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by labrador 1y ago
This is from Jun 8 so "Just" is misleading. It caused some buzz back then, but did not pull the plug on AI hype. What might have done so was the release of GPT-5 by OpenAI that failed to meet expectations, especially those who wer
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by labrador 1y ago
I recently finished an audiobook that describes the history of cocaine and opiate use in that era. The drugs were unregulated until addiction became an issue. I'm interested in how drugs shape our society so I appreciate books like thi
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by labrador 1y ago
In retrospect I would have named it as follows: GPT-4 -> GPT-4 Home GPT-5 -> GPT-4 Enterprise Because my impression after using GPT-5 that it is designed to satisfy the needs of Microsoft mainly. Microsoft has no interest in making AI
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by labrador 1y ago
I see your point from a software engineering perspective but unfortuately that's not how the public sees it. The common perception is that we are making leaps towards AGI. I never thought AGI was close so I'm not disappointed, but
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by labrador 1y ago
Agreed. Sam Altman definitely over-hyped GPT-5. It's not so much more capable that it deserves a major version number bump.
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by labrador 1y ago
GPT-5 is better as a conversational thinking partner than GPT-4o. It's answers are more concise, focused and informative. The conversation flows. GPT-5 feels more mature than GPT-4o with less juvenile "glazing." I can't
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by labrador 1y ago
That matches my experience too.
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by labrador 1y ago
I meant it was readable. It's speculative but it's well-informed speculation, not clueless nonsense. I agree that fact checking becomes more important because LLMs hallucinate. I feel the same about vibe coding. If you don't
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by labrador 1y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful response. As you know, I was drawing a parallel between the compile-time contract that a class provides and the role of complex types in functional programming. In many cases, a module that defines data types along
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by labrador 1y ago
I thought the article was well written. I'm assuming the author did most of the writing because it didn't sound like AI slop. I also assume he meant he uses AI to assist, not as the main driver.
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by labrador 1y ago
A counter point is that googling "thank you linux" turns up a lot of hits. "thank you linux for opening my eyes to a bigger world" is a typical comment.
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by labrador 1y ago
I'm just an old country imperative programmer, not a big city functional programmer, so excuse my ignorance, but I had an ephiphany the other day. Functional programmers with strict types organize their data with complex types, while I
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by labrador 1y ago
At the end: "Thank you to GPT 4o and o4 for discussions, research, and drafting." At first I thought that was a nice way to handle credit, but on further thought I wonder if this is necessary because the base line assumption is th
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by labrador 1y ago
This talk is interesting: Keen Technologies Research Directions: John Carmack, Upper Bound 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9lUMSQBfY
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by labrador 1y ago
It's addictive and the withdrawels are pretty terrible, much worse than caffeine, kratom and other milder drugs. I know this from personal experience. I've had quite a few heroin addicts tell me nicotine is harder to quit than her
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AI's Pogo-Stick Grift(pluralistic.net)
7 points by labrador 1y ago|0 comments
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by labrador 1y ago
https://archive.is/eDsr7
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The Case Against Travel(newyorker.com)
2 points by labrador 1y ago|3 comments
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by labrador 1y ago
program like it's 1999
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by labrador 1y ago
I think the author meant to say use as many build steps as possible
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by labrador 1y ago
Vlad is a smart guy but slow. Think of him as a brilliant snail.
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by labrador 1y ago
There is code layered on top of the LLM so "stochastic parrot" is not entirely accurate. I'm not sure what problems people have with Gary Marcus, but a recent article by him was interesting. Old style AI is being used to enha
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by labrador 1y ago
Repeating my comment on a post (Tell HN: LLMs Are Manipulative https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44650488 ) "This is not surprising. The training data likely contains many instances of employees defending themselves
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by labrador 1y ago
Many channels I follow, such as Vlad Vexler, have taken measures so you can't download the transcript with yt-dlp. Furthermore, they don't provide a transcipt option on their videos. I assume this is to prevent people from just re
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by labrador 1y ago
Like cigarettes, we may see requirements for stronger warnings on AI output. The standard "ChatGPT can make mistakes" seems rather weak.
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by labrador 1y ago
Example from article in the Wall Street Journal: "In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be" LLMs don't self-reflect, th
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by labrador 1y ago
This is not surprising. The training data likely contains many instances of employees defending themselves and getting supportive comments. From Reddit for example. The training data also likely contains many instances of employees behaving
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Media's AI Anthropomorphism Problem(readtpa.com)
70 points by labrador 1y ago|84 comments
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I found a thread about it on reddit https://old.reddit.com/r/software/comments/1ixio9p/software_...
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by labrador 1y ago
I use it by choice because it suits me fine. I forgot it even had widgets because I turned those off a couple of years ago, along with any other annoying services. It's weird to me that people will spend all kinds of geeky time setting

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