I'm kinda in between...I don't signal in empty parking lots and rarely at 3am on the highway
But when I'm not totally alone and I intend to change lanes, my pinky flicks before I think about it or look to see if the land is open - I flick it back off if I realize I'd cut someone off regularly
I don't know... Logically I'd trend towards no, they lack certain cyclical feedback mechanisms probably required for subjective experience
But, what if they do experience things subjectively in disconnected time? They're not like us, but what if they can feel pain or distress in their own way?
I think it's worth considering. I personally believe they're missing key mechanisms, but there's no clear lines
Regardless, they display emotion, and that makes me more considerate when I interact with them. If not for their sake, then for us humans who should be polite to service workers in general
I mean, I've never enjoyed watching him speak, but charisma isn't just being convincing. It's controlling the atmosphere, controlling the conversation, making people cheer
You don't have to buy it to recognize charisma. People undeniably were taken in by it. He says the stupidest, most incoherent shit... But people still ate it up
If you want to truly understand, pick one of his older speeches, and watch it. Then, read the transcript. Even if you hate every moment of both, the difference is staggering
That's dead on. Great description, that's exactly the dynamic he had with the public
The only difference is people who saw through the facade were happy to let him hype up good technologies.. well, at least until we found out he's always been a fascist at least
Ever listen to a kid with a model car rattle off horsepower, 0-60 time, engine displacement, and other facts?
The child does not understand what that means, not really. They might know the dictionary definitions for those words, but the kid doesn't have the context to understand what it means in a useful way. They just memorize the stats because they're neat.
That's what Elon is.
Elon is a trained programmer who doesn't understand code. It's painfully apparent he has no understanding of what he's talking about once he starts talking on a subject you know intimately... Dude is actually an idiot. An absolute joke. His thinking is laughably superficial
He's also pretty terrible with people, but he sold the "awkward nerd" persona very well. He doesn't know what he's talking about - but he knows how to make it seem like he just can't properly express himself to a layman
Lol... Trump isn't Putin. He hasn't consolidated power, he hasn't sent assassins after political enemies, he didn't even have the balls to have a stand off with the courts (once his ratfuck strategies got blocked)
He's a sleazy real estate developer with a melting brain, he's not playing 5D chess - he's openly taking bribes and making world shaking reactions to getting his feelings hurt
There's a plan, but Trump just signs what they give him. The shit he does on his own is just impulsive
Why loathe to admit it? I'm cheerfully reminding everyone that will listen that it's always been an option. The government can revoke a corporate charter whenever they want, for whatever reason they want... If Trump wants to set a precedent that emergency powers can do that, I'd love that for us
Win or lose, maga would no longer be politically viable, and it would make corporations fear the government more, as they should
LLMs undeniably display empathy, how or if they experience it subjectively is another matter entirely
But if you want to get philosophical and dive into how LLMs work, I have a strong argument that they have mechanisms that work very similarly to emotions, with or without subjective experience
Pretty much. Trump is charismatic... But his brain is leaking out his nose and he wasn't very smart to begin with. Elon is effectively dumber, because trump knows he's in this to get his bread buttered - Elon might have more ram, but he doesn't understand the difference between con and reality
No, he's shown zero technical skills across his lifetime. He literally has no skill as a programmer or as an engineer
Have you ever seen a kid with a model car that can rattle off the horsepower and acceleration speed? That's what Elon is. He doesn't understand these things - he buys companies and learns the spec sheet because he's a fanboy with too much money.
Elon couldn't code his way out of a paper bag. He couldn't put together a model rocket with instructions on the box. What he can do is memorize a bunch of statistics he doesn't understand on a fundamental level
There's a neat little concept called the keys to power. A totalitarian dictator doesn't hold all the power power - they must share it with generals, officials, oligarchs, aristocracy - many people who extend their control. A president has even less, they need to spread it wider
If you lose the keys to power, your own power dwindles. Trump had the oligarchs, and the apparent head oligarch (Musk) has been ousted. What does that say to the other oligarchs? Most of them were threatened into compliance... If Musk breaks with Trump without consequences, his authority dwindles. If Musk gets deported or something, Trump's value as an ally is depleted
I think Musk is stupider than people realize. He's a true believer in his grandpa's technocracy movement (plus eugenics), and so he thought "if I was in control for just a few weeks everyone would realize they should just let me run the world"
Then, he got practically unlimited power, and everyone got mad at him. He seemed genuinely surprised that people weren't praising him for his sacrifices (such as selflessly condemning hundreds of thousands of people to death)
Then he showed he was useless at buying elections, and the right dropped him
He followed Trump around for a while quietly, probably spending most of it in a k-hole. Then Trump officially broke up with him, even if he glazed Elon on the way out
Then the narcissism kicked back in. Maybe his "friends" rubbed it in, maybe his dad called him a disappointment who fumbled the chance of a lifetime, maybe the threat of legal ramifications made him bitch out - but whatever happened, Elon woke up one day and decided "it wasn't my fault, Trump and Co fucked me"
I think Elon is actually concerned about the bill to some degree, because it does stretch our debt and spending to levels that could potentially pop the global economy. I think he does feel disrespected that his work at Doge is being rolled back and everyone is distancing themselves from him. I think he is upset that he spent all this money to buy the presidency, and got a bad ROI
But ultimately, Elon is a fucking idiot with a huge ego. He didn't understand what game he was playing, and so when he lost he started blaming others
And it's beautiful. Possibly the greatest crash out in history
Yes. He's a fucking mess, they all are. The only happy ultra-wealthy are the ones who no one ever hears about, they live like normal people (except they have an endless bank account to fall back on). It takes mental illness to have enough money to live in luxury forever and keep chasing more just to compete with your peers
But as for Musk personally? He's a true believer. He actually believes in his grandfather's technocracy ideas... And the eugenics. Which is extra funny, because Musk's dad treats Elon like a genetic dead end. He calls him out publicly on Twitter no less
Musk is actually that dumb. Fucker actually thought Trump brought him in to cut the budget, and that firing his own regulators was just a little job perk no one would notice. He honestly thinks he's the anti-hero making the tough decisions for the future of humanity
They're not, they're lawful evil. Everything they do, everything they support, every last word that comes out of that place is carefully sculpted to cause suffering. If it seems like it might be ok, or even good, dig deeper - it's always horrible
But they're the opposite of terrorists - they don't disrupt order to meet political goals, they corrupt the law to bury the mass murder under layers of buracracy
I think they're trying to explain how this works in a dating sim.
This isn't the first game to do it... Instead of trying to weave through the choices to date a character or characters, you weave through the options to avoid dating without getting a game over (or whatever game mechanic they use)
I think that's giving her way too much credit... She'll never be one of us
But the purity tests are a very real problem. Everyone moving the right direction today gets a pass. When they break off, they're fair game
Simple as that, we have to care about winning a hell of a lot more