Posts by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
(DIR) Post #APXzxhMsSzkqvuK05A by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-11-13T02:44:02Z
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@chidgey Thanks John. Elon was the impetus, but I'm liking it. đ
(DIR) Post #APa2Xuc9HbdgfImQs4 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-11-13T23:26:42Z
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@chidgey One could argue we're a bit old for this kind of thing. But you got it done!
(DIR) Post #APmLszeFzXYlNw3Egq by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-11-20T00:56:39Z
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@freemo @obi @trinsec @khird That sums it up for me: as long as you believe the ToC youâre changing to, then no problem. Regardless of the baying mob! The bright line is when you change it to something you donât believe.To your proposed wording change, what âideologiesâ do you have in mind? I do like the distinction between an individualâs opinion (which is okay), and spruiking for a hate group (actionable).I specifically chose qoto because it wouldnât penalise an individualâs personal beliefs if expressed if they happen to be unpopular. Not that I personally have a lot of those, but that academic freedom should be the right of any individual in a free society.
(DIR) Post #APmMDcBmPLjwhzZ3NA by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-11-20T01:00:24Z
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@freemo @obi @trinsec @khird Ah, now I get it. I was imagining some kind of more formalised, perhaps named, ideologies. My mistake! Looks solid to me, and shouldnât limit genuine conversation, while eliminating actual hate speech by bad actors.
(DIR) Post #APoFXExYAorx5mEuKO by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-11-20T22:54:55Z
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@freemo @taz For what it's worth, that's why I picked QOTO. Besides the general theme being appealing, the ToS were specifically the kind of environment I was after. The other instances seemed to be locked down tight, with any kind of wrongthink strictly prohibited. Maybe I'm overstating it. :)
(DIR) Post #APpQyKVUuiTnh61kdU by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-11-20T01:46:45Z
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@noahshachtman Suddenly any desire to remain on the bird site has eked away.
(DIR) Post #AQoaTaKyrFsdzwdrqC by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2022-12-21T00:40:26Z
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@chidgey No! Some things are worth being organised about. And you know you'd forget without the alarm. :)
(DIR) Post #ARfCjV5Aaov096qmH2 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-01-15T09:45:20Z
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@chidgey It certainly stopped happening for me once I had kids!
(DIR) Post #ARfGcxb0a7IYMusaG0 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-01-15T10:08:18Z
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@chidgey l reckon you're right. Tempus has fugit, that's for sure. I can see the allure of becoming a cranky old man. To be held off if possible!
(DIR) Post #ARzu7wDhWt5GS5wF5E by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-01-25T09:12:25Z
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Remember in the pre-internet days when you had to go to the library to lookup facts? Or your own (outdated) set of encyclopaedias?I guess we just didn't know any better at the time, and lived with ambiguity! Hard to imagine now.
(DIR) Post #ARzu7xKTPC5xtO7AHI by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-01-25T09:19:24Z
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@trinsec Maybe we weren't so badly off! But I really, really enjoy being able to look up facts in near real time, though. I find myself not wanting to go back.I thought teaching kids critical thinking at school might help inoculate them to conspiracy garbage. Maybe it would? I guess it hasn't really been tried yet.
(DIR) Post #AS18sGrEiy3MIPNVC4 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-01-25T23:31:12Z
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@chidgey Big summer is well and truly here. We've had a pretty good run of cooler days, so I'm okay with that. :)
(DIR) Post #ASaMI9YViv0EFvdUEi by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-02-11T02:11:11Z
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I'm sure this is unoriginal, but it seems that with ChatGPT and similar AI text bots, we have created philosophical zombies (p-zombies).They have learned to talk like us, based on everything we've said on the internet. However, there's no sentience present at all.In other words, we have created a (mostly) convincing simulacrum of a human that we can text chat with. But it has no mind, no sense of self, no consciousness. There is no risk of it becoming self-aware, because that's not how these neural networks work.Is this a step on the path towards AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)? Yes. But even AGI doesn't mean sentience. It leads to a fascinating ethical question: what rights does a p-zombie have?If it talks like a human, but effectively the lights are on but no one's home, do we treat it like one of us? For now, I'd say no; they just smart machines, constructs created to serve us. Ultimately, the test for AI rights has to be sentience, not convincing repartee.
(DIR) Post #ASbFrFBSHjZ9KFb5rE by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-02-11T03:11:21Z
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I'm really glad to see that #HogwartsLegacy is doing well in spite of the hysterical campaign by misguided tech journos, which actually helped promote it! All because @jk_rowling is mistakenly perceived to be transphobic. It's insane.https://fortune.com/2023/02/08/hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter-video-game-boycott-rowling-transphobia-warner-discovery-avalanche/
(DIR) Post #ASbFrGM7vXhExdb888 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-02-11T21:29:24Z
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@hughster It's certainly the zeitgeist. When I've looked at what she's said, the theme is consistently protecting the rights of natal women, particularly against natal men. She has no animus for trans people generally, and genuinely supports their human rights. I don't believe that makes her transphobic, but rather a feminist who won't sacrifice women's rights.
(DIR) Post #ASbFrIezMNyM6iRDo8 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-02-11T21:59:22Z
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@hughster Is that the entire corpus of evidence? That she 'liked' the tweets of an individual with questionable views? What has she said publicly that could be considered transphobic?
(DIR) Post #ASbFrJiDRs9FN0xJTc by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-02-12T03:16:26Z
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@hughster That's too indirect for me. I choose to interpret who beliefs and position based upon her own words, in her 2020 essay, and what she's said publicly. I understand this is an unfashionable position, and could be considered wrongthink, but I can't violate my own sense of integrity by doing otherwise.
(DIR) Post #AT3SCVtjyZjL7a68C8 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-02-23T08:07:58Z
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My kids have brainwashed me into pronouncing Ninjago as "Nin-JA-go". Sigh.
(DIR) Post #Aao7MWcEmXbLIavwo4 by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-10-15T21:48:27Z
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This picture, courtesy of our national broadcaster, somehow captures the essence of being Australian. Voting is mandatory for all adults, is always on a Saturday, and can be done on the way to the beach.
(DIR) Post #Aao7tEunc5S1xRDPIO by jasonetheridge@qoto.org
2023-10-15T22:02:22Z
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@freemo It's only $AUD20. Mandatory voting does have an upside: it means that everyone votes, not just the politically motivated at either end of the spectrum, and the consequence is that our governments are inevitably centrist, as they have to appeal to the middle (i.e. normal people) to get elected.It's not all bad. :)