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@optimism
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40 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 1h \ parent \ on: Inverted CAPTCHAs AI
but that's a test to check if you're human
No no... Thats what they say it is! But what makes us think they're not lying? Them Tech Bros not gonna fool this Opti!
"Slide the slider to the right until it fits?" That'd be like a test for a human whose age is expressed in months. What they are really after is covert tests whether our LLM usage is successfully causing the intended brain damage.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 1h \ on: Stacker Saloon
I wrote a 3 page email to a colleague about the awful shit they're repeating online (about a project we're both maintainers for)
I didn't like my tone so I deleted it all, rewrote and then it was a 2 page email.
Then it hit me: wtf am I doing?
So I deleted the entire thing and didn't send any email.
At least I got to train my pianofingers.
76 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 1h \ on: Inverted CAPTCHAs AI
Isn't this why some of the captchas now have a time-you-took-to-complete-it feature? I always take it slow because I want to be mid.
212 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 5h \ parent \ on: Your Keyboard is Holding Your AI Back - @jdstaerk AI
If we ever all get brain connected I'll be taking all of the drugs at the same time and make y'all deal with that.
0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 7h \ parent \ on: what is the best way to judge SN contests AskSN
Ah! But I was constructing this against global trust - if there's such a thing? I should really just not be lazy and read the algo.
0 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 8h \ parent \ on: what is the best way to judge SN contests AskSN
I really don't know so maybe someone else knows. I don't really care about rewards that much myself so in general I think I get too much rewards compared to people that may write more interesting content. I don't think I have a lot of trust (shouldn't trust me, because don't trust, verify) so my zapping content doesn't really help people.
11 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 8h \ parent \ on: what is the best way to judge SN contests AskSN
Depends on whether it influences main page hot? If it would be territory hot, then there's no foot-shooting?
110 sats \ 11 replies \ @optimism 8h \ parent \ on: what is the best way to judge SN contests AskSN
I think this could be useful. Any post you, ek or undisciplined interacts with is per definition top-ranked.
312 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 8h \ on: what is the best way to judge SN contests AskSN
the latter: use human judges. read it all. form an opinion. read it again. Just have to get high quality judges.
For my weekly AI content aggregation post I discover content by:
  1. Anyway reading everything posted to the territory as it comes in
  2. On Monday reading everything I missed (i.e. on other territories that didn't make it to hot or while I was busy/asleep)
  3. Filter out slop if any (not much)
Then I "pre-judge" by:
  1. sort everything by comments first, to see what got most engagement, maybe pick some stuff that is interesting
  2. sort everything by sats (not zaprank), to see what got most upzapped
Then I decide what to highlight by:
  1. finding posts that I personally think match nicely together, especially if they're arguing opposing sides or can be narrated as a reinforcement of a point.
49 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 8h \ parent \ on: Yet another person driven mad by AI, this time leading to murder AI
Alright... so if this were my AI, I'd be an accessory to manslaughter but not murder?
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 9h \ parent \ on: Yet another person driven mad by AI, this time leading to murder AI
Interesting. So all I need to do for my criminal empire is to make an AI run it.
0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 9h \ parent \ on: Yet another person driven mad by AI, this time leading to murder AI
Good question. On its own, I guess not.
What if I told you my collage was an intelligence and it is smarter than humans?
0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 9h \ parent \ on: Yet another person driven mad by AI, this time leading to murder AI
If I run a service that brainwashes people at scale, am I in violation of the same?
133 sats \ 8 replies \ @optimism 9h \ on: Yet another person driven mad by AI, this time leading to murder AI
If I brainwash someone to murder someone else, am I in violation of any law?
110 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 10h \ parent \ on: the internet is dead mostly_harmless
I am agnostic. There's beauty to be found in both.
10 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 22h \ parent \ on: What Changes If IP Laws Aren't Enforced? AskSN
we see more or fewer re-mix movies
Will depend on the individual desire? Say you don't care and just want cheap entertainment on your phone while Copilot is answering your emails for you: you may see more and it doesn't matter. Just don't want to be bored. Someone else, however, will be too busy answering their emails so they don't have time for slop and they watch much less movies, but authentic only, and they pay for that.
I wonder if we'll form markets for "authentic" content like we form markets for authentic collectibles.
I think that we could say that Spotify and Netflix are markets for authentic content, just it's not transactional. The question will be how they're going to react: subscription price 10x and walled garden (which in turn may incentivize some more piracy), or less curation, more slop.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 23h \ parent \ on: What’s something you won’t be able to accomplish? AskSN
By being non-confrontational. The trick is to not say some things and be patient, or even better, gently steer the counterparty into bringing up the less pleasant stuff of their own accord (though that's an art.)
100 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 23h \ on: What Changes If IP Laws Aren't Enforced? AskSN
The effect will be that intellectual property of anything digitized (ideas, knowledge, skills) becomes a commodity. Just like "generating a ton of text that to the untrained eye sounds reasonable" has become a commodity recently.
This could lead to a couple of things:
  1. Reputation and authenticity to become increasingly important for a small section of society.
    • This means more DRM, more digital signatures, more walled gardens, for those of us who need authenticity.
  2. The masses will not care, just like they don't care now, watching TikTok all day.
    • These will be milked with subscription upon subscription and services that pop up and rug overnight.
  3. Prices for authentic content will go up steeply, because there will be much less demand.
    • This could bring in a new era of internet piracy for those that want a copy of authentic stuff without the annoying AI flaws.
PS: when I was in Europe last month, they were talking there about extending IP laws, specifically to include one's physical attributes, making deep fakes an infringement on copyright. So I'm not so sure that outside North America, IP laws aren't as important as inside it.