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by dclowd9901 6mo ago
My favorite part of this article was this bit, and naturally so, since I love the author: > Where did we come up with this caricature of AI’s obsessive rationality? “There’s an article I love by [the sci-fi author] Ted Chiang,” Mitchell
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by dclowd9901 6mo ago
If you can't ban them, what else would you call it?
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by dclowd9901 6mo ago
For people who don't support this kind of ban, I'd ask: What's the alternative? _Requiring_ that states house data centers?
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
This was the first thing that came to mind with me as well: the language of the reasoning for the layoffs. It's never a leadership failure is it?
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
In Arizona we grow alfalfa as well -- it's mind boggling to me that in places where water is so scarce we use so much of it on such a low value crop.
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
I get that it is neat but it's hardly the Hoover dam is it?
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
The "Creator" sets in particular I feel harken the most to the company's roots. They usually have a few different builds per set and include all sorts of unique pieces for making your own creations. They also usually have ver
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
I have the re-release secondhand unopened and I think I paid about that much, so even in a collector's market, not terrible at all. An expensive toy to be sure but a deeply satisfying experience if you like that kind of thing.
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
What software engineering benchmarks?
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
As the brother of a young, amazing man who we lost due to another genetic ailment (CF), whenever I see stories like this, it makes me so hopeful for families in the future never having to see a loved one deteriorate due to a bad roll of the
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by dclowd9901 7mo ago
> I’m a sensible moderate on the killbot issue (we’ll probably get them eventually, and I doubt they’ll make things much worse compared to AI “only” having unfettered access to every Internet-enabled computer in the world) Crikey, this i
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by dclowd9901 8mo ago
That's interesting -- I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
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by dclowd9901 8mo ago
I really hate that the first example has become a de facto tell for LLMs, because it's a perfectly fine rhetorical device.
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by dclowd9901 8mo ago
Is that not the "Emperor's New Clothes" form? That would be like version 0.0.1
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by dclowd9901 8mo ago
If you broaden the definition of "stolen identity" to "someone trying to scam either you or someone else by using details on your identity" (which this story more or less is) I think a fair many of us can claim this expe
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by dclowd9901 8mo ago
> He gave me the standard line: 2-3 weeks if I hear from anyone. > I never heard from anyone. What is the FBI doing if they're not working on cases like this or domestic terrorism/mass shootings? We continue to have both cla
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
Im with you. I want to play Freespace 2 on earbuds.
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
As you described, because he keeps to himself, he comes off as a loose cannon, which feels to me like something you wouldn't want on a coherent spy team, but nonetheless is so fun to watch, which is the point, really.
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
Yeah, I mean he has a lot of really strong flaws that almost seem purposefully to put one off (which could be his whole angle, who knows), but between his drinking, terrible health, horrid treatment of his team (who, yes I know, he actually
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
Slow Horses is so equal-opportunity with how it hands out ineptitude. About the only character on the show who isn't inept is Lamb (Gary Oldman), but is such a wretched character, you could actually hardly find a moment to root for him
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
I think UI innovation requires truly novel interaction mediums. Likely, the only innovations left are predicting user behavior using AI, so essentially putting what you're looking for right in front of you before you even knew you want
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
And what's your stake in how AI models are perceived?
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
I get it though. I'm the kind of person who's willing to learn slicing, architecting supports and all the other wonky shit that 3d printing begs of because it provides essentially priceless (read: nonexistent custom things) for me
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
I've literally never had the thought of "how do I influence other people." Why is that considered a valuable skill? It just sounds like a nicer version of "manipulation".
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
I agree -- the career advancement bent of this article is the most off putting aspect.
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by dclowd9901 9mo ago
I tend to see my code in these terms as well, it's not dear to me. But I'd never presume to tell someone how to feel over having their work stolen (and I'm using that term because that's how I'm sure Mr Grey felt).
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by dclowd9901 10mo ago
"Larger issue" is overall technical direction and architecture, making decisions that don't paint you into a corner, establishing maintainability as a practice, designing work around an organization's structure and habit
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by dclowd9901 10mo ago
Just more evidence that eng managers (not product managers) and the myriad layers of executives are a waste of time and money. Engineers don't need babysitting. They don't need titles and they don't need someone running inter
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by dclowd9901 10mo ago
On your second point, that might be a little less of a concern. Granted there can be dark places anywhere, they're _so much easier_ to find online, and have to potential to be so much more reinforcing for problematic behavior.
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by dclowd9901 10mo ago
I would assume you would use the LLM to not only check the source exists but check that the citation referenced actually says what the author says it does. That's not something you can do heuristically, I would think.

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