wait I actually know the answer. he put out a video that had a lot of inaccuracies in it (calling nalbinding knitting, talking about knit fabric and showing woven fabric, being like “we don’t actually know how knitting works, it’s a mystery)
I hate when people talk about having “nuanced” takes on generative AI. Like I actually do not think there is a middle ground to be had. I do think that if you use generative AI, you are a bad person who doesn’t care about other people, the environment, or yourself
reading hank green’s reddit response i find it fascinating how easily even someone as reflected and intelligent as hank can slip into a mode where he’s unable to reflect on his work progress and the impact ai had on it… more than disappointing i find it incredibly scary
no bc the art of doing bare minimum in order to get paid is being lost n traded for jus plain stupidity. had to explain to someone why going in the back n being on facetime for an hour while theres a huge rush will get them fired n also make everyone else on shift hate u lmao
There's this haunting tale by Arthur C. Clarke where a Tibetan temple hires some computer engineers to set up a supercomputer to print out all the names of God.
They believe that stating God's nine billion names is the entire purpose of the universe. And they've been working on it for millennia. But they reckon a supercomputer would be much faster performing this sacred duty.
The story ends with the two engineers coming down the mountain and laughing about the silliness of it all. Then they notice that "overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
I really love that story because it shows the hubris of technology and how we might unleash forces far more powerful than we understand through it.
A law Israeli lobbyists asked for so that Zionists can continue to sell stolen Palestinian land to Canadians in Synagogues. Land Palestinians gave their lives to try to protect being sold to Canadians that have never lived in Israel and have no claim to the land. Why is the Canadian government enacting laws to protect Israel?
this is a good example of how population health cannot be secured individually
health cannot be a personal responsibility when the conditions for health do not exist
when you lack safe food, clean air, or clean water, individual choices cannot save you