What is there to plan for? All the planets and stars in both galaxies are so far apart that any physical collision is highly unlikely.

There may be others reasons to interview Bill Gates about AI than the fact that he’s rich and famous.

If this isn’t the most cynical message forum then I don’t know what is.

What’s minor in this case? The fact that it’s not specified makes me think we’re speaking of a 17 year old.

It’s not so much about the doomers being sure that AGI will lead to human extinction (or worse) The point is that even if the chances of it are extremely slim, the consequences can be worse than we’re even capable of imagining. The question is: do we really want to take that chance?

It’s kind of like with the trinity nuclear test. Scientists were almost 100% confident that it wont cause a chain reaction that sets the entire atmosphere on fire but when we’re speaking about the future of the entire humanity I don’t blame people for arguing that almost 100% certainty is not good enough.

Why when we look into the stars do we not see a sign of life anywhere else? Has life not emerged yet or has it wiped itself out? With what? Nukes? AI? Synthetic viruses made with AI? Who knows…

Personally I think that stopping AI recearch is not an option. It’s just not going to happen. The asteroid is already hurtling towards earth and most people don’t seem to experience any sort of urgency due to it. Do we not need to worry about it yet if the time of impact is 30 years from now?

EDIT: Alright, well this community was a mistake…

I’ve blocked several of the most active posters here and I don’t notice any difference on my feed. Neither would you.

Many new cars have a carwash mode. Not in any way exclusive to the cybertruck.

So I assume that since it was withdrawn, this doesn’t set a precedent and it’s only a matter of time untill they try to sneak it thru with a different name.

I must be watching different videos than the people complaining about YouTube comments. The ones I see are virtually all positive.

I agree but there’s also an add-on for that

Where does the profit come from if someone who doesn’t deal with ads is forced to watch an ad?

The creator gets paid for people watching the ads, not for buying the product. For the most part the point of ads is to increase brand recognition which in turn increases sales. Ads work wether you think they do or not. It’s among the most studied economic fields. There’s a good reason companies spend a ton of money on advertising. More people seeing ads = more sales. I too like to tell myself a story about how I’m immune to ads but I know I’m not.

Data-invasive, targeted advertising is superfluous and needs to die.

I agree. The alternative is paying for the service eg. subscribtion based business model.

Targeted or not - I’m not going to watch ads. If it’s a bad service like Instagram I’m just going to stop using it but in the case of YouTube if they manage to make adblocking sufficiently difficult and inconvenient then I’m going to buy premium. I can’t blame them for wanting to get rid of freeriders. If I was them I would probably want to too. Blocking ads is like piracy; I participate in it but it cannot be morally justified. I’m effectively stealing.

I’m not informed enough to know how peertube works but running it is not free either. Nor is running a lemmy instance. Lemm.ee for example has a limit even on the size of images you can upload despite the fact that hosting images is orders of magnitude less bandwith and storage requiring than videos.

Ad-revenue is literally how content creators get paid. If you’re using an adblocker (like me) then you’re freeriding. They’re not getting any money from us viewing their videos.

Nobody is forcing anyone to watch ads. That’s the alternative available to people who don’t want to pay. The other alternative is premium membership. Which ever you choose makes money for the creators. Blocking ads doesn’t.

I hate ads just as much as the next guy but this mentality of expecting to get content for free is ridiculous. That’s unbelieveably narrow sighted and self-centered thinking. If subscribtion based business model was the norm instead of ads-based then we’d have none of the issues that come with targeted advertising. On the other hand if one thinks google is evil company and don’t want to give them money then stop using their products. Damn hypocrites…

Content creators get nothing from a subscription To YouTube premium.

This is not true. If you’re a free user they’re getting a share of the ad-revenue. If you’re a premium user they’re getting share of the membership fee. The more videos you watch from a creator the more they earn.

Source

Also. Do you have any idea how expensive it is to run a video hosting platform? Especially at the scale of YouTube. There’s a good reason Lemmy doesn’t have videos.

You’re not paying to not see ads. You’re paying for the content on the platform. You can pay either by watching ads or by paying for premium.

There with ya

I don’t understand why one should leave notifications on even if they did use those apps. I honestly feel like the phone app is the only one for which it’s justified to be allowed to demand your immediate attention. I’d argue that notifications for even text messages are unecessary unless maybe if it’s someone like your parents, spouse or kids.

Yeah I’m there with you. My phone is the most boring device imaginable. It makes no sounds, gives no notifications and has no games or social media. I use it for whatsapp, phone calls, photography, listening to podcasts, tracking my finances, taking notes and browsing Lemmy while on the toilet and given how boring I’ve made my Lemmy feed as well I really struggle to spend more than 5 minutes here unless I’m having an ongoing debate.

When I come home I leave my phone on the table by the door and when I grab it with me when I go to bed because it’s also my alarm clock. I never ever use my phone in the bed either. My screen-on-time averages around 1.5 hours a day.

However, I also watch 8 hours of YouTube on my laptop each day so I’m no better than the rest of the people.

Preventing additional carbon emissions doesn’t decrease what’s already in the atmosphere. We would need some form of carbon capture even if we stopped all emissions today.

I usually refrain from replying to threads on those instances and when possible use the non-.ml equivalent