I doubt they can, and I doubt it’s worth hearing anyway

I reject the premise of your question

It’s admirable that the research is being done

New Zealand is a common testing ground because it has a small population and it’s relatively cheap and easy to conduct research there

But New Zealand is one of the more progressive countries. Sure, toxic masculinity exists, but it’s absolutely nothing when compared to other countries, like the US, Spain, Italy, Greece etc.

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They do, but people think they’re a species of bear

It’s impossible to get data, because nobody has ever survived a drop-bear attack

That depends on how far we are going and charging stations on the way

Yep

Good luck to you

You’re going to need a guillotine

I’m in!

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People are choosing stupidity

Is it because it’s easier than getting proper news from reputable sources or something?

Well, we already know that the religious are stupid

Technology just helps them to be stupid more efficiently

That’s be pretty sweet!

They go up and down, but I’m hoping that with some patience and treats, I can train it to do more

I’m in a BYD, and I actually feel better connected due to the regenerative braking

I’m normally on a motorbike, so I use my gears to control speed almost entirely

With a manual car, I can actually drive it properly, but most of the vehicles I have to drive are automatics, which I have always disliked

With my little car, I feel much more “part of” it. It’s very responsive and I’m able to do so much without touching the brakes

I pretty much ignore the “tech” apart from occasionally telling it to change the temperature or do something with a window

They want money

There are no ethics involved.

There’s a general scientific consensus based on data and measurement, with the understanding that it’s slippery

It is constantly under assault from those who want AI to be conscious, because they get a headline, or they are true believers in some technocratic future, or they’re just fantasists

I agree that there’s a general consensus about consciousness, the rest slips into the messy and pointless world of philosophy

It’s still overreaching to think that it applies to AI as it currently, and foreseeably stands

There’s a world of difference between AI and what’s recognised as artificial general intelligence

AI can do specific things really well at the moment, but as with all complex systems, going from being good at one thing to many things is a leap far greater than the sum of its parts

There is still no good definition for what “consciousness” is

Tech writers are constantly overreaching because they’re afraid to miss out on being the first to say something

The constant sensationalism just means that if something really happens, people will ignore it because we’re sick of hearing people cry “wolf!”

Add to that the fact that computery types like to overextrapolate into other things because it fuels their fantasies, and it’s all bullshit and overactive imaginations

The problem I see so often with smart computer people is that they don’t understand that they don’t know shit about other things

He’s afraid of people being informed by anything other than cable “news”

I’m lucky

I have no children, and never will

My family and I aren’t close

My fiancée and I met through the erotic content that I create, and all my friends are well aware of it

My image has already been shared far and wide (without my permission), so that ship has already sailed

I’ll be dead, and nobody will be worried about my digital legacy whatsoever

I know, however, that I’m very much the exception and not the rule

I hope every single person who has, or ever will, buy a cybertruck a lifetime of misery and misfortune

May they stub their toe on every step for the rest of their life

Too little, too late