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by caseyy 1y ago
There is an argument to be made that the market buys bug-filled, inefficient software about as well as it buys pristine software. And one of them is the cheapest software you could make. It's similar to the "Market for Lemons&quot
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by caseyy 1y ago
No, no. Please, do speak up! I'm very curious to hear how a summary of a survey done by a university for a government contract, with most of the text being figures, is not highly factual. The mental gymnastics will be incredible. Surel
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by caseyy 1y ago
Highly factual.
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by caseyy 1y ago
> As soon as the first actor who doesn't care about the mission but cares about their position enters the organization ... they should be fired. The company can add "evidence of manipulating the team politically (outside of job
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by caseyy 1y ago
> Humans aren't rational. Ergo, you are not rational?
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by caseyy 1y ago
I wish all news was written like this.
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by caseyy 1y ago
I am very tired of managers thinking they outsmart anyone with such tricks. I've heard other "tricks" too, like "intentional intimidation of subordinates", "being brutal in 1:1s and pretending to be a saint in
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by caseyy 1y ago
> I often use Reverse Psychology during hiring. My favorite part of hiring sell-calls is listing reasons why the candidate shouldn’t join my team! This always leads to some superstar hires who join because they are eager for the challeng
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by caseyy 1y ago
You can’t outlaw being an asshole. You can’t outlaw being belligerent. And you can’t outlaw being a belligerent asshole with AI. There isn’t a question of “should we”. We have no means, as things stand. Our intellectual property, privacy, a
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by caseyy 1y ago
Therapists are definitely the reason for many software devs not burning out. Or burning out slowly enough to earn a retirement.
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by caseyy 1y ago
Much to think about. Thank you for sharing.
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by caseyy 1y ago
And often, the "unsafe" option is severely worse than nothing at all: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spi...
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by caseyy 1y ago
> AI can be just as good as talking to a friend when you don’t have one This is not true, and it's not even wrong. You almost cannot argue with such a statement without being ridiculous. The best I can say is: natural language synth
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by caseyy 1y ago
I know many pro-LLM people here are very smart, but sometimes it's wise to heed the words of world-renowned experts on a subject. Otherwise, you may end up defending this and it's really foolish: > “Seriously, good for you for
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by caseyy 1y ago
> most forms of professional therapy the therapist shouldn't say much at all This is very untrue. Here is a list of psychotherapy modalities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychotherapies . In most (almo
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by caseyy 1y ago
> 80% benefit at a fraction of the cost I'm sure 80% of expert therapists in any modality will disagree. At best, AI can compete with telehealth therapy, which is known for having practically no quality standards. And of course, LLM
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by caseyy 1y ago
Thank you for sharing. You don't have to share any more, but if you would, I'd like to know what things have become truly meaningless to you. Did any of those things surprise you, or were they what one would expect in this situati
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by caseyy 1y ago
Meanwhile, in reality, banks have solved proof of humanity, identity (KYC), and financial services for a long time. Any account in the world can be proven human by making a debit/credit card transaction from a card with a matching name
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by caseyy 1y ago
A clever trick would be to cache all options in the 8-second voting window and then blast them out to the clients. By the time the vote concludes, the clients would already have the image of the next step, and the server would have had 8 se
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by caseyy 1y ago
"Fake it till you make it." has turned into "fake it." recently, and it seems to be working disturbingly well in society.
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by caseyy 1y ago
For sure. It kills projects and companies large and small.
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by caseyy 1y ago
Steve Jobs’s email was not taken away. A guy was allowed to register an alias self-service style. Everyone could reach Jobs on his email.
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by caseyy 1y ago
You’re right, I didn’t notice the multi-spectral part. My point still stands, I wouldn’t want human diagnostic standards to slip but it is exciting technology. Thanks for sharing.
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by caseyy 1y ago
Everyone’s super concerned about security and control, but the best places I worked in were more concerned with freedom. Yes, be savvy about security, protect key assets, but “permissions oversight” about claiming an alias seems excessive.
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by caseyy 1y ago
Such approaches are cool for plants and maybe animal healthcare, where the other reasonably priced alternative is nothing. I don't know how I'd feel about reliable precision tools in human healthcare being substituted with B/
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by caseyy 1y ago
Just tweak the system prompt until global domi... I mean democracy is achieved. /s
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by caseyy 1y ago
We are far from open training data... training data might even be incriminating.
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by caseyy 1y ago
This will make for some very good memes. And other good things, but memes included.
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by caseyy 1y ago
Well.... touche.
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by caseyy 1y ago
Family is the F-word I can't stand, much like Louis Rossman. Whenever someone pulls "but I'm your family" or "but I'm your friend" into an ask, there's a 95% likelihood you're being guilt-tripped

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