such thing as the free hired laborer being fixed to that condition for life. Many independent men everywhere in these States a few years back in their lives were hired laborers. The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all."

[1]:https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeche...

lowkeyoptimist commented on Binance founder Changpeng Zhao agrees to step down, plead guilty wsj.com/finance/currencie... · Posted by u/himaraya

reactordev · 2 years ago

define justice...

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair. A society in which justice has been achieved would be one in which individuals receive what they "deserve"

So, what do they deserve? It's up to a panel of peers to determine. Peers, mind you, that are representative of the society you live in.

So in a sense, public outcry and court of public opinion can sway personal opinions on what is just and fair and determine what people deserve. I find the entire system malleable and ripe for corruption.

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

What system, in your world, is not malleable and ripe for corruption? In your world democracy would be the most malleable and corrupt while autocracy would be the least given the boundaries you laid out.

lowkeyoptimist commented on SEC charges Kraken for operating as an unregistered securities exchange sec.gov/news/press-releas... · Posted by u/kklisura

landemva · 2 years ago

Stablecoins are supposed to be stable, and not rise or fall. There is no expectation of profit for a stablecoin like USDC. And USDC doesn't pay interest. People use it for stability and for payments.

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

Last I checked, you could get 5% interest on your USDC. Is that just something where the exchange is lending it out?

lowkeyoptimist commented on Paris to hold referendum on higher parking fees for heavy SUVs brusselstimes.com/796298/... · Posted by u/geox

n4r9 · 2 years ago

This is one way to discourage pollution in the city.

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

And discourage EVs since they are heavier than ICVs.