Yeah I’m not saying it’s barter, but OP’s comment didn’t mention it at all so I thought it was important to talk about.

I haven’t read his book but my understanding is that while there were means of exchange in many societies, the foundation of most pre-historic economies was the gift economy.

Unless you are counting that as a form of exchange? It was typically reciprocal in many ways.

I personally don’t think the concept of stolen IP is ethically coherent. Ownership of ideas is a ridiculous concept. So I don’t find this to be a very compelling argument for why AI is bad per se.

However, I do think it strengthens the argument that it should not be the intellectual property of tech oligarchs who did not create the vast breadth of knowledge that the algorithm is sorting through and accessing.

I’m not an expert but my understanding is most of the computation is in the training. The actual queries are not too difficult to manage. So I think that’s what makes it more difficult to monetize because you’re trying to position yourself as a digital gatekeeper for work that has already been done. Yes, some industries have survived in this position but it limits the amount of profit you can make because there are always ways to copy someone else’s homework. So if prices are too high people will opt out because they have other options even if they’re slightly less quality or convenience.

It doesn’t need to fully automate anything to make people more productive. And I think there’s ample evidence it can greatly increase productivity in some fields. We’re in the bumpy phase of finding out how much human supervision is needed in each field so you’re bound to hear about ways it has been misused but everyone I’ve talked to who uses it professionally thinks it helps them get a lot more done than without it.

I’m not much of an AI skeptic compared to most on Lemmy. I think the technology is incredibly useful and probably beneficial to society if we can remove the control of the ruling class.

That said I truly don’t understand how the AI business model is supposed to work. I’m sure there is some market for businesses, governments, etc., basically people who have too much money who may want to pay for the latest and greatest models.

But I don’t really see the average consumer doing this when slightly less good versions will almost certainly be available for free. And the above customers will not be able to support the level of investment that’s going on right now.

Meh I don’t really want to get into that debate since we’re talking about a wide range of materials that may be more or less truthful depending on the exact source and topic.

Regardless, propaganda is typically extremely misleading.

My point is claiming China is fighting terrorism just like the US should be a criticism, not a defense. And these are people that (rightly) criticized US antiterrorism actions, so it’s bizarre to then act like similar things are totally fine and normal when China does them.

Typically they are set well above the speed limit.

All propaganda should get pushback. Maybe western propaganda should get more but typically pushback is at least allowed.

ML doesn’t even allow you to fact-check their propaganda. That makes it so much worse, even if it had an equal level of factual information as western propaganda (it doesn’t).

Yeah because the Western war on terror was so totally benign and respectful of human rights.

The level of hypocrisy here is so wild.

Normal oral sex does not damage your voice. Maybe if you’re doing really rough deep throat or something but most people don’t enjoy that anyway.

Yeah this feels more like a long-shot gamble by a hungry start up that the beginning of a new transformative tech.

Seems like every state does it.

Except it’s only native to the central valley in California so if you’re anywhere else this is not going to have any effect.

I guess this person just didn’t look up its range or something? The species pictured there isn’t even native to CA.

Most endangered species have restricted ranges, which is part of what makes them endangered. So you’ll have to do the work to find out what might be present in your local area.

That said I did just hear they’re trying to build one in Roseville, CA which IS in the range of this species so guerrilla gardeners, if you happen to be in Roseville, go nuts.

Being a vegetarian won’t save you from maggots eating your skin though.

It looks like they took a fox’s body and put a wolf’s head on it.

Seems like a map of the area in question and the competing claims would have been useful.

Since they’re using Euros it’s not the USA. Maybe OP should investigate this law in their area.

I’d probably just pay so I don’t have to think about it too hard but if you want to investigate further how it would affect the workers, I do agree that’s the main concern.

Same purpose as a safety vest, to make them visible.

Because if you don’t see them you will be unhappy, trust me. Ouch.