I wish researchers like Hinton would stick to discussing the tech. Anytime he says anything about linguistics or human intelligence he sounds like a CS major smugly raising his hand in Phil 101 to a symphony of collective groans.

Hinton is a good computer scientist (with an infinitesimally narrow window of expertise). But the guy is philosophically illiterate.

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RFK Jr is despicable, but Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from microplastics are ABSOLUTELY wreaking havoc on human reproductive physiology. The evidence is overwhelming and this TechDirt article is frankly embarrassing.

Denying intellectual disparities denies the vulnerability of people with special needs, not to mention average folks who are constantly being deceived, swindled, manipulated, propagandized, and parasitized by the rich and powerful.

You don’t know people who are clearly dumb?

The average ACT score for college-bound seniors in Florida is 18. The test costs money, so they’re trying. It’s childishly easy. My cat, who is illiterate, can score almost as high (answering at random).

What kind of conversations can you have with folks who can’t do arithmetic or read simple sentences?

I want to stress that Americans, uniquely, are really weird about testing mental ability, because of their history of racism. Nevertheless, intelligence is a real phenomenon.

A high IQ doesn’t make you a good person, and it clearly has very little to do with accumulating wealth. But it does make life a hell of a lot easier. It enables you to do second order reasoning and engage in abstract deliberation, which is indispensable for ethics and science. Or do you think it’s a coincidence that average IQs rose 30 points in the last 100 years exactly in tandem with moral progress?

I agree about Graphene OS, of course.

I’ve used Android since launch and occasionally switched back and forth with iOS. One of my main complaints is in virtue of Android’s versatility, which makes it less reliable and straightforward to use — no integrated password manager, no easy wireless connection to external computers, less smooth and pleasant (and easy) to use. Honestly, I’m just lazy. I want my text messages and calls migrated to my computer automatically, screen sharing, file sharing, passwords and security codes populating instantly, and so on.

I don’t disagree but android was already clunky, with less integration across devices (for better or worse), and now you can’t even sideload. What advantages does it have left?

Are you high?

It’s extra fun to contemplate the fact that billionaires also do not work.

200% damage multiplier.

Yeah, so do most word processors. Microsoft is unique in so many ways.

Fun fact, a few years ago Microsoft Word removed their auto-recovery (pseudo-autosave) feature, and rebranded it so that it’s ONLY available through their OneDrive service.

If you write for an hour and your computer crashes, you’re shit out of luck (unless you have a really old version of Microsoft Word).

To add insult to injury, Microsoft ran a disinformation campaign on their forums to convince people that they’d never had any kind of autosave feature.

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Religion is a monstrous evil.

An in-group that the law protects but does not bind, and an out-group that the law binds but does not protect. Conservatism in a nutshell.

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If my wife knows my location it’s an invasion of privacy

I seriously doubt any of the losers in this thread have been in a loving relationship before.

Apple’s built-in location sharing is not sent to advertisers.

No, I’m not worried about my wife reading “my diary” because I’m not a child.

It honestly sounds like you need to work on your marriage and are projecting. Maybe try a couple’s therapist?

Yes, Apple already has my location. Using the location finder in iOS does not share data with advertisers. Also, I spend 99% of my time at my house. Wtf kind of secret shit do you think I’m up to?