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> Instead of simply searching for one of the numerous font-dumps that exist on the Internet

On the other hand I enjoy reading about all the things people are recreating with LLMs, since it gives an idea of what's not just possible, but actually practical, in case I ever need something similar.

(This may be a short-lived preference though, if it gets to the point where just about anything within reason is practical.)


It's one thing to use an LLM to create something new, but to get it to regurgitate an imperfect version of something that already exists and is easily found, and then have to spend time fixing it, hardly seems like a good use.

Where do you draw the line on that attitude? Do you not care about global warming because in your lifetime, you're probably not going to experience an unsurvivable wet bulb temperature where you happen to live?

> Where do you draw the line on that attitude?

I draw the line at things that directly impact my net worth.

> Do you not care about global warming because you're probably not going to experience an unsurvivable wet bulb temperature where you happen to live in your lifetime?

Correct. I don’t care about global warming or climate change.


Your assessment is incorrect.

Climate change will have huge effects on everyone's net worth. The process has already started.

Your failure to understand this will not change how it affects you.


>Correct. I don’t care about global warming or climate change.

I suppose that makes a change from it's not happening or it is happening but it isn't man made or it is man made but we can't do anything about it.


Nothing worse than a person who takes for granted all the hard work others put into society while smugly bragging about how they don't care about anyone but themselves.

So you don't care about things that indirectly affect your net worth? Credit score? Your overall health? How many friends you have?

> I draw the line at things that directly impact my net worth.

That is a really interesting admission upon which to evaluate your other comments here…


Do you believe in ethics or morality?

If I decide you're having a negative impact on my net worth, can I come to your home and shoot you in the head?

It seems we need a remedial class in morality here, where we work up to you understanding the golden rule. But perhaps you're not capable of understanding that. Is euthanizing you then the only option?


Have you been formally diagnosed as a sociopath yet?

It goes beyond lying. It's kind of war, and they're the aggressor.

Everyone else needs to start treating them that way, or you're going to regret it once you realize what's actually happening.


Please please tell us so we're prepared. sad puppy eyes

There's plenty of discussion of this if you look for it. Some examples:

"Sanders Releases Report on Big Tech Oligarchs’ War Against Workers, Warns AI Could Eliminate Nearly 100 Million U.S. Jobs": https://www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom/press/news-sanders-...

"How the American Oligarchy Went Hyperscale": https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/american-oligar...

"AI Is a Threat to Everything the American People Hold Dear": https://www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/ai-is-a-threat-to-ever...

To be clear: I'm an extremely experienced software developer. I use AI daily. I'm currently working on training a DNN that's used in production by enterprise companies around the globe.

But there's absolutely no doubt that AI is being deployed as a weapon by the capitalist class against everyone else, and that's only going to amplify and get much, much worse. The issue is not necessarily the technology itself. The issue is how society permits it to be used.


What does this have to do with the video?

From 3m50s in the video:

> I think they are lying, and I think they are hurting people. I think they're genuinely hurting people.

That hurting of people is part of the war that I mentioned. The rest of the video focuses quite heavily on this general issue. It gives specific examples, but they're representative.


Seems hyperbolic to me. The video is about them "hurting people" by convincing foolish CEOs to replace their workers with AI (and the CEOs and investors are also being hurt by this). You're talking about some scenario where faking AI competence makes AI somehow actually competent.

You lost me at “Sanders”

Jesus fuck, stop with the chatgpt written posts.

No, I swear I'm a legit human!

The reason it seems suspicious is that it's phrased in a way that's oriented towards humans. I haven't tested this, but I suspect you'd get similar results if you said something like "orient your response to that of a growth hacker." Either one is likely to have the desired effect on the stochastic result.

I can think of a worse name: Peter Thiel. Oh wait I'm confused. That's a better name for this.

> The question is not whether it is a good model, it is whether the model can be trusted to not act intentionally maliciously against certain topics or certain users.

We absolutely know that we can't trust the American model not to do that - it's "by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs" - so it's not clear what the claim really is.


Do you believe there's some meaningful benefit to the American VC funding model in this case? It's not clear to me what you're trying to say or why you think it's an important distinction.

You're right, but the bias in the US certainly persists. "China = bad" is an assumption that many people still make without any self-reflection about the ways in which the US is now at least as bad.

> but now what characteristics do they share that some american cars don’t have?

Better overall design?


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