nroth

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[–] nroth -2 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Blocks access to "protect" people? How does limiting people's freedom help?

[–] nroth 1 points 1 week ago

I'm grateful to live near a Mt. Sinai location. Another factor here is that some parts of the country have better healthcare than others. You might consider moving elsewhere in the U.S. or to another country if you anticipate continuing to need more than the occasional doctor visit.

[–] nroth 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think it's probably marketing more than convenience

[–] nroth 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Can't tell if this guy's finally lost it or I just have a very different sense of humor from him

[–] nroth 4 points 1 month ago

Oh yes, unlike the French and Dutch...???

[–] nroth 12 points 1 month ago

Actually, I think it's more useful under socialism than capitalism. Most things aren't economic to automate to a high standard of quality now because human labor is valued so low. In a democratic socialist society where people get to choose whether to work, automating menial tasks that people tend not to want to do will make more sense because folks won't want to do those things for cheap.

[–] nroth 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People here keep saying folks are more chill on the West Coast, but I've lived in NYC for two years and around California for 8 (mostly the bay area), and this hasn't been my experience at all. If anything, I've noticed the opposite of the stereotype. The California folks tend to be very un-"chill" when I deviate from some social norm by accident, while New Yorkers are generally pretty accepting. I also find when I ask folks out west to be direct because I really need that they way my mind works, they still often don't, but New Yorkers will. I'm not sure what others mean when they say the West Coast is more chill since it was so much harder for me to get by there-- maybe they're talking about something else.

[–] nroth 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Though the image generators are actually good. The visual arts will never be the same after this

[–] nroth 58 points 1 month ago (15 children)

"Built to do my art and writing so I can do my laundry and dishes" -- Embodied agents is where the real value is. The chatbots are just fancy tech demos that folks started selling because people were buying.

[–] nroth 8 points 1 month ago

6.7% is still very high

[–] nroth -4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Unpopular opinion: It's OK to use AI to fight fraud as long as your data is good, your precision threshold is very high, and appeals are easy. It seems like it is almost never used in this way when people try to save money, sadly.

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