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01-03-2020 , 09:59 AM
I'm annoyed. Every time a lefty I like starts talking about foreign policy, they come off as naive.
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01-03-2020 , 10:01 AM
****, that was supposed to be in the Dem thread.
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01-03-2020 , 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by itshotinvegas
I'm annoyed. Every time a lefty I like starts talking about foreign policy, they come off as naive.
No they don't.
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01-04-2020 , 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by itshotinvegas
I'm annoyed. Every time a lefty I like starts talking about foreign policy, they come off as naive.
Every time a righty starts talking foreign policy, they come off as short-sighted.
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01-04-2020 , 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by itshotinvegas
****, that was supposed to be in the Dem thread.
No it wasn't
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01-05-2020 , 12:32 AM


Being a very well paid employee of Nike Corporation and making the following statements certainly exhibits some cognitive dissonance.
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01-05-2020 , 02:10 AM
not really
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01-07-2020 , 05:09 PM
How many of you are bots?

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Soon, AI-driven personas will be able to write personalized letters to newspapers and elected officials, submit individual comments to public rule-making processes, and intelligently debate political issues on social media. They will be able to comment on social-media posts, news sites, and elsewhere, creating persistent personas that seem real even to someone scrutinizing them. They will be able to pose as individuals on social media and send personalized texts. They will be replicated in the millions and engage on the issues around the clock, sending billions of messages, long and short. Putting all this together, they’ll be able to drown out any actual debate on the internet. Not just on social media, but everywhere there’s commentary.
I mostly just clicked on this because I <3 Bruce Schneier, and I'm not sure if the level of alarm is entirely warranted, but interesting to think about.
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01-07-2020 , 05:23 PM
Have you ever used the voice-to-text feature on your keyboard to make one of your long post? Try it, and imagine it trying to figure out, and convey context.
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01-07-2020 , 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by itshotinvegas
Have you ever used the voice-to-text feature on your keyboard to make one of your long post? Try it, and imagine it trying to figure out, and convey context.
Voice-to-text is a fairly different problem domain from AI text generation, fwiw, although they share in common some basic problems in natural language processing.

But if anything the recent history of voice-to-text would suggest more concern, rather than less, if you want to connect them. Machine learning techniques have improved that tech by an amazing amount. I did a small hackathon project last year using Amazon Transcribe to process audio clips recorded as part of emergency medical care. It was definitely one of those "the last 10% to make this viable as a product will take 90% of the work" kinds of projects, but it's pretty impressive how far you can get in even just a few days.

But yeah, I dunno, deep fakes and AI personas and dystopian sci-fi novel plots. I'd be hesitant to make any sweeping pronouncements. But it's not that implausible given existing tech.
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01-07-2020 , 06:05 PM
Seems very doable to me. Likely. In the next five years.
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01-07-2020 , 07:23 PM
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Being a very well paid employee of Nike Corporation and making the following statements certainly exhibits some cognitive dissonance.
That attitude won't help him get his job back.
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01-08-2020 , 12:50 PM
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That attitude won't help him get his job back.


So he’s being blacklisted for his alleged attitude, huh? Is there a long form version of that story?
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01-09-2020 , 12:07 PM
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CNN settles $275M lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...tholic-studen/
So how much did CNN have to pay him to keep quiet about how much they really paid him?

$350 million?

Not to mention NBC and the Washington Post are on the hook for the same amount.

This is what a billion dollar smile looks like:

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01-09-2020 , 02:17 PM
yeah considering they are nuisance suits that have very little actual merit, but huge PR annoyance, i'm sure they paid extra to the kid harassing the native american.
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01-09-2020 , 02:46 PM
Why do smug MAGAt white males all wear that same smarmy face...

I noticed Matt Gaetz and Guy Reschenthaler wearing it too during the impeachment hearings in the House. I wonder what’s wrong with their brains...
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01-09-2020 , 02:52 PM
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The United States will withdraw or deny visas to any International Criminal Court personnel investigating possible war crimes by U.S. forces or allies in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.
Rule of law taking a hit there

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-u...-idUSKCN1QW1ZH
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01-09-2020 , 03:18 PM
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yeah considering they are nuisance suits that have very little actual merit, but huge PR annoyance, i'm sure they paid extra to the kid harassing the native american.
The native american was harassing the kid actually. And it's about time these corrupt media outlets paid for their lying.
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01-09-2020 , 03:57 PM
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The native american was harassing the kid actually. And it's about time these corrupt media outlets paid for their lying.
If lying in “news” was actionable fox wouldn’t be on the air. And ofcourse your take is wrong.
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01-09-2020 , 04:00 PM
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Why do smug MAGAt white males all wear that same smarmy face...

I noticed Matt Gaetz and Guy Reschenthaler wearing it too during the impeachment hearings in the House. I wonder what’s wrong with their brains...
Probably equal parts dunning-Kruger, my dad’s a lawyer, and low brain function.
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01-09-2020 , 04:25 PM
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If lying in “news” was actionable fox wouldn’t be on the air. And ofcourse your take is wrong.
You should start up a gofundme page so virtue signalers can stop CNN going bankrupt. I bet they'd end up $50 million in profit.
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01-09-2020 , 04:30 PM
Ca 25 debate today LA time i think, aired somehow by Talk at santa clarita.. The corporate dem Christy smith of course wont attend. She is "hand picked" by pelosi and just wants to cruise in for the victory.

Look at this below here taken from her site, her average donation a few weeks ago was 2KUSD. Cenks average donation is 20usd (something like that plus mins). She is saying out loud that the corruption is real and is killing the country as if she is not one of the corrupted parts.

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Ending corruption in Washington:
It's clear that big money is corrupting our political system. The only way to fix it in the long-term is to get dark, unaccountable money out of politics and end Citizens United once and for all. Christy refuses to take a dime from big tobacco, big oil, big pharma, the gun lobby or other entities that have corrupted our politics and hurt our communities, and will fight for critical reform in Washington."

The debate
https://act.cenk2020.com/event/debates/116/?rd=1

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01-09-2020 , 05:01 PM
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You should start up a gofundme page so virtue signalers can stop CNN going bankrupt. I bet they'd end up $50 million in profit.
is this some kind of attempt at a right wing derposhere burn where you got tricked by fake numbers from scam websites?

CNN made 974 million dollars in 2018 and are predicted to have made over a billion in 2019..

https://www.latimes.com/business/hol...528-story.html
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01-09-2020 , 05:19 PM
I think it was a joke dude. Not surprising it would go over your head though.
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01-09-2020 , 07:32 PM
Cenk nailed it here
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