Hacker News: thelisuhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thelisuHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:55:41 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by thelisu in "Jev meets the Trolley Problem"]]>The first goal is to align the model to the least common denominator of ethics. Even if there is diversity in values, everyone agrees that murder is bad, or that you shouldn't torture your neighbor for fun.

]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:22:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50116103thelisuhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50116103https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50116103<![CDATA[New comment by thelisu in "Automating Immersive Reading"]]>This highlights the core reason why I don't like audiobooks, podcasts, or even movies, compared to reading: it's too slow. Looking at the example, I read two or three times as fast as the audio goes.

What I would need is the opposite: some eye-tracking software that plays the audio at the point I am reading. I don't know if it would be any useful though, as it would be very sped-up, but maybe it would increase "immersion" nevertheless.

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