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redavni commented on Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on the fringe news.cornell.edu/stories/... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

intended · 6 months ago

Do you know that we've seen a difference in how information cascades through conspiracist networks vs science oriented ones?

If you want a better differentiation, is computer science the same as magic? Is there no difference between the skills someone develops as a professional and expert in their field, and the lay person? Everyone has the same level of ability and willingness to understand a subject?

For example, did you read the article before commenting?

redavni · 6 months ago

Conspiratorial networks? I'm not wasting my time reading research which is probably entirely intentionally incorrect conspiracy theories that people believe. Might was well have done research into whether people believe Gone With The Wind was actual history. Reading the research is not necessary because of the framing. The framing makes the research useless for truth seeking.

The idea here is exactly what you say, belief in authority because science people spend time on it. Essentially this is science as religion. Which was exactly my point.

redavni commented on Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on the fringe news.cornell.edu/stories/... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

redavni · 6 months ago

The dichotomy of conspiracy theory / not conspiracy theory is semantic poison. This entire article is reinforcement. Do you see it?

Are you the kind of person who believes convincing sounding research from an Ivy League school posted on social media and wikipedia articles? Is your epistemology based in socialmediaism?

redavni commented on Yes I Will Read Ulysses Yes theatlantic.com/magazine/... · Posted by u/petethomas

freejazz · 6 months ago

So you wont read it again because you had a professor that dedicated his career to the book and it made you feel insecure? That seems unfair. Give a shot, free of pretension.

redavni · 6 months ago

Dude has a mildly traumatic experience in a high pressure environment at which he pushed through, and you respond with toxicity and name calling? This is not OK behavior for an adult. Do better.

redavni commented on Magistral — the first reasoning model by Mistral AI mistral.ai/news/magistral... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

dominicrose · 7 months ago

How would you use a fast AI?

My current use of AI is to generate code - or translate some code from a programming language to another - which I can then improve (instead of writing it from stratch). Speed isn't necessary for this. It's a nice-to-have but only if it's not at the cost of quality.

Also, as unfair as it "might" be, we do expect a fast AI not to be as good, don't we? So I wouldn't focus on that in the marketing. I think speed would be easier to sell as something extra you would pay for, because then you'd expect the quality to remain the same or better.

redavni · 7 months ago

analyzing and modifying a user interface in realtime?

redavni commented on Google restricts Android sideloading puri.sm/posts/google-rest... · Posted by u/fsflover

soulofmischief · 7 months ago

I'm not sure what you're talking about, mind elaborating?

redavni · 7 months ago

I would love to, but this is the wrong forum. This is going to sound weird if you understand these events purely literally, but me and you are ideologically aligned, but not dialectically aligned. There is a much greater truth to this entire situation.

redavni commented on Google restricts Android sideloading puri.sm/posts/google-rest... · Posted by u/fsflover

soulofmischief · 7 months ago

> Your comment seems to disregard it

Because it's irrelevant.

> but if this was driven by a government, does Google really deserve all the blame?

Of course. If the government ordered Google to assist in a genocide against some demographic, and Google goes along with it, it doesn't matter if the government is also evil. Google is evil for playing ball.

And we don't have to speak in hypotheticals. Both Google and Amazon are actively engaging in tech-assisted genocide.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/what-is-project-nim...

I have boycotted Amazon for a while now and I'd boycott Google too if it wasn't so pervasive in my professional life.

redavni · 7 months ago

When you understand that this is not literally the truth, but is actually still true.

redavni commented on The Gmail app will now create AI summaries arstechnica.com/google/20... · Posted by u/rurp

redavni · 7 months ago

Been using this in our Workplace account. Most people don't like it because they are luddites, but I absolutely love the summaries for those multi-week 50 email threads. Also the ability to quickly insert an absurdly overly formal response to a simple request as a joke is amusing.

I do wish it had the ability to respond to emails for me though with a prompt.

redavni commented on · Posted by u/pseudolus

dc396 · 7 months ago

Who cares? The statement "MAGA's assault on science is an act of grievous self harm" is, in my view, equivalent to stating "water is wet." The fact that it is published by or even an opinion of the owners of a publication owned by non-US people is irrelevant.

If you feel MAGA's assault on science is NOT an act of grievous self harm, you could provide your argument as to why you believe that to be the case. Otherwise you're just contributing noise.

redavni · 7 months ago

My statement was intended to alleviate the tension caused by semantic dissonance that was created by the authoritative title and the the authors statement that this is an editorial opinion.

Welcome to the future.

redavni commented on · Posted by u/pseudolus

redavni · 7 months ago

The Economist is a European publication owned by Italian owners of Fiat, Rothschilds, and other British families. This article is attributed to "Leaders" which means it is an editorial position of the publication.