LwL

A lot of the individuals aren't in there entirely of their own will though. Particularly with BYU, the institution itself is a cancer, but the individual students are really not at fault (at least certainly not all of them). The university portrays itself very differently than it actually is, and you effectively cannot leave the mormon church while you attend (unless you want to get kicked out and have all your time there completely wasted).

I would heavily disagree on LLMs being obviously sentient. I don't see how they could be, as I see it it would require an understanding of the words they put out in a framework that isn't language - but language is the only framework they can possibly have. All words LLMs know are defined only through their relation to other words.

It's also a matter of defining what self-awareness even is, and I don't have the hubris to say that LLMs for sure are not sentient, it just seems very unlikely from my perspective. I would also argue that monkeys are most likely sapient, though the whole concept has always reeked of "oh shit sentience doesn't make us special, quick think of something else". I'd probably put LLMs somewhere on the level of individualistic insects at best.

I still agree with your general sentiment that people are far too dismissive of the topic in general given our history in doing this with animals. Esp the concept of pain is an interesting one, because essentially pain is just negative reinforcement, which of course is part of reinforcement learning. But pain also had to naturally evolve and is very flawed as a result, while the negative reinforcement is just a number without side effects, so it likely wouldn't ever feel like pain the same way it feels for an animal. But the difference is often philosophical, and we define things the way they are convenient.

Ich finds schonn krass, wie oft mir leute komplett unverständlich begegnen wenn ich nur sage ich mag kein steak bzw. bin allgemein nich der riesenfan von Rindfleisch (und erst recht da es von allen herkömmlichen Fleischtypen auch noch das klimaschädlichste ist, brauch ichs jetzt wirklich nicht). Also Überraschung is eine Sache aber diese Denial phase jedes mal ist schon komisch. Passiert natürlich gerne genauso wenn ich irgendwelchen vegetarischen oder veganen Fleischersatz esse, obwohl ich doch gar kein vegetarier bin.

Ist halt wie so vieles viel zu sehr kulturell verankert. Aber das ändert sich wenigstens auch merklich.

Es ist aber ein problem der technik? Nur, weil zum Bauzeitpunkt keiner drüber nachgedacht hat, ist das nicht plötzlich was anderes. AKWs brauchen halt viel Kühlung, und auch solche Abwärme ist eine Form von Umweltverschmutzung wenn sie in einem Fluss landet.

That depends on the person, plenty I've talked to have explicitly said that sweat smell is better than the mix resulting from trying to just drown it in a different odor. For me personally it'd also depend on the deodorant.

But how do we get taxation?

Murder doesn't redistribute wealth, but a ruling class that remembers why the plebeians need to be kept reasonably happy stops actively sabotaging any efforts at wealth redistribution.

I'd rather have that happen another way but at this point what's left?

Reading comprehension, how does it work?

I literally said that in this case it's almost certainly just because they know they can get away with it and make more money

I don't disagree entirely but removing clothing stops being an option at some point and if I'm expected to get work done I'll be far better at it if the temperature isn't making me miserable

I have spent every single one of the past 10 summers in a room that did not dip below 25C for a second over those months. Most of the time closer to 30. I still want to die at 25.

My heat sensitivity is definitely abnormal, but I still have to work just like everyone else. Though even our office with barely existent AC is cooler than my apartment at least. What's worse is that the office sometimes gets to 23C in winter which has lead to me wearing shorts whenever it's above 5C outside, because otherwise I suffer in the office.

This might surprise you but people's perception of temperature varies wildly. 25 degrees for me is fine without clothing, but that's not really an option in the office. I'll survive, but it noticably drains my energy and impairs my ability to work.

Conversely I could say anyone should be fine with 15C inside during winter, but a lot of people would disagree with that too I'd imagine.

That still doesn't excuse that level of wastefulness whatsoever. Oh no, a mild inconvenience!