marcuschong

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by marcuschong 9mo ago
It's interesting how people I know wouldn't work for my small startup if I, as the boss, aligned myself with such people, but are happy to work for big tech companies that do that. It's amazing what 100 levels of abstraction
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The long road from "Attention Is All You Need" to real-world AI impact(x.com)
1 points by marcuschong 10mo ago|0 comments
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I'm using GPT Pro and a VS extension that makes it easy to copy code from multiple files at once. I'm architecting the new version of our SaaS and using it to generate everything for me on the backend. It’s a huge help with modeli
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by marcuschong 1y ago
Same here. 10mo old. Funny thing is I have barely revisited the photos and videos, due to lack of time.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
The fake death thought is very common. My brother drowned at the beach when he was only 17. We all stood there helpless, unable to find him. His body took some time to return to the shore, and a friend of a friend of the family was the one
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I've just turned 40, have been married for almost 20 years, and now have a 9-month-old baby. I've spent most of what would otherwise be my free time working, ever since I was 15 and bought into the American idea of entrepreneurshi
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by marcuschong 1y ago
Agreed. Even more so because SaaS is generally inexpensive.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I agree with you, though I’m not sure I fully understand your point about game studios. That seems like an area where software could evolve in ways that make perfect sense. For example, dynamic worlds, unique missions, unscripted characters
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by marcuschong 1y ago
More comments from another mathematician: https://x.com/ErnestRyu/status/1958408925864403068?t=QmTqOcx...
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Claim: GPT-5-pro can prove new interesting mathematics(twitter.com)
256 points by marcuschong 1y ago|150 comments
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by marcuschong 1y ago
Or pay 20 bucks to have access to the old version. I guess the version picker is not available to free users?
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I wonder if this update will be pushed to any enterprise customers using it on Azure, and how will Microsoft handle that.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
It's funny most people are saying Google will win the AI wars, though that is precisely what will cannibalize their current business model, which had a much bigger moat than frontier LLMs, apparently.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
Also, a CEO defines which way the company will go and makes questionable decisions like opting to build a Cybertruck. I don't see AIs doing these type of decisions, which are many, for now.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
Exactly. o3, for example, nailed it on the first try: https://chatgpt.com/share/68231cfc-d258-8013-aad2-5115eba880...
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I'm about to turn 40 and only this year it hit me that maybe my wildest dreams of success won't come true, and that I don't have eternity to try it. This gave me a terrible sense of emergency, and I'm working like crazy
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I feel silly writing and saying that I'm the CEO of such a small startup like mine, but I haven't found something that will communicate what's behind that title as well.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
You are both right. Tesla was very special and the way Musk conducted himself was very concerning.
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James Cameron on AI copyright: humans are models(nitter.space)
27 points by marcuschong 1y ago|29 comments
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by marcuschong 1y ago
I stopped sleeping with my wife in the same bedroom some years ago and it was great for our sleep quality. It's very funny how people conflate that with other aspects of couples relationships.
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by marcuschong 1y ago
Almost exclusively with "reddit" + something. Although I am using Deep Research more and more even for some of that.
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by marcuschong 2y ago
In the country where I live, the problem is that it became much of a religious question. People feel like one candidate represents values different than mine, and that by not aligning with them, I'm not an ally. I don't have frien
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by marcuschong 2y ago
The comparison was only regarding incarceration rate, it seems to me.
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by marcuschong 2y ago
While there is legitimate debate over how authoritarian some policies in Australia or the UK might be in the past few years, these measures operate within established legal frameworks, with judicial oversight and public scrutiny. Even if yo
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by marcuschong 2y ago
McCartney is a great example of 'naming a genius that ain't crazy', plus doesn't seem to have suffered that much in his life. His work doesn't communicate that at all.
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by marcuschong 2y ago
The key for LLM productivity, it seems to me, is grounding. Let me give you my last example, from something I've been working on. I just updated my company commercial PPT. ChatGPT helped me with: - Deep Research great examples and ref
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I received this email from Microsoft. I wonder if all the major companies are doing the same. -- Microsoft's Ethical Business Commitment Microsoft Reaffirms Commitment to Ethical Business Practices Amid New Executive Order Review the P
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by marcuschong 2y ago
When I see polls showing how the US and other countries are divided, I question why is the idea of keeping the country as one still a rule.
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I'd add that several of the wars and coups the U.S. took part in, especially during the Cold War, can be better understood in light of Soviet expansionism - after all, the USSR was effectively invading other nations. For example, when
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by marcuschong 2y ago
Exactly. I don't see how Musk and him could take that risk after all they've done in just a few weeks. It's a survival necessity. I find interesting that there's not many people talking about this. Edit: typo.

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