Well yeah, it’s the job of the political process to figure out in which direction the bus should drive …

Would it really? My understanding was it only took off because so many people went along with it.

I agree with you that AI will probably replace a lot of white-collar jobs by 2035, which is not that far away, and it will necessitate political change.

I also consider that UBI (Universal Basic Income) is probably the most natural way forward. It pays a constant amount to each person per month, based on money collected through a wealth tax. It does not have to be implemented all-at-once, but can be gradually introduced. I.e. only provide $200/(person*month) in the beginning, and then continuously scale up as needed.

The wealth tax is needed simultaneously because the money has to come from somewhere. Printing money anew is not great because it leads to steep inflation.

The problem, I’d say, is that they measure primarily geometric and rational reasoning ability.

But in practice, you need much more than that. You need empathy, a good intuition for nature, life experience, human connections, extensive education, and the right environment to use these abilities. None of which is easy to measure.

i actually interpret it different. it’s not about being too complicated.

it’s about the fact that you can’t fundamentally prove that physics behaves in a certain way. You can only observe it. And you can hope and pray that god doesn’t fundamentally change the laws of the universe tomorrow. So, in some sense, it’s magic. Also it’s kinda weird in some way that the universe works the way it does. It’s kinda just a random expression of divine thought, or a miracle, idk what you call it, but some call it magic.

but thoughts all the way up. ;-)

I think the problem stems of the fact that google was convinced in 2000 that the internet needs to make money to keep being developed.

And that belief is primarily inspired by neoliberal belief that everything needs to make money.

However, information should be free. And so should the internet.

And to follow up on that:

;D

There was a sweet spot when computers were actually made out of transistors.

Nowadays, they’re all made by arcane magic.

You can’t teach a fish to fly, and you can’t teach a republican to think critically.

I think we just have to accept that reading (critically) isn’t for everybody. There’s just people who prefer to talk out of their asses.

And we’ll have to find a way to live with that.

it’s not just reading skills, it’s also ability to cross-correlate information to other information and perform consistency checks.

well yeah but probably they should have expected it …

It’s windows, that’s why.

My stance is: when arguing on lemmy, you’re not only trying to convince the other one. You’re also trying to convince future readers. Even if the other one is an asshole, people see that and that has an effect.

Genies appear when you “rub the lamp”.

“Rubbing the lamp” is possibly a symbolism for sexual intercourse. It describes the exchange of sexual services against “favors”, i.e. wishes.

As such, it coded a possible course of action of young, powerless people in need to receive a wish.

No they meant brake. Like, the urinal’s smooth and continued function brakes. Comes to a halt.

the onion can not keep up with this, because fiction has to be believable, unlike reality ;-)

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