_5tsv

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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   I get what the optimism is about in theory. Parsing unstructured data is something we can now do that we couldn't before. It adds a whole new vector to the span of software, a big piece of capability that software now has whose emergen
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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   I suppose with a blanket statement like "nothing is happening" I'm practically begging to be contradicted :) Some of this stuff looks very cool. Have we started getting RL to work generally? I remember my last impression bein
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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   I suppose we'll see. I use a Mac and iPhone and the internet like everyone else and personally I find almost all the AI stuff they're pushing to be annoying, unnecessary and not solving any actual problems I have. Like believe me,
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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   I remember when bitcoin was taking off, and everyone instantly started saying "bitcoin may not win but one thing is for sure, the **blockchain** is here to stay." Then 15 years went by and the crypto market is basically bitcoin, w
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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   I probably should've defined "real value" more carefully. My framework here is basically the idea of technology as humanity's "skill tree," the total set of stuff we're able to do. Back when RCT (and Doom
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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   My theory is not that individual genius accomplishes more than a group, but that whether a field is currently more suited for individual single-brain productivity or assembly-line cooperation is a signal of whether that field is nascent, at
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   by _5tsv 2y ago

   I know absolutely nothing about math, but... I'm thinking about the history of software, where back in the day you had all these amazing projects like RollerCoaster Tycoon basically being written by one guy. Then software engineering b