@wilburhookshand@pmagnerjr The first time I went here in person I texted my work friend “what’s it like to go to undergrad with a real football program this stadium has a whole extra level than my alma mater” lol
I was showing my girlfriend's teenage kid this and Fabulous Secret Powers and said "you think your generation has the monopoly on brainrot" and she responded with "Why are these videos so long?"
@CptAncapistan@Homiedino Medical doctors can be stupid, I went to school with a few. They just have above average endurance for what you have to go through to become a doctor.
@NobletStrength Whenever I hear people’s anxieties that the US is behind I remember sitting with some international MBAs talking about differences in education across countries and the Asians and South Africans were just in awe at how we churn out so much creativity.
@tekbog They're probably the only company rich enough to be able to continue to eat the mountainous losses AI incurs long enough for everyone else to die.
this is an interesting point in the new ted chiang piece – no one really claims that alphafold is conscious, or that sora or midjourney or dall-e are conscious
Okay, I see how it is. So if you say that Claude has no feelings, all the AI folks will get upset. But if you criticize their CNC parties suddenly it’s all “a simulation of a thing is not the thing itself” 😒
@ItsAndyRyan@AileInTheValley Jokes aside: living close to a reservation is common enough that it’s depicted in popular media without having to be explained. They are sovereign in addition to the cultural diversity they offer so it lends itself to interesting narrative devices.
@AileInTheValley@ItsAndyRyan In some places like south Florida there are reservations in major metropolitan areas and that’s where locals go to gamble and smoke indoors.