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Comment Re:Duh! (Score 1) 68

"AI", scientifically, is an umbrella term used to encompass multiple fields including LLMs.

Even if the usage were consistent, if the term is misleading then it should be changed. Is language there to work for us, or are we there to work for it?

Yeah! And don't get me started on "endless" salad bars and "never ending" stories.

Language isn't precise. It never has been and isn't supposed to be.

Comment Adapt (Score 4, Interesting) 74

1. In-class essays.
2. Verbal comprehension evaluation.

Professors might actually have to get involved in teaching.

It's not using AI that's the problem. Problem is using AI to produce a result without understanding the result. Everyone is already or will be using AI in their jobs in 5 years. Not getting students ready for that world is a mistake.

AI isn't as big as the internet was, but it's close. Teaching will have to adapt.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 1) 174

Holy fuck, no it's not. The metaphor doesn't even start the same way.

Oh well, WHATEVER you do, definitely don't explain yourself.

The allies were outclasses and outgunned, on both fronts at the start of the war. Japan and Germany were the bullies. Germany owned all of Europe, except GB. Japan owned the east, and almost beat the US with the victory at Pearl Harbor. The allies kicked the shit out the bully by moving to a war economy and out producing them. And when the bully had the shit kicked out of them, the allies didn't stop. They ground them to a pulp. The allies didn't stop bombing Germany until they surrendered, even though there might have existed some Germans that didn't agree w/ the Nazi agenda.

Hamas is going to get ground to a pulp (well, they already are), because there's no other option. Either they destroy Israel, or they get ground to pulp. That's the choice THEY made. They could of course choose to raise their families and bounce their grandchildren on their knees, but nah.

But what are they winning? Kill count? Which is meaningless.

Are you sure? I think if your enemy is dead, they stop being a threat. History is rife with civilizations that have been completely and utterly defeated. "Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor".

Literally, Hamas does not even have to try to recruit by force

Definitely correct. Their children are raised to hate the west and told that being a martyr is the highest honor. They are a lost people.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 1) 174

Although Hamas did win the Palestinian election in 2006, it did seize Gaza by force in 2007 and has held control over the populace by force since then. So, no, nobody has voted for Hamas in the last fifteen years.

I'm still waiting for the Palestinian uprising against Hamas. You'd think now would be a perfect time. Or you'd hear them on the news speaking out against Hamas. Or you'd here Palestinians that are safe in western democracies (oh the irony) speaking out against Hamas. The only Palestinian I've ever hear from is saying "from the river...".

The crickets are deafening.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 1) 174

Otherwise, this is like a kid (Israel) who was getting bullied (by Hamas). At first, we're supportive, defend yourself, hell yeah. But then, the kid goes on the offensive and kicks the shit out of the bully and sends him to the hospital.

I fully support that action. If you're happy not to be speaking either German or Japanese, you should also. Jesus, that's the story of WWII.

Hamas is like a bully you beat down one day, then goes and works out and takes steroids for a year and comes back and tries to kick your ass again. And loses, over, and over.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 1) 174

Did you all vote for Trump in the US, and agree with every single policy he pushes?

I've never voted for Trump. Try not to let that blow your mind.

That's one diff between the left and right these days. If you sway from the narrative, the left calls you an -ism or -phobe and sends you packing. The left is a snake that eats its tail. That's all good until nobody remains that'll vote for you.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 1) 174

The IDF and Hamas are two sides of the exact same fucking coin.

Maybe.

One side kills gays, forces their women to be subservient. The other side is a democratic society with equal rights and even has a 20% Muslim population and Muslim representation in their government.

I made my choice. Feel free to sit on the fence until they shoot you off of it.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 2, Insightful) 174

You have no idea on who that family voted for in the past 15 years

I know Palestinians elected a terrorist organization as their government. I know they let Hamas build military installations in their schools and homes. I know they let them build tunnels under their schools and hospitals. I know they assisted them smuggling weapons into Gaza, which aided in the 7 Oct massacre.
I know the Palestinian war cry "too the river..." means kill everything living in Israel. Nobody disputes any of this. Gazans, or anyone else.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 1) 174

I would argue with you about your assumptions, but you are an American, so given your support of genocide I would be wasting my breath.

Smart! Otherwise, you'd have to actually provide some coherent thoughts. One of us is making factual statements, the other is barfing up personal insults. I'm quite comfortable with my position here.

Comment Re:There is no ethical consumption under capitalis (Score 1) 174

Yes you should be trying to make the system better

Apparently, by doing nothing that inconveniences yourself in any way. People in ivory towers should stay there.

We're not talking about not eating, please. This is a rich, privileged, tech employed engineer living the good life thanks to the system that western morals built. Would quitting, and working for a company that doesn't "war profiteer", or even a non-profit that supports your cause, prevent her from eating? Maybe she'd have to drive a Lexus instead of a Mercedes? Likely it'd have ZERO impact on her bottom line. But even that's too much.

Comment Re:She's got a point (Score 3, Insightful) 174

used to target a family

Yeah that's where you lost us. Do you really think Israel is spending billion on AI to target some dirt farming civilian?

The problem is that civilian, having voted for and supported Hamas for 15 years, has volunteered their home as a weapons cache. I guess the other side should just throw up their and hands and run into the ocean then? Sheesh.

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