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by bwfan123 1y ago
> The eternal hope is that someday, somehow, we will be able to invent a natural language way of communicating something precise like a program, and it's just not going to happen My take is more nuanced. First, there is some evidenc
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This is just not being reported yet in mainstream media. ie, that the emperor is only wearing undergarments (he is not fully naked). Part of the reason is that the reporters are themselves not in the trenches coding to be skeptical of the c
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by bwfan123 1y ago
> In a weird, backwards way, what you're describing also sounds like subservience to me Arent we taking the next step to the dystopia portrayed in Matrix. Many of us are already trapped in the social media matrix and manipulated by
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We've come back full-circle to precise and "narrow interfaces". Long story short, it is great when humans interact with LLMs for imprecise queries, because, we can ascribe meaning to LLM output. But for precise queries, the h
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At one time we had to switch our service out of DB2 into psql. We had to do this with minimum downtime !! ORM helped us since it abstracted the DB (to the orm the sql dialect was a plugin). The application was largely untouched. Also, not a
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Same, The author writes like Dave Barry. I burst out laughing more than once. He was able to articulate with a lot of humor exactly what I think of co-pilot.
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flipping your argument: It is difficult for ceo/management to understand that the ai tools dont work when their salary depends on them working since they have invested billions into it.
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What do you call a code change created by co-pilot ? A Bull Request
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It happens in waves. For a period, there was an oversupply of cs engineers, and now, the supply will shrink. On top of this, the BS put out by AI code will require experienced engineers to fix. So, for experienced engineers, I see a great f
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nice expose of human biases involved, need more of these to balance the hype. 1) Instead of identifying a problem and then trying to find a solution, we start by assuming that AI will be the solution and then looking for problems to solve.
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I have implemented database schemas, (without knowing database theory), and these principles are a revelation to me. A question I have is: Given a schema, are there automated verifiers for validating that it adheres to these principles ? A
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by bwfan123 1y ago
Intead of "Step 1: Upload Your Diagram", if you could say "describe your diagram", that would take it to the next level. So you would generate a workflow from the description using an llm which the user could then edit.
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This [1] is an old and brilliant article titled "On the foolishness of natural language programming" by Dijkstra relevant to this debate. The argument is that the precision allowed by formal languages for programming, math etc wer
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My use of cursor is limited to auto-complete, and small snippets. Even then, i can feel my skills atrophying. use-it-or-lose-it is the cognitive rule.
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just curious why they would not let a business like airbnb operate - is it pressure on housing (investors soaking up the housing stock) or is it something else ? By capitalist aspirations I meant friendly to business, and less regulations.
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why are they banned ? is it violation of local regulations or is it pressure from the hotel lobby - specifically singapore which has capitalist aspirations.
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This is the same asymmetry why I wont buy a tesla until tesla allows any mechanic to fix problems with it. ie, you are beholden to the manufacturer or seller, and are at their mercy. This becomes more important as the car ages. In this case
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by bwfan123 1y ago
these 100 rules are missing an important one. step back, and simplify. these rules are a result of overthinking which is something to avoid. far simpler rules have been laid out numerous times in the classics. such as: the golden rule of et
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Back in the day, iirc sun workstations booted into forth as a rommed boot-monitor for hw diagnostics. Is forth around anymore in practical use ?
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The most interesting thing I see is the productization of the diloco work done here [1]. If someone can make this scale, then we can say goodbye to expensive backend networking and mainframe-like AI training machinery. [1] https:/&#x2
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The technical underpinning has nothing to do with the language. It is a different way of optimizing parameters called diloco. I agree though that python is an abomination for systems services componentry when there are languages like rust.
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What are you saying is that AI can now be using to take "manipulation" of humans to the next level. and I agree. Thats how advertising works - ie to influence people and their purchasing behavior.
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What amazes me is how big tech wants to be in on this bandwagon. There is fomo, and each company announces its own chip that does something - and nobody knows what. The risk of inaction is bigger than the risk of failure. Meanwhile, a netwo
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by bwfan123 1y ago
What i would like to know is my digital footprint in the form of cookies that google and meta have access to. That digital image is a form of mental projection, and I presume meta's AI can target ads to that image. Recommendations in t
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100%, I swore by emacs, but then switched to vs-code recently, and believe-me, switching editors is one of the hardest things to do due to ingrained muscle-memory - but vs-code made it easy with emacs-mode etc. vs-code is one of the few pro
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indeed, and that is why you see adobe declining, because, their customer base is shrinking even as they add AI into their tools.
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An analogy for LLM as a tool is the mouse. It has enabled a brand-new form of human interaction with computers. However, LLM to LLM interactions dont make sense yet because machines require a deterministic protocol for interactions (an API
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There is no point in these ill-formed hypothetical untestable assumptions. - Assuming god comes to earth tomorrow, earth will be heaven - Assuming an asteroid strikes earth in the future we need settlements on mars etc, pointless discussion
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Isnt this just workflow automation thats been around for decades ? whats ai about it ?
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In my youth, I read many books, and I still have many unread ones on the shelf. But, eventually, realized that, you only understand what you can create (to paraphrase feynman), and also that, what it means to be curious is to start from a b

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