US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[Sniperwoof]

Libsoftiktok for over a month has been directly tagging the FBI on Twitter trying to get Palestinian protesters arrested. She's a fraud and a hypocrite.

Jews by their nature cannot be based. Even the most conservative ones start talking about gun confiscation and hate crime laws the second one of their fellow heebs is mildly inconvenienced.

This hook nosed Jewess is going to bat for Communist Jews at Harvard despite allegedly being a conservative, fuck her and fuck her shitty Twitter account.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

That sadly seems to be the case. The best I can say is that at least LoTT still is providing decent content in exposing the clips of progressives themselves, she hasn't gone full Ben Shapiro just yet.

 

[Netizennameless]

All the tech janitors. All the shitty basic coders.

This one makes me laugh. Programmers will never be automated out of existence, even the basic ones. For all the hype that AI gets, everyone forgets the basic fact that it has to understand what you want to produce it. Corporate executives are the dumbest, laziest fucks on earth and rely on their staff to decipher what they actually want out of what they say. 50% of a developer's job is understanding what is really being asked for.

The creative industries. Medical transcriptionists. Phone support anything. Logistics staff. Even the fucking burger flippers.

This isn't going to happen. AI can do grunt work, but it needs to be overseen by a person because it does not and never will understand context. Let me explain with an example:

You are using AI to predict the price of houses for your house flipping business. To do that, first you need to collect a data set on houses with some variables:

1) Age of the house
2) square footage of the house
3) zip code
4) lot size
5) price

So you have to pick one of these variables to have the model predict. In this case, price. We want to know what the house is actually worth.

The way that machine learning works is it will go through the list of however many houses you put in the data set. It sets a "weight" on each of the 4 other variables, which basically means how hard the model factors in age, zip code, etc. Then it goes back through the data set without the price shown and estimates the price. After it does that for the whole data set, it checks it's answers against the actual data, measures how accurate/precise it was, and then changes the weights if it's not accurate or precise enough. Rinse and repeat until either the heat death of the universe or the model weights accurately predict the outcome.

Then comes the second problem: Computers do not understand what data is relevant and what data isn't. Often, a model has too much irrelevant data and the ML can't find a pattern. Those data sets are constantly needing to be updated and curated by human beings. ML does what it is told, very consistently and at a pace much faster than any human is capable, but it still needs to be told what to do. And knowing what to do is the actual hard part.

Every, absolute every, tech company is pushing this shit, because they can see it's the cusp of a paradigm shift in the industry. Every industry.

No, this is bullshit. Nobody but large, publicly traded corporations are pushing this shit and we are nowhere near a paradigm shift in the industry. Those large corporations are pushing this because AI is the new buzzword that investors and venture capital firms want to hear.

The insurmountable problem of AI is that it does not and will never understand human nature, only how to emulate it

I work at a rather big company and have several clients. EVERYONE at my company is being forced to take AI training. Everyone, in Every Department. Constantly. They're also sending us newsletters every other day about the AI team and what they're doing and what upcoming seminars we can (had better or else) attend.

You're being forced to take all of this training because there is not enough work to go around, and this is the last step before layoffs start or continue again. Some middle manager is hoping that more business comes in before they have to make any changes.

They've already replaced our Tier 1 HR and IT staff with it. If you have a HR or IT problem you get a chatbot and it figures out what you want, tries to fix it using automated processes, and if that doesn't work only then does it pull in a Pajeet to fuck everything up by hand.

I hate to break it to you, but that IT and HR chatbot are for the workers, not you. 60% of user problems are dumb users doing things the wrong way and not following basic instructions. Another 30% is either bullshit like password resets or people blaming their computer as an excuse for missing a deadline. The last 10% is real issues that require a human being.

The last thing I'll say is this: A plane can 1000% take off and land on autopilot, and has successfully done so for more than a decade. The ultra rich still use human pilots. Robots have been capable of cleaning houses and making food/drinks for years, but the ultra rich still use human servants. You may get a chatbot when you have a computer issue or HR issue, but your CEO calls a person to talk to face-to-face.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

60% of user problems are dumb users doing things the wrong way and not following basic instructions.

^this. I've personally experienced this myself with the last IT job i worked in.

Long Story Short: We made a VERY detailed PDF that contained instructions to set up a password reset app on people's phones. Reminder/Warning emails went out weeks/months in advanced to everyone in the company, yet more than half of the people not only didn't set it up, or even bother to read the emails, but their accounts got locked out because of it. Half of my time on the phones for support was reading the PDF and online instructions i just googled regarding their phone model on how to do what they needed to do.

people these days, especially when it comes to technology, are REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY fucking stupid.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

AI can do grunt work, but it needs to be overseen by a person because it does not and never will understand context.

The problem here is that all your points make no difference. The midwits in charge and the professional laptop class who think having a degree = smarts are convinced this shit is literally Data and Skynet. They can't even understand why they aren't right, much less these points you make.

What we will see is massive companies trying over and over again to force fucking ChatGPT to replace their wagies, and constantly fail with both hilarious and horrifying results. And they will insist on it for years until eventually the weight of the failures outweighs the sunk cost and they admit the tech isn't ready, or enough lawsuits pile up over the fuck ups by machines that they learn to be careful and pay attention to what is being done.

Mark my words: Before the decade is through we will have a disaster with triple digits deaths caused by some CEO retard pushing to replace blue collar workers with A.I. not ready for it that makes such a monumental common sense violation a literal nigger would have been better suited for the job than the overhyped chatbot.

 

[Netizennameless]

people these days, especially when it comes to technology, are REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY fucking stupid.

And the more technology helps people, the stupider people get. Hence why the idea of ML replacing us is laughable.

 

[Betonhaus]

with AI there is a 90:10 rule that is true from self-driving cars to image generators to document generators: 90% of the work it handles perfectly, but 10% it will never handle alone.

Tesla was super confident they would have fully self-driving cars years ago, only to basically give up because there are some situations the AI just can't handle - and mistakes while driving can lead to accidents and death.

It's possible to automate 90% of work easily enough, but the last 10% you will always need an expert at the wheel. Companies will try to automate - but in doing so will realize they need to fire all of their low cost workers and replace them with high skilled ones.

 

[Potatoherder]

Christie was caught on a hot mic talking about War Karen and Boots.

https://x.com/therecount/status/1745208155561218295?s=20

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

Haha Haha. Get fucked fatty

 

[Netizennameless]

The problem here is that all your points make no difference. The midwits in charge and the professional laptop class who think having a degree = smarts are convinced this shit is literally Data and Skynet. They can't even understand why they aren't right, much less these points you make.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2023/10/07/why-more-business-leaders-are-saying-ditch-the-4-year-degree/?sh=40f9fb2c2940

In 2019, the midwits thought that coddling zoomers was the future. In 2020, they thought the metaverse was the future. In 2021 they thought ESG and DEI was the future. In 2022-2023 they are onto AI. In 2024 they're back to hiring rockstar talent because that's what actually makes money.

Spoiler: relevant snippet

“The Adzuna data indicates that skills, rather than degrees, are the top requirement candidates must have to secure a ‘high-paying job’ today, whether job candidates are looking for deskless or corporate positions. In particular, leaders with skills that can boost engagement in today’s workforce are in hot demand.”

The real crisis in the workforce is a crisis of leadership. There are not enough good managers, and millennials don't actually want or know how to be leaders. That's what is fucking up companies and AI/ML will not fix that.

You can ignore what I wrote all you want, it's still true. The midwits in charge also said that we were all going to return to office, how did that turn out? Oh, office vacancy rates are at a record high.

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/01/09/office-vacancy-rate-hits-new-high/

the AI/ML craze is being pushed because there are not enough skilled workers to go around and an abundance of useless retards, not because anyone is in a rush to replace workers with machines. Machines are expensive to maintain, and also require people to maintain them.

If AI/ML were ready for primetime great replacement, it would have already figured out how to filter out the retards when hiring. It can't do that even remotely.

It's possible to automate 90% of work easily enough, but the last 10% you will always need an expert at the wheel. Companies will try to automate - but in doing so will realize they need to fire all of their low cost workers and replace them with high skilled ones.

It's like when the motor vehicle displaced the horse and carriage: sure there isn't a large wagon industry anymore, but there are more car manufacturing jobs than there ever were carriage makers. And that's not even counting the side industries that spawned from it. The same will be true of ML. There will be a whole new class of data jannies and QA.

 

[X Prime]

God, over 100 million dollars pissed away on Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis' worthless campaigns.

I could do a lot with 100 million.

 

[Hüftpriester]

I know this meme is based off Christie's recent hot mic but that was not my first thought when I saw it...

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

God, over 100 million dollars pissed away on Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis' worthless campaigns.

I could do a lot with 100 million.

I just want to know in what world is Haley "with in single digits of taking the nom from Trump"

Trump's still posting 40+ polls so they're trying to say Haley is pulling in 30+ of the Republican votes? Yah I dont buy that for a second.

When the MSM falls in line to push a GoP candidate you really need to be suspicious and dig deeper.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

60% of user problems are dumb users doing things the wrong way and not following basic instructions. Another 30% is either bullshit like password resets or people blaming their computer as an excuse for missing a deadline. The last 10% is real issues that require a human being.

the amount of times I've muttered "why didn't you bring this up yesterday at the latest", or "you fucking moron" under my breath......but hey, the pay's decent.

 

[Netizennameless]

I just want to know in what world is Haley "with in single digits of taking the nom from Trump"

They're doing the usual deceptive bullshit by not mentioning they are talking about a single state and not the overall party nomination.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nikki-haley-beats-donald-trump-in-key-swing-state-new-polls/ar-AA1mKAHk

the amount of times I've muttered "why didn't you bring this up yesterday at the latest", or "you fucking moron" under my breath......but hey, the pay's decent.

Mad respect. I worked desktop support for 6 years before eventually becoming a software developer. I learned so many valuable skills there just by having to manage different personalities and understand how most users think. It's a very hard and thankless job which at least pays the bills.

 

[Spasticus Autisticus]

I just want to know in what world is Haley "with in single digits of taking the nom from Trump"

Trump's still posting 40+ polls so they're trying to say Haley is pulling in 30+ of the Republican votes? Yah I dont buy that for a second.

When the MSM fails in line to push a GoP candidate you really need to be suspicious and dig deeper.

The hopium from the NeverTrumpers is that Haley wins in NH (where a single outlier poll had her within 7 points of Trump), after which she gains momentum that somehow erases Trump's 60-point lead in NV and 30-point lead in Nimrata's home state of SC. Never mind that there has never been a swing in a primary anywhere close to that size.

 

[silverstacks]

 

[Netizennameless]

The hopium from the NeverTrumpers is that Haley wins in NH (where a single outlier poll had her within 7 points of Trump), after which she gains momentum that somehow erases Trump's 60-point lead in NV and 30-point lead in Nimrata's home state of SC. Never mind that there has never been a swing in a primary anywhere close to that size.

I love when pollsters insist their outlier result is some special insight and not a fuck up somewhere on their part. The elections results often BTFO most pollsters.

 

[dustbuster]

 

[Absolutego]

The hopium from the NeverTrumpers is that Haley wins in NH (where a single outlier poll had her within 7 points of Trump), after which she gains momentum that somehow erases Trump's 60-point lead in NV and 30-point lead in Nimrata's home state of SC. Never mind that there has never been a swing in a primary anywhere close to that size.

They attach this voodoo-like importance to the first few primaries every year, the mythical Haley bump is just the worst version of it in quite some time.
Remember when Cruz eking out a narrow win in Iowa ca. 2016 was the final nail in Blumpf's campaign? I do.