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@axbom

No.

The statistical programmer just distributed the software's programming over time.

People used to the "AI" narrative interpret such statistical programming process as "learning" projecting their own experience over the software.

But the software is still just software.

Antropormphism of software is a tool to alieanate people.

@axbom

well, for sure "autonomously" is plain wrong: being autonomous means being able to decide the rule you follow and that's not something a machine can do.

The fact that software programmed statistically (improperly know as ) change its own runtime configuration on certain input doesn't mean it's autonomous: the change is totally predictable, given the current state, the software and the whole input (including transient conditions such as time, scheduling and so on...)

But in general I think that attributing agency to software (as you do when you say they are "allowed to progress") is fundamentally flawn.

Software have no agency, they can just be programmed to simulate one to the untrained eye.

Usually to hide the actual chain of control and responsibilities.

see for example arxiv.org/abs/2204.06974

Impressive...

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Tiny 58 bytes csv parser, now it's time to implement spreadsheet formulae.
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Okay, I can't keep the urge of making my own spreadsheet program at bay any longer.

Let's get started.

@axbom

> The more autonomously they are allowed to progress, the further they deviate from human understanding.

This is just sci-fi narrative sold as cutting edge research. We could call it "math-washing", smoke in the eyes or the like..

Software does NOT "progress" nor "learn".
There is no out there, neither narrow or general.

Simply, put some software is programmed statistically (instead of explicitly), and both the programmers (who call themselves "data-scientist") and the company hiring them refuse to be held accountable for its output and thus pretend that the software itself got some level of autonomy.

It doesn't.

Their output is ALWAYS deterministic given the whole input and state of the machine.

And being unable to compute the output space or to deduct the implemented function BECAUSE it would be too expensive in term of time, money and energy, should simply be a reason to NOT use that software as it's broken beyond repair.

Not a reason to waive legal responsibility.

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@minimalprocedure@octodon.social

(il mio segreto sono gli "stand-up meeting" online da 50-70 persone, quando parla uno dei tanti fornitori del cliente a riguardo di un argomento che non ha proprio nulla, MA NULLA, NULLA NULLA a che fare con quello che faccio e che farò mai nel mio lavoro...)

@filippodb @devol

@minimalprocedure@octodon.social

Ma figurati, @filippodb mi aveva definito "un meschino manipolatore, Un ometto che spara cazzate che sta tutto il giorno in chat" e gli ho solo fatto notare che forse si configurava il reato di ingiurie.

@devol

@filippodb

Puoi postare lo screenshot di dove io avrei scritto "ti faccio causa"?

Il "boia" è stato reso moderatore alle 19.09 e mi ha bannato alle 19.12...

@devol @minimalprocedure@octodon.social

@devol

@filippodb non so quanto ti sembri maturo bannare chi non ti piace dopo averlo insultato, ma come ti ho scritto sulla chat, queste azioni qualificano chi le compie, non chi le subisce.

Tieni però presente che, per quanto ne so, se insulti qualcuno in sua assenza si configura il reato di diffamazione (595 del codice penale, il 594 riguarda l'insulto a qualcuno che è presente).

Detto questo... bye bye! 👋

@minimalprocedure@octodon.social

Ma perché così tante aziende mettono un numero massimo di caratteri alla password?

Non la salveranno mica in chiaro? 🤔

Comunque @minimalprocedure@octodon.social oggi sei stato definito come il "mio amichetto".

Ma non montarti la testa: stavano insultando me. 🤣

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@minimalprocedure@octodon.social

No, i ban non sono roba da tribunale.

Le violazioni del diritto d'autore però sì.

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