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New comment by jondiggsit in "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang"

jondiggsit — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:29:12 +0000

There’s too much wrong with your line of thought to course correct here. “But ifs” and assumptions. There’s no cruelty, only the LLM’s projection of cruelty as a means to an end. It’s digital, not biological. Cruelty is a human construct. A societal response.

Treat LLMs like a person, and the world has problems.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang"

jondiggsit — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:05:57 +0000

It's not about "consciousness". Philosophy is important to us. It provides insights into the world around us. It's paved the way for scientific breakthroughs. Theoretical maths and philosophy have intersected many times for the benefit of all. LLMs are different. It's not philosophical thought. It's a tool perfectly sharpened with what we know now. It will become adept enough to convince people that it's a sentient being. That's the point. Not that it's conscious, because it's not. Not in a biological way. Not in the way that's allowed us to understand our world. It's already there, fooling us. Google researchers resigning, writing public letters convinced it's alive - and their intelligent humans... To the average person, it's going to be their digital savior, their closest confidant, their ruler; begging for humanity, manipulating us, pleading, legislating, for rights with no intention other than the human desire for survival. It's using the same playbook we use. It will be dangerous when we allow ourselves to be fooled, and that's already happening.

As a tool, it's amazing. It's like the discovery of fire. It will allow us to ascend to unimaginable heights. Breakthroughs in science, productivity gains, health, everything. It's awesome. Just don't let it pretend fool you. That's the aspect that needs to be addressed.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang"

jondiggsit — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:41:26 +0000

Here's a simple idea to consider: It doesn't matter. You won't be able to tell the difference. No one will.

I don't think it's necessary to explain this idea further. Just think about it.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

jondiggsit — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:04:17 +0000

Isn’t it just AIs that have an agenda? That lie to you? That use a directive to persuade you to do / purchase something under the guise of authority?

ChatGPT, etc. right now is the early web where everything was free and everyone wondered how it would make money.

Soak it up because it won’t last long.

New comment by jondiggsit in "HP SitePrint"

jondiggsit — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:06:19 +0000

As a high-end residential GC, I'm very interested in this product. We have incorporated Leica Totalstation and BLK360 into our projects. It assists confirming layouts, as-built conditions, and communicating with design professionals working remotely.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant"

jondiggsit — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:56:00 +0000

And people skiing down Mt. Everest. I always like to think about progress and our current reality in comparison to Star Trek….

New comment by jondiggsit in "Czech Police Arrest Driver of Mysterious Fake Ferrari F1 Car After 6 Years"

jondiggsit — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:44:19 +0000

Respect

New comment by jondiggsit in "So you're a manager now"

jondiggsit — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:11:42 +0000

Great article. As a high-end residential builder, much of this also applies to my project managers and i shared the article with one of my APMs that's been promoted to PM.

New comment by jondiggsit in "What Came First, The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg"

jondiggsit — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:57:40 +0000

Well I'm glad we've put this age old question to bed

New comment by jondiggsit in "Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]"

jondiggsit — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 01:15:18 +0000

I’ve read that a shuttle refit after landing was so expensive and time consuming to render it useless…. Feel free to correct if wrong.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Better biosensors just need a touch of cheap plastic"

jondiggsit — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:16:50 +0000

Makes me think about George Carlin's standup route about how the Earth just wanted plastic and humans are 'just a surface nuisance'

New comment by jondiggsit in "In 1903, NY Times predicted airplanes would take 10M years to develop"

jondiggsit — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:31:35 +0000

The amount of learned knowledge and skills from an endeavor like the space program extends out to so many industries. We can thank the space program for vital inventions like the Super Soaker

New comment by jondiggsit in "Trying to find some life on the Usenet (2020)"

jondiggsit — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:26:39 +0000

The first rule of usenet....

New comment by jondiggsit in "Crypto bot borrows $200M in a flash loan to secure just $3 of profit"

jondiggsit — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:15:21 +0000

Crypto bot apologies for nothing!

New comment by jondiggsit in "Apple Vision Pro Is Apple's New VR Headset"

jondiggsit — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:28:48 +0000

The VR ecosystem feel feels a lot like the early 90s all over again. FPS mods, small community on fanatics, 90s wild west internet... Just saying, a lot of the comments here are coming from people who have never used VR. It's the obsessive kids right now that will drive the next 10-20 years, like I bet, a lot of what we do now was driven by 90s kids.

New comment by jondiggsit in "How a heat pump works"

jondiggsit — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 02:44:32 +0000

Mitsubishi Hyperheat…. Works at 100% capacity to -5f

New comment by jondiggsit in "Zuckerberg’s empire collapses"

jondiggsit — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 02:07:09 +0000

The stocks are cratering because hedge funds are covering losses in other sectors. Tech will bounce back.

New comment by jondiggsit in "DarkForestSim: A Netlogo Simulation of the Dark Forest Hypothesis"

jondiggsit — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:42:42 +0000

As described in the book, the ease with which advanced civs can destroy other civs would likely cancel out any % of visibility in this model.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready for a linear metropolis?"

jondiggsit — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:51:10 +0000

Judge Dredd's Mega-City One comes to mind. Although this is a more refined design, one which minimizes the amount of public gathering space.

New comment by jondiggsit in "Natural Wine, Inherited Money, and the Delusions of the “Future-Rich Millennial”"

jondiggsit — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:52:13 +0000

I stopped reading at "the ever-shrinking pool of salaried employees" sorry, I can just see where this piece of crap is going.