At some point, it'll become acceptable to us when an AI shuts off life support for a patient at a hospital because it "calculated" the odds of survival

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 days ago

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 days ago

CW suicide

I might just try to kill myself a few times in order to find the least painful way possible, both for me and for the world around me, just in case the loop ever stops and I had a real chance of escaping the suffering.

But also, maybe punch a few assholes, or try killing people that damaged me during my childhood, because I’ve never done violence and I’d like to know what physical dominance feels like. Maybe ask a few girls out to either confirm or finally absolve me of my worthlessness. In one of the loops, I’d gamble. In another loop, I’d try all the drugs that my precarious government position makes difficult to try. Oh, what I wouldn’t give for some pot and LSD. I’d move to a non transmedical society and finally receive HRT, although this wouldn’t have any effect in one single day, so never mind. If I retained my memories each time, then I’d start studying anything and everything that I’m interested in. I’d learn to recite The Silmarillion by heart.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 days ago

Same here. Had to load the desktop version.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 days ago

Joke’s on us? I dunno leave me alone.

https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · edit-2 4 days ago

I call it pretentious indexing©.

Edit: just realized that indexing doesn’t cover output/presentation, but still.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 days ago

But I wouldn’t trust them on emotional decisions and interpretation, cause why try to approximate some then when real humans exist.

So TLDR my hot take is Drs have for a while been human machine translator/therapists, which ends up being a pretty damn technical job.

This is such a good summary of my thinking process. Thanks! 😀

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 days ago

Holy crap. Good thing I didn’t meet her back in those days, oblivious to what she was capable of. I’d ask her out in a heartbeat:

But yeah. I’m against capital punishment. I’m against societal vengeance. If the victim’s loved ones want to beat the crap out of the murderer, I wouldn’t stop them. But to act like you (any criminal justice system) can weigh, quantify, rationalize a person’s acts against their right to live? Nope.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 days ago

No idea. But probably the same people that take AI summaries at face values, without vetting the sources. Who knows.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 days ago

Browser (Web?)

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 days ago

And I think that’s important, because it’s very easy to slide down this slippery slope, interpolate a time series forecast in our head and essentially conclude “it’s going downhill so the future must be what our average dystopia predicted” and I don’t think that’s right or even helpful. There’s quite a few things we should improve and our world is on the brink of a bigger societal change again, but change is never just bad. Change is an opportunity to improve the things that are important to us. And to do this, we need all the brilliant minds that see those issues to imagine those improvements, so we should make sure we know what needs to be done when we finally get the chance.

This is really beautiful. I just wish capitalism didn’t stand in the way of science, medicine and altruism.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 days ago

FINALLY

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 days ago

I wish that was the case. I wish using LLMs required a license and an educational background in media literacy or something.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 days ago

That’s exactly it. I will never be in a place where I’m comfortable letting an LLM making that decision. No way.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 days ago

At some point, it'll become acceptable to us when an AI shuts off life support for a patient at a hospital because it "calculated" the odds of survival

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 days ago

On the other hand, you have zealots insisting that anything that is made by a person is made of 100% divine treasure that they did not give a shit about 2 years ago. Profound but technically meaningless. There was no reason to give a shit about it “2 years ago”, because the dignity of the effort that goes into creating something out of yourself was not yet threatened to become obscured, forgotten, debased, disregarded.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · edit-2 5 days ago

Did you not notice? That be the same island we made you the governor of on our last little trip.

real answer

My happiest years in my otherwise miserable life were the six years that I spent living in Japan, first as a student and later as a researcher. It would take too much energy, open up too many old wounds, were I to attempt naming all the details, all the nuances, all the - frankly - indescribable feelings that made my life a heaven on earth while living there. And yet, I would not move to Japan to work there if I were held at gunpoint. I value my physical and mental health and my free time - which I think of as my actual “life” - too much to sacrifice them by having to work under Japanese work ethics and Japanese view on mental health. For what? For the occasional indulgence in the most delicious food on earth? The greatest sexual escapades in the known universe? The most beautiful fine arts, music, literature? For the few days that I’d be allowed to visit my family back in Europe every year? No, thank you. Fuck I’m torn to hell.

Anyway, I’d love to live for four-five years each in each country whose native languages I have learned through the years:

German: my first choice would be to live in the wilderness of Schwarzwald, but I’d live to experience Austria and Schweiz too, if only for the linguistic experience alone.
Spanish: I’d love to live in Columbia. One of my best friends is from Colombia and while he, being born and raised there, says that he hates it, I think that my cold Swedish heart has a lot to learn from Latin culture.
Russian: I would like to immerse myself in Russian society, if only to rid myself of any prejudice that I might be living with. I love Russian folk music and its fiery passion. I’d love to experience where that comes from. The climate? History?
Hungarian: jk. I’d never move to the fascist state Hungary, but I’d love to live in the ethnically Hungarian parts of Transylvania, since that’s where my ancestors are from. I already speak the language, so I’d “just” have to learn the culture. And how to wrestle bears?
Icelandic: not much of a choice here, unless you want to count the Faroese islands, whose language is closer to Danish anyway. I’ve been to Iceland and I absolutely loved the harsh climate and the fabulous people. Everybody was so kind. And the language simply sounds badass.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 days ago

7,000,000 variants of “oh dear” vs Sir Killalot

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 days ago

How well would he/it do in today’s Robot Wars, I wonder.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 days ago

I haven’t been able to subdue/erase/accept the emotion of jealousy, which sort of makes me unable to enjoy the wonders of it, but I wish I could. 😭

With that said, I am a relationship anarchist. 😊 I don’t believe in distinctions and labels. There is only what you and I have, period. Regardless of whether it’s sexual, romantic, platonic or whatever.

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 days ago

I know this isn’t exactly what you are looking for, but I once asked what an LSD trip feels like: https://piefed.blahaj.zone /c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world/p/918051/drugs-what-does-lsd-feel-like

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 days ago

I clicked because “nsfw” but I have no idea wtf I’m reading. I’ve read the comments a hundred times and OP at least one time. Where’s my sexual gratification.