arthurofbabylon

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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Agency. If one studied the humanities they’d know how incredible a proposal “agentic” AI is. In the natural world, agency is a consequence of death: by dying, the feedback loop closes in a powerful way. The notion of casual agency (I’m thin
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
I agree, of course. Choose an architecture for the pragmatic reality, not some fantastical non-reality. However, I appreciate the craft. Some of these unnecessary optimizations (rather, “introduced complexities”) are vestigial accoutrements
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
> "That's the rule, right?" Seriously? The compulsion towards obsequiousness is incredible. Some members of our public will twist themselves into knots just to obey, even when they are not asked. (I genuinely wonder if the
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
I'm reminded of the tiny-home movement from the 00's, and how it evolved in our cultural zeitgeist. Early on, practitioners tried to cram as much as possible into the smallest amount of space; you'd see kitchen/dining&#x
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Forget about copying and pasting – the act of reading it is on the spectrum of collaboration. But thanks for the citation.
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
The phrase you are looking for is “commodifying the periphery.” As adjacent bottlenecks open up, the bottleneck you control becomes more valuable.
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
The Americans (†) who grew up with constant surveillance (social media, cameras everywhere) aim for ordinariness. The entire generation is less likely to express a non-consensus opinion than prior generations. For good reason: with everythi
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
If we step back and examine LLMs more broadly (beyond our personal use cases, beyond "economic impact", beyond the underlying computer science) what we are largely looking at is an emerging means of collaboration. I am not an expe
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
It’s a matter of correctness and utility. You can improve your odds of correctness (and thus usefulness) by adjusting the scope of your projection. This applies not only to predicting the future. Consider measuring something: you carefully
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
This reads as rather naive. You think India’s governance is “no good”? It is literally the most culturally complex place on earth, so you might need to recalibrate your metrics and criteria. Additionally, if you believe Nigeria has a near z
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
I am flabbergasted by the naivety around predicting the future. While we have hints and suggestions, our predictions are best expressed as ranges of possibilities with varying weights. The hyperbolic among us like to pretend that prediction
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
That duck is the poetic epitome of Product Hunt. Sadly, and descriptively.
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Not surprising, and absolutely newsworthy.
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Sadly, yes, a lot of people want to be entrepreneurs for prestige/wealth. In their imagination they skip ahead to a fantastical ending: being rich and respected. I find this disturbing. How can someone be useful to others without an id
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Useful principle. But… (sorry to make a simple phrase more complex) the notion just scratches the surface of complexity management. I appreciate “Philosophy of Software Design” by Ousterhout. I recently read that while rebuilding a text edi
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
> TextKit2 is implemented to be used by UITextView This is the key insight that makes TextKit2 workable. I personally would not attempt to build an alternative to UITextView on TextKit (1 or 2). Instead, TextKit2 is all about very sensib
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Hence the title, "Honey, AI Capex is Eating the Economy."
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
> "... builds on the assumption that the economy is a zero sum game when it clearly is not" Be cautious making assessments as to compounding effects; while it remains the critical attribute, the compounding nature of a system i
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
You're looking at dots on a graph when you should be looking at lines and curves (and slopes of curves). The author makes this argument: * Movement of capital from other fields to "AI". * Duration of asset value (eg, AI in mo
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Excellent summary of critiques. Not mentioned is the peculiar response by the Apple ecosystem pundits. They were oddly supportive of these maladaptive design system changes on the basis of excitement (they can’t afford to be left out of the
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Useful context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liana > “The word liana does not refer to a taxonomic grouping, but rather a habit of plant growth – much like tree or shrub.“
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
Espresso has moved beyond the Italian methods, despite its origins. Yes, both a Moka pot and a full pressure larger machine handled by someone practiced can produce excellent coffee, but you cannot seriously expect espresso in an Italian ci
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
> In Italy, ordering an espresso takes five seconds. Have you had espresso in Italy? By all measures, the worst coffee I have had anywhere in the world, on the level of instant coffee in 2010 (remember that?). I personally don’t complain
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by arthurofbabylon 1y ago
A language is a map to reality, a survival strategy in a changing world. More languages equals more chances of surviving (and thriving!). The depth of intelligence in a human language developed and tested over millennia is truly incredible,
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I’m currently in a part of the world where helicopter delivery is so cheap and common that locals are complaining. “It should be more expensive…” someone told me last autumn. The helicopters (and drones!) are loud and annoying. Until these
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
All of these benchmarks have gotten out of hand, which is highly suggestive. Benchmarks exist as an indicator of quality and proliferate when other indicators of quality fail. Their very prominence implies that observers are having a diffic
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I bet doctors have many compelling thoughts about urban planning. If they were enthusiastic, I'd curiously listen to what they have to say. (It is the intersection between domains where wisdom and innovation shine.)
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
This article is rather scant and hyperbolic. > “… was dominated by an aggressive mob mentality around barefoot running” Really? Most of the barefoot running enthusiasts I encountered were super friendly and open-minded. > “… the appea
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Tyler Cowen, master of the ‘cum hoc ergo propter hoc’ fallacy. He frequently mistakes the occurrence of phenomena for causative proof of that phenomena. He particularly exhibits this inclination when his confidence rises amid scant data (li
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I appreciate the high agency and citizen science here. However, I think 1) theanine should not be isolated but ingested in context (via a nice pot of tea) 2) there should be a little bit more respect for statistical methods. While those two

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