TonyAlicea10

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by TonyAlicea10 2mo ago
I did let the LLM handle the mouse and touch aiming for v1. That’s an experiment as I prefer typing in the boxes or using arrow keys. I think it needs tweaking to let you hone in a value better. What are you thinking?
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by TonyAlicea10 2mo ago
Fair. This is a direct port in some areas of the 1991 game, which strategically was more try something then dial it in. I’ll ponder. It’s almost arcade vs simulation in some ways. That is, if you can calculate it too easily then the first p
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by TonyAlicea10 2mo ago
I hadn’t seen the other one! I grew up with this as well. I like the camera grace window idea. I’ve been pondering how to handle the post-hit zoom in. Good call on the wind text. I like the filter (?). I’ll look at your link. Thanks for the
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Show HN: QBasic Gorillas (Repeeled)(gameswithtony.com)
31 points by TonyAlicea10 2mo ago|30 comments
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by TonyAlicea10 2mo ago
I don't think this is equivalent. The calculator won't occasionally hallucinate a wrong answer. LLMs are a far leakier abstraction which means skill atrophy impacts evaluation and verification ability.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> It would be inconvenient if maintainability still mattered because their products default to making it worse. I think this is the most important line from this piece. Incentives matter. The AI companies are incentivized to have us beli
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
We’re going to disagree about the quality of LLM learning experiences. As an educator I’ve used them a lot for myself and in teaching others. Good for one-off topics if you check facts and a lot of human educators have built good quality co
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> We actually work hard to make sure a child knows they aren't talking to something real - that they're talking to a computer program. The problem is not talking to a computer program. Kids have been using computers in school l
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
You were skeptical that LLMs would hallucinate on topics for children and you said it was common sense. But now you’re saying the common sense is that they will hallucinate.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
I'm not sure how common sense says that LLMs will hallucinate less on topics for children. That's not how they work. And no, LLMs are not perfect. They're non-deterministic. And no, even if they were perfect my statement was
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> a hardcoded, "Let's get back on track" button would probably be needed Very true! An adult might hit that button. 4-9 year olds I think are less likely to.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
You’re applying human cognition expectations to an LLM. Just because the topic is simple to a human doesn’t mean it improves the likelihood the LLM will behave better. It’s all inference to the machine.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> Anyway no learning is needed for 4-9 year old education. This is an extraordinarily naive statement. Learning how to teach well takes a lifelong commitment. A topic being basic for an adult does not mean it is easier to teach to a chil
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> That's just such a weird point to make. No, it's not. The claim that "teacher's make mistakes too" suggests that AI is equivalent to a human teacher in value. I posit other ways in which a human teacher is pote
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
Reading books does not have the psychological effects of passing cognition to an LLM. EDIT: A "luddite" is opposed to new technology. I'm a coder and technical educator. I teach people to use LLMs. Responsible use of a new te
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> My point is that the hallucination rate of modern LLMs, while not zero, is so low that this is no longer an issue in practice. That's just not true. Talk to an LLM about a subject you know deeply. They make up things all the time.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> 2024 called and wants its talking points back. It's a classic example of the kinds of questions LLMs get wrong. There's plenty of others. Not sure your point here. We can easily find things a 4-9 year old will talk about that
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> They're not going to struggle at all with things a 4-9 year old is learning. Ask them how many r's are in strawberry. > Also it's not like teachers never make confident mistakes. That's an extraordinary false equ
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
I think teaching a child to trust an LLM from a formative age is horrifically irresponsible. If anything, an app should be made where a child learns to correct an LLM's mistakes and learn that it isn't trustworthy. Actually, bette
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
Shared this with my co-workers and they all immediately found it incredibly addictive. Be careful about applying all these complaints and suggestions. Most people here aren’t game designers. What you have is quite successful (timer, losing,
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
For me the timer makes the game. Most popular word games have no timer stress so it makes it unique, versus just "Boggle but one word at a time". I would like the option to continue when you miss a word, but I also like the "
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
Fair but not the human sociology I mean.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
> most humans are stochastic parrots There's a lot more happening behind the scenes when a human repeats phrases than what's happening in an LLM. Sociological phenomenon. The desire to be liked, successful, or popular. The feel
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
“The most surprising part? It all happened within weeks and lasted for months.” That’s an AI tell. It may not be entirely LLM-generated, the various direct quotations help a lot, but there are touches that definitely feel like an LLM had a
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
Topic must be very interesting to have this much discussion on an obviously AI-written article. I couldn’t get past the first few sentences.
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by TonyAlicea10 3mo ago
I stopped reading at "Here’s the observation that started everything:".
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Show HN: Do-I-understand – Check you understand AI-written code before you merge(github.com)
1 points by TonyAlicea10 4mo ago|0 comments
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by TonyAlicea10 4mo ago
Source materials is great. Having the LLM write one part of a tutorial prevents you from asking it for a progressive curriculum which helps. If I give an LLM a sequence I want to learn, or an outline, it does much better. Context and scope
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by TonyAlicea10 4mo ago
Yes, generally if you get a decent progression from an LLM, I find it's copying directly from a source, like a book or course. Giving it a progression helps a lot.
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by TonyAlicea10 4mo ago
There is of course a degree of true usefulness to this. However I’ve been a technical educator for years and I’ve tried to do lots with LLMs. Even now, LLMs are terrible educators. They do not make coherent progressive curriculums. They hal

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