Interesting Links for 26-02-2019

[andrewducker]

Never push systems to their limits. Particularly when the system is you.

(tags:systems mentalhealth )

Can the UK extend the Brexit deadline?

(tags:uk europe doom )

Labour backs second referendum: Is this really happening?

(tags:labour europe uk referendum hope )

Military draft: Judge rules male-only draft is unconstitutional

(tags:usa military gender )

Suicide instructions spliced into kids' cartoons on YouTube and YouTube Kids

The whole point of YouTube Kids is that it's safe. If they aren't vetting the content then what is the point?
(tags:youtube suicide OhForFucksSake children )

Hands on with the HoloLens 2

(tags:augmentedreality microsoft video )

'Austerity, That's What I Know': The Making of a Young U.K. Socialist

(tags:UK politics economy austerity )

Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

(tags:intelligence ai language )

Wage Stagnation: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

(tags:economics wages inequality )

Comments

Re: Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

[andrewducker]

I suspect its related to this
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brains-autopilot-mechanism-steers-consciousness/

Where basically you're only conscious when you're surprised 😊

Re: Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

[jack]

Huh. Yeah. Slatestarcodex also compared the program to a human dreaming, i.e. all correlations no oversight, which seemed apt.

Re: Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

[marahmarie]

The thought of which (ironically enough, I suppose) briefly surprised me into consciousness. That was a fun one second.

Re: Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

[andrewducker]

You'll get another one next year :-)

Re: Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

[marahmarie]

I hope not, ugh.