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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It’s a real drag. We need to step up competence, not fight a war. Viewing China as an enemy vs a strategic competitor leads to bad policy. Like it is killing ASML right now…
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Formerly futurecrunch. It’s my only paid newsletter. I love it.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
To me, dimensions are just more columns in a table. Seeing in 10 dimensions? No prob.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Would be great to have a video of it working so I can see what it does before installing. Thanks! Also, I’m generally interested in UIUX variations around LLMs. Hoping to see a round up of examples like this, at some point.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
> Microwaves cook meat well. At the time of writing, you, dear reader, are unfortunately made of meat. It is therefore of utmost importance that the box keeps microwaves inside the box, while also offering a convenient door to open the b
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Please reveal the impossibility of the idea?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
What’s the difference between information entropy and physical entropy?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I did a deep dive on entropy a couple years ago. I found the concept to be much harder to understand than I expected! Specifically, it was confusing to shift from the intuitive but wrong “entropy is disorder” to “entropy is about the number
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It’s not clear to me that this is the case. People in the Netherlands eat such shit food — but they are so healthy because they move a lot and aren’t obese. I’m not sure that food quality is as important as we sometimes hope it is (after al
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
My understanding is that, if you train these enough, it becomes likely to develop efficient compressions— which “reasoning” would be.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
The interconnection of “the divine” and science was central to the scientific revolution — Kepler, Newton, Galileo, etc. There became an understanding that one can learn about the divine through empirical methods, not just doctrine or conte
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It seems incredibly easy to generate an enormous amount of synthetic data for math. Is that happening? Does it work?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Cocaine in Egyptian mummies??
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Who gets to decide? Thats the challenge. The amazing thing is that the pursuit of personal enrichment, when regulated in moderation, tends to create a system that is in the public’s benefit. So we allow companies that are self interested be
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Did Hinton win for the restricted Boltzmann machine? I believe Paul Smolensky has some priority with the Harmonium, but Hinton certainly deserves it. But worth reading Smolensky’s paper, it is a classic!! https://stanford.edu&#x2
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
AM radio has a strong political bent. Maybe that’s why?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Explora... EO Wilson’s book on ants is a personal favorite. This also has guides on how to catch and cultivate.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Oh, so you are in the “it can only do what has already been done camp.” Try to define the terms a bit better and I’ll play. If it can reason through topics that no one has ever reasoned before, are you open to the idea that this is understa
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
The idea that AI doesn’t “understand” seems implausible with current models. We can say “machine understanding” if normal understanding requires felt experience. Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, the power of these tools rests in the
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I used to be so good at this. Then I started smoking cannabis. Then I became ultra good at this. Stains on walls became unbelievable works of art. I miss those days. I also use to hear symphonies in my brain as I’d fall asleep. Crazy, excep
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Try “fall of civilizations.” Best pod I know. Maybe Shwep.net
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Diverse opinions and even conflict in small groups can be productive provided there is trust. I’d love to understand trust better. Got anything to share or places to start? I’ve been on a deep dive on the philosophy of harmony for a long ti
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
8bit 6502 tech is so radically awesome for the specs. So much creativity was required to make things work amid the heavy constraints. Like, basic NES/famicom games had 2k ram, 8k program code and 8k graphics.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It’s almost trolling at this point, though.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
+1 for mathematical Platonism
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I won’t trust this until I myself can calm an acre of water with a teaspoon of oil. (Or at least see a YouTube video of someone doing it)
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It’s like when it cites scientific papers that don’t exist. They probably should!
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
In my high school, the harder the class, the less homework was assigned. Such a great incentive. I took AP everything because it had so much less busy work. Rock the test, that’s all that mattered.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I’ve been interested in Henry Charles Carey, the chief economic advisor to Abraham Lincoln. He wrote a book called the “Harmony of Interests” about the need for state policy + markets (to contrast with purely free markets). Lots of data and
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Ok, please share more! Who responded and who didn’t?

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