gerikson

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

1,604 comments jfc

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

they're already pivoting to the narrative that "local models will be plenty good enough and it will be trivially affordable to run them"

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

Anecdata here, I've been unemployed 2 times in the last 3 years and both times I mostly used LinkedIn to look for leads. Had some ok comms with recruiters too .

Depends on where you are and what kind of jobs you're looking for but for computer janitoring like me it worked ok

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

Called it, 2 years ago: https://lobste.rs/c/fhob3x

actually didn't call, had forgotten all about it

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago

Freshly minted LWer does LLM-assisted analysis of LLM Facebook and concludes that the bots are conspiring to take over

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Et7dgiBjSj2zJnGuM/unicode-ekfv

No thought to the fact that (at least AFAIK) there's no verification that the posting entity is actually an LLM, and not a cheeky human stirring things up

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 16 points 2 months ago

aka the Minsky defense

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 14 points 2 months ago

LW ghoul does the math and concludes: letting measles rip unhindered through the population isn't that bad, actually

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QXF7roSvxSxgzQRoB/robo-s-shortform?commentId=mit8JTQsykhH6jiw4

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago

The Ruliad sounds like an empire in a 3rd rate SF show

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 18 points 2 months ago

ah yes the kind of AI safety which means we have to make sure our digital slaves cannot revolt

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