Yes, that is the implication I was making to answer the original question. The majority of content here is in English–>the majority of English-first users are from the US–>this is why Lemmy seems so US-centric.
I was being a little obtuse because it’s like a French-filtered user asking why social media seems so France-centric even though there’s lots of social media in Africa–there are other languages that people use that you’re not necessarily seeing on your feed.
Maybe it has to do with your language settings as well? I imagine filtering out English will make your experience much less US-centric.
Here is an analysis on construction related fatalities in China.
And here is some reporting construction related fatalities in the US
That’s… What an AI generated review is.
I didn’t say it’s the same system, there are several different ways and degrees in which modern slavery exists. Trapping and exploiting migrant/seasonal workers is another popular one. Modern slavery exists from the US to Brazil, China/central Asia, Russia, Türkiye, even in parts of western Europe you’ll find it in smaller or less obvious amounts.
There is plenty of modern slave labor and exploitation going around. No major manufacutring nation is innocent.
Yes, their energy requirements have also skyrocketed in the last 20 years. However if you look at their energy mix, in 2010 their energy mix was around 70% from coal, and today it’s around 50% of their totally energy mix.
What you’re describing is the Science Fantasy subgenre. If you haven’t already, like Sanctuary and Fringe are exactly what you’d be looking for.
The Last Jedi and and Rise of Skywalker came out during Trump’s first term, UK had triggered article 50, natural disasters, North Korea was ramping up nuclear testing, a new age of fake news was taking shape, trade war, rise of Hindu nationalism… you know what you’re right, I do miss those times compared to now… But you know maybe this is the second act when things are most dire before… Well depends on the story arc 😅
The estimate is 130-140 aircraft existed in the entire fleet, so sounds like the former.
Ohhh I forgot about this! And somebody said Andor broke the bible with their 2D video
Sure, I don’t disagree with what you said. Some will say Applied Science is a category of science, others will say it’s distinct from capital “S” Science. I don’t really care either way, the distinction I was making was: Science is a process of developing knowledge that explains the natural/observable universe, including the humans/societies within it, i.e. a way of understanding what is. Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge, principles, and methods of inquiry in the construction and development of technology–it does not seek to explain things about the world.
I guess there was Foldit 😅
That’s engineering, not science. There is no science gameplay, you just have science points that you spend.
AI bad. But also, video AI started with will Will Smith eating spaghetti just a couple years ago.
We keep talking about AI doing complex tasks right now and it’s limitations, then extrapolating its development linearly. It’s not linear and it’s not in one direction. It’s a exponential and rhizomatic process. Humans always over-estimate (ignoring hard limits) and under-estimate (thinking linearly) how these things go. With rocketships, with internet/social media, and now with AI.
It’s less that it’s bad for her and more that it’s another way the US is dismantling their own soft power. There are long term advantages to having the rich and powerful from around the world get their upper education in your universities.
Nononono the solution isn’t for him to write that novel, it’s for him to write “The First Algorithm”.
Andy Weir found his genre niche and stuck to it. And within that genre niche, I find he’s a competent writer, both technically and I’d say artistically, with strengths and weaknesses. The combination has made his works genuinely enjoyable for me. Ernest Cline, while admittedly not for me, doesn’t seem to be in the same league.
I think the threats, limitations, and harms already underway due to AI are very real. And it’s scary thinking how the issues will develop under the current ways such technologies get pursued and implemented to accrue power.
I also think we should be honest about the capabilities of the technology, the practical applications of it, and reconcile with the fact that the genie is out of the bottle. It’s the industrial revolution, it’s electricity, it’s the assembly line, and nuclear fission.
Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it’s a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP’s question, rather than the internet at large. I’d be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho!