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The Pile: An 800GB Dataset of Diverse Text for Language Modeling(arxiv.org)
2 points by andyxor 5y ago|1 comments
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by andyxor 5y ago
you're not wrong, most of the talk about dangers of AI comes from opinionated AI dilettantes like Musk who then throw millions of dollars on pointless "AI safety" initiatives. I just hope some of that money would trickle down
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by andyxor 5y ago
Well, I’m all for learning more about things one is interested in but over-analyzing a work of art can be deconstructive , by breaking it down into pieces and assigning to familiar categories or “buckets” you may lose the sight of the whole
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by andyxor 5y ago
>sifting through the trash cans outside Bob Dylan’s Greenwich Village apartment i think it's a good metaphor for "art-history" studies. I could never understand people writing about art, analyzing some painting texture, st
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by andyxor 5y ago
"normalyok" and more informally "zayebis"
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by andyxor 5y ago
they should create some GPU-based crypto instead of wasting all that heat talking about AI safety when there is no AI in sight is like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, time is better spent actually building models of
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by andyxor 5y ago
>if you haven't been working as a software engineer for years i would correct this to "if you haven't been switching software engineering jobs every few years", which forces you to grind leetcode for months every time
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What Is IPFS? – A Beginner's Guide(hackernoon.com)
13 points by andyxor 5y ago|0 comments
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Billion-Scale Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search(youtube.com)
1 points by andyxor 5y ago|0 comments
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Spinning LED Hologram Fan Projector Screen(twitter.com)
1 points by andyxor 5y ago|0 comments
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by andyxor 5y ago
I usually pick partially funded projects with active updates and thousands of followers with social media presence, like this reforestation project in Rioterra, Brasil https://tree-nation.com/projects/amazonia-rioterra-
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by andyxor 5y ago
Plant trees. Never thought of becoming a "tree hugger" but I've recently setup a recurring donation to a few charities - Ecologi, EdenProjects.org, OneTreePlanted, TreeNation, NationalForests.org. Spreading it across several
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by andyxor 5y ago
HN is actually an amazing piece of software in its own minimalistic way
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by andyxor 5y ago
2012 paper: http://psych.colorado.edu/~oreilly/papers/oreillyhazyherdip....
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The Leabra Cognitive Architecture: How to Play 20 Principles with Nature and Win(gateway.ipfs.io)
1 points by andyxor 5y ago|1 comments
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by andyxor 5y ago
I for one welcome this announcement, take that enormous "AI" money and fund people who have an actual product. Brilliant.
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IPFS via OnionCat and Anonymous Proxy(ipfs.io)
3 points by andyxor 5y ago|1 comments
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Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns(coindesk.com)
2 points by andyxor 5y ago|0 comments
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by andyxor 5y ago
black-on-asian violence has exploded in 2020-21 and the US liberals are trying to hide it as it doesn't fit the "black victim" narrative, aka BLM and all that. That narrative has been applied successfully for political gain ,
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by andyxor 5y ago
It’s just stats, easily searchable on FBI website, check them out if you’re interested in the topic. Also pls leave these “dog whistle” or “gaslighting” labels to ideological moshpits and echo chambers. It’s considered a bad tone to use agi
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by andyxor 5y ago
A brief introduction to Sci-Hub for developers: https://www.reddit.com/r/scihub/comments/nh5dbu/a_brief_intr... https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/jb1hts/p2p_fre
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Activists mobilize to fight censorship and save open science(eff.org)
68 points by andyxor 5y ago|33 comments
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Fireflies.ai puts $14M into its AI videoconferencing assistant(venturebeat.com)
1 points by andyxor 5y ago|0 comments
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by andyxor 5y ago
well i guess one benefit of this system is that it can be gamed if you put in x number of hours preparing for the semi-standardized test, regardless of your background, education, connections and even experience, while in non-tech roles h
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by andyxor 5y ago
more likely they optimize along the same dimensions as FAANG companies, i.e. proficiency in Leetcode and memorizing "system design" templates. This leads to implicit discrimination against anyone who doesn't spend months gri
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by andyxor 5y ago
So it’s not a “debunked conspiracy theory” after all? Orange man was right all along.
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by andyxor 5y ago
Great idea but they seem to just reimplement the same old ANN with photonics, instead of rethinking the concept of “learning” via reinforcement (or delta rule, gradient descent etc.) which is why it wastes so much energy in the first pla
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by andyxor 5y ago
Reminds me of parasites in Stargate giving their host longer lifespan and superpowers
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by andyxor 5y ago
that salary is less attractive considering the current trend of blaming and even defunding police for doing their job. who in their right mind would want to protect and serve when they are called "murderers" and "racists&quot
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by andyxor 5y ago
recall the DA, Chesa Boudin https://recallchesaboudin.org/ their "restorative justice" policy is sending criminals back to the streets as soon as they're arrested https://www.zenger.news/2021&

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