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There is no science to testing, no provable best way, despite many people's vehement opinions

Why did you assume I'm talking about a "provable best way"? I meant that it doesn't make sense to talk simply about "testing" without clarifying what one means by it. If you assume that the absence of a "provable best way" implies a lack of utility, let me remind you that there is no "provable best way" for training LLMs either. Does that matter in practice?

> The magic is testing.

No it is not.

There os no amount of testing that can fix a flawed design


That is a given, similar to how no amount of implementation can fix a wrong product. Both statements are not very meaningful.

This has been a longtime coming, it is not unique but it is still significant

The enormous momentum of the installed base and occupied headspace of Microsoft systems made them lazy and complacent decades ago. They have been peddling insecure unreliable software for a generation now, and believed their was no viable threat.

It took too long, but finally. Trump and his mad bad actions are good for the Europeans like a heart attack is good for your health


So what???

This woman lost most of her material possessions, was terrorised by "goons"... The police do this stuff regularly, as black people, immigrants, "white trash" etcetera know well. Another opportunity, presented BY AI models for more routine police oppression

As the wise singer said: "Fuck the police!"


Exactly, it's the police's fault, as well as the wider system they operate in that enables that kind of abuse, and they do it anyway even with out AI.

AI is, in this case, a tool enabling it, because trawling large databases using AI allows finding people with a degree of similarity to a suspect that would reasonably constitute probable cause int he context of what was until fairly recently the norm for police work because that work relies on proximity and connections to the crime. The understanding of probable cause and what is necessary for it , given the actual investigative process in the case, including the use of large databases unconnected with the events and locality of the crime needs to adapt.

You're right that they often do a lot of harm.

The point that you're missing is that, in a system where such abuses are possible, many of us really don't want one more tool in their box for them to fuck us with.

Like, they already prove themselves incompetent- giving the power to track anyone in the US via a distributed ALPR system just makes them more dangerous. Giving them all these "AI" based tools does the same.


> How is this the fault of AI?

It is not. It is the fault of the police

AI models are tools. When mistakes are made they are the mistake of the operator of said tool

This AI model was badly misused, this woman should get a metric shit tonne of compensation, but it was the fault of the police.


How is it that concentrating wealth in private pools is better than spreading it around?

> the corporations they create and invest in generate massive amounts of tax revenue

Economic activity does generate tax revenue, billionaires generate economic activity. But if we took the billions (leave them millions, gready as they are) and spread it around it would have the opportunity to generate much more economic activity

The concentration of wealth, and the resulting concentration of income and widespread middle class impoverishment is catastrophic for our economy.

It is why, in real terms, incomes have been static for thirty years whilst the size of the economy has roughly doubled


> No country is out here destroying productive businesses because they made a paperwork mistake.

New Zealand. The Accident Compensation Corporation, a compulsory insurance scheme, is absolutely feral. Will crush you "because rules" without a thought.


What were the rules you broke, and what was the penalty?

Sigh

Many an varied

I was once charged $1200 for income of $600

Within the rules, could've easily bankrupted me


I simply used Emacs for 25 years, avoiding editing .emacs entirely

Only in the past years have I started customizing it

My attraction to Emacs is stability and I can use it in text or GUI mode.

Many editors have come and gone in that time, many employers insist I use this or that piece of over designed, under done GUI. When I have the chance, back to Emacs


"Trump Derangement Syndrome" is the power of observation

This is becoming clear, now?

I have had similar experiences, and I read over and over others experiences like this.

A powerful tool...


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