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by jmfldn 3y ago
I'm not sure if I've had these exact experiences, but something related perhaps, albeit milder. When I was in my early twenties I consumed a lot of cannabis in the form of hash cakes one night and it triggered a panic attack. What
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I don't think they'd want to publish specific evidence with specific examples! I also doubt The Guardian would publish pure hearsay without some basis.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
"The problem is so bad that some of these systems could be taken down by an enthusiastic child – the vulnerabilities are publicly known, and pre-made malware is readily available. It keeps me awake at night worrying that at any moment,
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UK government systems wide open to cyber-attack, warn campaigners(theguardian.com)
8 points by jmfldn 3y ago|4 comments
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I'm excited for the interactive, educational applications of this technology. Especially for things like maths.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Thank you for this resource. I am a software engineer and Buddhism-curious, but I've never taken the plunge into full on practice. I think I would like to though. Over many years of reading about Buddhism, contemplating the teachings
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I reject the words 'self' and 'cognition' in your comment. This is exactly what I'm talking about. A facsimile of them, maybe...
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by jmfldn 3y ago
It's ironic you should allude to religion in this, particularly as many religions literally speak of the inherent evil that afflicts most of mankind and which is so hard to overcome. Cf original sin. Now I don't believe that, and
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Many yes, not all. Compassion is a real thing.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
"Yes, because we all know that humans care so much about the suffering of others" Many humans really do care about this.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
That's a strawman since I didn't argue anything about humans being special. I don't think there is anything necessarily inherently special about human intelligence, I'm just advocating for caution around the language we
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I'm not arguing for or against that. It's more the implications of sentience and selfhood implicit in the language many use around LLMs.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
"LLMs are quickly going to be able to start explaining their own thought processes better than any human can explain their own." There is no "their" and there is no "thought process" . There is something that p
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by jmfldn 4y ago
I think it's all to play for, the future that we create using AI technologies. If we don't engage though as citizens then it probably is game over, yes. The folks at OpenAI like Sam Altman are certainly very aware of the potential
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by jmfldn 4y ago
I sort of agree with you in the most extreme case, ie "computers taking our jobs" means AGI. I'm not even sure that LLMs take you to AGI fwiw. Obviously we also need to define what we mean by AGI too. Anyway, all of that asid
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by jmfldn 4y ago
Honestly I wish you well in this approach, I just worry that ignoring this completely may be too costly. I'm just advocating a very cautious middle path. For now, these tools are just code helpers to me (and right now I barely use them
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by jmfldn 4y ago
I think the zero sum, "use AI everywhere" vs "don't use it at all" are both to be avoided. The wise path is somewhere in the middle. On avoiding it, if your competitors are getting massive productivity gains from A
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by jmfldn 4y ago
So sad to hear this. One of my all time favorite artists. I discovered him years ago as Yellow Magic Orchestra were a crucial influence on electro and techno. As someone into the early roots of those genres, YMO became my gateway drug into
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by jmfldn 4y ago
It all depends on your definition of AGI as this term seems to be used with wildly different meanings. Before I can agree on any statement about AGI, I need to know what it is I'm being asked to agree / disagree on. Fwiw though, u
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by jmfldn 4y ago
Unless you need software that only runs on Mac / Windows you get a more efficient, faster OS, not stricken with bloatware. Mainstream distros running on compatible machines tend to 'just work', so the myth of having to be a h
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by jmfldn 4y ago
"There is nothing machines can't do" Perhaps. But at this point that is pure conjecture, although I'm increasingly open-minded given recent advances. Still, it's important that we don't get too ahead of ourselv
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The problem with artificial intelligence? It’s not artificial or intelligent.(theguardian.com)
4 points by jmfldn 4y ago|2 comments
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by jmfldn 4y ago
I think you are right in a sense. Whether ChatGPT 'understands' might be moot if it produces responses to that effect. Understanding to me implies perceiving the intended meaning, which to me implies sentience. Does it matter thou
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by jmfldn 4y ago
Carmack has a point, we should focus on the problem we're solving and the value we're delivering. It can be hard for programmers to get this sometimes, but it will make you much better at your job now, it's not just about fut
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by jmfldn 4y ago
Monty Hall isn't like this imho, that's a legit 'veridical paradox' that famously wrong-foots mathematicians. This is pretty obvious to anyone who knows basic logic, or programmers who work with Booleans all day. That su
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by jmfldn 4y ago
It's incredibly common to use km here, and miles.
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by jmfldn 4y ago
What's amazing is how we mix the two. Case in point, my wife and I are both runners, she measures her pace in minutes per mile, I use minutes per km. When we exchange stats we have to do the conversion. She does it as her running club
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by jmfldn 4y ago
No I know. I was being somewhat facetious. As someone else mentioned, us Brits still use imperial measurements (to some extent) and I get by, just about!
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by jmfldn 4y ago
“1 mite = 1/8 penny, 1 farthing = 1/4 penny, 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny (pronounced more like “haypenny”), 2 halfpence = 1 penny (or a ‘copper'), 2 pence = 1 tuppence or a half-groat, 3 pence = 1 thruppence, 4 pence = 1
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by jmfldn 4y ago
Ha, fair challenge. OK, turns out I was right at least. :)

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