Iconoclast
@Iconoclast@feddit.uk
- Comment on AI banners: what owner sees vs what I see 5 days ago:
I’ve been here for over 2 years and it still remains unclear to me what the average Lemming stands for, but I sure know what they’re against. It’s just wild to me how much some people seem to build their identity around the things they oppose - that opposition sometimes seems to be the only thing people here have in common with each other.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
AI isn’t any one thing. It’s an broad term used in computer science to refer to any system designed to perform a cognitive task that would normally require human intelligence. The chess opponent on an old Atari console is an AI. It’s an intelligent system - but only narrowly so. That’s called “narrow” or “weak” AI.
It can still have superhuman abilities, but only within the specific task it was built for - like playing chess or generating language.
A large language model like ChatGPT is also narrow AI. It’s exceptionally good at what it was designed to do: generate natural-sounding language. What people expect from it, though, isn’t narrow intelligence - it’s general intelligence. The ability to apply cognitive skills across a wide range of domains the way a human can. That’s something LLMs simply can’t do - at least not yet. Artificial General Intelligence is the end goal for many AI companies, but LLMs are not generally intelligent. However they still fall under the umbrella of AI as a broad category of systems.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Assuming it’s technically possible - and I see no reason why it wouldn’t be - then as long as we keep improving our technology without killing ourselves in the process, it’s only a matter of time. We could get there in a couple of years or it could take a few hundred, but it seems rather inevitable from where I stand.
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 1 week ago:
You seem to be writing only one-sentence responses, so I assume that’s how far you read my comment too. You should consider what’s being said by taking in the full context. If you can’t make it beyond the first sentence, then don’t even respond. This grandstanding of yours is completely uncalled for.
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 1 week ago:
The way you misunderstand it does.
Not-living 8 hours a day 5 days a week untill you retire sounds deeply problematic to *me. *
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 1 week ago:
I don’t consider work separate from life. I wasn’t happy in my previous job so I started my own bussiness and now I do what I like to do. I still wouldn’t work if I didn’t have to but because I do, might as well do something that I enjoy and feels meaningful. Admittedly I probably work more hours now than I did before and I took a paycut as well but for as long as it covers my expenses it’s all good. Atleast I don’t need to ask anyone’s permission for… anything.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Social media isn’t real life. As with many other things, it’s the loud minority online who make it seem like they’re the majority. People who like AI don’t feel the need to declare it online. Neither do the ones with a neutral view on it, but the haters must let everyone else know that they’re on the right side of history and better than everyone else who disagrees with them.
These are usually the kind of people who, when you ask what they’re passionate about, just start listing things they don’t like. Most of Lemmy is like that. There’s very little talk about what people are into, but no shortage of grandstanding on what people oppose.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Get better friends because current ones like AI? You can’t be serious.
- Comment on Local news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefully. 2 weeks ago:
As I said, feel free to disagree but at least disagree with their actual point - not your interpretation of it.
It’s unclear to me what your personal opinion on pickup trucks has to do with any of this. I’m talking about fairly representing people’s views. I don’t know what it is you seem to take issue with.
- Comment on Local news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefully. 2 weeks ago:
Going slow doesn’t make the wheelbase shorter. Forcing people to drive onto the lane of oncoming traffic is bad infrastructure design.
- Comment on Local news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefully. 2 weeks ago:
That’s not what the guy is complaining about. It’s a perfectly valid point that with a longer vehicle you have to cut into the oncoming lane or your rear tires will hit the curb.
Feel free to criticize people you disagree with, but at the very least you should criticize what they’re actually saying rather than your unfair interpretation of it.
- Comment on How can I earn 100$ (before tax) in 24 hours? 2 weeks ago:
The fact that you want to spend 100 bucks that you dont have on something you don’t need probably explains the lack of that 100 bucks in the first place.
This has to be a bait.
- Comment on If only the person who did this ceiling had their tools even half as well calibrated as I do 4 weeks ago:
There’s some cheap LED lights installed under the cabinets, but they’re wired from above. There’s a hole on top of the cabinet that the wires run through, and they’re plugged into an outlet inside it. If I permanently enclose it, those lights become impossible to replace without destroying the caulking when they inevitably fail in a year or so. My reasoning with stuff like this is that it’s just a matter of time until someone needs to get behind there, and when that day comes they’ll be thankful it’s only held on by screws.
I work as a handyman and have to deal with so much inconsiderate craftsmanship from other people that I don’t want to add to it myself.
- Comment on If only the person who did this ceiling had their tools even half as well calibrated as I do 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ll do something like that. I’m doing the baseboards here aswell so already have my mitre saw and finishing nailer at hand.
- Comment on If only the person who did this ceiling had their tools even half as well calibrated as I do 4 weeks ago:
Anything is removable with the right tools and know-how, but I know for certain the electrician isn’t going to redo the caulking here. So I built it so it can be removed non-destructively.
I could just caulk it and call it a day, but I wouldn’t do it like that in my own home, so I’m not doing it for a customer either. If the ceiling guy had also taken the next guy who’s working here into consideration, I wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with.
- Comment on If only the person who did this ceiling had their tools even half as well calibrated as I do 4 weeks ago:
There’s electrical wiring above the cabinets behind the trim that needs to be left so that it can be accessed later.
- Comment on If only the person who did this ceiling had their tools even half as well calibrated as I do 4 weeks ago:
Can’t caulk as it needs to be removable. Got to install trim on my trim.
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- Comment on Should street racers who accidentally kill people really go to prison? 4 weeks ago:
Oh you’re this guy. Street racing gave it away.
- Comment on Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous? Why or why not? 4 weeks ago:
Absolutely not. I don’t want any level of fame. I like that I can freely walk around my hometown where I’ve lived for 35 years and nobody recognizes me and stops to talk.
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 4 weeks ago:
DayZ is 99.5% a calm hiking simulator where you get to enjoy the beautiful scenery and soundscape and 0.5% pure horror.
- Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws? 5 weeks ago:
I think that if something is made illegal it should be very clearly defined. “Hate speech” is open to intrepretation and can easily be used to silence many kind of speech. The issue isn’t the obvious cases but rather where we draw the line. If that line can’t be made extremely clear then it’s a slippery slope towards tyranny.
- Comment on Is it true that asshole bad boys are generally more likable than other guys? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think anyone has ever claimed a person like that is more likable. They do have better prospects on the short-term dating market, broadly speaking, but that’s about it.
When it comes to women, what they generally look for in a mate is the capacity to be bad - but not acting that way toward them. It signals both competence and kindness. Just being “bad” isn’t good in the long run, and neither is being “good” when it’s just a survival strategy rather than a conscious choice.
- Comment on If you could make a magic wish so that your crush liked you, would you do it? 5 weeks ago:
There already is no freedom in it. Whether you like someome or not isn’t for you to choose. You either do or you don’t.
- Comment on Are stepkids of super wealthy people kind of rich by extension? 5 weeks ago:
Does it make a person rich if they’re given a lot of money? Yes.
- Comment on If a person were paranoid about a potential food shortage in the next two to three years, what should they stock up on now? 1 month ago:
Anything with a long shelf life that you’re already eating anyway. No point in buying food just for the apocalypse for the apocalypse to then never happen.
Also, keep in mind that water is the priority number one,
- Comment on If A zombie is dead. Completely dead why does a shot to the Brain kill them? Is the brain keeping them semi alive? Also how do they keep sharp teeth to bite you and not rotting away? 1 month ago:
Oh, no doubt - there’s plenty of rules for zombies too. It’s just that you can’t apply real-world logic to a zombie apocalypse because the only way for one to be feasible is if we first accept a few impossible claims and don’t question them.
Zombies are dead by definition, so no heartbeat. They don’t get thirsty or hungry - they eat flesh but not to survive, it’s just instinct. They don’t freeze or overheat, they rot really slowly, they can’t communicate, run, climb, or swim. They can’t bleed out, suffocate, or be poisoned. The only way to kill one is by destroying the brain. Why? Well, because that’s the rules we all agreed on the moment we start seriously discussing zombies.
- Comment on If A zombie is dead. Completely dead why does a shot to the Brain kill them? Is the brain keeping them semi alive? Also how do they keep sharp teeth to bite you and not rotting away? 1 month ago:
Answer to all those questions is that they’re magical fictional creatures.
- Comment on More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide 1 month ago:
moral panic
That sums it up nicely. I’ve got nothing to add.
- Comment on Part of internet most harmful to teens? 1 month ago:
I’d say TikTok and Instagram. I think short for media is probably already inherently bad for attention span in itself but the kind of content most teens especially seem attracted to on those platforms makes it double as bad.
