maoberlehner

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by maoberlehner 2mo ago
> Also, humans are not deterministic either. Indeed, and that's why so few dare to migrate them, and so many who do fail or blow the budget many times over. I think that was the implicit point of the comment: don't expect that
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Breaking Free from Apple's Golden Cage: A Personal Journey(markus.oberlehner.net)
1 points by maoberlehner 1y ago|0 comments
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
Yes. And I know I can’t see it and don’t pretend I can, and that it in fact is green.
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
So LLMs don’t know the alphabet and its rules?
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
Your explanation perfectly captures another big differences between human / mammal intelligence and LLM intelligence: A child can make mistakes and (few shot) learn. A LLM can’t. And even a child struggling with spelling won’t make a m
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
I think we’re saying the same thing using different words. What LLMs do and what human brains do are very different things. Therefore human / biological intelligence is a different thing than LLM intelligence. Is this phrasing somethin
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
Yes, actually I think it works really well for me considering that I’m not a native speaker and one thing I’m after is correcting technical correct but non-idiomatic wording.
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
I mostly use Gemini 2.5 Pro. I have a “you are my editor” prompt asking it to proofread my texts. Recently it pointed out two typos in two different words that just weren’t there. Indeed, the two words each had a typo but not the one pointe
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
I have to say, I'm a little bit proud of myself that their approach comes close to what I consider a good method for building software with LLMs: https://markus.oberlehner.net/blog/ai-enhanced-development-b...
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
It seems logical, but still, my experience is the complete opposite. I think that it is an inherent problem with the technology. "Upgrade from Library v4 to Library v5" probably heavily triggers all the weights related to "Li
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
> A universal aspect of every human culture is a taboo against killing. Exactly! It's taboo. It's morally wrong. It's unethical. But does it make it unnatural? It's taboo to talk about sex and what you do on the toile
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
Yet somehow ~70 million died during WWII, curious.
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
I agree with your points, and how I interpret "natural" has nothing to do with how often an individual does something. Many humans drive their cars every day. Does this make it a natural thing to do? I can see a definition of the
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by maoberlehner 1y ago
> commonly-held idea that killing is an 'unnatural' act for humans People killing people is one of the better-documented aspects of human history. If it's really a commonly-held idea, it's a delusional one. I think wh