#Fundamental

Some quotes on #AI, #intelligence and #understanding from the #AIDebate2, excellently moderated by @GaryMarcus1/https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/ai-debate4-2-night-of-a-thousand-ai-scholars/ "AI needs an agreed-upon computation
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I think so much of the division between libfems and radfems comes from this fundamental liberal misunderstanding of patriarchy and thus women’s oppression. I don’t think any other systems of
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one of the reasons the US ruling class has been so hostile to universal healthcare is bc they've adopted the tying of healthcare to employment as a key disciplinary tool
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I get really tired of hearing people say things like “I think BTC is going to zero” and then you ask them if they are short and they say no.
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The American project saw freedom as personal private property in the form of land.A person without land is, in the American sense, unfree. The development of capitalism has made this
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17 million children have no hi-speed internet at home. And many do not have a computer, or even a home at all. All are crucial to distance learning.These are crimes
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With respect, this not the time for healing. We have not properly diagnosed the sickness or cleaned the wound. We have not begun to investigate why the illness it was
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When you have Sag rising and an Aquarius sun conjunct the Dragons head, sometimes you gotta ask.....But who asked you and do they really want to know?With genuine reflection and
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The BBC acknowledging that it made a mistake should be celebrated. But in many ways it misses the fundamental point. A threadhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53715814?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bb
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1. Philosophers should care about the sociology of philosophy.2. From the perspective of global intellectual history, the analytic-continental divide is a family squabble between 2 Eurocentric siblings. 3. Hegel is
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So much ignorance in the comments section on articles about today's judicial review1. NZers do not understand what a JR is. They think Dr Bloomfield is being sued personally2. NZers
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This will be a thread on how I shelter myself from recessions:I have probably ten questions in my inbox asking me "Should invest because of a looming recession" I tell
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Very hard to determine how I feel tonight. I should feel joyous about the new administration coming in but I don’t exactly. Certainly Biden and Harris represent the fundamental triumph
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An interesting though about physics by Richard P. Feynman:What of the future of this adventure? What will happen ultimately? We are going along guessing the laws; how many laws are
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Hi, @Sia. NeuroClastic is an autistic led non-profit organization and publication. @Communica1st is kind of the lodestar for Nonspeaking autistic rights issues. Did you happen to see their suggestions? They
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The reason the dependency injection discussions go on forever is because passing state around is so fundamental to how we compose software. Object oriented languages push you into using classes
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