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Nick

internic@mathstodon.xyz

<p>Theoretical physicist by training (quantum open systems/quantum information), Currently paying the bills as an engineer working in free-space optical communication. I also enjoy the outdoors and learning about any area of science, philosophy, and many other academic areas as well.</p>

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    Kudos to the AP here. One of the reasons I can&#39;t take much of the AI discourse (especially LLM boosters) seriously is because of how much of it is couched in anthropomorphic terms. For any questions related to AI and philosophy of mind, this is essentially begging the question and, given that humans have well-known biases in this regard, actively encouraging irrational thought. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings

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    Recently, while helping an older person figure out how to do something on their smartphone I was struck by how utterly opaque they are. Older computers had many issues, but at least you generally had windows that told you which application you were looking at, menus and buttons with words on them so you could see the options you had and have some rough idea of what they would do, and often even a built-in help feature. On a smartphone it can be non-obvious what application you&#39;re looking...