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The question of whether morality must originate from an absolute authority, particularly a supernatural one, is central to a lot of philosophical debate between theists and secularists. Many religious apologists argue that without a divine authority, there can be no objective basis for morality, meaning there’s no ultimate “right” or “wron…[Read more]

I met up with a cousin of mine a while back. He said “I gotta say thanks man for making me listen to Volume 4 when I was 12. I have discovered so much great music because of that and it has enhanced my life at all of it stages”.

Forty years later, it is still a great album. It has inspired many bands but none have surpassed it.

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The aibient Youtube channel puts out hyperrealistic AI-created 11-12 hour long simulated 3D videos like this virtually daily:

Imagine how much it would cost and how much time it would take to hire a video artist to create anything like this if the stipulation was “no AI”.

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
We don’t know what to ask or we ask the wrong questions. What’s the key difference?

AI isn’t capable of coming up with an intelligent, guided question. It can come up with random questions, but it knows not what it is to love, or value things, or breathe the fresh air. In other words, it’s not guided by human v…

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_Robert_ wrote:
I would be much more interested in knowing if morality must originate with an absolute authority (who is a supernatural being) as so many apologists claim and if not, what/who is the basis for secular morality.

I think that giving a sensible explanation of secular ethics, provides a credible alternative to any story about divine…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
We don’t know what to ask or we ask the wrong questions. What’s the key difference?

AI isn’t capable of coming up with an intelligent, guided question.  It can come up with random questions, but it knows not what it is to love, or value things, or breathe the fresh air.  In other words, it’s not guided by human values, exper…[Read more]

I don’t care about auto tune. At least it’s a human voice. I’m interested in music because of the people involved, their stories and I how can hear those stories in the music. When Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads to play guitar. The day the music died in a plane crash and good ole boys were drinking whisk and rye. When the Beatles…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Music is interesting because of musicians. And well AI just doesn’t have that.

And yet, even “real” musicians are faking it as the Wings of Pegasus guy is exposing it. I’m referring to artists who lip sync live and others who abuse Autotune.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
My Question to ScholarGPT: Can you write a short essay on the evolution of secular morals and ethics since 1600 to the present day and how it has improved upon the static rules of theistic faith. It’s Answer, 8 seconds later….. The evolution of secular morals and ethics from the 1600s to the present day is a com…

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Spotify is full of AI generated music and fake “artists” already. They had to limit the number of songs that get uploaded per day per account. For years now many people in the music business are now called “recording artists” because they can’t even call themselves musicians. They couldn’t play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” to save their lives. But as…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
I think AI is already doing research to answer questions I ask.

That’s the point I’m making. You have to ask the questions. AI doesn’t know what to ask.

But doesn’t that describe US as well? We don’t know what to ask or we ask the wrong questions. What’s the key difference?

I suppose one key difference is th…[Read more]

Well, I suppose that humans asking AI the right questions will help humans to do research.

When I am having a debate with AI, it is very easy to feel like I am actually in a conversation with a conscious being. I was asking it if it was possible that exploring the collapse of the Wave function could help with a solution in linking the quantum world with the Copenhagen Interpretation. A possible solution in moving from indeterminism to a…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
It is not ‘conscious”.

Good point.

AI doesn’t know what to ask.

Exactly. It is not ‘conscious”.

Unseen wrote:
I think AI is already doing research to answer questions I ask.

That’s the point I’m making.  You have to ask the questions.  AI doesn’t know what to ask.

“Since 2015, the General Assembly has adopted 140 resolutions criticizing Israel, mainly over its treatment of the Palestinians, its relationships with neighboring countries and other alleged wrongdoings. Over the same period, it has passed 68 resolutions against all other countries, UN Watch said.”

Seems about right for a UN of Jew haters. It…[Read more]

Keep digging your heels in Unseen. Don’t let the truth or reality interfere.

The UN? They’re crediblity is nonexistent. Should be RUN Racist United Nations.

But yeah they’re ethically equal. That is actually liberal compared to the hard core progressives. Antifada revolution~Freedom fighters against the zionist entity!

If we didn’t have a dog in the fight (Israel), I might say “A pox on both of their houses,” but we support one side of this war between terrorists so we have Palestinian blood on our hands.

UN Commission finds war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israeli attacks on Gaza health facilities and treatment of detainees, hostages

Israel has…[Read more]

Reg is right on time.

Here is an expert on UNWRA. If you want to be informed give it a listen.