Keyser_Soze Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 10 hours ago, legend said: any large scale AI project requires many people working on it. The lone rogue scientist who does everything and adds special secret protocols only exists in sci fi. There's basically no world in which working for Facebook will allow you to do more good than working elsewhere. That's why one of your demands for working there is to be the only person working there. Upgrade your robot brain jeez! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 12 hours ago, legend said: I realize this is a joke, but to be more serious, any large scale AI project requires many people working on it. The lone rogue scientist who does everything and adds special secret protocols only exists in sci fi. There's basically no world in which working for Facebook will allow you to do more good than working elsewhere. But what about the movie Transcendence where a bunch of people develop an AI, they transfer a human mind into it, the human mind then transcends and becomes 1,000x more intelligence than anyone in history, and improves upon itself 100x fold...and then a single guy who worked on the original project writes a virus that takes it down? Hmmmmmm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: But what about the movie Transcendence where a bunch of people develop an AI, they transfer a human mind into it, the human mind then transcends and becomes 1,000x more intelligence than anyone in history, and improves upon itself 100x fold...and then a single guy who worked on the original project writes a virus that takes it down? Hmmmmmm? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Keep it up we're breaking him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 @legend So you work for the Guardian instead? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Facebook Engineer resigns with zero fucks given Quote If Mark Zuckerberg’s concerned citizen act has convinced you that Facebook’s trying really, really hard, or that the company is too big to possibly moderate hate on its platform, read this resignation letter from software engineer Ashok Chandwaney. After five and a half years at the company, they’ve unequivocally concluded that Facebook is “an organization that is profiting off hate in the US and globally”—echoing, essentially, the crux of protests from advertisers and fellow employees, findings from human rights investigators, and repeated criticism from civil rights leaders. In a letter, which the Washington Post reports was initially published on the company’s internal message board, Chandwaney frames Facebook as an institution that’s “on the wrong side of history.” They go on to enumerate the examples: Facebook’s failure to mitigate hateful Islamophobic lies that led to killings in the 2016-2017 Myanmar genocide; Facebook’s refusal to remove a widely-reported Kenosha, Wisconsin, militia page immediately preceding the deadly shooting of protesters; Facebook’s decision to give Donald Trump a platform to call for shooting civilians; Facebook’s continued allowance of discriminatory ad targeting. “Every day ‘the looting starts, the shooting starts’ stays up is a day that we choose to minimize regulatory risk at the expense of the safety of Black, Indigenous, and people of color,” Chandwaney writes, referencing a May 29 post by Trump. 1) Yes! And 2) this is exactly where Mark Zuckerberg’s slippery position that “bad speech” can be counteracted with “more speech” falls apart; the post still stands without any kind of label, and no post elsewhere on Facebook is going to change the fact that a call for violence against citizens by the president of the United States is still hanging there. Contrary to popular belief, Chandwaney argues that Facebook is decidedly not too big to moderate, or, at least, it could be doing more if it decided to invest the same energy it does in its routine operations. Chandwaney says that the “moving fast” motto in practice has meant they might be told about a bug and fix it within the course of a meeting, whereas Facebook does the bare minimum to preserve its reputation after it’s altered to dangers by civil rights organizations, researchers, the public, and the media. “ In fact, we continue to pass the buck with the Kenosha Guard failure being pinned on contract content moderators, who are underpaid and undersupported in their jobs - both of which are things Facebook could almost instantly fix if it so chose,” they wrote. Chandwaney charges Facebook with also designing different rules on misinformation for right-wing publications in order to preserve a conservative audience, which sources within Facebook confirmed to the Washington Post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: @legend So you work for the Guardian instead? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3? Naaa. I don't do chatter bots, even highly impressive many hundred-billion parameter trained ones. I prefer AI work that involves action-taking agents. 6 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Facebook Engineer resigns with zero fucks given If you go to the linked letter on Washington Post, it's clear they don't know what Markdown is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 48 minutes ago, legend said: Naaa. I don't do chatter bots, even highly impressive many hundred-billion parameter trained ones. I prefer AI work that involves action-taking agents. Ah so you're Miles Dyson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CastlevaniaNut18 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Hey, I just saw a fried share that video. Didn’t actually watch it, but I skimmed the bar and saw he was folding money and scrolled on. Dumbass conspiracy fuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 ROFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: ROFL There is no single emoji to express my reaction here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 That reminds me. This article has been making the rounds as well. Facebook Needs Trump Even More Than Trump Needs Facebook WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM Employees fear Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech is more about protecting the president than the company’s ideals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 So somehow I got selected for the Election Research Project with NYU/UT Austin in partnership with Facebook. I'll be getting paid for disabling my Facebook account. So win win there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Facebook Says it Will Stop Operating in Europe If Regulators Don’t Back Down WWW.VICE.COM European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million European users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarSolo Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: And yet right wingers think Facebook isn’t tailored to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Great read. I mean, Facebook is a right-wing hellhole. But it's clear from that piece and many other, it's so much worse. It's not just a community for radical people to talk about radical ideas. It is *actively* radicalizing people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, osxmatt said: Great read. I mean, Facebook is a right-wing hellhole. But it's clear from that piece and many other, it's so much worse. It's not just a community for radical people to talk about radical ideas. It is *actively* radicalizing people. Your and @foosh's boss decision to go to war with Facebook might actually convince me to go with Apple when I decide it's time to retire my Pixel 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Facebook's issues have never really been an issue for me cuz I really only use it for family reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Your and @foosh's boss decision to go to war with Facebook might actually convince me to go with Apple when I decide it's time to retire my Pixel 3. Getting out of the google ecosystem and these reasons are pushing me to apple as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Apple has a lame closed OS. Don't do it. I despise Facebook and Google, so go Samsung! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Apple has a lame closed OS. Don't do it. I despise Facebook and Google, so go Samsung! samsung? i don’t hate myself enough yet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 minute ago, johnny said: samsung? i don’t hate myself enough yet It's old now but my Samsung Galaxy S8+ is fantastic. Fuck closed OS's, I hate them. I need dat freedom. Also for those who care Samsung cameras are better than Apple ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: It's old now but my Samsung Galaxy S8+ is fantastic. Fuck closed OS's, I hate them. I need dat freedom. Also for those who care Samsung cameras are better than Apple ones. i get it. i had a galaxy that was all tricked out. switched to iphone and realized i don’t actually care about having all the customization lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I don't like Samsung or closed OS, I have a Pixel but wish I could have my Vanilla a different way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Apple has a lame closed OS. Don't do it. I despise Facebook and Google, so go Samsung! Samsung uses Google’s OS, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, Spork3245 said: Samsung uses Google’s OS, though. True . . . but it's something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, Greatoneshere said: True . . . but it's something! If you really wanted to make a statement you’d buy a blackberry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: If you really wanted to make a statement you’d buy a blackberry They also use Android Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Yeah, I don’t think most people care about having an open OS or whatever. They just want their phone to do the basics. I went Samsung once, hated it, and I’ve been back with Apple ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Android phones are slowly getting rid of every last feature that differentiates them from the iPhone. I have a Samsung Note 10 that has one key feature left for me: microSD card slot. But the newest Galaxy model, the S21, doesn't have that. So I fear the next Note won't either since they've gotten rid of the headphone jack, swappable batteries, etc. If they want to be a fucking iphone I'm just going to buy the fucking OG iPhone next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 hour ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Android phones are slowly getting rid of every last feature that differentiates them from the iPhone. I have a Samsung Note 10 that has one key feature left for me: microSD card slot. But the newest Galaxy model, the S21, doesn't have that. So I fear the next Note won't either since they've gotten rid of the headphone jack, swappable batteries, etc. If they want to be a fucking iphone I'm just going to buy the fucking OG iPhone next time. I'm starting to feel that way too. I miss my swappable batteries. But fuck iPhones are how expensive all their accessories are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 There's a lot of UX things about iOS that I can't stand. I'm not flashing custom ROMs or anything like that any more but it's still nice to be able to tweak things that you just can't stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Back to the topic at hand, it's funny how we have all this evidence that social media bends over backwards for conservatives, yet Republicans still have the audacity to complain about being censored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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