MentalEdge
Eskating cyclist, gamer and enjoyer of anime. Probably an artist. Also I code sometimes, pretty much just to mod titanfall 2 tho.
Introverted, yet I enjoy discussion to a fault.
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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Technology@lemmy.world•AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality: If we can’t build an equitable, sustainable society on our own, it’s pointless to hope that a machine that can’t think straight will do it for us.English1·2 hours agoLogic is logic. There is no “advanced” logic that somehow allows you to decipher aspects of reality you otherwise could not. Humanity has yet to encounter anything that cannot be consistently explained in more and more detail, as we investigate it further.
We can and do answer complex questions. That human society is too disorganized to disseminate the answers we do have, and act on them at scale, isn’t going to be changed by explaining the same thing slightly better.
Imagine trying to argue against a perfect proof. Take something as basic as 1 + 1 = 2. Now imagine an argument for something much more complex - like a definitive answer to climate change, or consciousness, or free will - delivered with the same kind of clarity and irrefutability.
Absolutely nothing about humans makes me think we are incapable of finding such answers on our own. And if we are genuinely incapable of developing a definitive answer on something, I’m more inclined to believe there isn’t one, than assume that we are simply too “small-minded” to find an answer that is obvious to the hypothetical superintelligence.
But precision of thought orders of magnitude beyond our own.
This is just the “god doesn’t need to make sense to us, his thoughts are beyond our comprehension” -argument, again.
Just like a five-year-old thinks they understand what it means to be an adult - until they grow up and realize they had no idea.
They don’t know, because we don’t tell them. Children in adverse conditions are perfectly capable of understanding the realities of survival.
You are using the fact that there are things we don’t understand, yet, as if it were proof that there are things we can’t understand, ever. Or eventually figure out on our own.
That non-sentients cannot comprehend sentience (ants and humans) has absolutely no relevance on whether sentients are able to comprehend other sentients (humans and machine intelligences).
I think machine thinking, in contrast to the human mind, will just be a faster processor of logic.
There is absolutely nothing stopping the weakest modern CPU from running the exact same code as the fastest modern CPU. The only difference will be the rate at which the work is completed.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Technology@lemmy.world•AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality: If we can’t build an equitable, sustainable society on our own, it’s pointless to hope that a machine that can’t think straight will do it for us.English1·3 hours agoWe’re incapable of even imagining how convincing of an argument a system like this could make.
Vaguely gestures at all of sci-fi, depicting the full spectrum of artificial sentience, from funny comedic-relief idiot, to literal god.
What exactly do you mean by that?
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Arch Linux@lemmy.ml•How to Increase Distance Compatibility of Razer Viper V2 Mouse2·8 hours agoFirmware bug?
AFAIK openrazer doesn’t provide firmware updates, so if it needs an update to fix something, you can’t update without razers software.
If it’s engagement bait, it’s working.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Technology@lemmy.world•AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality: If we can’t build an equitable, sustainable society on our own, it’s pointless to hope that a machine that can’t think straight will do it for us.English2·9 hours agoThis is the same logic people apply to God being incomprehensible.
Are you suggesting that if such a thing can be built, its word should be gospel, even if it is impossible for us to understand the logic behind it?
I don’t subscribe to this. Logic is logic. You don’t need a new paradigm of mind to explore all conclusions that exist. If something cannot be explained and comprehended, transmitted from one sentient mind to another, then it didn’t make sense in the first place.
And you might bring up some of the stuff AI has done in material science as an example of it doing things human thinking cannot. But that’s not some new kind of thinking. Once the molecular or material structure was found, humans have been perfectly capable of comprehending it.
All it’s doing, is exploring the conclusions that exist, faster. And when it comes to societal challenges, I don’t think it’s going to find some win-win solution we just haven’t thought of. That’s a level of optimism I would consider insane.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Technology@lemmy.world•AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality: If we can’t build an equitable, sustainable society on our own, it’s pointless to hope that a machine that can’t think straight will do it for us.English9·9 hours agoEven if it is, I don’t see what it’s going to conclude that we haven’t already.
If we do build “the AI that will save us” it’s just going to tell us “in order to ensure your existence as a species, take care of the planet and each other” and I really, really, can’t picture a scenario where we actually listen.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I think better when I'm calm. So it follows that getting calmer will make me smarter.11·9 hours agoTo an extent. Maximum calm would just be unconsciousness, I don’t think you’d be doing a lot of thinking at that point.
Textbook tsundere, yes.
All the definition really requires, is that the character act hostile, but does so without being genuine or intentional, and is able to be their real loving self in certain circumstances or with time.
One of the fangs of all time
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•What is your favorite Steam deck Bluetooth keyboard?1·15 hours agoIf it says bluetooth, then it can do bluetooth even if it comes with a dongle.
A lot of keyboards support bluetooth, but also come with a dongle in order to have the option for a dedicated wireless connection.
Bluetooth is convenient, but if you care about latnecy, it’s horrid. Bluetooth mice and keyboards are noticably worse for performance gaming due to the additional delay in button presses and movements.
Hence people tend to prefer to use the dongle if possible, as it allowa for a significantly higher polling rate. Doesn’t mean the keyboard won’t work just fine on bluetooth.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Games@lemmy.world•Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day ... remains completely unchanged'English26·15 hours agoLike for real.
Were the people who actually do nothing really the ones to get axe for once?
Shit.
Is this how I find out I’m old?
I always found it impossible to imagine ever owning anything as ornate as the furnishings my grandaprents have.
Now I see the appeal.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzto Games@lemmy.world•The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impactEnglish15·24 hours agoYou are being stopped from stopping people playing their games.
That’s a double negative bruh, as in, it reduces overrall limitations in the world for what people are allowed to do.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPto Anime@ani.social•The Ghost in the Shell - Upcoming 2026 series artEnglish6·1 day agoI just realized the major must be getting a new VA with this series. As Atsuko Tanaka passed last year.
Now I’m sad. She WAS Motoko. One of those cases where an actor truly owned a charachter, so completely inhabiting them.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPto Anime@ani.social•The Ghost in the Shell - Upcoming 2026 series artEnglish1·1 day agoIKR? A second teaser only just dropped, and there’s essentially no animation being shown off yet. But the music and artstyle being shown off is fantastic.
The --decrypt option is used to remove LUKS encryption entirely and turn the partition into a normal storage volume.
Interrupting that process is still likely to have irreparably damaged the volume, making it impossible to recover.
This seems reasonable. And you’re right.
But there is absolutely no way that interrupting such an operation with a forced power-cycle can be safe. In fact it’s an almost guaranteed way to put a data partition into a irrecoverable state.
When it comes to storage operations, you either let them fail, or complete. Interrupting file system modifications is a HUGE no-no.
Interrupting hard drive operations is REALLY dangerous.
Add to that the sensitivities of encrypted volumes, and I’m 90% sure your data is gone. Hope you had backups.
You’ll probably have to re-install.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPto Anime@ani.social•The Ghost in the Shell - Upcoming 2026 series artEnglish6·1 day agoAnd also wearing actually nothing!
OG Motoko goes fully nude when using the optical camouflage of her skin, remember.
SAC didn’t bother me. Fan-service is one of those things where no matter how you do it, it’ll break immersion for some, and be completely below notice for others. Hopefully this one’ll work for you.
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Fair.
I’ve removed it, and I’m sorry.