person420

person420 , 1 month ago to Political Memes in Get rid of them.

It is, it was a bit terse, you're right.

A potential fantastic use of AI is to scan a person's medical records against the vast medical knowledge humans have gathered over the past century or so to help doctors identify problems quicker and with more accuracy.

While the general purpose AI's we use today can't be trusted to diagnose anything (but I'd argue they can assist a competent doctor) a future specific purpose AI that's tailored to that task could revolutionize diagnosis. And with the rate AI is going (even if people like Sam Altman are stretching truths) it's not a too distant future.

person420 , 1 month ago to Political Memes in Get rid of them.

Are you just randomly reading comments and replying? This literal thread is about a doctor who asked a patient for consent to record their session so they could use it to train an AI.

person420 , 1 month ago to Political Memes in Get rid of them.

Worth mentioning but health screening is a great use of AI.

person420 , 1 month ago to A Boring Dystopia in A literal depiction of how capitalism invades all aspects of life

It's not, that's what it's going to look like after the restoration is completed.

person420 , 1 month ago to politics in Live Updates: Trump Held in Contempt Again as His Criminal Trial Speeds Along

It depends on which flag the terrorist is waving

person420 , 2 months ago to News in ‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy

Do you really think she's just going to let you starve and live on the street?

And yes, that's exactly what you say. Funny how it's not things that make kids happy, it's spending time with them. Reading to my daughter her favorite book for the 1000th time is much more enjoyable than just buying her a new doll.

It's also a great lesson in short term happiness vs long term happiness.

person420 , 2 months ago to News in ‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy

I promise you, if you put that $30/month into your own IRA, you'll make her a lot happier when she doesn't have to support you when she's grown up.

The problem isn't spending a little to make you or your family happy, it's spending for consumable things today, that's going to put you at a huge disadvantage later.

I get it, I have two kids, it's fucking expensive. But you know what's even more expensive? Taking care of old people.

person420 , 2 months ago to Interesting Shares in Why are so many young people taking hallucinogens?

I have, and I'm not saying it doesn't have a life changing effect. I just thought it was an interesting tidbit.

person420 , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to Interesting Shares in Why are so many young people taking hallucinogens?

There was an interesting study recently done that monitored the brain scans of participants before and after usage of psychedelics.

It showed that while something like 80% of the participants claimed huge changes in themselves (thought processes, outlook on life, etc) there was no measurable difference in their brain patterns.

Edit: because I keep getting replies. I just found it to be interesting, I'm not saying there aren't any benefits and that it hasn't helped people. It just wasn't the outcome I would have thought and thought it was worth sharing.

person420 , 3 months ago to Science Fiction in Robert Heinlein's form letter response to people who wrote to him

I actually just read that one for the first time. Such an interesting take on traditional alien and religious stories.