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by akprasad 3y ago
It depends on what you mean by "system language." For me, this category mainly includes languages that provide fine-grained control over memory management (C, C++, Zig, Rust, ...), so I personally wouldn't include OCaml.
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by akprasad 3y ago
This method assumes that the weaker model is aligned. I'm curious how the paper addresses that point. > "But what does this second turtle stand on?" persisted James patiently. > To this, the little old lady crowed trium
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by akprasad 3y ago
Quoted: > The release did not mention the AI scandal from November, which was spurred by an investigative report published by the science and technology news publication Futurism. Earlier this year, a round of layoffs hit the magazine sh
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by akprasad 3y ago
The ASCII candle is really charming, especially when lit. Looking forward to exploring this further. Great work!
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by akprasad 3y ago
There are two separate concerns here: - increases in material standards of living - decreases in class mobility and increased concentration of social power It is perfectly coherent to appreciate one and condemn the other. The parent comment
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by akprasad 3y ago
Broadly, nihilism rejects purpose and meaning. I don't see how one can justify we "move on with living better lives" within such a worldview (i.e. why act that way when nothing matters?).
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by akprasad 3y ago
Assuming this is all true, what then makes the Japanese Shinkansen economically viable?
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by akprasad 3y ago
I take the parent comment's point as "beneficial for children's learning and socializing" as compared to the status quo ante.
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by akprasad 3y ago
Andrew sets an extremely high bar for open-source engineering. As a loose member of the broader Rust community, I've benefited enormously not only from his code but also from his discussion comments and his blog posts (especially [1] a
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by akprasad 3y ago
> How can the work both be "genuinely well-intentioned" and at the same time have "complete absence of concern for the user"? I think the author is distinguishing between (1) well-intentioned work from workers in the
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by akprasad 3y ago
I just donated $10 to Signal. Here's how to do so on iPhone in less than a minute: 1. Open Signal and click on your user icon in the upper left. 2. Go to "Settings" --> "Donate to Signal". 3. Click "Donate&q
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by akprasad 3y ago
The article states: > Despite this evidence, the gas industry’s campaign was largely successful. Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters, as I have seen over the course of my research career, and stalled further federal i
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by akprasad 3y ago
The AFR piece that underlies this article [1] [2] has more detail on Ng's argument: > [Ng] said that the “bad idea that AI could make us go extinct” was merging with the “bad idea that a good way to make AI safer is to impose burden
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by akprasad 3y ago
Congratulations on shipping. I see a lot of focus on startups, AI tools, productivity hacks, tech stacks, etc. What audience do you have in mind? I personally find that the most interesting sites on HN are outside of your scope here (exampl
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by akprasad 3y ago
Iceland has a total population of just under 400,000 [1], so that's quite the turnout! [1]: https://www.statice.is/publications/news-archive/inhabitants...
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by akprasad 3y ago
The article states that doctors observed an increased rate of cardiac injuries in COVID-19 patients in early 2020, well before vaccines were available.
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by akprasad 3y ago
The Luddites were not anti-technology per se . Rather, they were against an unequal distribution of that technology because it was destroying their community and livelihood, precisely because that technology concentrated power in the hands
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by akprasad 3y ago
The essay defines the concept of psychogeography then explores how people have historically engaged with that concept. As a small example of what this essay is pointing to: suppose your neighborhood could be 100% walkable and that you cou
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by akprasad 3y ago
Another lovely example of this format is https://idlewords.com/talks/ .
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by akprasad 3y ago
Some prior discussion on namespacing packages in Rust: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/blog-post-no-namespaces-in...
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by akprasad 3y ago
See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37745319 > For those interested, a link to the CA proposal: > https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/
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by akprasad 3y ago
For those interested, a link to the CA proposal: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/
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by akprasad 3y ago
None of these four points are part of the author's focus. Broadly, I would summarize the author's points as: - Alignment and capabilities research are not separate. There is an "alignment dilemma" on whether to contribut
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by akprasad 3y ago
My guess is that this should be something like "If you have n significant digits in your evaluation metric, you should have at least 10^(n+1) data points."
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Accepting the unacceptable(bertrand.might.net)
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by akprasad 3y ago
Matt Might's writing has appeared a few times on HN. In this post, he digests some of the lessons he's learned from his son, who passed at age twelve from a rare genetic disease. I found this post moving and insightful, and I thou
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by akprasad 3y ago
I've almost always heard "creationism" used in a much narrower sense: > The term creationism most often refers to belief in special creation; the claim that the universe and lifeforms were created as they exist today by
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by akprasad 3y ago
"you" (plural) as in "you all," since "you" can also refer to just one person now that "thou" is no longer used [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou
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by akprasad 3y ago
I agree. The quote I shared above has nothing to do with external systems that dole out rewards and punishments. Ancient definitions of karma are very different from the mainstream definition in vogue today (edit: with the usual caveat that
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by akprasad 3y ago
That's a nice way to phrase it! Google tells me this quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson, who himself was deeply influenced by ancient Indian thought (see [1], e.g.). [1]: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2709649 (edit

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