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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Textbook case of anthropomorphisation from The Guardian, trying to posit that AI systems are capable of feeling pain.

You want my unsolicited opinion, machines cannot feel pain/emotion, only imitate it, and the rise of LLMs have made this crystal clear. Much like with being creative or making art, feeling genuine emotion is the exclusive domain of human/animal minds.

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The NYT's reported on the suicide of a 16-year old boy, noting how ChatGPT assisted him in said suicide and deterred him from seeking help.

This is not the first time a chatbot's driven someone to suicide. And I fully expect it won't be the last.

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

one that I suspect will surprise none of us

depressing how Cheetoh & Co. continue to wrecking ball the shit out of everything

(wonder how long it is before the US degrades far enough that other countries start ratcheting up border/traveller defenses, compared to the current ~free rein they have (which, y'know, was owed to years of hard and soft power that the orange man is also rapidly pissing away))

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Democratic presidential nominee (E: this is a dark joke) for 2028 (vs trump of course) Newsom is doing a bit of ironic memecoin corruption. So many blueanon people are going to lose money if he goes along with this.

I really hope he is going to use this as a 'use the controversy to reveal the corruption of the system' style thing (in .nl a tv-show did this where they made a gameshow in which people who needed a new kidney could get one, as a ruse to spread awareness to ask for more donors and everybody participating was informed of this from the start (led to 12k new donors at least)). But I really doubt it.

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good news, everyone! A Wronger has Thoughts about Female Attractiveness

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cHqCGG5dTmpnM7y92/female-sexual-attractiveness-seems-more-egalitarian-than

30 karma, 15 comments. Very Rational.

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ethan Marcotte's given his thoughts on the new "America by Design" web page, noting how its shittiness aligns perfectly with the Trump administration's values.

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