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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there something like this but with edits of JD Vance?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

For me there is often a problem that causes to not be able to sleep, and I'll try to solve that. Like being hungry, thirsty, radiator too warm, radiator not warm enough, I have some energy I need to get out, need to close the window, need to open the window. If nothing helps I get out of bed for a while and this makes me more tired after some time. I try to avoid scrolling because it just makes the time fly by without changing the circumstances or making me sleepy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's really hard to make predictions, but one thing I am certain about is that the pervasiveness of endless entertainment and distractions, in combination with the ease of outsourcing any mental effort to LLMs, will have significant effects on people's cognitive performance. Especially for young people who have the misfortune of never knowing a world without these things.

Another thing is climate change. At least for those of us living in the west, climate change is still limited to concerning news you read, a bit more heat in the summer, and a few more natural disasters than usual. There are effects, but we're not really affected yet. In 10 years, our lives will be significantly affected by the increasing heat and even more natural disasters. In other parts of the world, these things are already happening and they will be significantly worse in 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

True. Yesterday I saw a gen alpha kid watching YT on his phone on one hand while he was walking his dog with the other. In an urban area with some traffic and occasional cyclists.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

It makes a lot of sense. Lying and manipulation are done specifically to achieve goals. A defining characteristic of morals is that you're supposed to follow them even if it's neutral or disadvantageous for you. If someone follows "morals" to achieve a personal goal, they're not actually following morals, they're just acting in a way that incidentally looks moral.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn, she's grown quickly!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea. For me it's a "you recognize it when you see it" kinda thing. Normally I'm in favor of just measuring things with a clearly defined test or benchmark, but it is in the nature of large neural networks that they can be great at scoring on any desired benchmark while failing to be good at the underlying ability that the benchmark was supposed to test (overfitting). I know this sounds like a lazy answer, but it's a very difficult question to define something based around generalizing and reacting to new challenges.

But whether LLMs do have "actual intelligence" or not was not my point. You can definitely make a case for claiming they do, even though I would disagree with that. My point was that calling them AIs instead of LLMs bypasses the entire discussion on their alleged intelligence as if it wasn't up for debate. Which is misleading, especially to the general public.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I modified a copy pasta to make it fit the context. It's not new though, just a bit unknown.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's true that the word has always been used loosely, but there was no issue with it because nobody believed what was called AI to have actual intelligence. Now this is no longer the case, and so it becomes important to be more clear with our words.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm active in this guys' matrix group for sigma males. I love it there as an eccentric, dominant and mysterious introvert. I’ve been described as an alpha a few times (even by my wife) but I never felt 100% comfortable with the term. The big difference is that I’m a loner in my free time. Some of my biggest hobbies are reading, listening to podcasts and audiobooks. Constantly learning and improving.

I don’t care about socializing with people after work etc. I always have conflicts with alphas (who underestimate or feel threatened by me) and I MUST shut them down and put them in their places. I get a great sense of satisfaction from this. Lol But it’s also exhausting and takes the fun out of socializing. Kind of like swatting gnats. I’d rather contemplate the universe or human consciousness.

A lot of alphas seem insecure and have a constant need for constant validation which I find incredibly weak and pathetic.

At work I’m all business and I want to lead and take control of everything. However, I am good at playing the supporting role and being a team player. I always want to help people maximize their potential and brighten their day with humor. Women seem to love me even though I don’t put any effort into it. I’m just 100% real, humorous and of course mysterious!

Enough self absorbed bullshit. (My ego takes over at times)

I don’t know many other guys exactly like myself. I’m excited to compare notes with you all. Whereas alphas seem to compete against each other(often in the form of pissing contests), we sigmas seem to be kindred spirits. Even though we are lone wolves, it’s good to sometimes feel like we aren’t alone. Cheers mates.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

I think we should start by not following this marketing speak. The sentence "AI isn't intelligent" makes no sense. What we mean is "LLMs aren't intelligent".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, that's exactly what I meant.

 

Hello, in the recent years I find myself willing to spend much less time and energy on games, but I do still enjoy them. Oftentimes I end up quitting a new game I tried out relatively early on, because I'm encountering some block, grind, non-optional boring side quest, empty open world, uninteresting clutter or details that I have to manage, or similar. Like, I just wanna play the actual game play, see how the story continues, and visit those areas that were designed with care. Not worry where on the map I can sell the glimbrunses I collected so I can buy a 37% stronger glarpidifice that I'll need to beat the next glutrey after which I'm allowed to continue the main story.

Sorry if this turned into some kind of a rant, but I hope it's understandable what I'm looking for and what I meant by fluff. Some games that have fulfilled this for me during the last years:

  • Stray
  • Skyrim (there's a lot of fluff you can worry about in Skyrim, but the thing is you don't have to worry about it, you can also just walk in any direction and see what situation you wind up in, at least for the first 10-20h of a playthrough, which IMO is enough time for a game anyway)
  • Life is Strange
  • Some Pokémon ROM hacks where the difficulty spikes were not too harsh

Looking forward to hear your suggestions :) Games where there is some fluff but you're allowed to just ignore it are also fine, but not having any fluff is preferred. Bonus points for anything on the Xbox game pass.

 

Hello, I am currently playing a high elf spellsword around level 18 on Xbox (so no mods). I maxed out the intelligence and destruction skill a few levels ago and unfortunately the strength of destruction spells is completely broken. I one-shot or two-shot pretty much any enemy I meet with a custom touch fire spell. It's not even min-maxed, I could increase the damage per magicka by making the damage hit more slowly and adding frost and shock damage. My blade damage is negligible in comparison and at this point I just swing the sword for aesthetics. It takes a lot of fun out of the game.

This is on adept difficulty. If I move to expert, the difficulty goes from way too easy to way too hard. Especially since higher difficulty reduces both the damage I make and increases the damage I receive. Maybe there are some Oblivion experts here that can recommend a playstyle with a non-broken difficulty? So far my ideas are:

  • Increase the difficulty to expert, drop melee combat, play as pure mage with optimized spells, and lean into how broken magic seems to be in this game

  • just continue and hope the difficulty balances out later in the game (I don't know if this will happen though?)

  • start a new game in a different class without destruction magic (sucks cause I'd lose my progress)

I'd appreciate it if some Oblivion experts could give their thoughts. I had a ton of fun with this game before the difficulty broke and would love to continue.

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Ok, I guess this will be a niche meme and require some explanation. Recently there was this post where a guy rescued a kitten from the neighbor's dog: https://lemmy.today/post/29489052 Today I was listening to the album Blood Mountain by Mastodon about a hero encountering all kinds of dangerous creatures while lost in the mountains. And the lyrics reminded me of the kitten's dangerous journey into the neighbor's garden.

 
 

I wonder if they did that intentionally.

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Happened when I used an old autosave for a modified ROM.

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