They think they can do this, but people do NOT like AI slop at all. People don't find it valuable and don't feel like their time is being well spent by watching something that someone else couldn't be bothered to make.

We grew up in a media landscape before the generative AI era so we value authenticity in our art. But future generations born into this world? They will know nothing but AI slop and it will be produced at unimaginable scale that will engulf everything humanity has ever produced. There is no coming back from this.

even if you still think it's possible, it's plain that the current extinction event and the technological setbacks/energy crises it will bring is going to prevent much progress being made towards the currently science fiction-level technology and energy required to get even close.

No disagreement from me on this point. And by no means did I mean its inevitability will happen in our lifetime or even centuries from now. Just that it is theoretically possible and there is no physical limitation that forbids it, unlike say, faster than light space travel. But since you believe in human souls I'm curious- would you ever concede that a sufficiently advanced machine could be conscious or dismiss it as a trickery of code? Does consciousness only arise when a soul is assigned to an organism with 46 chromosomes?

Human consciousness is an emergent property of neurons firing in our brain. Unless you attribute consciousness to some external mystical force, replicating it should theoretically be possible. I'm not saying LLMs are the path to get there or that we are anywhere close to it, but it seems inevitable that it is eventually achieved.

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Thumbs aren't the only recent update that is still under beta testing. All of the innovations that made us bipedal weren't made to last as long as our current lifespans- that's why half the population has bad knees or back problems before they hit 50.

A word of advice- cut the shrooms at the base instead of pulling them out. It keeps the mycelium healthier so you get better second flushes.

Steven Crowder had more than double Tucker Carlson's viewers? I thought Crowder faded into obscurity because I haven't seen his name in a while while Tucker seems to be everywhere landing high profile guests and getting big money backing.

Yes, they definitely refused to vote for Kamala just because she's a woman so send them back to Mexico. Now remind them which North American nation was the first to elect a female president.

I appreciate how the host let her speak without cutting her off with a patronizing dismissal.

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The one good thing Biden did in office was appoint Lina Khan as FTC chair. The first thing Harris will do if elected is replace her at the bidding of the billionaire class who have been threatening to pull support because she has actually been doing her job enforcing antitrust violations.

I don't think those should be considered treats. Treats attempt to hijack the rewarding sense of satisfaction we get from engaging in those activities by intensifying the pleasure with instantly gratifying substitutes.

Imagine telling a liberal in 2008 that the DNC would be using an endorsement from the Cheneys as a campaign strategy for their 2024 candidate. It would sound absurd beyond reason. And yet, here we are.

Our entire economy is being propped up by the AI grift now. 8 of the 10 largest companies by market cap are either spending all of their CapEx on training AI or selling the hardware necessary to do it (the only exceptions are Saudi Aramco and Berkshire Hathaway). This is just an insane funneling of money into one industry that can only result in one of two outcomes- 1. AGI is achieved and whoever wields it will have godlike power or 2. there is a market crash the likes of which we have never seen before. Guess which is more likely.

It also looks like they used the Arabic equivalent of comic sans.

That Harris/Cheney billboard is a stroke of genius, especially given its target audience of Dearborn residents. The Trump campaign has been a bit unfocused and lost ever since Biden was replaced but this is a masterclass in trolling. And it highlights how inept the Democrats are with their messaging in those key rust belt states.

How do I view a book with the tilted perspective in your screenshot? It's only showing flat pages for me.

Notice how her emphasis is on "bringing the hostages home" and not one word of sympathy for Gazans suffering an actual genocide with the help of her administration.

There's no way a human's bite is only 30% less than a dog's. Our jaws have shitty leverage to chomp down hard.

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