• DreamButt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I love this channel! Her discussions on the toxic culture in physics departments was both heart breaking and really brave. That said I had a feeling this particular video might be a bit out of scope, but I might give it a try since it sounds like y’all enjoyed it

    (Random, but wanted to add that her rant about robots in movies being bad tools is hilarious)

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      1 year ago

      she is awesome. I think she’s the most engaging science communicator i’ve found in years, and it’s because her videos are so earnest and stripped down. She’s really awesome.

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        1 year ago

        Honestly I’m not surprised. Lemmy has a lot of very literal well actually types. Many of them seem more mature and older so at least partially aware of themselves. But in general it still feels like a systemic issue. Wouldn’t be surprised if anyone here would be the type to respond to the video on robots in movies with something like well, duh! robots _have_ to look like that because of the writing. It humanizes them. Just totally missing the fact that she’s clearly a very intelligent person and is very aware of the basic facts of the situation just like everyone else is

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          1 year ago

          Yeah I watched about half of it, it is a long one. She very clearly defines what she means and states her reasons and opinions.
          I agree she is not a Comp Sci Doctorate in Machine Learning but she doesn’t claim to be.
          Seems to be a good video on a contentious topic and whether people agree or not I don’t think she was misrepresenting anything.