Day: August 23, 2020, 3:07 PM

GPT-3 Is We

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Most people are GPT-3 most of the time — including me. This is the default human mode, particularly for extroverts. That’s why GPT-3 works so well. It does what we all do most of the time, being social creatures. We gush forth what we’ve heard, what we think others want to hear, and just whatever to keep the conversation going.

We’ve made a human-level AI, and it turns out it’s a dumbass, because so are we.

Not Even True

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Also, what Ian (and another commenter is saying) about lifting and athleticism isn’t even true. After I’d been working out for less than a year, I packed an entire moving truck up with a houseful of stuff all by myself. Took a whole day.

Before I started lifting again, I would’ve been absolutely exhausted beyond all belief if I’d attempted something like that. Instead, I filled the whole truck up and I was energized at the end. I wasn’t in the least tired. Compared to my workouts, it was cake. I could’ve packed up a few more trucks, no problem.

The next day, I wasn’t sore at all and it was like I’d done nothing. People believe the weirdest shit when they don’t like something for other reasons.

Lifting works.

No Trade

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So what? Lifting makes you vastly healthier. I will never, ever be an athlete or a dancer. What I will do is feel better and look better because I lift. I’ll also never be in the trades, so I’ll take these “useless muscles” and my vastly better health, thank you very much.

Amazing the horseshit people spew. You don’t like lifting? Fine. Don’t fucking do it. Solved!

Zero Symp

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Aella asked this question:

And this was one of the responses:

You made a risky investment. Boo-fucking-hoo. Pouring your life savings into any one thing is an extremely dangerous thing to do. It’s stupid, fantastically so. Zero sympathy here from me. Make a bad investment decision, reap the consequences. More of the rentier class should experience this.

An important difference between the renters who can’t pay and this person: when the renter can’t pay, they eventually get evicted and lose their home. When the landlord can’t pay for the houses they’ve over-leveraged and poorly invested themselves to buy, they still have their primary residence in which to live.

Huge difference, there.