• @[email protected]
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    -623 hours ago

    “China bad”

    *sounds legit

    Sounds legit is what one hears about FUD spread by alglophone media every time the US oligarchy is caught with their pants down.

    Snowden: “US is illegally spying on everyone”

    Media: Snowden is Russia spy

    *Sounds legit

    France: US should not unilaterally invade a country

    Media: Iraq is full of WMDs

    *Sounds legit

    DeepSeek: Guys, distillation and body of experts is a way to save money and energy, here’s a paper on how to do same.

    Media: China bad, deepseek must be cheating

    *Sounds legit

    • @[email protected]
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      322 hours ago

      I don’t like this. Everything you’re saying is true, but this argument isn’t persuasive, it’s dehumanizing. Making people feel bad for disagreeing doesn’t convince them to stop disagreeing.

      A more enlightened perspective might be “this might be true or it might not be, so I’m keeping an open mind and waiting for more evidence to arrive in the future.”

      • SadSadSatellite
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        1022 hours ago

        Not the original commenter, but what theirs saying stands true. The issue of “sounds legit” is the main driving force in misinformation right now.

        The only way to combat it is to truly gain the knowledge yourself. Accepting things at face value has lead to massive disagreements on objective information, and allowed anti science mindsets to flourish.

        Podcasts are the medium that I give the most blame to. Just because someone has a camera and a microphone, viewers believe them to be an authority on a subject, and pairing this with the “sounds Legit” mindset has set back critical thinking skills for an entire population.

        More people need to read Jurassic park.

        • @[email protected]
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          Its just my opnion based on few sources I saw on the web. Should I attach them as links to the comment? I guess I could. But thats extra time which Im not sure I want to spend. Imagine the discussion where both sides provide links and sources to everything they say. Would be great? I guess? But at the same time would be very diffcult on both sides and time consuming. Nobody doest that in todays internet. Nobody ever did that in causal conversations. Not just internet acutally, in both real life and internet. Providing evidence is generally for court talk.

          You are right. We are all on our own in pursue of truth. And with rise of AI and fake reality things are going to be crazier and crazier each year. Pair that also with the fact that our brains have limited storage capacity for information and knowledge and it doesnt look bright for humans. I stay optimistic though despite that.

          • @Takapapatapaka
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            220 hours ago

            I disagree with you, links are not that long to share. It is a bit more time consuming obviously, but everyone can choose whether to read quickly or really dive in the sources. I see a lot of people doing it today on internet. I see a lot of people doing it in casual conversation (opening a book or internet to check smthg). It’s not evidence, it’s hints to avoid launching a whole discussion that entirely lies or bullshit (or not).

            Here are some links I found about smuggled chips.

            • Reuters : Deepseek said they used legally imported old and new nvidia chips (H800 and H20s). There are suspicions and investigations about illegal smuggling of banned from export nvidia chips, targeting directly Deepseek. One CEO of an american AI startup said it is likely Deepseek used smuggled chips.
            • The Diplomat : exactly the same, citing directly Reuters. Adds that H800 (now banned from export) and H20s were designed by Nvidia specially for the chinese market. Adds that smuggling could go through Singapore, which leaped from 9% to 22% of Nvidia revenues in 2 years. Nvidia and Singapore representatives deny.
            • Foxbusiness : same.

            So it is likely there are smuggled chips in china if we believe this. Now to say they have been used by Deepseek and even more, that they have been decisive is still very unclear.

            • @[email protected]
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              Damn you sound like bot you know that? No typos, perfect answer. Seriously. Can you prove you’re a human? xd

              • @Takapapatapaka
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                26 hours ago

                There’s actually a typo, i wrote “relies or bullshit” instead of " on bullshit"

      • @[email protected]
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        120 hours ago

        We already have all the evidence. This isn’t some developing story, the paper is reproducible. What’s dehumanizing is assuming that Asians can’t make good software.

      • @[email protected]
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        220 hours ago

        Can you point out any factual inaccuracies or is it just that your wittew fee-fees got hurt?

        • @ripcord
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          -118 hours ago

          Ah, cool, a new account to block.

    • @maplebar
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      Snowden really proved he wasn’t a Russian spy when he… check notes… immediately fled to Russia with troves of American secrets…