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  • What Was Grammarly Thinking?

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  • What a completely accurate description. The nuance of the issues being subtle yet catastrophic is always the part that I find the funniest, because how are they so incapable of seeing how that might be a universal issue? Thank you for the chuckle.

  • What Was Grammarly Thinking?

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  • Ridiculous that Grammarly even attempted to do this. The article was good, but at the end, though they hedged, they fell into the same trap everyone seems to. AI is not better at coding than it is at writing and their tinkering with this does not suggest that. Grammarly had a bad product, but realistically, there was likely just no effort put into this aspect of the software. Maybe I'm way off base, and I don't support AI either way, but I just think it was a poor way to end the article. Programmers think it's good for art, artists think it's good for programming, it's almost like it's easier to see flaws in a field you're familiar with.

  • Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

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  • If you sandbox anything it'll be safer than otherwise. Not really sure what you're suggesting. I would still want the code reviewed regardless of the safety measures in place.

    I wrote a program that basically auto organizes my files for me. Even if an AI was sandboxed and only had access to the relevant files and had no delete privileges, I would still want the code reviewed. Otherwise it could move a file into a nonsensical location and I would have to go through all possible folders to find it. Someone would have to make the interfaces/gateways and also review the code. There's no way to know how it's working, so there's no way to know IF it's working, until the code is reviewed. Regardless of how detailed you prompt, AI will generate something that possibly (currently very likely) needs to be adjusted. I'm not going to take an AIs raw output and run it assuming the AI did it properly, regardless of the safety measures.

  • Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

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  • While I personally don't like AI, I do think it is changing things. I don't think it's ever safe to run code without oversight from an actual programmer, but AI will likely affect the number of programmers being hired in a non negligible way.

  • The Women Leaving the New Right

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  • I didn't take it as endorsement and forgiveness at all. I appreciate you posting it.

    I couldn't agree with your point more. So much of the conservative mindset is the fault of black and white thinking. People can't suggest it's worthwhile to interrogate feelings about your body. That's too complicated. They have to either be "pro" or "against" something. The nuances necessary to live the best, fullest lives we can are lost on them, so they take body positivity as anti skinny and pro fat instead of a recognition that people look different and sometimes differences are ok. It's extremely sad when you think about it.

  • The Women Leaving the New Right

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  • I can't stomach reading another entire article about this, but I'm glad they're being written. From what I read (less than half?) the following is the takeaway just like all the other times:

    she says, “I was in love with the frisson of transgression.” The online right had begun to engage more explicitly with forbidden subjects: nativism, race science, and gender essentialism drawn from evolutionary psychology. “There was an element of gnosticism to it,” she says, “the sense that you know secret things that other people don’t know.”

    Anna’s discomfort with the right’s sexism grew

    It's all fun and games and just being "contrarian"about race science until you realize that there are people on the other side being harmed by beliefs and actions you only support because it's "fun". And the only thing that's going to make you realize that is being on the other side of it. 

    These are just people with low empathy and/or intellect, that do not care what they or their friends do or say until it affects them. They are STILL doing these things because it lines their pockets. I want to extend empathy, but I often cannot find it within myself. People who aren't "true believers" but refuse to leave are just enablers. It's the 9 nazis at a table. I want to make room for these people, but they refuse to do anything to deserve it. Ashley St Clair has done an ok job, and I hope more women are able to look to that example, but reading this article just upset me.

  • Thousands of pets being abandoned in Dubai as owners flee over Iran war

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  • For what it's worth, I also tell people that moving to the US at this point is basically supporting fascism. I said the same about vacationing here too. There's no ethical consumption under capitalism etc etc, but since we're all participating we might as well do some harm reduction. To me, moving to Dubai signals that you legitimately do not care about how people are treated, not just that you're unwilling to lift a finger to help, but that you're actively antagonistic towards the working class. I understand if not everyone feels like that, but I don't think it's a race thing was my main point. Mostly a "why are you supporting an even worse state?" thing. For the record, everyone sucks and we should all do better.

  • Thousands of pets being abandoned in Dubai as owners flee over Iran war

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  • Dubai is known for its for particularly egregious rights violations. Other countries have those too, but the article mentions people from the UK. Moving from the UK to the UAE does signal, at least to me, that human rights are not that big of a concern for you. The UK has a 91/100 vs UAE 18/100 "freedom" score. If the same article was about people fleeing Russia or Sudan back to the UK, I imagine there'd be a similar response. But Dubai in particular has a huge wealth gap, so on top of spending money to prop up an oppressive state, they are still able to surround themselves with luxury. I don't think that's racist, as much as unfortunate.

  • Star real estate brothers convicted of sex trafficking

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  • I'm not a lawyer, and I did mention in my above comment that everyone deserves the best defense possible, but I'm pretty sure you can say "this is an injustice", "my clients and I will appeal", many other things which are not explicitly stating that they are innocent after literally watching one of them rape an unconscious child. This was not in court, and I understand the court of public opinion plays a part in cases, but you'll have to forgive me if I think this is beyond what is required of a good defense attorney.

    Also, I'm pretty sure there are cases (like diddy) where there is a reliance on at least some admission of guilt, and the presumption is that though you may be guilty of a crime, it's not as severe or deserving of the punishment the prosecution is seeking.

  • Star real estate brothers convicted of sex trafficking

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  • For those also curious, these are not the property brothers who were prominently featured on HGTV.

    Also, there is apparently video evidence of a rape of an unconscious underage girl and their lawyers still had the gall to say:

    “We believe in our clients’ innocence,” Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Oren Alexander, said after the verdict. “We’re going to keep fighting.” U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni set sentencing for Aug. 6. The brothers, incarcerated since their 2024 arrests, face up to life in prison.

    I believe that everyone is entitled to the best defense possible, but that is a ridiculous statement to make given the evidence.

  • ‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

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  • I keep seeing this, but I think people forget what things were like before we had a formalized education system. They were not good. The modern system can certainly be improved, but it has overall improved upon itself essentially since its inception. I'm not sure if there's some kind of golden age of US education people are imagining, or they're just pointing out current flaws, but it really is (unfortunately or not) the best it's ever been.

  • ‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

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  • That's really not fair to universities or the inventors. Knowledge is not inherently evil, and things that have far reaching positive impacts can be used for nefarious purposes. Modern society has perverse incentives, but individuals adding to a corpus of humanity's knowledge are not the ones at fault.

  • Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts

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  • Often times these purchases are not for the product itself, but how it can be incorporated into an existing product. I imagine if Meta makes bot accounts for people to follow/engage with, they can increase user retention and therefore ad revenue.

  • Imagine Losing Your Job to the Mere Possibility of AI

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  • Yang is a grifter and no one should listen to him. Companies will happily use any excuse to fire employees and create a perception of job scarcity so that they can rehire workers who are scared and desperate and willing to take less compensation for more work.

    All of that said, AI is definitely being incorporated quite heavily into a lot of products. It's already caused issues with services we all rely on, and I hope we are able to hold companies accountable and stop patronizing them wherever possible. AI cannot do a lot of the things they are pretending it can and we are paying the price, not the companies responsible.

  • Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US

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  • That behaviour would probably have the opposite effect that the people who created this rule would want.

    Why are you suggesting that? Ignoring capitalistic incentives, the rule is theoretically in place to increase safety. Your decision would have no impact on safety so I'm not sure why you think it would have the opposite effect.

  • Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US

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  • Uber is not society. It is making a decision it thinks will increase its revenue. It is indeed a sign of a lack of progress, but the people responsible for the progress you want are us. I'm not chiming in on the policy itself, but your comment makes it feel like you are not as committed to the progress you want made. There are men in this thread saying that they hate what women have to put up with, but understand it and want them to feel safe. That's not what I'm getting from your comment. If I had to choose between being in a forest with you vs them I'd choose them because it seems like you're more concerned with how you're perceived than how other people are actually affected. I can imagine that being viewed as a predator must be uncomfortable, but women are often viewed as prey and that's not great either. I don't want to start playing at oppression olympics, but the fact that a post about a move to theoretically increase women's safety has you responding about your feelings as a perceived predator makes it seem like you don't think we as a society should do things that make women feel safer because it makes you feel like you're being viewed as a predator.

    I for the most part don't mind being around male strangers, but the ones that give me extra room on a sidewalk or in a bar are undoubtedly the ones I'm most comfortable around and ones I'd be most likely to engage with. Not because the others make me feel unsafe but because they make me feel safe. It's like if you invite someone into your house you can offer them food or a drink to help them feel comfortable or you can just not. You're not necessarily a bad person for not offering something, just potentially perceived as less inviting. Society is still seen and felt as the dominion of men for a lot of people, so when men go out of their way to make space for us, it signals that they are friendly and welcoming and want us to feel safe. I think if you want to work on that divide, the best thing to do is make the women you're around feel safe. It's unfortunate, but it's up to us to destigmatize our own identities. I just don't think your comment does that.

  • Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US

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  • Per RAINN, 57% of perpetrators are white. I'll charitably imagine you're attempting to point out perceived hypocrisy in gender vs race selection, but you're perpetuating racist and xenophobic stereotypes. White men commit rape at more than twice the rate of black men, and naturally born citizens commit crimes at rates higher than both documented and undocumented immigrants.

    If you want to make the case that it's a discriminatory policy, you're welcome to do so, but tying it to false perceptions of race is probably not the best move. It's coming off as reactionary at best.

  • Sen. Tim Kaine says supporting Kristi Noem as DHS secretary was a "big mistake"

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  • "But what we learned, and this bears going forward, is that she wasn't calling the shots," Kaine said. "Stephen Miller is calling the shots, and as long as he is calling the shots without reforms, this is going to continue to be a very, very rogue, renegade department."

    So his issue is that she was not calling the shots? Does he think miller masterminded the horse ad too? I'm sure there's some more to that quote, but he's an idiot for thinking that anyone under Trump was going to be good for the country. One of 7 Dems to break and support her and he complains that Miller is the issue. I'm glad he can admit a mistake, but he clearly doesn't understand it. I wish he was the one paying for it instead of all the innocent people who have lost their freedom, family, and lives.

  • Lev Parnas, ex-member of Trump’s ‘cult’, runs for Congress as Florida Democrat

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  • It's Florida, so it feels like the point is moot, but in case it's not exceedingly obvious, do not vote for this guy or the one running for senate.

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