asparagus9001 @ asparagus9001 @lemmy.world

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I guess at the core of this, we are afraid of ourselves. We are afraid that the worste of humanity outpaces the better parts, that the inputs and training aren’t altruistic but are more pointedly “bad” or “wrong”, and thus leading to “harmful”, whether through misinformation, lies, or fabrications.

Is there any reason not to be afraid? I think you could say that Tay was essentially the same idea a few years back and it took like 48 hours loose on the internet for it to spout literal Nazi (1930s-40s German NSDAP) rhetoric. Besides that being a PR disaster - if "AI" is only getting stronger and more integrated into human life and society, that can be pretty problematic.

Gambling addiction - a rather well documented phenomenon over centuries - wasn't even in the DSM until the fifth edition. Gaming addiction will be in the sixth. See you then.

I did bother to read it. Did you? Just because it hasn't been fully fleshed out to be officially listed with diagnostic criteria and full information for the manual doesn't mean that it hasn't been defined or that it doesn't exist or that the APA does not classify it as a mental disorder.

Do you have some kind of ideological problem with the concept of gaming addiction, specifically, in the universe of all the other behavioral addictions out there? Gamers™ sure do seem to get sensitive any time anyone says anything that could be construed as remotely negative about their hobby - like that some people develop crippling addictions to it as outlined in the topic article.

It's in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - THE authoritative guide on what is or is not considered a mental disorder, yes.

This is hardly groundbreaking stuff - people can be addicted to porn, food, exercise, pretty much anything. Really the primary criteria in calling any addiction a "disorder" is "what negative effects is it having on your life?" Well, "I literally want to kill myself when my parents cut off the wifi" is a pretty negative effect.

I think both of your points are correct but a lot of celebrity types write straight up essays attached to some of their pictures - it's like where they get out everything they can't fit into 280 characters.

Will we ever be far enough removed from the pandemic that we can talk about how the federal government lied and ignored 100+ years worth of science on the efficacy of masking (including effective mask mandates during the "Spanish"/Kansas flu pandemic), without being accused of being an antivax conspiracy theorist?

I'm vaxed, waxed and ready to party, but it is a stone cold fact that they told people not to wear masks - and caused untold numbers of deaths - because they didn't want the general public to reduce the current supply.

(Fauci also did an absolutely horrendous, I mean historically awful job dealing with the AIDS crisis, but I guess that's for another time.)

You wouldn’t believe how many people thanked me as they walked into the store and took off their mask after seeing one man simply dissenting against the bullshit.

More and more people are saying it, folks

This is interesting. I don't think any really productive debate is going to come out of this - it'll be the same one that's been rehashed a million times - but it's hard to say "be a parent and control what your children do" when they're literally running away from home and threatening suicide when the parents try to parent.

I suppose if nothing else, hopefully we get more research and support services for these extreme cases of behavioral addiction.

Dana Gonzalez, who spoke in favor of withdrawing from the ALA, said the commission “ought not promote, celebrate or support what scripture condemns” and then quoted Bible scriptures that she said condemned what Drabinski wrote in her tweet, according to the Daily Montanan.

Ah, there it is. You have it served up to you on a silver platter - a literal self proclaimed Marxist - you know, the thing they claim that everyone to the left of Mussolini is, and they skip that and go straight for the gay angle.

Can we run an over/under on how many subscribers it will have in a week?

Oxo good grips is extremely highly recommended everywhere - it hits that perfect balance of well designed, durable, and not too outrageously expensive.

I dunno, it's pretty unclear to me. I think half the reason all this stuff gets delegated to the states is because any time the feds try to do... much of anything, really, you can count on a state suing to block it and the supreme court siding with them. The first example that comes to mind is how the ACA got crippled by such lawsuits.

Your opinion is duly noted and taken under advisement.

Whatever you say, sport.

Ok, champ.

Sure you are, champ.

I hope you don't act this embarrassing whenever you do whatever you think of as "politics" in real life.

It's actually really hilarious that this all started with me saying "whatever list you can come up with for all of these 'consequential progressive victories' is going to suck" and your response is to give me a list from the White House where THEIR NUMBER TWO ACCOMPLISHMENT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL FUCKING WITHOUT BIRTH CONTROL.

And now you've completely shut down and started acting like a toddler. You should really just delete this whole chain before more people see how embarrassing you are.

If you think the human species continuing to have sex and reproduce, thereby creating "the largest working population of all time" is a poltiical achievement of the Biden administration, I dunno what to tell you.

Sure, I want to argue. I also want something that doesn't insult my intelligence being presented as a political achievement. That seems to be a high bar to clear these days.

1. Lowering everyday costs for American families

Theoretically, possibly, maybe the "Inflation Reduction Act" reduced the rate of inflation. The idea that costs are lower is just blatantly false - I hope I don't have to explain why.

2. More Americans working than ever in its history

Yes, that's how population growth works.

Those are the top two - this is what they're leading with as their great accomplishments, and I can immediately tell this list sucks total ass and is typical Democratic talking points when they have nothing of any substance to brag about. This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about with this crap.

There's nothing inherently hypocritical about calling something an "asshole move" and then voting for it. It just means you're an asshole, which is no great surprise.