obbeel

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[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

I believe that if something has enough value, people are willing to pay for it. And by people here I mean primarily executives. The problem is that AI has not enough value to sustain the hype.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

Proof: Agentic AI is worthless.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 2 points 22 hours ago

Springer, Nature and Elsevier seem to be on a pretty long run to me (19th century).

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 3 points 22 hours ago

Why does "quantum" have to be bright like it's some kind of Cherenkov effect?

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Well, part of science is to push the boundaries.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 12 points 3 days ago

Very information heavy article. I appreciate that.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 14 points 6 days ago

I see a pattern here...

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

It has been like this. I think these countries see Guyana and think that Oil extraction is the next big thing. It's happening in Brazil also.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I believe in the BRICS proposal. For any of you who don't, if you lived in a third world country you would understand what the missed potential is all about. Latin America is somewhat integrated, but people from Brazil could do scientific exchange with Uzbekistan, or an Algerian could be a professor in Senegal. The human potential is so great, because there are a lot of people who are left out from the current state of things.

Everyone wants to go study or be a professional in Europe, but what about all the other countries? Doing the hard thing (working together to reach new heights) is difficult, but it is the only way forward. And that's what the BRICS propose.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

People working together can't be beaten. If you were on your own, you couldn't possibly find out all that humanity has found. I think the grudge people have against science is that they think people who want to think on their own think they are 'stars' and better than everybody else. We need to push everyone together forward and not let certain individuals do whatever they wish. This is what democracy is about.

As a final argument to the person who thinks "but I want to do whatever I wish": the probability of you being the person who can do what you wish is really slim.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Nothing pushes the pursuit of Truth more than being lied to.

[–] obbeel@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I hope the left wins in Brazil next year. The BRICS really needs all the traction it can get now. It's a make or die situation for multilateralism.

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