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The post Xitter web has spawned so many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this, and happy 4th July in advance.)
Another āAI fucked compsci gradsā post has hit my eyeballs - this time, it got recommended to me by LinkedInās algorithm) (because Iām still on that site for some fucking reason):
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study philosophy, not computer science
data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that philosophy students have a lower unemployment rate (about 5.1%) than computer science students (7%)
why?
unique human judgment, logic, and ethical reasoning are becoming premium assets, and better tech means companies increasingly DONāT need to ask ācan we build this?ā, and increasingly DO need to ask āshould we build this, and what are the consequences?ā
If there has ever been a time to build those soft, truly human, skills, it is now.
p.s. what do you think is the BEST skill to have right now - my thoughts are in the comments
This oneās attributing the decline to āunique human judgment, logic, and ethical reasoning becoming premium assetsā, and her graph comes from The Economistās Instagram page AFAICT. That one of the Economistās sources is Anthropic is giving me some hope this is bullshit, but its not much.
Nothing in my interactions with humanities types indicates they would be in a better position to handle either the educational slopnami or a slopped out job market.
As far as educational systems go, āhuman judgment, logic, and ethical reasoningā were always left to natural selection instead of being actively pursued. Taking a philosophy course on the history of logic and ethics isnāt the same as having any.
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Or is that something more quirky, āEqoist?ā Sorry, if youāre making it that easy to misread while Iām having my morning caffeine, Iām not going to do you any favors
On one hand, Anthropic sourcing suggests that this is probably at least partially nonsense. On the other hand, though, if thereās any accuracy at all Iām going to spend the rest of my life infuriated that I went down the technical degree route and actively avoided a liberal arts education in order to improve my career outlook and then this happened.
Like, I donāt think they were trying to mislead but I feel like every guidance counselor for kids ought to have a plaque in their office saying āplease note that the world is complicated, ever-changing, and scary and I might actually have no idea what the fuck Iām talking aboutā.