Ioper
18hr ago
That's not quite what I meant. I'll see if I have enough time to respond tomorrow morning.
I don’t have direct access to pre-made timestamped subtitles for Johnny Cash’s "God’s Gonna Cut You Down" from American V: A Hundred Highways (2006), but I can create them for you based on the official recording!
I don't know exactly what's is going on here but LLMs often respond like that. I'm not sure that "lying" is the correct term or if it's more accurate to say that they frequently don't "perceive themselves" as having the literal knowledge that they're trained on and with some prompting can reproduce.
Telling a computer what you want it to do with such clear terminology and logical consistency that it can't possibly fuck it up is just programming.
First off, that's not what he is describing. Secondly, that is only part of being a programmer.
Programming is both a kind of general problem solving related to how software works and can work, and the technical skill of writing the actual code.
I assume the latter part will be the first to be mostly automated away, which will greatly increase productivity, and when the second is automated fully then I'm not sure there will be any more white collar work at any level anywhere.
Ioper
1d ago
That might be what people say but the real issue is that the games are mediocre trash. As soon as anything decent actually is released people flock to that game.
All this is (almost) only cope for bad developers.
This only really work when there is an oversupply of jobs compared to "qualified" labour.
The purpose of a CV, personal letter etc. Is often more an attempt to pre-empt part of the interview process than matching credentials to job requirements (both of which often are inaccurate). The entry of AI's here makes things less like a clearinghouse because you get less useful information before the interviews.
If the AI is not only doing all the work, deciding how to do it and deciding what to do then there is not really a need for humans in any part of the process, not even C-suit.
Why would the government/military uphold the social contract of private ownership at that point? And after that, why not let the AI run the government and military as well? After all, the ones who don't will quickly get outcompeted.
Even if you're in a major genre like RPGs you might still only get a good game once every couple of years. That there is a sea of uninspired and boring shit out there doesn't really matter.
The only parts of the market that really are closing in on being saturated are the ones where the playtime is essentially infinite, like competitive multiplayer games.
What is happening is perhaps comparable to the book market. Does there being practically no barrier to entry mean that the market is saturated? No, it means the market for mediocre slop is saturated, which is of so low quality that the vast majority of prospective consumers have negative interest in it, or only use it as a sort of background noise to fill time. Some might even argue that there are less worthwhile books to read despite there being more words written than ever before.
Ioper
2d ago
No, it assumes most wives acquiesce to sex a reasonable amount and that sexlessness doesn't occur ex nihilo. Men who are attracted to their wives have sex with their wives.
No, there emphatically isn't. There is a tabloid story when someone makes a stink or something egregious happens. The tabloids also make up stories because reality isn't very interesting.
Ioper
2d ago
Among the popular elite who get the opportunity to engage in infidelity with enthusiasitc young attractive women? Practically universal.
Ioper
2d ago
I would say that they still are and it's pretty obvious, though I suppose some of it is probably self enforced, especially in larger projects through the typical group think dynamics. It doesn't completely kill creativity/quality but it's like a massive wet blanket over everything.
Ioper
2d ago
Sexiness isn’t really the point, male sexuality isn’t picky; many men seem to care about relative looks (say, a 7 vs a 10) only because having a hotter girlfriend makes them feel better and confers upon them more status and value as a man, when it comes to sex alone their standards are minimal at best, it’s mainly about convenience.
It's about many things but if it was mainly about convenience men would just fuck their wives. It's about variety and enthusiasm.
Ioper
2d ago
Japanese culture wasn't well known in Sweden when me and my non-nerd friends started reading manga and watching anime in the 90s, the stories translated perfectly fine anyway. If anything, the cultural norms and peculiarities were novelties that made the stories stand out. Cultural familiarity has made the stories less attractive not more and to the extent there are cultural products of interests from China its because they are so different (see webnovels). Figuring out things like politeness levels and idioms is trivial and is mostly done in as little as a manga chapter. To the uninformed it mostly just comes off as a well realised fantasy setting.
There is something different going on with China, either it's much harder to translate or the output is just much worse. I would lean towards the latter especially seeing as there are good Chinese works, and sincerely hope they can improve.
Ioper
3d ago
Acting like monogamy is some sort of shackle that inhibits mens innate drives is wrong. Monogamy serves to put long term interest above short term male impulses.
These are not mutually incompatible claims.
Most Humans are naturally serial monogamists. I concede that 30 year+ marriages are probably much less sexually long term fullfilling than switching partners every 5 years past 45.
No they're not. Not even half of marriages end in divorce and thats with the people divorcing often doing so multiple times.
It may well be that long marriages are less sexually fulfilling but that doesn't mean they're not fulfilling the needs of the people involved. Sex is hardly the only need and it's something that generally becomes less important as people age.
Ioper
3d ago
They can be but that isn't typical modern usage. These days it usually refers to spiced clear grain/potato alcohol, which is pretty much the Danish meaning of the word, for which the EU market protected word is akvavit (not to be confused with 'eau de vie', even if that is the etymological root of the word).
Ioper
4d ago
I mean clear spirits spiced with things like Anise, Wormwood, Angelica, Sea Buckthorn, Caraway, Fennel, Coriander, Rowan and juniper berries.
I'm not sure what the equivalent would be in America, in Sweden it's called 'Snaps' but the English translation of 'Schnapps' isn't very good since that's a broader category of drinks.
Isn't the hype is almost entirely a domestic Chinese thing? To what degree it's an organic expression of nationalistic enthusiasm over a competently made product or more engineered is unclear. What is clear however is that the movie isn't very good.
I don't think you're just a hater. I've actively tried to consume mainland media for the past half decade and it's almost without fail bland slop. This goes for all mediums. I have no doubt that the Chinese could make decent media if the party got out of the way, seeing what Hongkong produced and to a lesser degree what Taiwan produces. It's a bit uncanny when things are so technically well produced but universally bland. It's as if blandness is the goal (which I guess it kind of is).
Ioper
4d ago
Partially on the recommendation of an Ukrainian friend I've started drinking clear spirits and lightly spiced spirits straight, like whiskey. Its pretty nice and works well if you feel like whiskey is too heavy, like after a big meal.
People kind of already do this during traditional Swedish holidays of christmas, easter and midsummer (and Valborg), but thats usually more like doing shots during a sitdown dinner.
I've had this happen to me with many things not copywrited but I suppose such "instructions" perhaps could bleed over into other areas.
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