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This might sound really fucking grim and mildly accelerationist, but I take some solace in knowing that megacorporations using AI for useless purposes is unsustainable, in that we physically won't be able to sustain it as we go into an era of peak oil and energy scarcity.
At least I can HOPE that electricity will be reallocated to areas of more important use.
At least I can HOPE that electricity will be reallocated to areas of more important use.
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At some point we're gonna have to realize that yeah, maybe AI might make SOME things more efficient, but the labor and resource use just isn't worth it, unless it's for stuff like the medical field. Sometimes faster isn't better.
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Forwarded from The 15th International Vore Brigade (18+) (Fossekallen 🇳🇴 🌻)
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Oddly Motivational
to me who feels guilty for avoiding news
Also, I'd argue you don't need to expose yourself at ALL to horrific images and videos to care about something.
I have not watched one video of gore, death, and destruction coming from Palestine. I will not do that to myself, I do not need to do that to myself. I don't need to in order to care about the situation. Reading the news and being a compassionate human being is all it took.
I have not watched one video of gore, death, and destruction coming from Palestine. I will not do that to myself, I do not need to do that to myself. I don't need to in order to care about the situation. Reading the news and being a compassionate human being is all it took.
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Is there some guilt? Yeah. But I can live with guilt, I know there are better places to spend my energy.
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Good idea: do not underestimate plants: they can see
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8903786/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boquila
It grows vines that wrap around host plants, mimicking the host's leaves in a phenomenon called mimetic polymorphism.[3] It bears an edible fruit (Boquila berries).
A 2021 paper suggested that the plant has some sort of vision using ocelli. This hypothesis was presented on the basis of experiments in which the vine appeared to mimic plastic vines and artificial plants
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8903786/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boquila
It grows vines that wrap around host plants, mimicking the host's leaves in a phenomenon called mimetic polymorphism.[3] It bears an edible fruit (Boquila berries).
A 2021 paper suggested that the plant has some sort of vision using ocelli. This hypothesis was presented on the basis of experiments in which the vine appeared to mimic plastic vines and artificial plants
PubMed Central (PMC)
Boquila trifoliolata mimics leaves of an artificial plastic host plant
Upon discovery that the Boquila trifoliolata is capable of flexible leaf mimicry, the question of the mechanism behind this ability has been unanswered. Here, we demonstrate that plant vision possibly via plant-specific ocelli is a plausible hypothesis. ...
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Good Idea: Do not underestimate plants: they can hear.
So build water pipes in a way, that the water doesn't make a sound when flowing through it.
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/09/06/plants-dont-have-ears-but-they-can-still-detect-sound
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Plant roots are a big cause of damage to sewer systems all over the world. In Germany, the annual cost of root removal and associated pipe repair is around €28m ($30m).
So build water pipes in a way, that the water doesn't make a sound when flowing through it.
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/09/06/plants-dont-have-ears-but-they-can-still-detect-sound
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Plant roots are a big cause of damage to sewer systems all over the world. In Germany, the annual cost of root removal and associated pipe repair is around €28m ($30m).
The Economist
Plants don’t have ears. But they can still detect sound
Sometimes they produce it, too
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