Why “Human” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
As a game designer the answer is very obvious: That's hard work! As a heavy LLM user there is another obvious answer: The LLM is very good at copying. I suppose those are two si…
by furyofantares · Oct 31, 2026
I think we will differ in that I think essentially a "brain in a box" is in fact possible if we feed the same chemical and electrical signals as the brain in a body experiences…
by hardbass · Oct 31, 2026
Great to implement a DB just like human memory, unstable, and untrustworthy.
by yipinwong · Oct 31, 2026
Survivor is the opposite of how real human societies work - especially the tribal ones that thes show is aping. Real tribal societies are stable forever, and they are almost ent…
by tsimionescu · Oct 31, 2026
The climate is going to change. The climate is always changing. ~12,000 years ago oceans were 200 feet!! lower and a large portion of the world was under a mile of ice. This dra…
by StanislavPetrov · Oct 31, 2026
Why do we assume there will be Ai run companies? Somewhere a human is behind and the legally responsible entity. Contracts require certain theories of mind to be valid, so like…
by verdverm · Oct 31, 2026
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Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and language. Humans are highly social beings and tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks to political states. Social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals, which bolster human society. Curiosity and the human desire to understand and influence the environment have motivated humanity's development of art, science, philosophy, religion, mythology, and other fields of knowledge. Read more on Wikipedia