FuglyDuck
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
- Comment on People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts 4 days ago:
It to mention altitude and pressure.
- Comment on People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts 4 days ago:
Didn’t that happen because of the Mars Climate Observer crashing? Caused by a us team using pounds-force-seconds where nasa expected newton-seconds (sending it hurtling towards mars at a too-low dip into the atmosphere)
- Comment on People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts 4 days ago:
Considering that most cookie recipes are usually at 170c or 350 f to 204c or 400 f, surely you can figure that out from context?
Especially since certain chemical reactions only begin to happen at the low side of that. For example the Maillard reaction enhances the flavor of sugars and such; or double acting baking powder (as well as greatly accelerating the reaction of single acting powder, soda or cream of tartar.)
Low temp ovens would just dry out that cookie or biscuit into dog treats.
- Comment on I need an adult 4 days ago:
If you pickle that red onion, everything turns red.
- Comment on is it weird to have your own religious beliefs system 6 days ago:
Oh yes.
One of the reasons most mainstream chriysects consider Mormons to not be Christian’s is because they’re not trinitarians - that god is three beings in one. As an example.
Trinitarianism teaches that they’re all the same being, just with 3 different whosiwhatits that they can’t even agree on what they even are.
Jesus lacks attributes the father and Holy Spirit have, making him less than fully god, and he has attributes that they don’t have, etc.
Which when pressed, most christians will fall into one of the first heresies- partialism. Which was part of the Arian Heresy (that Jesus was created and distinct, not fully god)
The problem is that Jesus couldn’t be the messiah (he did none of the messianic things, and wasn’t of the line of David, and even if Joseph was his father, Joseph was of a line cursed to never produce a king….)
So if Jesus is neither god nor messiah, why worship him?
- Comment on is it weird to have your own religious beliefs system 6 days ago:
Pretty much everyone has their own unique blend of beliefs. Like. Most Christian’s have their things they do or don’t believe, even if there’s a shared framework.
Like, ask 10 Christian’s what the hell the trinity is, you’ll get 20 different and usually mutually contradictory answers.
- Comment on What to put on a CV when I have nothing to put there? 1 week ago:
Honestly.
Just don’t lie. Put what you got. If you have experience with something at a hobby level, mark it as personal experience and offer to bring samples of things you’ve done to an interview. (Don’t violate any one’s proprietary stuff, mind. But sometimes “hobbyists” punch well above the pay grade.)
- Comment on Are there any animals that pretend to be injured to lure prey? 1 week ago:
Some birds feign injury to lure predators away from their nest (and the eggs/young inside,) but this isn’t to attack them, it’s to distract the predator. Once they’re away form the nest they fly off.
But no, no prey goes out looking for predators and then attacks them.
Most prey will only be aggressive if the predator comes into their space. Large mammals typically respond with aggression- buffalo, elephants, other cows. Horses. They’re all more than capable of killing individual predators- which is why wolves or lions will only go after them in larger packs or prides.
- Comment on Why put data centers in space? 1 week ago:
Wouldn’t contribute to climate change,
The rocket fuel to get them there, plus all the energy to build and produce the rocket fuel definitely is a contribution. They could be solar powered down here. The reason they’re not is money.
- Comment on A slain officer who acted heroically gets booed. He was a Marine veteran. Really great culture. 1 week ago:
That might actually be the problem. Like how people who are too similar can’t stand each other.
- Comment on Why do so many people regardless of whether their reasonings are justified or not pinpoint South Park for ruining a generation of millenials? 1 week ago:
I’ve never particularly enjoyed southpark. not my cuppa.
but i wouldn’t say it ruined anything and it’s frequently poignant in it’s evisceration of certain people or groups of people.
- Comment on Dr. Thanos, PhD. 1 week ago:
Sure. Just don’t eat them.
That’s junk food, and eating junk food is bad. Instead, compost and eat the veggies
- Comment on "Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature? 1 week ago:
So how did they know you were you?
They allowed you to update the signature. They may have been oddly fixated on the signatures matching, but they still verified your identity in some other way.
Or they’re idiots who shouldn’t be in control of other people’s money,
- Comment on Why do some fruit produce human compatible hormones? 1 week ago:
It’s all just chemistry. Many compounds/molecules/whatever basically self-assemble and then from there the kinds of reactions are limited by chemistry.
From there evolution took over and found ways of doing things. Once it found those ways, it got past to everything that came after. Melatonin originally evolved in bacteria as an antioxidant.
From there it became useful for other things like regulating growth and as stress response as well as managing circadian rhythms and such like.
- Comment on Dr. Thanos, PhD. 1 week ago:
Trump: “Hold my Diet Coke!”
Scientists: “no not like that!”
- Comment on What's one cliche "Moral of the story" in media that you hate more than anything else? 1 week ago:
Basically any moral plugged into hallmark movie channel or similarly designed crap. Things rarely “just”work out, and certainly never because of love, god, or good vibes.
- Comment on "Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature? 1 week ago:
Nobody has relied only on signatures to verify that a person signed it, since forever. Especially because forgery was always a thing.
This is why documents that are important aren’t just signed by one person; they’re signed by witnesses who presumably will vouch for it. (Like notary public’s are a thing.)
For lesser contracts they first verify you are in fact you.
There’s no functional difference online- to within a reasonable standard.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
So prisms anc color theory were lockdown discoveries. Gotcha
- Comment on Is there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone? 1 week ago:
Naw. You just gotta poop quick.
The metal latrine seats are a bad idea in winter.
- Comment on "Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature? 1 week ago:
physical signatures are just asking you to write your name in a box…
Not a huge difference.
- Comment on Is there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone? 1 week ago:
You already got your answer, so I’m gonna be sarcastic… sorry.
It’s a skill issue, stop playing the brown notes.
- Comment on Could machines develop consciousness just like we did? 2 weeks ago:
There’s a lot broader AI’s than just LLMs. People are doing all sorts of incredible things with them.
I don’t know why people think LLMs are the most advanced AI we have- very far from it, actually.
- Comment on Could machines develop consciousness just like we did? 2 weeks ago:
Consciousness or whatever we want to call “it” doesn’t have a a threshold. It’s not like there’s an easy answer for it. It’s not a “you’re outside, step though the door, now you’re inside” kind of thing.
It’s a spectrum. So yeah. That tapeworm is on the spectrum, but very low down. (Probably consistent with artificial narrow intelligence, maybe,)
- Comment on Could machines develop consciousness just like we did? 2 weeks ago:
Short answer? Yes.
Consciousness arises out of complexity. The awareness that we have is Jill derived from chemical reactions in our brains triggering things in response to stimuli.
Our responses are complex because the system that generates them is complex.
It’s an arrogant assumption that humans are special, that there’s something that makes us more than just animals, that a machine whose systems are complex enough could never be like us.
That said…. As they stand now, LLMs will never be Artificial General Intelligence.They barely rate Artificial Narrow Intelligence. (They’re pattern recognition systems with a huge hash of data to draw on. It’s not particularly complex as far as AGI goes.)
- Comment on Tried to login to the arch wiki but was given a 3 minute crypto challenge. 2 weeks ago:
Find some relevant XKCD, and drop that on a 404 page
- Comment on As its moth season again 3 weeks ago:
So if you mix the cake uranium and the glitter, and then sprinkle it on the corrupted moth…
Would you get mutant rainbow glitter moths that glow in the dark? (cuz that’s how it all works, right? :P )
- Comment on What's the difference between ignorance and stupidity? 3 weeks ago:
Ignorance is a clack of knowledge.
Stupidity is a choice to not learn.
Some one who is ignorant, can cure that by learning. Some one who is stupid never will.
- Comment on Is it possible for someone in America to not know who Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi is? 3 weeks ago:
Very.
It’s also possible for people anywhere else, too. Not everyone is obsessed with sports.
- Comment on My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined 3 weeks ago:
The destroyer sent in exodus to slaughter Egyptian firstborn was definitely not benevolent.
- Comment on How can AI act without initial human input? Does this show AI can have freewill or am I deceived? 3 weeks ago:
What is the difference between thoughts stollen and thoughts consumed? Is the philosophy I read not just information stored in a meaty hard-drive? Ai doesn’t comprehend information, it just regurgitates it in a manor that looks understandable. I also contain information I don’t understand but can tell you on demand in a way that looks understandable.
When you encounter new information- new ideas, or art, or just have a new experience- you process that information in the context of your prior understanding; the thoughts you have are definitely yours, and not “stolen.” in the same sense as generative AI spewing out artwork.
Some people say the same thing about Andy Wharhol, though. So we still need to have that argument out.
There’s a lot of statements about AI just being “this” but frequently I see “this” and wonder why it’s any different than when humans do it? “Ai doesn’t make art because art takes soul and feeling” but what does that say about corperate logos, clip art, or the millionth furry porn OC an artist must make to pay the bills? Those also have no soul or feeling.
We don’t even know if we’re not also “this”. We’re definitely conscious, we’re aware. I’d probably put generative AI and LLMs on the same level of awareness as a tree. Trees don’t seem to have anything resembling a brain or nervous system, but manage to adapt in subtle ways to their changing environments (Growing towards lightsources, taking in or giving up nutrients into the soil. they even have “community” in the sense that the mycellium spreads those nutrients around to other trees that need it…)
I don’t like AI either, but I want to understand the philosophical implications of these arguments.
It’s not that I don’t particularly like AI, per se. it’s what the techbros are using it for that piss me off. I would say that AI rights need to be established now so that we don’t cause the fucking AI Apocalypse. (because some incel is going to turn a sentient AI into it’s fuckdoll. or worse.)(not to mention coming after everyone’s jobs. slightly nsfw, but here’s the latest “WTF, Techbros?”