No one is talking about how the leading AGI shills subscribe to an insane secular religion that doesn’t give a shit about problems happening in the real world because supposedly it’s more pressing to create AGI that will “improve the lives” of trillions of “digital posthumans.”
The more I learn about this, the more disturbed I become, but alas, I cannot unlearn this.
Pros of being articulate:
Cons of being articulate:
Can we please stop referring to people as being “technical” or “non-technical”?
What the hell does that language even mean?
Is a “technical person” a “holder of technical skills” or are we using this to mean “has domain expertise in applied work involving computer systems”?
Something that just occurred to me is that one reason why someone might aim to be promoted is because if you keep getting promoted, then eventually your “above-my-pay-grade” questions won’t be above your pay grade anymore.
The difference I’ve found between reading textbooks and reading academic papers is that on my first pass through reading a textbook page, I read most sentences 1-3 times, whereas if it’s a paper, I’ll probably end up reading each sentence 3-5 times before turning the page.