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36151
« on: June 21, 2015, 02:14:08 PM »
Ignoring for a moment the fact that it would be unethical as hell.
Is this along the same lines of how you think it's unethical to reproduce? (Not that I disagree)
yeah in my opinion, AI should only be used for protocol they should efficiently perform a given set of taskswithout question, without fear of pain, and without loss of energy sentience adds nothing but nonsense emotions and another tripe that would just get in the way
36152
« on: June 21, 2015, 02:05:42 PM »
it's like saying, "let's give AI a thirty-inch penis, so it can have the biggest penis we are ever likely to witness"
like... why
forgive me if i'm just being obtuse or myopic, but i mean, that's really what it sounds like to me
36153
« on: June 21, 2015, 02:01:36 PM »
but there would be no purpose whatsoever in even giving AI sentience You mean apart from creating the single most intelligent agent we're likely to ever witness?
that's not a purpose in the sense that it begs the question--why do we need thatwe already have information--why do we need to give information a brain
36154
« on: June 21, 2015, 02:00:55 PM »
Oh yes, and this. By this set of logic, all children are man or woman made creations since they were technically engineered biologically. i think the fact that they're "engineered" biologically, as a biological function, proves the opposite we don't make babies--our gametes do
36155
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:53:54 PM »
Oh man
This joke has never been done before
So funny
oh man, ha ha ha are you the first person to be sarcastic with the OP for making an innocently dumb joke? you should write a novel
36156
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:52:57 PM »
I think it's safe to say OP just got his whole career ended.
You use that phrase way too liberally.
i agree but saying this is just going to make him say it more, so good job
36157
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:51:06 PM »
Never--I mean, we've had this discussion before, but there would be no purpose whatsoever in even giving AI sentience, beyond "because we can" (which is, of course, the dumbest possible reason to do anything).
Ignoring for a moment the fact that it would be unethical as hell.
36158
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:46:12 PM »
They'll never be sentient, so no.
36159
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:41:09 PM »
It's not a word, but i despise it when people say they have OCD. It's more of how incorrectly they use it and how often it's said. OCD is a lot more than just "hur dur muh patterns are in ordur"
ikr on that note: when people say "right?" instead of "i know, right?"
36160
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:39:51 PM »
that's what i figured, but there's not an awful lot of games that are like that
36161
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:36:31 PM »
What are you a dictionary? yes
36162
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:34:46 PM »
Lol. The word cracker doesn't even offend me you cracker. "whether you're actually affected by the insult is kind of irrelevant" if you called me an idiot, i wouldn't be affected at all but that doesn't mean the word "idiot" isn't an insulting one anymore
36163
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:34:21 PM »
Pop instead of soda
in my region, we say "pop", except for me i've always said "soda" it drives people nuts
36164
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:32:56 PM »
OT:
i mean, all games give you choices, so i don't really know what you mean there
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
in the bad ending, simon belmont actually dies
36165
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:30:43 PM »
I don't see how that's demeaning though. It's like calling a white person a cracker. is calling a white person a cracker not an insult?... to me, if your intent is to be derogatory, it doesn't matter what words you use whether you call someone an asshole, or you call them a football--if you mean to insult them, you're insulting them whether you're actually affected by the insult is kind of irrelevant i just can't be against a word just for being specifically engineered as an insult--that seems petty to me
36166
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:24:12 PM »
Bae
af (just say the word)
Fleek "af" is the most asinine shortening i've ever seen, lol good thing i don't see it often i'm not familiar with "fleek" though
36167
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:22:47 PM »
my point is that i don't hold any special contempt for words like "skank" or "slut" because why would i
there's a host of other insulting words--if you're against one, you should be against them all, because they're all used for the same purpose
36168
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:21:35 PM »
I can't imagine insulting someone with the word happy. i can "she's too happy" i've said stuff like that
36169
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:19:28 PM »
No unless someone insults your mom or sister or girlfriend with them. that goes for any word though
36170
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:16:50 PM »
What about the negative ones? Like shit, slut, skank, etc. but those words are great
36171
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:15:15 PM »
36172
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:13:02 PM »
Oh and ver-bay-tim when you say it like that. i'm not sure if how you think i say it is actually how i say it because you didn't add the stress in verbatim(say hi to my cat)
36173
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:08:05 PM »
crisps (for chips)
biscuits (for cookies)
if you're gonna complain about english-isms, bring up the fact that, even though they don't use the hard-R anywhere else, they always seem to add it where it doesn't belong at all "idear" "americer" like, ugh stop
36174
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:00:54 PM »
a whole nother i love saying this lol
36175
« on: June 21, 2015, 12:59:38 PM »
What about bay blade?
what about it i never really cared about beyblade in the first place to care enough if people spell it incorrectly, and i don't think the show ever got big enough for people not to have an excuse to spell it incorrectly
36176
« on: June 21, 2015, 12:57:55 PM »
Fluoxetine is medicine, despite the scaremongering around it. You just don't use it as a catchall drug to any and all patients especially not those under the ages of 18-21 in the same way that you don't put someone on insulin if they don't have diabetes.
Psychiatry in the US is deeply flawed, especially when it comes to depression. SSRI's like Prozac can be helpful for some people, but the problem is that they take quite a while to start working, and once they do start to work, they only work a short time before the drug starts to lose its effect and thus the patient will usually be told they need an a dosage increase.
The problem with these drugs is that they don't actually increase the amount of serotonin in the brain, they simply stop the reuptake of serotonin so that your brain thinks there is more, but that serotonin eventually becomes depleted and the patient will require a higher dose to get a the same effect.
There is also some research that SSRIs are effective, but they are only as effective as placebo. To me, it just doesn't seem logical to take something with so many side effects (like the possibility of increased aggression and suicidality in some people) when the only positive is that it's maybe as effective as taking a sugar pill.
Really the problem is rooted in the philosophy of current medicine, we treat people and diseases as if we were broken machines, focusing only on the "broken part" rather than looking at the whole person and trying to figure out why this person is depressed in the first place. There are non pharmaceutical ways of increasing neurotransmitters like serotonin in the brain without using brain altering drugs like SSRIs which are dangerous and ineffective.
^ i like it when a garbage thread produces a quality post
36177
« on: June 21, 2015, 12:56:04 PM »
What, any of them?
This looks like some sort of ignorant facebook post so everyone gets mad at something.
You guessed it.
LOL
36178
« on: June 21, 2015, 12:53:28 PM »
Hate hearing, hate reading, hate using, hate the meaning of, hate the way it sounds, hate the way it looks, etc. Bonus points if you don't say "moist", because that would be extremely unoriginal. But then again, this thread is pretty unoriginal, too. But I like this topic. I'm not gonna bother listing out mine, because there's a 10,000 character limit, but I'll post this here instead: http://www.vocabula.com/vrworstwords.aspBecause it contains 80% of my opinions anyway. Some favorites from that site: all but
Even worse than double negatives is the ghastly phrase "all but…." When I hear it, I want to shake the person and demand "Well? Is it or isn't it?" Don’t give me this "all but" dreck, but just say whether it does or doesn't have a particular character. Don't say "all" if there's a "but" exception. Just say "almost" if that's what you mean, or "isn't," if that's what you mean, but don't play these stupid guessing games with the words! allegedly
A sloppy word misused by lazy journalists under the false belief it frees them from libel. A person cannot allegedly do something, rather someone else has to allege the crime. Wrong: "Bob Jones allegedly stole the car." Correct: "Police allege Bob Jones stole the car." alright
Instead of the correct wording: "all right." amazing
Extremely popular with teenage girls, it's the new "awesome."
baybay
A word frequently used in popular music to mean "baby." For that matter, "baby" in that context should also count. You are talking about your girlfriend, not an infant. It is not in the slightest bit romantic. baby bump
It's two words, but I still hate it!
criteria — criterion
"Criteria," instead of "criterion," used in a singular sense; as a plural, it becomes "criterias." famously — excellently; splendidly
Overused and unnecessary. "'Cogito ergo sum,' as Descartes famously remarked." Ugh! He may have said it loudly, but he didn't say it famously.
36179
« on: June 21, 2015, 02:20:11 AM »
nineteen days
36180
« on: June 21, 2015, 01:18:45 AM »
that doesn't explain what's so bad about CoD, though
i mean, i know what's wrong with CoD--it's an FPS
but uh
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