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Is runaway AI coming in years or decades?(thegreatrace.substack.com)
2 points by epi0Bauqu 1y ago|5 comments
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by epi0Bauqu 6y ago
Yeah that's my bad. epi0Bauqu is my original account, but since no one knew who I was under that account I, some years later, made the yegg account and I try to post from there. The issue here is I logged in to post the comment, and th
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by epi0Bauqu 6y ago
We never used this data, other than showing favicons. In fact, we didn't (and don't in general) collect any user-level data in the first place, per our strict privacy policy: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy In this
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by epi0Bauqu 6y ago
Yes, after consulting with staff, I understand we thought it was more privacy protecting because we know our services are already encrypted and throw away PII, and so to get the favicon you could either (a) make another request to our known
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by epi0Bauqu 7y ago
No we're not.
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Thanks Andrew -- appreciate it! I shudder to think of all the things I posted 8 years ago :).
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
It is not only useful on our platform. The entire instant answer engine is open source as well, and could be incorporated in any program. Additionally, much of our Instant Answers are freely accessible via our API: https://duckdu
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We would love your help: http://duckduckhack.com/ DuckDuckHack (that link) is our instant answer platform and it is all open source (both the answers themselves and the underlying answer engine). We believe that each prog
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
DuckDuckGo - Remote https://duck.co/help/company/hiring
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Thanks! I would too love to spread those stories to new audiences. We are really trying to branch out beyond the startup world but are honestly new to it and unsure so far what will work. So any ideas from you or anyone would be appreciated
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
It more doesn't work for our privacy policy since we don't track users.
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
I'm not sure if we improved for Greek in particular yet but this generally (non English) has been a focus recently so it should really be improving. I'd be curious if you notice any improvement and if the region toggle does anythi
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We'd love to become the default search wherever we can!
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Oh man, double face palm :) I would go around to local meetup groups here in Philly and continually show it to people, as well as friends and family.
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
These interviews (I referenced above) were really the first things I did: https://www.youtube.com/user/tractionbook I blogged all of them on Hacker News (you can search the archives to see), and then started blogging i
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We really suggest people who want to help to just help spreading DuckDuckGo, which is honestly our biggest problem (not money): https://duckduckgo.com/spread
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Thank you! We're of course very focused on making the best mobile experience we can. We think our instant answers can be a big part of that since answers are even better on mobile where space is limited and browsing sites is slower. Ho
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Thanks! We are working on something that could tell the platform (duck.co) how much each instant answer is being used. Now each answer has a page (at http://duck.co/ia ). Bangs are a bit different but we're working on o
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We've had a lot of requests for that, but it is not on our immediate roadmap yet. If there is a good source out there (vertical search engine), it could be incorporated via DuckDuckHack ( http://duckduckhack.com ) -- that wou
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Depends what you think of as success :) Snowden accelerated our growth by years and we are really grateful for that. However, I believe we were already a success and I was happy with where we had gotten before then. There are still no good
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Lifestyle -- we moved here 9 years ago not knowing anyone -- after a rather complicated search for a great place to live and raise a family. There's a lot to it, but it is climate, affordability, architecture, culture, etc. Granted, so
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We haven't disclosed it, but advertising is the bulk. The problem with paid is three-fold. We're a for-profit company so don't want to come off as taking donations like a non-profit. Second, we don't want to collect pers
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Thank you for the contribution! Would love to get you back :). We've been actually open sourcing more and more because what I meant is that as DuckDuckHack grows it is becoming more and more of the search engine. Check out https:&#x2F
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Oh that's awesome! You might want to check out our DuckDuckHack meetups (there is of course a local one) http://duckduckgo.meetup.com
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We would also like to see similar services across the spectrum and really believe people want private alternatives that they can switch to with little sacrifice. That said, search is difficult enough for us!
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Our long-term focus is really on the instant answers, and we hope to really build up the DuckDuckHack platform to a point where the majority of searches have instant answers on par or better than the links. Of course, basic link quality is
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
We have anonymous cloud save now for DuckDuckGo settings, which is sort of like this already: https://duckduckgo.com/settings -- for example, you can set a language or region setting. I think more generally you're righ
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Yes! People have been asking for this for literally years (and I want it too). For various reasons it has been difficult to do, but now we are very close. So look for it soon.
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
Major update, though the overall messaging is the same. It is a much more high-quality book. The first one was self-published and this one is published by Penguin Random House. So the first thing is it re-edited all the way through. We ende
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by epi0Bauqu 11y ago
You're very welcome!

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