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601.
by causal 2y ago
That's fair. I would argue that OpenAI capitalized on transformer tech in a way that Google was late to do, but we shall see if Google will adapt faster than Xerox could
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by causal 2y ago
They have a tendency to make impressive blog posts way, way before they can figure out how to make products. In the spirit of openness it's nice to know what they're working on, but yeah it's important to add a couple years t
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by causal 2y ago
Yeah it really makes you think about what life would be like if intelligence could infuse anything- be it a ship or a datapad- even if his vision wasn't quite how I imagine it would turn out. I've also seen it suggested that Harry
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by causal 2y ago
Was thinking the same thing. In some ways OpenAI is the Apple to Google's Xerox.
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by causal 2y ago
Yeah and even Gemini only seemed to come about because OpenAI forced their hand and gave them a product vision to follow. If OpenAI didn't exist I bet Google would still be fumbling over how to make a product out of transformers.
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by causal 2y ago
Paradoxically, as a parent I find the notion that humans are blank slates completely false. Babies come with a tremendous amount of pre-programmed behaviors and interests.
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by causal 2y ago
A good guess but evidently not (see neighboring comment)
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by causal 2y ago
So you do blame the US. I never understand people who defend Russian actions like this, as if it is entitled to control its neighbors.
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by causal 2y ago
Do you really expect that Putin will not expand the war if a cease fire is signed?
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by causal 2y ago
"backfired" makes it sound like you believe the US started the war
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by causal 2y ago
Very jaded take with no context. I'm sorry that was your outcome, but it is not good advice.
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by causal 2y ago
The concept was interesting (build up your own stdlib of Cursor rules) but there's a kind of hyperbolic/click-baity flavor to both articles that undermine them a little, I think they would stand fine on their own if they just cool
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by causal 2y ago
Why does the post avoid this obvious question. Claude is impressive, but it still hallucinates a lot. You really need to be able to build + run + verify features + compare compiled outputs; then you can be somewhat confident it really did w
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by causal 2y ago
Don't think I track. Some people withdrew some money and it makes you think something big is coming?
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by causal 2y ago
Tools like this exist because of people who don't take Goodhart's law seriously. Turn efficiency into a convenient metric, target that metric, and next thing you know problems keep cropping up despite your efficiency numbers being
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by causal 2y ago
I think there are two ways using LLMs for medical advice are dangerous: 1) Treating oneself after getting bad advice or 2) Not getting treatment at all because an LLM thought a critical condition was normal. But the article and the comment
617.
by causal 2y ago
Right, that's called communication. Communication also enables you to ask your manager if this approach is okay to begin with, or ask that they acknowledge when you give them such heads up notifications. There's a lot of ways to m
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by causal 2y ago
An ultimatum implies the manager has no choice- but they can just as easily say "hold up, don't do that until I get a chance to look at it". But if a manager is suspicious of their reports and generally doesn't want them
619.
by causal 2y ago
The increasing necessity of the Internet is also why giving companies the power to exile someone from the Internet is an extremely broad power that is increasingly like a prison sentence. E.g. the recent cases of publishers demanding ISPs c
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by causal 2y ago
Agree in principle, though WhatsApp backups are encrypted with a user provided password, so ostensibly inaccessible to Google or whoever you use as backup
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by causal 2y ago
I'd say a very big deal when munitions and targeting are involved
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by causal 2y ago
Are you saying it cannot move faster than they because of some kind of governor?
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by causal 2y ago
I'm always wondering at the safety measures on these things. How much force is in those motors? This is basically safety-critical stuff but with LLMs. Hallucinating wrong answers in text is bad, hallucinating that your chest is a drawe
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by causal 2y ago
This could be a lot better. The example linked in the Github README is a markdown file full of binary garbage because it also tried to convert gzip files to markdown. Pretty big flag that this isn't ready for primetime.
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by causal 2y ago
I also suspect reasoning models will start contributing genuine innovations to public repositories in the near future.
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by causal 2y ago
Agreed, I often see AI discussed as if most companies wouldn't take 10x more developers if they could have them for free
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by causal 2y ago
Planning to and succeeding at are very different things
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by causal 2y ago
Not to mention I haven't really seen AI replace anyone, except perhaps as a scapegoat for execs who were planning on layoffs anyway. That said, I do think there is real risk of letting AI hinder the growth of Junior dev talent.
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by causal 2y ago
Thanks for taking the time to write this, I feel like I'm always seen the excitement of new users and appreciate some criticism from a veteran. I've been considering LiveView for a real time application I need to make, but haven&#
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by causal 2y ago
Yeah. Classic base rate neglect.

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