MountDoom

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by MountDoom 1y ago
> But the moment that the AI can exceed a human programmer, at something as narrow as coding, then the company that has that AI shouldn't sell it to replace humans at other companies - it should instead use it to write programs to r
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by MountDoom 1y ago
> The problem was that many folks stopped taking it, when they felt better. This really wasn't the problem. There was never any strong science behind it, other than just an abundance of caution. But you can also argue that taking an
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by MountDoom 1y ago
Electronics is electronics. But the weight trade-offs for anything that walks or drives on the ground aren't as severe as for drones, so you could presumably provide EM shielding and light armor more easily. At the same time, terrain i
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by MountDoom 1y ago
I think it's easy to pick apart arguments out of context, but since the parent is comparing it to AI, I assume what they meant is that it hasn't turned out to be nearly as revolutionary for general-purpose computing as we thought.
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by MountDoom 1y ago
The founders of the company still have a controlling stake in the business. External shareholders have little leverage. Going public gave Google a lot of nearly-free money to grow, and it's how you've gotten both Gmail and Google+
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by MountDoom 1y ago
What makes me a bit uneasy about the project is that the website doesn't explain who is building it. For most open-source, I think that would be fine. But browsers auto-update, so their vendors essentially have the continued ability to
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by MountDoom 1y ago
I suspect what the parent is alluding to is that we tend to reduce everything to computer-world analogies, which we believe we're uniquely qualified to analyze. It's sort of like a car mechanic telling you "SQL query, eh? It
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by MountDoom 1y ago
Ubiquity doesn't depend on the AI getting much better as much as it depends on the computational cost going down (i.e., better hardware + software optimizations). When you can put a ChatGPT-class model locally on every desktop or phone
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by MountDoom 1y ago
I made this comment on another thread that ended up getting flagged as dupe, but this is probably not all that mysterious. These SIM boxes are a commercial product you can buy from China: https://cnetross.en.made-in-china.com&#x2
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by MountDoom 1y ago
The reason it gets easier after 30 is largely because of what you learned. It's easier to find a job because you have an employment history, a set of work-related skills, and some connections you can lean on. It's easier to manage
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by MountDoom 1y ago
As an 18 year old arsonist, you can set a commercial building on fire and cause tens of millions in damages. Is that the fault of the owner? I don't know why, but we all have a much stronger moral compass when it comes to the real worl