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by achrono 3y ago
Exactly, but neither the source nor the binary is what's truly important here. The real question is: can the LLM generate the functionally valid source equivalent of the binary at hand? If I disassemble Microsoft Paint, can I get cod
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by achrono 3y ago
Well, is != ought. So the recognition of gender essences a la Simon Baron-Cohen is not incompatible with striving to minimize those changes. We may stumble along the way, and it may prove to be a fool's errand, but in principle this is
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by achrono 3y ago
(Why) do you consider Bitcoin to not be a waste of energy, independent of TikTok or Reddit? What problems has it solved in the last decade that would make it sensible to shut down Reddit before you shut down Bitcoin? (I'm not even clim
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by achrono 3y ago
Well, we obviously then need a de-verbosifier. In which case, how do you filter for your aforementioned humans?
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by achrono 3y ago
> What is the essence of an MBA education? As the title itself suggests, it is to understand how to run a business. That might not be the outcome for most MBA students, that might not even be their intent behind pursuing an MBA etc. but
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by achrono 3y ago
That (fallacious) argument applies to nearly every other "tech" platform, from YouTube to Hacker News. The barrier being low is not the problem -- the question is how high does the ceiling go. Is this thing capable only of preconf
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by achrono 3y ago
Is there a reliable overview of all such evidence that you can recommend? >I know you’re all gonna laugh at this Alas it is this attitude itself that might become laughable. I don't get what is so incredibly unbelievable about EMF i
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by achrono 3y ago
So much for all the altruism, and with this kind of an argument they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel -- it isn't the first time a company is lying to a government committee, it isn't the first time a company has claim
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by achrono 3y ago
The more interesting (and far less ethically challenging) use would be to understand why it is they're doing this. Explanations like "it thinks it's building a nest" (mentioned in related [1]) on the one hand or "
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by achrono 3y ago
It's time to come up with what I'd call a Plastic Chain Index. For any given edible item, a very low plastic chain index implies that it would only have plastic inadvertently absorbed from the environment, whereas a high one would
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by achrono 3y ago
I referred to the case to point out that Google practically got away with what was a gigantic violation of the spirit or principle here, in that Google gets to keep a copy of these millions of works for itself without ever having paid for t
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by achrono 3y ago
>the ship has sailed Certainly, but debating the spirit behind copyright or even "how to regulate AI" (a vast topic, to put it mildly) is only one possible route these lawsuits could take. I suspect that ultimately the winner i
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by achrono 3y ago
Building the first analog computer indicates a much more advanced scientific culture than astronomy, mathematics, mechanics etc. as individual areas of study which other cultures certainly had. Your example of the mathematical underpinnings
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by achrono 3y ago
Always a great and humbling remember of the importance of political & economic prioritization of (proper & unfettered) scientific investigation. This cognitive & technological peak that the Greeks achieved was not to be seen aga
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by achrono 3y ago
A widespread sense of entitlement is indeed a mark of high civilization. Of course as a lagging, not leading, indicator. I wonder if things like a sense of certainty in moral convictions also necessarily goes with it -- i.e. a triumphant ci
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by achrono 3y ago
What a shame. The mighty Google is after all in the same league as some random LLC providing cloud storage for $1.99/mo.
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by achrono 3y ago
Or you'd want to thoroughly investigate this so-called voting. Or that said apple pie was essential to their survival.
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by achrono 3y ago
No, if they had vastly different information, and if it was on the right side of their own stated purpose & values, they would have behaved very differently. This kind of equivocation hinders the way more important questions such as: ju
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by achrono 3y ago
In the world that both Messrs. Schmidt and Altman operate in, liability is a vastly stronger incentive than character.
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by achrono 3y ago
Now are you sure that wasn't hyperosmia ? https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-is-hyperosmia
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by achrono 3y ago
Here's a seemingly ridiculous but serious/non-rhetorical question: other than staying up to date with more efficient hardware, what feature or capability does Windows 11 have that Windows 98 did not? OneDrive? BitLocker? ... Corta
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by achrono 3y ago
The moral burden that Nobel's memory should bear is probably worth debating but we absolutely should take the opportunity to remind ourselves that the Nobel prize (whether the 'actual' one or this riksbanks thing) is one po
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by achrono 3y ago
[1] below goes into detail on one of the topics, [2] is a less technical / more journalistic take. Essentially Kahneman ended up being super confident ("disbelief is not an option" he said) about the findings he cited, some o
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by achrono 3y ago
FWIW ever since Kahneman, Ariely and similar company have had some of their theories get discredited (Ariely's taint is worse because it's to do with fabricating research!) I have gone back to simply resorting to common sense an
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by achrono 3y ago
"Is this the right thing to have done or not?" is an important question obviously but the more impactful question for our times is: "is the right thing being done consistently ?" So, why is similar action not being take
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by achrono 3y ago
Even though I have (like a lot of other folks) become anti-Windows recently, this is amusing, for nostalgic & other reasons. Perhaps that is where Windows fits best -- in the history museum.
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by achrono 3y ago
I'm assuming you're using Microsoft Office though -- if such is the case, what then is your take on Microsoft's recent Azure security lapses? Does that, to your mind, tarnish the reputation of American big-tech?
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by achrono 3y ago
1. What are the 2 Chinas? 2. Re being more careful with negative statements -- they are clearly unable to do so consistently, see below: [1] Look at the very clear headlines featuring "Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors" in
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by achrono 3y ago
If it were part of the lingua franca, "PRC" would be as easily recognizable as saying "US" or even "NZ" -- on the street or in the boardroom. Do you really think that is the case?

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