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by geraneum 28d ago
> Would he say no? And that’s the issue the article is trying to explain.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
That doesn’t seem to be worth the effort to astroturf HN. We are not as important in Apple sales volume scale as you think we are.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Apply your analogy all the way through though. When your house is on fire, the last thing that should happen is the firefighter shouting at you that you’re doomed and based on their expertise on fire it’s definitely gonna kill you. But this
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Having in mind the allegations by Apple against OpenAI, I don't find it unthinkable that there could've been some form of misconduct happening there.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
> The question is less about whether astra is AGI Actually the question is exactly that, since it's in the marketing copy. Sure there are other questions to be asked but they are not what I was talking about. Nice Motte and Bailey t
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Exhibit A: Here we have someone who's been sold war and inequality as the drivers of progress. Coincidentally, their obedience was deemed fiscally advantageous in order to advance the interests of the members of the 1% club.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
The AI perhaps wouldn't be such an "imminent threat" if not for wealth inequality, consolidation of power, monopoly, and the opaqueness of it all.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
> I'm pretty baffled by the degree of skepticism expressed here in response to some of Jacob's claims. What should we do? Freak out? Maybe this sentiment would be taken more seriously if there was a real call to action included
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by geraneum 1mo ago
It seems like that’s the opposite of what happened. They started attacking the problem when they got a wind of a possible solution from certain individuals.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
It doesn’t have to come to this. Seems far fetched. If this is a stunt (which I’m not saying it is) the reason could be that he wants to found his own AI company. If I see in a few months that happens, then I’d be more inclined to think tha
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Shouldn’t this very capable model they’ve developed be able to identify promising problems? That’s what I’d expect from how the model is being presented and advertised.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Evidently that’s not what’s happening and I don’t think anyone seriously expects that (considering the outcome of hugging face campaign). It’s a marketing technique as old as GTA’s early days and it’s apparently still effective in one form
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by geraneum 1mo ago
The benefit could be the effect you described. For some to say it’s breakaway intelligence. Aligns with AGI narrative.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
But the prompter is supposed to be someone who doesn’t know web dev. That’s their selling point.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
For people delirious about AGI, you don’t get to it by redefining it favorably.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
> we should wait for more independent vetting Nahh by that time they’re going to release AGI 2.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
I find it hard to believe that this is the main motivation for most who contributors to OSS. Do you have a reference, research or poll that corroborate this? You’re vastly overestimating the value of these “fixes” that now go to private for
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Don’t you feel your conclusion is preceding the reasoning, forming a confirmation bias? Have quick test. In a codebase or PR (assuming you’re a dev) with claude’s signature wordings unmodified, command claude (/code-review) with same “
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by geraneum 1mo ago
> words are being played back to the model in the next turn and thus supporting the model shape its own thoughts and stay on course. Why is that exactly?
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Discussing the issues, achieving consensus, making sure the fix fits the existing patterns and actually warrants the change, etc. These are and have always been a challenging part of contributing to open source. Typing code in your private
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by geraneum 1mo ago
It’s so ironic to use Soviet Union as anecdote here considering what led to its birth.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
Yeah, nobody likes the pitchforks but “maybe they won’t” is not really an option for hungry people. > Nice thing about real democracies, you don't actually need pitchforks. Democracy is not something inherent in any society. It’s a
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by geraneum 1mo ago
False equivalence. Maybe that’s what they fool themselves with. Salivating, looking at China, not understanding the massive upward social mobility in recent time there. Why stop at China, look at Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.
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by geraneum 1mo ago
> Research suggests that in some parts of the United States, factory closures contribute to a rise in deaths from opioid overdoses. It’s so cute some people think that the extent of mass displacement will be limited to what happens to th
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by geraneum 2mo ago
Would that be a difficult comparison to do fairly sine one is SoC and the other isn’t?
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by geraneum 2mo ago
Do you happen to source everything you consume locally? From the phone and computer to building materials, clothing, food, healthcare equipment, etc.? If not, you’re in for a surprise when shit hits the fan.
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by geraneum 2mo ago
> All those layers have been "left behind" to become specializations. This never happened. The people who understood and worked with all of that still exist. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s not more of them now. What happene
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by geraneum 2mo ago
Seems like author’s main focus recently is AI and agents unsurprisingly, hence the suspicion. But it seems like he has a backgrounded in relevant fields in the past.
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by geraneum 2mo ago
Yup, that’s why it’s important to ground these arguments in reality.
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by geraneum 2mo ago
> Is anthropomorphizing a real problem? Of course it is. Anthropomorphizing is in our nature, but it doesn’t mean we have to entertain it and extend it to everything. A poet can anthropomorphize clouds beautifully and I’d enjoy his poem,

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