Posts by John@socks.masto.host
(DIR) Post #AdaaomkF2CfRzKhiW8 by John@socks.masto.host
2024-01-07T02:47:30Z
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@simon Early AI researchers clearly expected knowledge representation and systems that understood correctness and truth.I mean that was kind of the problem, they had a highly cognitive view of what brains did, and missed that many creatures on earth with brains are not doing highly esoteric estimations before making choices.Maybe that results in a diffuse goal that confuses people. Are we looking for an electronic brain like that of a fly, or a chicken, or the expert in a field?
(DIR) Post #AdaaoqINpilD05hWeO by John@socks.masto.host
2024-01-07T02:55:10Z
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@simon So anyway, for those reasons I'm not going to call something a "real" AI unless it has a concept of truth, and even better yet, an estimation of correctness for any output.If you ask an AI if orange juice is poison, it should answer not only with yes or no, but also a confidence in that answer.Ideally a confidence better than 50%.
(DIR) Post #AdadelKziAb6afo7UW by John@socks.masto.host
2024-01-07T03:02:13Z
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@simon @codinghorror @richardsheridan Current AIs do not "form abstractions and concepts" in the way early researchers imagined.They imagined knowledge graphs with confirmed links between "cat is feline" and "cat eats mouse" and suchlike.Not a black box of [indeterminate] probabilities.
(DIR) Post #AdaecoHVtYxF5zoPRo by John@socks.masto.host
2024-01-07T03:22:59Z
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@simon Yup, and Cyc has now been out there for 40 years trying to build a classic reasoning machine.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CycTo paraphrase Rodney Brooks, not only do we not have a machine that can tell us whether orange juice is poison (via reasoning), we still don't know how to *begin* to build one.
(DIR) Post #AhhJ9NFosFi5nA6feS by John@socks.masto.host
2024-05-09T00:10:02Z
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@clive Crushing things seems like a different energy, from say .."For years, he [Steve Jobs] arranged for a Buddhist monk by the name of Kobun Chino Otogawa to meet with him once a week at his office to counsel him on how to balance his spiritual sense with his business goals."https://www.lionsroar.com/how-steve-jobs-found-buddhism/
(DIR) Post #Ahmj5MrPxrRe0mF6zQ by John@socks.masto.host
2024-05-11T02:12:43Z
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@rodhilton for sure, Jack was always very upfront about that. If people were pushing back to you it's probably because they weren't reading the original sources.My read is that he has some weird, combination Buddhist and libertarian, idea about free speech. The idea that everybody publishes and everybody else just filters seems to satisfy him. It might of course be a lot of work for the filterers.
(DIR) Post #Ai7n2WEF9oYEKkyUpk by John@socks.masto.host
2024-05-21T18:45:28Z
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@clive @timbray we are far enough into it now that it is, sadly, not just pessimism. It is a widely reported increase in emergency room visits.I consider myself an "all modes" person, and I do notice bad behavior by all modes, but perhaps because I am a frequent pedestrian and old bicyclist, I'm most shocked by people in those vulnerable modes who put themselves at risk. It is sadly often young teens, without driver (or bicycle safety?) education.Everybody follows the rules, everybody safe.
(DIR) Post #AiS4oEid97d2JHj3qK by John@socks.masto.host
2024-05-31T13:41:00Z
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@interfluidity Americans have always had a fuzzy relationship with the law, and I've often thought about that one too. It seems a perfect example of where people think they can cheat a bit, but not too much. "Cheating monkeys, citizen bees" is a book, by the way.
(DIR) Post #AiayXGuBbOLEUPYfAm by John@socks.masto.host
2024-06-04T20:43:06Z
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@interfluidity In 2016, I called it the revenge of the D students. But you're right, it's weird how it finds resonance with the billionaire nerds.Why on Earth would they align themselves with someone who wants to put UV inside the body? That can't actually be a future they ever dreamed.
(DIR) Post #AizxfAadPpfs6dTglk by John@socks.masto.host
2024-06-16T21:39:06Z
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@interfluidity @adamkotsko I guess I'm not the only one to notice "the relentless demands to participate in satisfaction surveys."https://socks.masto.host/@John/112611874803709462
(DIR) Post #AjL46WzKhb1SVPLhqq by John@socks.masto.host
2024-06-27T02:22:13Z
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@interfluidity I think it used to be more of a social constraint than a legal one. Now, an eroded social constraint.
(DIR) Post #AjUNGGUSXirxmlu1VA by John@socks.masto.host
2024-07-01T14:08:45Z
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@futurebird I see it operating on two levels. First, there are people who, rather than really diving into issues, will choose a person to trust, and then believe them on the issue. This is often fine. But that first group can be divided and some people will choose who to trust, not based on how much they are telling the truth, but rather on how much they are telling them what they want to hear.Naked, rather than enlightened, self-interest.
(DIR) Post #Ak1ZeKJQatXQswuKEi by John@socks.masto.host
2024-07-17T13:55:37Z
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"Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump"I don't have the motivation to read the full transcript, but based on this, my "shorter" would be:"We would really like to support a center-right candidate, but since there isn't one, we'll just be for the guy who's trying to overthrow democracy."It's not that Andreessen Horowitz are arch villains imo, just weak willed. Weak willed, and stars in their own minds.https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/16/andreessen-horowitz-co-founders-explain-why-theyre-supporting-trump/
(DIR) Post #ApqGVXfiamH6LtGRLk by John@socks.masto.host
2025-01-07T14:49:50Z
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@interfluidity @ryanlcooper I think the blame rested at the feet of millionaires is overdone. They're part of it, but "don't read the comments" predates them by a fair margin. What social media did, before them, was elevate comments over content. A lot of people stopped reading, and just started giving voice to their untutored biases and knee-jerk reactions. And I'm afraid it's not like we're going to get people to read again.
(DIR) Post #ApqIAg3CReGEAJQTey by John@socks.masto.host
2025-01-07T15:08:29Z
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@interfluidity @ryanlcooper I don't know. We're in a situation where Donald Trump and Elon Musk are poster boys for doing things openly under their own names.I would say they manage to do them without too much deep thought, because again that's where we are as a society.They are symptoms as much as instigators.
(DIR) Post #AtIK01J4HTllUL37bs by John@socks.masto.host
2025-04-20T21:07:41Z
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@ai6yr I feel like mismatched screwdrivers signify skills. Or at least I want to think so.
(DIR) Post #AtlhokUR0znqqkYPeS by John@socks.masto.host
2025-05-05T00:37:11Z
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I am not a lawyer, and I am not a big movie wheeler dealer, but I think even I know that movies are not just imported like goods that can be tariffed. In the old days films were *rented* for display! In the new days there are digital licenses, but certainly nothing the customs department could see or tax.This is basically more dementia that should be understood as that.
(DIR) Post #AtlhoseIgCRq9fEP8i by John@socks.masto.host
2025-05-05T00:40:00Z
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You might as well say you are going to tariff email.
(DIR) Post #Av21kcmYslwZkmaZlo by John@socks.masto.host
2025-06-11T20:00:43Z
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"Prompt injection means email viruses are back. A researcher found a security vulnerability where you send an email with hidden instructions which when CoPilot scans the email, executes and then hides the source of the instructions."Oh my.Never doubt the ability of malicious counterparties to pick up on opportunities.https://www.threads.com/@carnage4life/post/DKxYPc9yhC_
(DIR) Post #AwK4CFMPhSuoqjjgKO by John@socks.masto.host
2025-07-20T11:05:36Z
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@interfluidity that is a wild chart. I wasn't aware of the national spike. I'd love to see it as a years over years change by region, something like this only with increases highlighted.We often hear from people in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, speaking with their local perspective.I guess we still don't know what happened here, if those hot locations just skewed the national numbers further, or if Kentucky has a a price spike as well.