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New comment by smcg in "AI won't solve the work-theater problem"

smcg — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:22:46 +0000

What good is it if the only result is more corporate profit? If wages and standard of living aren't raised by this "Golden Age" then it is only Gilded.

New comment by smcg in "The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes"

smcg — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:07:26 +0000

This seems like it should be obvious that it should happen. The human body was not designed for ultra-marathons. At a certain point the body shuts down out of self-preservation, because the mind is exhausting it too much.

New comment by smcg in "US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:07:09 +0000

That's because this article is PR fluff for Sean Duffy to make it seem like they are on top of the air traffic controller problem.

New comment by smcg in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:56:25 +0000

Children of millennials are not college age yet, for the most part. What are you basing this on?

New comment by smcg in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:47:56 +0000

I'm not sure that you understand how competitive, say, youth sports are. It's not seen as purely recreation, it is seen as a necessary pillar of advancement. Parents don't spend all this time and money sending their kids on travel teams for no reason.

New comment by smcg in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:45:05 +0000

The market demands it.

New comment by smcg in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:43:32 +0000

From my experience interviewing students applying to Ivies, they are working even harder than before. I am blown away by their resumes.

New comment by smcg in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:07:14 +0000

Every employer in the northeast knows who Brown and Dartmouth are.

New comment by smcg in "OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining"

smcg — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:40:03 +0000

It's worse, obviously.

New comment by smcg in "OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining"

smcg — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:35:59 +0000

The schoolhouse was an intentional target - the children of some military leaders went there. They triple-tapped the school hoping to kill parents going in to save the kids.

New comment by smcg in "OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves less than a year after joining"

smcg — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:34:44 +0000

I still think that the whole HuggingFace thing was deliberate to signal to investors that their technology is powerful. Maybe she didn't want to be the face of that, or disagreed with their handling of it.

New comment by smcg in "Almost no skill required to cook a steak"

smcg — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:20:27 +0000

How many analogies age more than 10 years anyways? They are contextual. It will be a while before a robot flips steaks cheaper (and better) than a human line cook.

New comment by smcg in "Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence (2025)"

smcg — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:03:21 +0000

Both could be true. People follow incentives.

New comment by smcg in "Discovery Loop"

smcg — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:55:18 +0000

Unfortunately, that's most of science. I don't see these AI systems doing reproducible experiments in "meatspace" any time soon.

New comment by smcg in "Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking"

smcg — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:06:50 +0000

Well in this case there were multiple failures... Should they have been identified earlier? Yes.

New comment by smcg in "A Sick People"

smcg — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:28:44 +0000

tertiary education is just one metric. And yes Mexico is #1 obesity but that doesn't mean that the US being #2 is good. We are horribly overweight compared to Europe and Asia.

New comment by smcg in "A Sick People"

smcg — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:30:40 +0000

Well, the "fat" part is true, the US is #2 in obesity among developed countries. In many education metrics we are average or below average compared to the OECD countries (despite spending more than others) - let's round it out to "average". The others are less measurable.

New comment by smcg in "AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol"

smcg — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:17:40 +0000

AI companies should be held liable for this.

New comment by smcg in "Flock's CEO Faced Me After Its Cameras Led to My Wrongful Stop"

smcg — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:37:00 +0000

please google "regulatory capture"

New comment by smcg in "AI productivity gains are closer to 10% than 10x"

smcg — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:26:38 +0000

it's much lower than common claims about AI.