The examined life with all its critical thinking and guarding against bias is hard. The dark side is easier.

I still don’t get it. What is so threatening about a mask?

The Couchinator

At some schools, any major can result in a BA or BS depending on which electives you take.

It’s not dumbness, it’s cravenness. He’s saying things he thinks MAGA-bros like to hear. “Yeah brother, high-five! Burn those libs!”

Also the subtext here is that Jeff Bridges isn’t manly. I don’t think there’s a cure for that level of delusion.

I was talking with some scientists who told me that a mere touch on the hand from Jeff Bridges not only impregnates a woman, but also transitions her into a man.

I wake up each morning hairless, then I look into the mirror and speak the name Jeff Bridges three times. Instantly I’m transformed into a kind of human carpet covered from head to toe in three whole feet of man fur.

And I don’t mean to denigrate data science. It is important and powerful. And real machine intelligence may one day emerge from it (or data science may one day point the way). But data science just isn’t AI.

This is because the AI of today is a shit sandwich that we’re being told is peanut butter and jelly.

For those who like to party: All the current “AI” technologies use statistics to approximate semantics. They can’t just be semantic, because we don’t know how meaning works or what gives rise to it. So the public is put off because they have an intuitive sense of the ruse.

As long as the mechanics of meaning remain a mystery, “AI” will be parlor tricks.

Well, it’s certainly worth discussing.

Calling him white denigrates the orange race. They deserve to be seen.

Lol what is this meta shit that’s happening?

No one knows, but for sure the reason is something rotten. I’ve never ever heard a reasonable argument against it.

And then deep fried to a golden…orange.

Well played

They who?

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Why we can’t have nice things.

I don’t think not knowing what to do is the problem. It’s more that the people who control the budgets don’t think it’s a priority.

So I take it that you interpret “no stupid questions” to mean “don’t post stupid questions.” The way I interpret it is “there’s no such thing as a stupid question.”

The sidebar says “No such thing. Ask away!” So I think the idea is that people should feel free to ask any question assuming they really want an answer. However, joke or troll questions (and I don’t think this is either one), are allowed on Fridays.

Long wait times for the toilets

Traffic is gonna be a nightmare.