Recent content by DrZoidberg

And consumers seek to maximise value for money. They'll often gladly settle for the mediocre if they get it for cheap.

It depends entirely of our needs. Sometimes cut'n'paste art is what we want. Not everyone has a need to push their experiences to the cutting edge. Sometimes something mediocre is what we want. Last year I led an art project with a big team. At the closing party I had used AI to compose...

I meant false qualifications. It changed her university to a more prestigeous one. Added jobs and research. I think it looked at people who had similar jobs, or higher level jobs, and just copied their qualifications.

There's a lot about productivity that's basically voodoo. Here's a fun annecdote. I have a friend who is a Zen buddhist monk. They had a new abott at his monastary. He changed the morning meditation. He removed the chanting. He had everyone sit in silence. Over time discipline fell apart all...

Meh. Building the models consume a lot of energy. Running the models do not. While it's true now that AI consumes tremendous amounts of energy, over time that number will go down, while we can still enjoy AI. What this statement is based on is simply a projection of energy consumtion continuing...

I assume you meant to say, does not put a value on doing things efficienty. Yeah, that's a huge flaw. And Marx builds upon Smith. So he should have known better. But like I said above, Marx starts out with the assumption that technological and scientific advancement will soon cease. Which was...

I agree. Marx was amazing at analysing the problems of capitalism. He was, in his time, spot on. But his solutions are all garbage. It's not like we haven't given communism a fair go. Marx, like everyone, is a product of his time. The science of psychology was not yet invented. The academic...

In Das Kapital Marx only atributes value to those who produce. What he calls "labour power". He's a bit vague on exactly what counts. But I think it's safe to assume services that directly impact the workers quality of life, is included. Like doctors. What is not included is admin. Or...

Here's a fun anecodote. My girlfriend is looking for a job right now and used ChatGPT to help her write her CV. The mission was to write a CV that would maximise her chances of getting the job. So naturally it started adding bullshit qualifications that was guaranteed to get her that job :)

Good point. You are right, We can't know that, and there's no test we can do to prove it. But what we've learned is that writing a document from scratch is always more work than having a document generated and then proof reading it, and leads to a better end result. Writing it from scratch will...

Here's a good one. An interview with an American Jewish lesbian trans man who was a Jewish - Palestinian peace activist in Israel who was in Israel during the 7/10 attack, and only survived because they couldn't find a sober driver to take them to the Nova festival on the night in question. The...

I don't think the quality of the news is the problem. Most of it is well crafted. My problem with it is that it's dishonest. It creates conflict where there is none. It creates danger where there is none. It creates danger where there is none. The problem isn't that journalists are lazy. It's...

Another fun thing on Marx is that his theories are heavily influenced by Proudhon, an anarchist. Ie, if everyone is free to do whatever they want, they will all magically have the values I want and do the things I want. He became rudely aware of this flaw in his ideas when he became one of the...

How is it more dangerous than having humans in charge of important tasks? How is that a problem? Again, isn't that a good thing? Wait wait. What is the goal of a job? Is it to keep people busy all day or is it wealth generation? If the point of work is to keep people busy, why not ban all...

I can't follow your logic. Why wouldn't greater wealth generation not benefit all humans? On the music and art. It only sucks for mediocre losers who thought their art was unique and special when it wasn't. I like not having to waste my time kissing an artists ass because I want an sketch of...