TomasBM

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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Somewhat tangential to the article, but why is SQL considered a programming language ? I understand that's the convention according to the IEEE and Wikipedia [1], but the name itself - Structured Query Language - reveals that its purp
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
While I agree that we need a word for this type of behavior, hallucinate is a wrong choice IMO. Hallucinations are already associated with a type of behavior, which is (roughly defined) "subjectively seeing/hearing things which
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Your experience sounds rough. My experience: I often thought that I didn't have the time to learn (hard) things, only to find out sooner or later that I actually did, and still do. At work, this usually meant that I was giving myself t
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Small correction to your point: they perhaps provide a reason for peer review to happen, but it's scientists themselves who coordinate and provide the actual peer review. That is, unless ACM and Nature have a different approach to orga
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I agree. OpenReview is a good initiative, and while it has its own flaws, it's definitely a step in the right direction. The arXiv and the derivative preprint repositories (e.g., bioRxiv) are other good initiatives. However, I don&#x27
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
It's a fair point. In the ideal setting, peer review can really be a very informative and important gate. And who better to be the gatekeeper than someone who understands the context? However, there are still big issues with how thes
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I can't know for sure. For me, it's just the "eyeball method" of comparing HN and different subreddits on Reddit. As to how I (or anyone) could show this, here are a few example questions: 1. How many examples of stealth
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
The reasons listed in TFA - "confidentiality, sensitive data and compromising authors’ intellectual property" - make sense to discourage reviewers from using cloud-based LLMs. There are also reasons for discouraging the use LLMs i
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
First two sentences are key. The reason why HN is so much better than other fora (IMO) is that the mods don't allow lever-pulling and astroturfing to overtake regular contributions. Yet it's also popular, so you're bound to g
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I think that's all true, plus, from my experience: - it's now more difficult to identify a truly unexplored area of work within a relatively short amount of time (e.g., the first 2 explorative years of a PhD lasting 4-6 years). -
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Pretty nice. I've been using LLMs to generate different Python and JS tools for wrangling data for ontology engineering purposes. More recently, I've found a lot of benefit from using the extended thinking mode in GPT-5 and -5.1
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I looked at the original study [1], and it seems to be a very well-supported piece of research. All the necessary pieces are there, as you would expect from a Nature publication. And overall, I am convinced there's an effect. However,
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
It probably is impossible, but you could cover a lot of cases with more deliberate design. For the rest, you can leave it up to the judges to decide. Then again, that might be exactly how (some) lawmakers think, but I'm not aware of it
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I guess vibe coding is fun as a meme, but it hides the power of (what someone else on HN) called language user interfaces (LUIs). The author's point is correct IMO. If you have direct mappings between assembly and natural language,
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Yes. The pre-LLM equivalent would be: "I googled this, and here's what the first result says," and copying the text without providing any additional commentary. Everyone should be free to read, interpret and formulate their c
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Right, but if laws were developed in regulatory sandboxes , you'd also have the opportunity to red-team them. Might be a design idea for future lawmakers.
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
The abuse of claims and citations is a legitimate and common problem. However, I think hallucinated citations pose a bigger problem, because they're fundamentally a lie by commission instead of omission, misinterpretation or misrepre
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Really? Which industries wouldn't hire you if you had a non-American degree? And is this about the content of the degree(s), or just brand name recognition ?
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
It's crazy how an affordable degree still means $40k.
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I haven't come across any reviews that I could recognize as having been blatantly LLM-generated. However, almost every peer review I was a part of, pre- and post-LLM, had one reviewer who provided a questionable review. Sometimes I
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
Yeah. It's also painful to look at something that you know is worse than the alternative, but no one agrees with you or cares.
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by TomasBM 10mo ago
I agree it's often difficult, but I think it's possible to balance honesty with humility and being a so-called team player . For example, if you see something that's sloppy [1], your honest assessment will likely help both t
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
> pointless brand advertisement I understand what you mean, but I disagree it's mostly or pure branding. I'd argue that even watered down versions can be useful as a bridge to more advanced courses and material, provided you ha
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
It is doxxing, but whatever floats your boat. I'm not going to post the names of anyone, so if you don't believe me, up to you. Like I said, I can't know if you're genuine or not either. But if you are, there's some
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
> It does not. You are allowed to pick and choose. Of course. You're allowed to choose your narrative and favorite scapegoat. That doesn't make it correct, or useful, or good. But it is useful to your government, I'll give
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
I'd definitely support that. On the flip side, that'd require many professors and other participants in universities to rethink the role of a university degree, which proves to be much more difficult.
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
They're still around and offering new online courses. I hope they don't have any problems to keep afloat, because they do offer useful material at the very least. I agree it's hard, but I think it's because initially the
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
The first point about documentation really has to do with the question: whom are you willing to support? Instead of seeing it as "users of X platform", I think it's more useful to divide user groups into: 1. Completely non-te
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
If you genuinely hold those views, and aren't just trolling, then I certainly hope you're not responsible for any hiring or people management decisions. If you do interact with people, I'd suggest talking to those you conside
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by TomasBM 11mo ago
I haven't followed the particular situation, but if it's as you say it, I agree that's bad company policy not to allow opting-out. It's still a leap to conclude that "HQ in a neutral country" equates to or resu

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