At least 591 times since October 10. But don’t worry, it was totally justified. I heard some of those children they murdered had crossed the invisible yellow line, so they were fair game.

It’s 403 because they are upfront about the resource being censored as opposed to unavailable, and they tell you who to contact if you have legigimate reasons to access it.

It was annoying as hell trying to download a LaTeX compiler and having the entire word be blocked, presumably because certain degenerates use latex - the material - for immoral acts.

Excuse me but what do you think memory is other than a huge database of key-value pairs?

But the Chinese room argument is very flawed, at least if we assume that consciousness does in fact arise in the brain and not through some supernatural phenomenon.

Suppose we know the exact algorithm that gives rise to consciousness. The Chinese room argument states that if a person carries out the algorithm by hand, the person does not become consciousness. Checkmate atheists.

This is flawed because it is not the axons, synapses, neurotransmitters or voltage potentials within the brain that are conscious. Instead, it appears that consciousness arises when these computations are carried out in concert. Thus consciousness is not a physical object itself, it is an evolving pattern resulting from the continuous looping of the algorithm.

Furthermore, consciousness and intelligence are not the same thing. Intelligence is the ability to make predictions, even if it’s just a single-neuron on/off gate connected to a single sensory cell. Consciousness is likely the experience of being able to make predictions about our own behavior, a meta-intelligence resulting from an abundance of neurons and interconnections. There is likely no clear cutoff boundary of neural complexity where consciousness arises, below which no consciousness can exist. But it’s probably useful to imagine such a boundary.

Basically, what if thinking creatures are simply auto-correct on steroids (as Linus Tordvals put it). What’s unreasonable about treating intelligence as a matter of statistics, especially given that it’s such a powerful tool to model every other aspect of our universe?

They were hoping to benefit from a stronger relationship to the USA, and being the nexus between the USA and the EU. But the USA is just shitting on all of its supposed friends, and the EU is slowly but surely withdrawing from the Atlantic partnership.

What if someone doubles down on being an absolute tool, can I be rude about dismantling their personality then?

Actually we just need to ban that shit. There are multiple reasons but I’m not in the mood for reasoning. Ban it outright across the EU.

Imagine a world where the USA, after 9/11, took up Iran’s offer to negotiate with Afghanistan in order to extradite Osama bin Laden and dismantle al Qaeda. (Iran together with Pakistan were positioned to succeed at this, and practically begged the USA to let them do so.)

Imagine Osama bin Laden goes to the Hague and is tried for his crimes. He goes to prison, no death penalty and no martyrdom, to rot away while the world gets on without him.

Imagine no black sites, no Guantanamo Bay. No Iraq war, and therefore no Daesh. No Afghanistan war, and therefore no opiates epidemic.

Imagine how Russia and the Middle East might have evolved in such a climate. Where would Europe be today, in that timeline? Would democracies across the globe have progressed, instead of backslide?

Actually they have the largest proven oil reserve in the world, although it is a composition that needs more processing to turn into fuel. Which may make it unique for precursors for certain plastics, pharmaceuticals or advanced materials.

Top estimated reserves are:

1. Venezuela 48 Gm³
2. KSA 42 Gm³
3. Iran 33 Gm³
4. Canada 26 Gm³

As for gas reserves, it’s

1. Russia 47.8 Tm³
2. Iran 33.5 Tm³
3. Qatar 24.3 Tm³
4. USA 9.1 Tm³

I don’t think this is factual. I think there are many reasons why families have declined.

I’m not even opposed to AI in games. I’d love to see more granulated disclosures, but Steam-style disclosure should be the bare minimum.

They obfuscate for us. There is no way they don’t know. But bots do drive engagement.

Are we positive this isn’t satire? Like this dude might just be a real life Borat and we’re to dumb to stop giving him attention so he just keeps raising the bar?

Maybe reconsider which model you’re using?

Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme. I mined bitcoin in the early days when you could literally make 1 whole bitcoin in two weeks. The next two weeks I mined 0.3 bitcoins. That’s when I realized that it was a scam.

It’s not about facilitating peer-to-peer transactions like its proponents claimed. It’s about creating a huge money store. The more we use it the more inefficient it gets.

Nils Bejerot was a total hack. He tried to ban comic books, and later transcribed that same energy in a war on drugs that has resulted in some of the worst health outcomes for drug users in Europe. Unfortunately his ability to be confidently incorrect swayed a lot of gullible rubes, and his legacy still casts a shadow over Sweden to this day.

I mean insulin is about 10x more expensive in the USA compared to other Western countries. It’s cheaper still in lower income countries. Many European countries also have a price ceiling for medication, so your monthly cost for life-saving drugs is capped.

I don’t know exactly why a manufacturer doesn’t set up production for much cheaper generics in the USA, but for whatever reason Americans are getting price gouged like Satan doesn’t believe in tomorrow.

The dislike button would be a godsend with all this ai slop.

I don’t want to insult you. You’re very pretty petty.