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by calepayson 11mo ago
> 1. This author’s writing is extremely, uncommonly good. > 2. His resume is designed poorly… This is the world of TikTok and Instagram reels Imo this is exactly the problem. We’ve constructed a system where brilliance doesn’t shine t
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by calepayson 1y ago
Belaying a climber would be a hilarious (and fraught) gold medal challenge.
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by calepayson 1y ago
Great write up.
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by calepayson 1y ago
And juniors. I’m in a masters program right now and everyone’s got a network, it just happens to be filled with poor starving grad students instead of FAANG super stars :)
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by calepayson 1y ago
Me too!
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by calepayson 1y ago
My time in rescue gave me a ton a faith in good samaritans. To try to do something in an emergency is productive 99% of the time (imo). The only case I've experienced where it wasn’t was when someone in our area was actively listening
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by calepayson 1y ago
Emergencies can freak people out but not once in my eight years in rescue have I ever encountered a scenario where a random bystander might do as drastic of an intervention as as a tracheotomy. I have shown up at scenes where people have go
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by calepayson 1y ago
This is a wonderful and detailed response. Thank you!
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by calepayson 1y ago
I totally agree in situations where folks have access to an advice nurse. Always prioritize an expert over an llm. Same goes for the others, if you have the means I think you should get a tutor or an editor as well. However, if you’re choos
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by calepayson 1y ago
Completely agree with this. I think my sense is that the zeitgeist around AI (at least in business circles) is much more “The only way to ensure our continued survival is by embracing ai in all our core competencies” than “your tire company
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by calepayson 1y ago
high-fives the hand
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by calepayson 1y ago
I'm an AI skeptic when it comes to business cases. I think AI is great at getting to average and the whole point of a business is that you're paying them to do better than average. But I think current AI (not where it might be in
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by calepayson 1y ago
This is a silly way to interpret someone donating over $100B to charity.
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by calepayson 1y ago
I don't think you can. I think the best we have is intention and Gates seems to have good intentions to me.
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by calepayson 1y ago
It's the tension between the plush job and the desire to do good. No one wants to be evil but losing a job is hard. Most people will try to push back against something that seems wrong and, when faced with the choice of being Morally R
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by calepayson 2y ago
It provides a clearer direction than any other theory of how the brain works that I have come across. But no, it’s not going to be simple project to implement. Maybe if you’ve got a strong background in ML you could hack something together?
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by calepayson 2y ago
> I've never seen a concrete goal, just vague stuff like "better than humans at a wide range of tasks." I think you're pointing out a bit of a chicken vs. the egg situation here. We have no idea how intelligence works
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by calepayson 2y ago
> Gives another dimension to being 'in tune' with someone. Love this. > I think the clinical shift to focus on 'the individual' instead of the ensemble has overlooked the importance of inter-brain synchronisation M
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by calepayson 2y ago
I love Dennett. I think he’s a n incredible philosopher, at least when it comes to biology, but philosophy always leaves me wanting for the actual mechanisms. On a high level, I think Calvin’s theory is in the exact same vein as Dennett’s.
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by calepayson 2y ago
To anyone interested in this article I highly recommend “The Cerebral Code” by William Calvin. ( https://williamcalvin.com/bk9/index.htm ) It’s the only theory of how the brain works that I’ve come across that seems like
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by calepayson 2y ago
I had plenty of… fun, trying to write a mix config file from scratch. But I also didn’t know a thing about the language when I got started. :)
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by calepayson 2y ago
[This video]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68z11VAYMS8 ) was a godsend when I first got started and I recommend it for anyone installing arch.
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by calepayson 2y ago
Check out “The Extended Phenotype” (if you haven’t already). I think you’ll love it!
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by calepayson 2y ago
This is an awesome write up. I especially love the Newton analogy. Thanks.
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by calepayson 2y ago
http://williamcalvin.com/bk9/index.htm I'd recommend just banging out chapters 1-4 of the book (~60 pages). Lot's of diagrams and I think you'll get the meat of the idea. Thanks for the feedback!
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by calepayson 2y ago
> Evolutionary algorithms are not the most efficient way to do most things because they, handwavily, search randomly in all directions. I think we agree and would love to dive a bit deeper with you here. My background is in biology and I
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by calepayson 2y ago
The book provides a ton. I'll write another version that follows the book more closely and uses them. Thanks for the feedback.
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by calepayson 2y ago
>I don't think it matters so much how the brain is made, what matters is the training data. I agree that training data is hugely important but I think it does matter how the brain is made. Structures in the brain are remarkably well
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by calepayson 2y ago
Well said
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by calepayson 2y ago
> I think this is over-simplified and possibly misunderstood. I'm with you here. I wrote this because I wanted to drive people towards the book. It's incredible and I did it little justice. > "cortical activity produces

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