SMBC [2013-09-09]

[skulbuny@sh.itjust.works]

I've already resigned to the fact that I will probably die alone in an apartment not to be found for weeks because no one checks in on me other than my parents. I won't kill myself, but I'm not good at socializing

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

Very unexpected for Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. A nice surprise for the morning.

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

There is simply not enough information to train a model on of a dead person to create a comprehensive model of how they would respond in arbitrary conversations.

True. And even if we did, most of them would be super racist, anyway. Just like chatbots from a few years ago!

Wait, maybe we do have the necessary technology...Hooray? Lol.

[darkcloud@lemmy.world]

Daily reminder my parents weren't that great at parenting.

[hammocks4all@lemmy.ml]

It’s pretty fascinating that babies are largely the same across big timescales and just learn the culture of the time. They are ready to learn “utopia”, we just have to figure out how to teach it.

[therealkuni@lemmy.world]

Most people aren’t good at things they don’t practice. But lots of people get really good at things they weren’t good at.

[oldfart@lemm.ee]

Haha, that's so far from reality though. Dad is talking about boring things again, I will cover my ears and scream.

[quexotic@infosec.pub]

I've had this very exact thought. I think the urge to tell the story of the world is parental instinct.

Whenever the kiddos ask a question, I don't stop answering and describing until they get bored... Sometimes beyond that.

[quexotic@infosec.pub]

I run up against that with my kiddos, so I just show them how to get answers and how to learn. When they get older, I'll teach them more about vetting sources and sussing out misinformation. I already have taught them as much about that as I can for their age.

[quexotic@infosec.pub]

Well, I'd think you'd test that model with living authors with similar inputs and make comparisons and then refine the process till nobody can tell the difference. We'll never get all the way there, but I bet we'll get far enough that we won't be able to tell the difference.

As for when... Who knows?

[tatterdemalion@programming.dev]

I have the same urge, but rather to be a teacher/mentor than a parent. Too bad the US doesn't want to pay teachers what they're worth, or I'd strongly consider a career change.

[zoopzezoop@lemmy.world]

My 6 year old loves to learn about math, sciences, a few other subjects to a lesser degree, plus practical stuff, like driving/traffic behavior. He mainly likes biological sciences and astronomy, but some physics and engineering.

[anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works]

This was on the door to my office before my life ended in 2018.

Thank you for making me remember and cry.

[thefinn@discuss.tchncs.de]

They might mimic those things in a convincing fashion in a few years but there wouldn't be a reason for them to exist. There's no person behind the curtain, or inside the multilayered, statistically-weighted, series of if statements.

[gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de]

very wholesome, 10/10 would recommend.

[sortekanin@feddit.dk]

Don't want to assume too much but I'm sorry for your loss.

[someacnt@sh.itjust.works]

My exact thought reading the comic, young ppl would not like that.

[oldfart@lemm.ee]

Must be nice

[cynar@lemmy.world]

Children are often a mirror to our true selves. My daughter is fascinated by the world, and loves learning. She's a sponge for new knowledge. The only limitation is building up the layers of knowledge, to understand what you are trying to teach.

[oldfart@lemm.ee]

Children are often a mirror to our true selves.

Woah, that was a good roast.