13esq

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[–] 13esq 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hard disagree. I think we're born stupid, that's very different.

Honestly, your comment sounds a lot like the "original sin" shit that the Christian church tries to push.

[–] 13esq 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

That's not the point. The point is that the music industry doesn't pay artists a fair share.

[–] 13esq -4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I used to be against losing the headphone jack, but now I'm without one, I honestly don't miss it.

No more wires getting caught, tangled or damaged and the sound quality is just as good unless you're an audio engineer.

[–] 13esq 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You make a very good point.

However, some people would say despite the great suffering that some of us go through that ultimately, nothing matters. No matter the triumphs of humanity, a meteor could wipe it all out tomorrow and there would be but a trace that we ever even existed.

Your point also implies that we have freewill, whereas others would suggest that we only have what appears to be freewill. Whether you help those in need or you don't, your path is set.

[–] 13esq 10 points 2 months ago

Reddit is a lot of things, but to call it Nazi devalues the word. Shame on you.

[–] 13esq 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I agree that power zealous mods are shit, but it's also poor when well written comments and posts, made in good faith, are heavily downvoted for no other reason than not conforming to the consensus of the hive mind, which definitely happens here.

We should be encouraging discussion, not discouraging wrong think.

[–] 13esq 4 points 2 months ago

This is the most pedantic reply so far.

[–] 13esq 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Is the insinuation here that the AI industry is unregulated? Because I'm not against regulations that would drive these improvements.

[–] 13esq 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I think it's exactly what I'm thinking about, unless I'm missing something specific that you'd like to put forward?

If I own a bottled drinks company and the energy cost is 10p a bottle but a new, more efficient process is invented that would lower my energy cost to 5p a bottle, that's going to be looking like a wise investment to make. A few pence over several thousand products adds up pretty quickly.

I could either pocket the difference as extra profit, lower my unit price to the consumer to make my product more competitive in the market, or a bit of both.

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