Recent comments in /f/Futurology

Iwasahipsterbefore t1_j9n2uvt wrote

Can you take a moment, read what you wrote, and actually fucking think about it for a second?

We're in this situation because the "incentives to innovate and compete" directly lead to YouTube recommending Isis training videos to people susceptible to wanting to join Isis because THAT MADE YOUTUBE THE MOST MONEY.

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BCweallmakemistakes t1_j9n1vu5 wrote

Cooool. And what land do you do that on, again? Who pays the taxes on the land? Who has access to seeds, fertilizer, building materials, power, water, etc?

Bro I wish I could shovel what you're digging, but that shit is fucking crack in a baggy bro. You're literally in orbit on this train. Your Shit ain't real bro.

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Bacch t1_j9n11ze wrote

I feel like there's one key difference. When I buy a book, take it home, and read it, another one doesn't magically appear in my hands open to the first page and with my eyes already reading it faster than I can slam it shut. With a video online? That's typically how it goes. You've got about 8 seconds to click whatever button stops it from dumping you onto the next "suggested" video.

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Hostilis_ t1_j9n0wlf wrote

To be honest, it's these results which makes me uninspired. In going from 17 physical qubits to 49, they were able to reduce the error rate from... 3.0 to 2.9 percent. Even though this is a big milestone for the field, in absolute terms it's abysmal.

This is also only with a tiny number of logical qubits. Scaling these systems to usable sizes will take decades.

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MINIMAN10001 t1_j9mwubg wrote

I mean the whole point of "Moore's law is dead" was that... Moore's law, is in fact dead. It wasn't the end of scaling, but the end of the self fulfilling prophecy which they targeted as the rate of scaling for decades has run its course.

It's not the end of transistor scaling, but instead the end of Moore's law, the golden age has come to a close and odds are the respective companies have already been working years at what they consider to be the solution going forwards.

AMD is looking to stack compute with memory. Nvidia looking into AI based image scaling.

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OisforOwesome t1_j9mvydc wrote

That is incredibly fucking ignorant of you but I don't have the time or energy to explain how some people work two or three jobs but still don't have enough money to pay for health insurance, and even if they did, how little coverage cheap plans actually offer.

The USA is the only country in the world where "medical bankruptcy" is a thing and thats a fucking crime.

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RyanBlade t1_j9mpncd wrote

Gotcha, so then if you keep going back to the same book store and asking about books that are all in aisle 3 row 7. Not always shelf 2, or what ever just sticking with the analog. Is it not okay if the cashier sees you come in and mentions that they just got a new book in that section?

Clearly they are promoting it if this is your first time, probably promoting it if it is your second time, but eventually it becomes just good service. They got a book in that section, they know you keep asking for stuff that is in that area. They want to sell books, is it not okay for them to let you know about the new item?

I am not trying to slippery slope as I agree, the line between a publisher and distributor is very fuzzy with stuff like search engines,YouTube, Tik Tok, etc. I am just curious where you think the line is as I agree there probably should be one, but don’t know where.

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takachi8 t1_j9mp1r9 wrote

As someone who primary source of entertainment is YouTube, and has been on YouTube along time. I can say their video filter is not perfect in any sense. I have seen videos that should have been pulled down do to it violating their terms and conditions that stayed for along time. I have also seen "perfectly good" (lack of better word) video get pulled down or straight up demonetize for variety of reasons that made zero sense but was marked by their AI. Improper marking causing content creators to lose money which in turns hurts YouTube and their creators.

I have been on YouTube long time, and everything that was ever recommended to me has been closely related to what I have or am actively watching. I would say their algorithm for recommending video for person who actual has an account with them is pretty spot on. The only time I seen off the wall stuff is when I watch YouTube from a device that I'm not login into or incognito mode, and the same thing for advertisements. My question is what are people looking up that causing YouTube to recommend this kind of stuff cause I never seen it on YouTube or google advertise. Usually I find on reddit.

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Hostilis_ t1_j9movqy wrote

With every one of these announcements, I'm more and more convinced we are really far away from a practical quantum computer. It feels like fusion in the 1970's.

If you're not convinced, all you have to do is ask what's the largest number that's been factored using Shor's algorithm. The answer is the same as it was in 2012: 21. Not quite the exponential progress we saw with transistors.

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