flyval

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by flyval 3y ago
Did you ask ChatGPT that? Me: why did the commenter use the term “loop-closing”? ChatGPT: The commenter used the term "loop-closing" to emphasize the concept of a feedback mechanism that corrects or validates information. In syste
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by flyval 3y ago
We use language like “hallucinations, bullshit, etc.”, because it’s more accurate descriptors for what’s happening. When I tell you the LLM hallucinated something, you know exactly what I mean. Same for “It’s rationalizing”, “It’s refusi
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by flyval 3y ago
Huh? Can you explain the difference? That’s like saying “Oh, you didn’t get the right answer to that math question, you just mimicked giving me the right answer”. Yeah, but if I gave you the right answer, then I gave you the right answer,
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by flyval 3y ago
This is dumb. An individual human takes in more data than modern LLMs do. https://open.substack.com/pub/echoesofid/p/why-llms-struggle...
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by flyval 4y ago
I mean, google has access to ~all of that stuff anyway. Even if you’re self-hosting your email+calendar, everyone else isn’t. I’d love to have more privacy on everything, but realistically, the ship’s sailed on most of it.
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by flyval 4y ago
Have you actually tried it yourself? I’d recommend it. And I don’t mean just playing with it —- Try using it to help you build something. It’s much more efficient than googling and combing through stackoverflow. Hallucinations are not a
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by flyval 4y ago
> I don’t think it’s actually reasoning about things at all This is a huge leap. There’s plenty of humans who couldn’t do that, especially historically. Stop thinking about reasoning as a binary question and think of it as a spectrum.
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by flyval 4y ago
> He doesn't say valuable, he says it matters more. What does that mean? How are these words different in this context? > Didn't the pandemic show that those jobs that matter aren't well paid? What the… how in the worl
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by flyval 4y ago
This is trivially untrue: - median hr salary: $61k - median software developer salary: $111k Maybe what you’re trying to say is that the average junior dev doesn’t spend enough effort on people. But that’s a very different statement than sa
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by flyval 4y ago
I think you’re really confused about inflation. The central bank doesn’t control inflation. Saying your currency is inflation proof doesn’t make sense, because you have no control over that. Inflation is caused by the market valuing the cur