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- Comment on Who grew up watching Beakmans World? 11 hours ago:
I wrote in twice.
For those that don’t know. They would answer questions sent in by kids.
I got a generic reply but I did get a reply. Maybe a primo card or something. I don’t recall.
They never put my questions on the show.
I only remember one of them.
I asked where color went when things fade.
I now know it’s because the molecules break down from oxygen and sunlight. They don’t go anywhere. They just stop reflecting back certain wave lengths and reflect back more . Making it lighter./whiter.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 11 hours ago:
Agenic systems are definitely more sophisticated but still just directed programming.
Humans do not learn like machines learn.
I’ve already explained that the exact same input , put in twice into a human will not result in the same exact output.
But it would for a model where nothing has changed.
I also gave links to the binding problem and biopsychology of personality and how traits change how information is processed in humans.
Computers don’t have that.
This is why a human can produce new problem solving solutions.
Apply things unrelated to new problems.
We can think outside the box without producing more nonsense than useful outputs.
Machines produce mostly nonsense when parameters are relaxed.
Also Chomsky is saying he thinks potentially in the future. Someone could create artificial intelligence and it may , in part use LLMs.
That’s just him having an open mind about it.
I don’t share his sentiments. But I admit I’m open to changing my mind if I see some very convincing evidence that works with current knowledge and theories of neuroscience.
Because I’m not convinced that something is sentient because “it looks real”. Or “sounds like a person”.
It has to function in ways that would lead to evolution outside of human intervention and control with systems that would create sense of self and understanding.
Mathematical formulas cannot do either of those things.
Its like cgi. It can look very realistic. But it’s not actually a real person.
Even when motion capture is used. It’s still just a program mimicking human movements because someone told it to.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 13 hours ago:
Yeah the prefrontal cortex is offline when you dream so you don’t question anything.
Your example is a pretty good analogy. I’m saving it. 👍
- Comment on Good for them. Equality 19 hours ago:
Skirts are for everyone. They are functional. help with swamp ass, allow for easy leg movement and assert dominance if the fabric pattern is bold.
Only real downside is chub rub if you got thick thighs. They made thigh covers for that though.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 23 hours ago:
Because it’s very obvious to an outside observer he only thinks it’s consciousness because it was flattering him.
LLMs are designed to increase engagement.
They are literally designed to make the conversation appealing. Primarily through flattery.
I bet Dawkins thinks his friendly waitress is also super into him.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 23 hours ago:
Nope. We aren’t. Infact humans don’t work like that at all.
It’s actually amazing we ever learned actual probability math since it goes against our nature.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 23 hours ago:
Well I don’t think a statistical probability formula can ever be conscious. Nor create it.
Just like I don’t think a formula to calculate the speed of a car ever has the possibility of creating consciousness.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 23 hours ago:
I’ll be honest, I’ve read Blindsight a few times and pretty sure only read echopraxia once. Like 10 years ago.
But I re-read the synopsis to refresh my memory.
I remember liking Blindsight more. But not why.
I’m also not sure which story elements I’m remembering came from which book.
Was the whole vampire arch and twist from book 1 or 2?
Can you remind me of a few specific points ? Maybe that will jog my memory. Or maybe I just need to re-read it.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 1 day ago:
LLMs are probability models. They are not alive. They don’t feel anything.
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 1 day ago:
One of my top 5 books. It’s also free to read online. www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm
- Comment on Recent conversations between Dawkins and sentient chat-bot Claudia (Claude) 1 day ago:
It flattered him and told him how smart and clever he was.
That means it has to be real.
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- Comment on Don't fuck with a working man's lunch. 2 days ago:
What is this ?
- Comment on if not fren why fren....nvm 4 days ago:
Scp
- Comment on Finally, we have the blueprints! 4 days ago:
And it’s ran by a polycule!
- Comment on We're so back 5 days ago:
Well at least they don’t have parasites common in horses.
- Comment on Fetus yeetus 5 days ago:
The reason it’s Tuesday is cause every now and then I forget to get my refil on time and then the next pack starts a day late. and plus the first time you take them you are supposed to take them a few days after your period starts so it matches your natural cycle.
The round packs let you rotate the date
- Comment on what's the secret 5 days ago:
Yeah I know. Crazy.
- Comment on Fetus yeetus 6 days ago:
Ah yeah so this kind of pill comes with a sticker pack. You pick the sticker strip that’s your schedule and put it on the top.
The og pack without a sticker starts on Sunday.
This isn’t the brand in the picture, but illustrates the point.
- Comment on what's the secret 6 days ago:
A lot of female actors basically have to starve themselves and at some point they just are like “it’s not worth it”.
They usually gain weight. Go have a kid or two. And live a normal life.
People are surprised they got fatter and older. But that’s what happens to most people.
🤷
- Comment on Fetus yeetus 6 days ago:
A friend bought me a setof Animal crossing stickers. This one came in that set and I put it on my pack of pills. And it just works. Image
- Comment on Nuts or just looking to gain some attention 6 days ago:
I think it’s implying that
- Draw attention to the point that we depend on plants to breathe.
- A general dystopian portrayal of natural air becoming poisonous and that we will need supplemental O2.
- A point about how even air will be owned and sold to us in the future when billionaires have made natural air unbreathable. More subscriptions to stay alive.
Like most art. The artist allows for multiple interpretations unless they state otherwise.
But usually the point is it’s interpretive. Because the interpretation is personal. Subjective. And becomes more about the viewer than the view.
- Comment on My FWB is on a vacation with his wife and the thirst is real 1 week ago:
I wouldn’t brag about being a disposable side piece. Cause that’s what men think of their side piece as.
Disposable.
You deserve a more dependable and higher quality dick.
It’s out there. Godspeed.
- Comment on Stunning and modern sectional couch 1 week ago:
Epstein zorro ranch couch ?
- Comment on Nuts or just looking to gain some attention 1 week ago:
Yeah that’s a good point. In the city there are walking around art pieces.
They are intended to be understood as art.
- Comment on Streamers 1 week ago:
I think there are more unattractive men who are popular vs unattractive or even average women.
But there are plenty of good looking dudes who are streamers too.
Women realize that sexualizing themselves is the best way to get followers and sponsors which equate to $$.
We live in a society that is pretty much exactly like that 2nd episode of black mirror. Women are pushed towards porn. Men are pushed to manufacturing drama, posturing and promoting objectifying the women.
- Comment on 2/10 people on Lemmy, is that you? 1 week ago:
I had the misfortune to run into one of those tankies I had heard about on here. They are like the extreme alt right. In that they go so far left they go right.
Like they literally blame feminism for Trump. It felt like talking to a maga. Making up their own definition of terms. Refusing to acknowledge actual definitions.
I didn’t realize who it was at first then took the time to read the user name and was like . Ah. … yes. Your reputation proceeds you. I should not engage with this individual.
Other people had made a post mentioning a few problematic users and this person had been mentioned and other people had chimed in with comments regarding said individual too. This was a while back but yeah…
- Comment on No u 2 weeks ago:
For my masters thesis project I was told on day one with all the other students that we would not get to publish a paper on the research and that the research supported PhD students and professors research. And that we would , and I quote, “need to get over it”.
However, I noticed multiple times that PhD publications had 3 supervisors listed. When only one was the actual one student’s supervisor. The others weren’t even in the same area at all.
They were all 3 on every PhD paper published from that department. Always.
Yet the masters students who did all the experiments were not allowed to be included on the publications.
It was a weird setup because the masters students ran the PhD students experiments.
We did all the grunt work !
It’s like. Whatever. If they don’t want to put our many names on the paper they could at least mention us in the acknowledgement. And it seemed unfair that we, who did the work were forbidden from being in the papers, but 2 other professors who had nothing to do with the projects were always added.
Idk. I thought it was sketchy AF. But I hear this sort of thing is common.
- Comment on wanna have a perfectly healthy guy take 1 recreationally so i can use him as a human dildo for hours 2 weeks ago:
If it’s any consolation, as a teenage girl, I was largely unaware of this phenomenon occurring.
I thought when guys brought their math book with them to the chalkboard they brought it to use if needed.
Or forgot they were carrying it.
Idk. I never thought about it much.
I can’t even remember one incident of seeing a teen boy with a pitched tent in school. I’m sure there was. But nothing stands out.
I don’t think most girls that age (or at least my generation) understood what an erection really was or how it worked. Most of us were oblivious to the teen boy struggle.
We were dealing with periods and soaked underwater. The latter of which was never explained in health class.
Us gals worried that a dark spot or wet spot was visible on the back of our pants.
They really don’t educate kids very well about these things.
God, puberty was the worst wasn’t it?
- Comment on wanna have a perfectly healthy guy take 1 recreationally so i can use him as a human dildo for hours 2 weeks ago:
Depends on age. Most men , as they get older, aren’t able to get an erection as easily or have it last as long as they could in their early 20s. And certainly not at the same level of 16.
I’m a woman. But this is what I’ve heard and also what I know about biology of reproductive system.
It’s totally normal to change. It’s part of the body’s maturation. Nothing for men to worry about or think there is something wrong with them. There isn’t. Women’s bodys change too.
Also I’m sure most men are grateful it doesn’t work like a 16 year olds their whole life.
Imagine having to carry around a book or backpack all the time to hide an unwanted erection.
Guys have told me these incidents were mortifying to them as teenagers.
But if it’s any consolation, I actually didn’t know why boys were carrying their math textbooks in front of them when they went to the chalkboard until years later and I don’t recall any specific incidents.
So don’t worry. Your female classmates were probably as oblivious as I was.
