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johntask··on Defending against hypothetical moon life during Apollo 11
Total extinction of all life on Earth isn't also the worst case worry about AI? Anyway, both seem highly unlikely, that's why we shouldn't compare worst or best scenarios, but rather real, more probable risks, i.e. AI being used to develop advanced weapons. In that regard I'd say AI is worst, but it's mostly a matter of opinion, really.
johntask··on 'Link History,' Facebook's New Way to Track the Websites You Visit
> “When you allow link history, we may use your information to improve your ads across Meta technologies.”

Exactly what we all wanted! Better ads! I feel so happy now!

johntask··on Why not RSS?
I think the article oversimplifies a lot. Resource efficiency is just a tiny part of why RSS isn't more popular, and definitely not the main cause. It's actually a complex issue; for instance, RSS deprieves services from a way to effectively profile users.

Besides, the solution is not clarified enough. I read the linked website but there isn't a lot of details. Is it a sort of cloud service that receives push notifications for the user? The only thing I see is that it requires registration, and that can't be a good signal.

By the way, most RSS clients don't update that often. Mine does it every six hours.

johntask··on Show HN: AI Wrapped
So, people upload their entire chat history and personal appointments to OpenAI... for fun?
johntask··on Studies suggest that relying on will power to break habits is hopeless (2019)
> The students were told to report every time they thought, “Oops, I shouldn’t do this”

Close enough!