jmward01

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by jmward01 2y ago
Your assumption that the business will fail was the assumption I initially challenged. That assumption isn't well backed by data. As I pointed out, small businesses often actually get benefits from a minimum wage increase and people th
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by jmward01 2y ago
> The classic low wage job is flipping burgers. Everyone with a kitchen is a competitor to this business, and if restaurants all raise prices in lock step, it stands to reason at least some people will cook at home instead. And meanwhile
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That was my thought too. I just scanned the paper but I didn't see them discussing controlling for changes in reporting based on pay increases. If you beat someone constantly they just whimper. If you hit them only once they will screa
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by jmward01 2y ago
Really? Please back that up with actual data or studies. If labor costs go up equally then a business isn't at a competitive disadvantage. Small businesses also often get tax breaks and the like as part of minimum wage increases. In th
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by jmward01 2y ago
Earlier today I posted that we would likely see the first report of a jailbreak AI in the next two months. I may have to drop that estimate to the next two weeks.
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by jmward01 2y ago
Well, I guess we will see what the discussion will be about in a couple months. You are right that 'AGI' is in the eye of the beholder so there really isn't a point in discussing it since there isn't an acceptable defini
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by jmward01 2y ago
AGI is defined by the loss function. We are on the verge of a loss function that enables self determined rewards and learning and that to me is AGI. That is step 3.
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Maybe, but I know what my laser focus will be on for the next few weeks. I suspect a massive number of researchers around the world have just switched their focus in a similar way. The resources applied to this problem have been going up ex
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by jmward01 2y ago
So, AGI will likely be here in the next few months because the path is now actually clear: Training will be in three phases: - traditional just to build a minimum model that can get to reasoning - simple RL to enable reasoning to emerge - c
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by jmward01 2y ago
So, what are investors thinking to warrant this? If it is 'DeepSeek means you don't need the compute' that is definitely wrong. Making a more efficient x almost always leads to more of x being sold/used, not less. In the
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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website(npr.org)
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It also needs a much bigger emphasis on transit oriented development. In Japan the best place to eat in town is often in the train station or within a few feet of it. In the US the stops are often some of the worst places like parking lots
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I vaguely remember something similar when querying google's gemini models about yt-dl. We need a diverse ecosystem quickly to combat this.
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Do you honestly think that they have a limit to what they will sell? I could easily imagine them selling this access to companies that repossess vehicles. An 'ownership dispute' fee that prevents your car from starting and grants
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In the short term. In the medium term it just means that when they finally do break in they will demolish the incumbent. This is exactly what happened with the US auto industry in the 80. Protecting an industry with tariffs and legislation
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Any partner that pays enough $$$ can likely do whatever they want. That is obvious by the fact that a year of driving history is displayed. If they didn't want to sell the data/access then they wouldn't be collecting such a l
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by jmward01 2y ago
I think I am. At least I think I'm building things that will enable much smaller models: https://github.com/jmward01/lmplay/wiki/Sacrificial-Training
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These are great! I wonder if Carl Sagan knew about them when writing Contact. The movie doesn't go into the part of the book that is relevant here (trying to avoid spoilers but if you read the book you know!)
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1 and 2 are right, 3 and 4 are dead wrong. There are massive opportunities out there and it isn't a problem focusing on hypergrowth and exits. It is however a problem that even when these massive growth and exits do happen the payout i
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The Simpsons Tapped Out Addicts(tstoaddicts.com)
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The most important payload for this flight was data. The ship was always going to be lost so from a standpoint of testing this was a huge success! I'm excited to see how quickly they resolve whatever happened and get IFT 8 going.
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This article appears to be arguing that we should learn every aspect of every skill. It has always been useful to have a survey of the past in every field but as more advanced understandings and tools come in it isn't practical, or eve
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Taxes on gas were the ultimate, but still very imperfect, toll until electric came along. Nothing will be a perfect here. The best I can think of would be a higher base anual registration fees and a requirement to report annual mileage. A m
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I think the article hints at coal's ability to capture those heavy metals and not release them since biochar has that ability. Basically, since you aren't burning it it won't accumulate. At least that is what I get from the a
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Roads in cities are such a waste of space. A long time ago I did a quick survey of SF and found something like 20% of the land was dedicated to cars. Some articles from people here that talk about this [1] [2] [3]. That is the most subsidiz
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by jmward01 2y ago
They can have it. I'd rather amazing transit oriented development and to enjoy the world on my feet than stuck in a box on an ugly road. Done right, cities designed for people are harder to get around by car even with a personal driver
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by jmward01 2y ago
This looked a lot more like marketing than reality. If there was an article on 31 Dec 2025 that said 'Salesforce didn't hire any software engineers in 2025' I would probably have more interest in it.
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I am glad this kind of reporting happens but I am sad it is needed. This type of crime is violent in nature. I would rather be mugged than have this happen to me. Being mugged just gets you hurt but this can destroy you and your family.
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by jmward01 2y ago
Yeah. I've been looking at changing out my home lab GPU but I want low power and high ram. NVIDIA hasn't been catering to that at all. The new AMD APUs, if they can get their software stack to work right, would be perfect. 55w TDP
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This was the first 'emulator' I ever owned (I did actually pay for it!). It worked well enough to play lemmings which was worth the cost for sure.

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