I was reading papers daily, and there was progress but even in the field of symbolic ai the focus was on weak ai, a range of approaches that try to solve single problems. They were trying to find marketable techniques, not looking for the sparkle of intelligence. Then big data came and people started specialising in techniques that were also useful for ml, and boom.

What I mean is that “back in my day” there were maybe 10 people in the world seriously investigating strong AI

This happened to me. I was really really into AI when nobody even knew what it meant if not for hal, skynet and matrix, and now everybody talks of llms like they even know what the f they are.

I think it’s really clear that we are the last outpost of the real left.

I feel like we have been sucked in a vortex that takes any attempt at parody and satire and uses it to push the overton window towards fascism.

Never heard this take before, lizard people has always been the upper class of non-human psychopath rulers and billionaires. I won’t stop using the term in that sense, certainly using tiktok and business insider as sources adds credibility to all this.

Then of course, if you ACTUALLY believe they are lizard people, you may have bigger problems.

This is an untenable position. There is no good side, but Israel is committing atrocities beyond recognition.

Yes it does, but I still get an hour

I can definitely kill an hour

If you are interested you can go and find one, it’s not going to be difficult. We are not here to bring you stuff. What a level of entitlement, sir (or ma’am).

Well they found a galaxy at 390 million years after the big bang, that according to current understanding should be billions of years old. That should do, I think?

Yes but why just when the fate of billionaires is on the line?

Oh wow, I actually wasn’t aware of that, thx! But I found it extremely funny nonetheless.

Yo, you do get a point

Sorry, it was a joke. There is a youtube show which i love called “uhm actually” where nerds must correct sentences about nerd stuff.

Ok just to clarify I was indeed trolling in the sense that it was a joke. Judging from the downvotes it was too early and too subject to Poe’s law.

And to expand I also believe current IP laws are a very bad joke.

O crap I suspected I was being too meta

So you’re saying you are in favour of free guns for everyone?

Edit: /s for cthulhu’s sake

If you mean that they are morally superior, I agree

This is the correct answer, but you forgot to begin with “uhm actually” so i can’t give you the point.