Peter Butler

sneaky slurs

I think we would need to step back and get a rigid definition of "consciousness" before ascribing it to machine language and considering any legal protections of it

How would you define a "conscious being" and how would you determine them?

I was always the same way, and now it's the exact opposite

I get a *lot* of free books off the street, mostly paperback, and use the library to read everything else

If I'm going to buy a book, it's special, i.e. the first edition hardcover (if one exists)

hear hear! too much repetition and explication in a lot of books

they certainly exist, but it's rare to find a non-fiction author who can keep a readable thread going for 300+ pages

It's funny. My parents always ask me how much gas is out in California, and I'm like "I have no idea" ... $5/gallon? $6? 🤷

feels like a poem

ok, yeah "may or may not" sure

He also didn't say it

>> Engineers have observed activity patterns associated with concepts such as anxiety appearing in specific contexts.

>> "Does that mean the model is experiencing anxiety?" Amodei said. "That doesn't prove that at all."

Anthropic CEO Admits, 'We Don't Know If The Models Are Conscious,' As Claude Claims '15% – 20% Probability' Of Awareness Anthropic's latest Claude model assigned itself a 15% – 20% probability of being conscious during internal testing. Claude is the company's large language model that generates text in response to prom...

BREAKING: CEO said something 3 days ago

tech.yahoo.com/ai/claude/ar...

I'll definitely buy the album (since it is a benefit), but is it different than what's been leaked before?

I guess I'll have to listen! ;)

😢

several

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I am thinking it's probably particularly offensive to Jewish people because we are waging war with Israel as an ally

>> Asked if Americans should worry about Iran retaliating against Americans on U.S. soil, President Donald Trump responded, “I guess.”

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I think I get it, but not totally

Honest question: why is it specifically anti-Jewish? I think I am missing it...

Isn't it basically "anti-everyone who isn't Christian"?

At least 33 pardoned insurrectionists face other criminal charges—but many are now going free - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021.

CREW made a list in December. It was 33 then, but I think there are more now

www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...

Using a potential government payout for facilitating a coup to silence a child victim of sexual assault is quintessential Epstein class

Well that's a shit headline for sure

Why would they pay for MagicSchool when they can get Notebook LM for free via Google Classroom?

(I am not advocating for using NotebookLM (or any Google software) in schools)

This is not news of any importance for anyone

I question access journalism

not enough time? the text messages came out pretty close to the election

my thought exactly

*nodding sagely, smiling*

"yes, yes, bad things can do happen"

what the heck is "firefly"?

ugh, that's super obnoxious and ignorant

> gen Z males (born 1997-2012)

I would think there's a big difference between the early and later cohorts (but I also don't believe much in "generations" at all tbh)

Gen Z still includes current teenagers, right?

I wonder how much the young age has to do with it

The "traditional" gender thinking can also be very juvenile

He doesn't do that

lmao