BlameThePeacock

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

It's an opinion, but it's hardly valid. It's a knee-jerk fear reaction to something new.

People had the same opinion about computers, cellphones, even electricity...

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (8 children)

You can't ban LLMs at this point, they're too useful, it's impossible to track their use, they could be run anywhere on the globe, and even open source models that you can run locally exist.

The cat is out of the bag as they say.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It literally says you'll be notified, and can opt out.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (7 children)

There are materials possible that will completely change the world.

Theres probably a room temperature superconductor for example.

The number of possibilities is effectively infinite though, since its not just which atoms, but also how they're arranged.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I don't disagree.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Unsarcastically, yes.

Capitalism can be great, if given the correct regulations to improve quality of life for everyone.

I will say however, that not all industries should be handled by capitalism, there are a few big ones where market competition simply doesn't work due to inherent physical flaws (like for example needing to run five sets of water pipes to your house if you wanted to have choice among water providers)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yea, was more of a general take. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (8 children)

A lot of people misunderstand economic systems by anthropomorphizing (it means to give them human characteristics) them, giving them the illusion of thought or feeling.

Capitalism doesn't care at all about humans, it's not human, it doesn't think, it doesn't feel. It has no concept of right or wrong.

Capitalism says "what is most profitable", do that. If killing someone to make money is the most profitable, it's supposed to go ahead and do it, and it absolutely DOES already do this on a daily basis.

Now clearly, that's going to give us some really fucking bad outcomes from a human perspective. So government regulation is how we attempt to prevent corporations from doing these bad things.

If we tell a company: "if you kill people it will cost $X" and $X would reduce their profit below "most profitable" they will stop doing it.

If we want to fix the bad stuff corporations are doing, simply put a larger cost on those things. It's that simple. Pollution, Safety, Health, whatever... price the negative externalities (economic speak for bad things humans don't want) properly and the market will sort itself out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Some idiot said it was "almost required"

And a bunch of people piled on him for being ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your comment makes it sound like you can't give it up because your kids use it too much. I didn't validate anything.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

What a first world take on this, it's not a requirement at all. Parent your fucking children. My kids watch D+ maybe once or twice a month, my wife and I honestly watch it more frequently than they do because they have shows we like. We could drop it tomorrow if our budget needed to be trimmed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Shirts were automated 33 years ago too. I was comparing them to pre industrial revolution clothing which was heavy and itchy.

As for Nordstrom, those are luxury goods not consumer goods. You're paying for brand names or fancy fabrics, neither of which are necessary to your life.

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