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Re: The AI tsunami
A very long piece on the existential threat of the AI bubble to the US economy (and why the economy is probably worse than we think already): https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/ (View Post)
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Re: The AI tsunami
(Quote) Just wanted to weigh in that @lobster has the right of it, here. The current crop of AI are "large language models" which are basically very sophisticated autocomplete devoid of any… (View Post)
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Re: “502” error on this site
Icrontic (which shares the server with NB) is getting swarmed by bots scraping the contents for AI nonsense, which is a growing problem across the Web. I've blocked a number of them for now, which ho… (View Post)
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Re: Martial Arts and Buddhism - Is it acceptable?
(Quote) All that will matter is which of them is still practicing in a year, in 5 years, in 10 years. My teacher has severe dyslexia and can barely read a word. He has cerebral palsy and used crutche… (View Post)2 -
Re: Martial Arts and Buddhism - Is it acceptable?
(Quote) I don't think anyone missed your use the diminutive when referring to people who see a connection between them. Nor do I think anyone is calling martial arts a part of Buddhism. And I'd even … (View Post)
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