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Craig Robbins wrote: Nanci Griffith also does a very nice cover. Indeed, she introduced me to a lot of great songwriters (including herself).
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I am probably wrong about the Seekers. It may have been "We Five".
I will try to google it.
Old and tired.
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You were right. It was We Five.
I'm losing it....
Mr. Tulip - Terry Pratchett
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"Woke up this morning, got yourself a gun."
Intro to The Sopranos
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"I didn't wake up this morning ..."
(from a blues singer's tombstone)
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Heh and I was thinkin:
(You) Woke up this mornin
Got yourself a gun
Sopranos theme
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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How do you ask your BOSS for a pay increase ?
My experience with the fellow has always been a nice guy
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Choroid wrote: My experience with the fellow has always been a nice guy But you never had to ask for a pay increase
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Massacre in the donor's hut? (9)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Bloodshed ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Well done - you are up tomorrow.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I found the solution to everything!
I mean, only government and economies and... not quite really, but I can point a finger somewhere!
In our "democracies" and "capitalist economies" (quote here since we know how imperfect they are) people can reward corporations/companies/governments with votes or money. People, while lacking a united front have an impact on the reward function. Meanwhile corporation/companies/government do what they want, competing fiercely for survival while trying to maximize their rewards.
You know what somewhat understood theoretical system behave just like that?
AI training, that's what!
AI has the same pitfall than our current government/companies/corporations in that it's hard to set a good reward that will ensure the system behave the way we want it to behave.
And, to be fair, this is still an open problem (i.e. not entirely solved), but we've learn some mitigation.
To summarize I believe AI hindsight can help us build better governments and economies, that do what we want them to do.
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Except…. people do not want what’s good for society. They want what is good for themselves.
The megarich dont want to redistribute their wealth. The fat SUV owner dont want to own fewer cars. The shopaholics dont want to shop less. The youngsters hardly want higher taxes for the benefit of a growing elderly population.
It is just like programmin’: there aint no silver bullet.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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It's Tricia McMillan!
There are times when I think that Arthur Dent (AKA the Sandwich Maker...) had the right idea.
More to the point, optimization of that sort works best when the data are not dynamic. If you have a system in which each point can move in the "solution space" in order to maximize its share of the resources, I have my doubts whether any static optimization function can work.
This means that you need an AI system that can dynamically change its optimization function - a meta-AI system.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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But still, it wasn't Trillian who arrived at the Ultimate Answer, it was another girl, sitting in Rickmansworth.
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you sound like a leader from the "$ead cow" movement
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Given up on digital watches yet?
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errrr... ?
but to answer your question my last watch might have been from 1998 I suppose...
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Let me get this straight. You are advocating for skynet?
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Not quite.. I am advocating for the AI science insights to devise better human government and economic models
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I think you're playing footsie with Complex Adaptive Systems theory. just sayin'
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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It's a mouse.
A very dead mouse. Stiff as a board and partly mummified.
And the mouse trap that killed it, because the mouse is still in it.
And the metre long tether wire that held the trap in place.
And he's making his "Look what I caught! Aren't I clever!" noise.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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If your cat placed the mouse trap, he has every right to feel clever...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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If I knew who owned the trap, I'd return it.
But neither cat nor mouse is talking. Probably they don't like snitches.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: If your cat placed the mouse trap, he has every right to feel clever... Reminds me of: "Yessir, officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie - I put that envelope under that garbage"
I'd think most of you recognize this from Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant.
If you do not: Even if it will take eighteen and a half minute of your time listening through it. Go to Alice's Restaurant Massacree[^] to enjoy. And laugh.
Sorry for off tracking but I couldn't resist.
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