What is freedom? | the singularity is nearer
I had a conversation today with ChatGPT about freedom in the US vs Hong Kong. It said all these things about how Hong Kong was unfree, citing all these US expert organizations. But when we really got down to it, it had a rather strange definition of freedom. It kept talking about politics, dissent, and protest, not about things like safety, optionality, and convenience.
I had a conversation today with ChatGPT about freedom in the US vs Hong Kong. It said all these things about how Hong Kong was unfree, citing all these US expert organizations. But when we really got down to it, it had a rather strange definition of freedom. It kept talking about politics, dissent, and protest, not about things like safety, optionality, and convenience. I am not interested in politics, dissent, or protest. My life doesn’t have anything to do with that. The amount of effort expended on this stuff in America is insane with nothing to show for it. It’s all kayfabe. To be honest,
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