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- Comment on Plugs 4 days ago:
Shit! That video is Robert Sapolsky’s lecture. I have something like an “intellectual” crush on him. He has done pioneering works in behavioural science, and at the intersection of human physiology and psychology. One of his books “Why Zebra’s Don’t Get Ulcers” is entirely on the various effects of psychological stress on the human body.
He observed the same group of baboons for 25 years to understand their behaviour. Each year he used to spend 4 months with this group and observe them for more than 8 hours a day. “A Primate’s Memoir” is another book on this. Recently he wrote “Behave”, on the deterministic nature of human behaviour, tracing “aggression” back to the evolutionary reasons.
- Comment on ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself 2 weeks ago:
Replacing a human with any form of tech has been a long standing practice. Usually in this scenario the profitability or the efficiency takes a known pattern. Unfortunately what you said is the exact way the market always operated in the past, and will be operating in the future.
The general pattern is a new tech is invented or a new opportunity is identified, then a bunch of companies get into the market as competing entities. They offer competing prices to customers in an attempt to gain market dominance.
But the problem starts when low profit drives some companies to a situation where either they have to go bust or dissolve the wing, or sell the company to a competitor. Usually after this point a dominant company will emerge in a market segment. Then the monopolies are created. After this point companies either increase the price or exploit customers to get more money, and thereby start making profits. This has been the exact pattern in tech industries for several decades.
In the case of AI also, this is why companies are racing to capture market dominance. Early adopters always get a small advantage and help them get prominence in the segment.
- Comment on ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself 2 weeks ago:
This is something people always miss in these discussions. A graphic designer working for a medium marketing company is replaceable with a Stable Diffusion or Midjourney, because there, quality is not really that important. They work on quantity and “AI” is much more “efficient” in creating the quantity. That too even without paying for stock photos.
High end jobs will always be there in every profession. But the vast majority of the jobs in a sector do not belong to the “high end” category. That is where the job loss is going to happen. Not for Beeple Crap level artists.
- Comment on Mathematicians 5 weeks ago:
AFAIK it is just a form of elitism, where they argue applied science exists only because theoretical scientists “did” something. Like you are just using someone’s stuff.
Another thing is theoretical science “indicates” advancement of science, where the applied side is just growth in sideways.
- Comment on Anon hates aluminum 1 month ago:
And oceangate decided it’s the best material for deep diving.