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by _yb2s 2y ago
This is exactly my experience with how LLMs seem to work- the simulated fictional character is, I think key to understanding why they behave the way they do, and not understanding this is key to a lot of peoples frustration with them.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
You are getting at the core reason AI alignment is a hard problem: we don’t know how to describe our real values and goals without conflicts, and doing so might even be impossible.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
As an academic scientist in the USA, it is an amazing opportunity to work with bright people from all over the world. I feel lucky that I am from the place where this happens, and I don't personally have to travel overseas for it- but
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I am slowly coming to grips with the fact that this is a genuine widespread hate movement, and the average person that supports it deeply feels this hatred, and personally blames their problems on anyone from another country, culture, or sk
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by _yb2s 2y ago
This is a movement based on extreme hatred and dehumanization of anyone different from them, and most of the time such movements have taken control anywhere historically, it has resulted in mass murder/genocide. We underestimate what a
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I have a mixed race family, and am scrambling to get passports in time for people in my family with darker skin, and we will 100% be at least carrying good quality copies of them at all times. They are claiming to start mass deportations ne
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by _yb2s 2y ago
What would it really even mean for our brain to be fast or slow? Relative to what? Inherent speed does not matter and is ill defined, it only matters relative to the environmental processes we have to react to. We’re already orders of magni
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by _yb2s 2y ago
The answer is constantly changing, but there is a general trend of the USA being slower to make improved lighting technology legal, and USA car companies having no interest in adopting improved lighting technology, often even after it is le
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Such a culture is nearly essential to actually do real high stakes things- there is really no other way to operate in any field where the consequences of failure are immediate death, which isn’t limited to aviation. Only in fields where the
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Good point- I often see, especially in corporate press releases about security incidents, etc. an apology (often without even directly saying they are responsible- or with a company but no actual individual people taking responsibility), bu
611.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I wish more people knew this… it actually works amazing. Taking responsibility for your mistakes and, better yet, explaining exactly what went wrong and how you will prevent it in the future almost always turns out better, and builds more r
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by _yb2s 2y ago
It works very well- the cutoff is always below the bottom of the window even on small sports cars, yet it lights the road itself a long ways. When the back squats due to loading it up, hauling a trailer, or I go over a bump with the front w
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by _yb2s 2y ago
That is all true, but even if properly aligned, most new cars in the USA have awful headlights with no sharp cutoff line at the top, so there is no way to point them to light the road well while not blinding oncoming drivers. Moreover, like
614.
by _yb2s 2y ago
From the factory, the high beam cutoff would still be below the bottom of your windows and mirrors, so it still wouldn't be bright to you at all. Since I did lift my vehicle for offroad use, if your vehicle is unusually low and I pulle
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Those are almost certainly not the brights! You'll find that out real quick if you flash your brights at them, and see the real brights! In Europe lights have much better quality optics, that are less blinding to oncoming drivers at th
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by _yb2s 2y ago
This- a lot of European cars have rear fog lights, which people sometimes leave on all of the time, but really should only be used in low visibility weather.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I think they've always mistakenly focused on headlight brightness (using wattage as a proxy), but the focus should really be on beam shaping and optics quality. Most cars sold in Europe have had much brighter lights than the same model
618.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Amazing work! I wear mechanical watches, and find them not to be "outdated technology" as a lot of people assume. My automatic skeleton watch requires no winding, batteries, or charging, which makes it a more practical way to tell
619.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Modern technology and a sedentary job are what make it possible for me to do hard strength training 4x/week and eat a high protein diet. As an amateur strength athlete, I am almost certainly much physically stronger than any of my ance
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by _yb2s 2y ago
It's actually pretty minimal- I live in a mild climate, and even doing this sometimes I probably spend under $50/year on home heating and leave the windows cracked most of the time. My home was most likely 'retrofit' in
621.
by _yb2s 2y ago
> active (especially active digital, for anechoic factory calibration and room correction) is definitely the way to go these days An amplifier is just an amplifier... wouldn't that be something better done with software than replaci
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by _yb2s 2y ago
The linked audio only video is literally a song from the Tool album Salival, it is not a “reference.” I linked it because the song is a joke in the same vein as this game.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Newer amps might be better but I can’t hear the difference in the sound quality myself, and the older ones look and feel a lot nicer. Newer cars are definitely safer- but I don’t find them nicer to drive or more economical. You can get an 8
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I don't think there is anything controversial here- the Difference Engine was a calculator that could only do a predefined set of hardwired computations, the Analytical Engine a true turing complete computer.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
This is really cool! I try to keep CO2 at reasonable levels at home, and that occasionally results in running the heater with the windows open. My friends/family do not understand why I care or would waste energy like that, and seem to
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I'm very much into buying things that work well... to me the trick is to ruthlessly research what actually works well, and not be biased by what is new or more expensive. Most often these end up being older, cheaper, things built with
627.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Suggestion: phone calls always connect to call the Los Angeles Municipal Court phone menu system, and the experience replicates the song "LAMC (L.A. Municipal Court)" by Tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTUUnb
628.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I stayed at an airbnb with all of this smarthome crap once. The game is accurate at reproducing the experience. I give it a full negative 10 out of 10.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Peoples sleep duration on average gradually and steadily declines from as much as 11-19 hours as an infant, down to 5-8 on average for 65+. There is no rapid sudden drop, and possibly no age where it stops going down either. However, people
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I really want to do this but there are so many things I need to do that now require a phone- key apps to access doors, concert tickets, etc. are no longer offering a non smartphone alternative.

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