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by neolefty 2y ago
I had assumed both — greater volume and also lower temperatures. The more qbits you are trying to get to cooperate, the less thermal noise you can tolerate, so the cooler you have to make it. Yes, more qbits also take up more space, but I h
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by neolefty 2y ago
That's also plausible. My guess is the same logic would apply — you would need exponentially more error correction for a linear increase in qbits.
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by neolefty 2y ago
Well, we are always using our internal models for work like this. When our internal models and what we say don't match reality, we might call it "hallucination" or "getting it wrong" or even "lying". When
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by neolefty 2y ago
We think of truthfulness as boolean — whether in humans or AI models — but it may be more useful to think of it as a skill. You can become more truthful by aligning your inner model with reality and then also by checking it with ground trut
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by neolefty 2y ago
Maybe you mean "work from an internal model of the world"?
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by neolefty 2y ago
DNA could also be considered 6-bit, since codons are 3 base pairs: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Codon
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by neolefty 2y ago
The article describes both. The 1,0,-1 networks are "1.58 bits" — that is, log2(3). But yeah it mostly focuses on 1-bit networks.
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by neolefty 2y ago
The more certain the domain, the more that is possible. If you have a document database that you trust, great. For example a support desk's knowledge base. And especially if you have an escape valve: "Did this solve your problem?
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by neolefty 2y ago
Not the size, but the temperature. If you have to cool to a microkelvin for a certain number of qbits to retain coherence, how low do you need to go to add one more qbit, and how much energy will that require? My thermodynamic instinct says
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by neolefty 2y ago
> The final section was of particular interest to me; Gil Kalai's work on quantum error correction is very interesting to me and I am in the camp that believes that quantum computing is not possible in any useful sense; in particula
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by neolefty 2y ago
Probably responding to this from a parent comment: > Shoving 100 cattle into a 1 acre feed lot for their entire lives
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by neolefty 2y ago
That would make sense if you knew how hard things were going to be and if you could predict external responsibilities. For example if I plan to meet a friend tomorrow, but tonight my child unexpectedly gets sick, I can call the friend and s
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by neolefty 3y ago
This market is troubling. But I have a different question: What does the long game look like for raw training data? How will AIs maintain the quality of their diet? To compare, web search started — in the early days of Google — as a huge wi
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by neolefty 3y ago
The point is you won't feel it (aside from air resistance) on the way down.
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by neolefty 3y ago
How does it scale to such a large context window — is it publicly known, or is there some high-quality speculation out there that you recommend?
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by neolefty 3y ago
Per another comment here, it's probably autoimmune related. So it's complicated!
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by neolefty 3y ago
Yes, I think the research team is saying exactly that: > "The concept that many other viral infections that lead to post-viral syndromes might drive blood vessel leakage in the brain is potentially game changing and is under active
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by neolefty 3y ago
The article says it's both. > "For the first time, we have been able to show that leaky blood vessels in the human brain, in tandem with a hyperactive immune system may be the key drivers of brain fog associated with Long COVID
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by neolefty 3y ago
So cool! I especially like the "122-millionth cousin, 28 million times removed" description and the fact that it has many different pictures for "Human".
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by neolefty 3y ago
Here's Geoff Hinton discussing spiking neural nets: https://youtu.be/2EDP4v-9TUA?si=E4D5YNGQGdYSiTIy — from an interview with Pieter Abbeel in June 2022. From the paper: > Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have been an
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by neolefty 3y ago
Lex Fridman too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIo36F6Fsg — great 2-hour conversation.
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by neolefty 3y ago
Thunderbolt docks too — with a single cable they can drive two 4k displays plus provide power to the laptop.
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by neolefty 3y ago
I'm running an M1 Max with two Thunderbolt docks, and each drives 2 4k displays, runs great, although it's kinda overkill. But it does require the docks; you can't connect directly.
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by neolefty 3y ago
Presumably UBI would come from taxes. So it's wealth redistribution. It would reduce the difference between richest and poorest.
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by neolefty 3y ago
Mike? So did they follow up?
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by neolefty 3y ago
Anecdotally, on a desktop machine with something like 64GB RAM, when I switched from non-ECC to ECC (and 128GB RAM), the number of unexplained crashes seemed to drop from one every couple of weeks to one every 6 months or so. Could have bee
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by neolefty 3y ago
SEEKING WORK | Indiana, USA (Eastern timezone) | REMOTE | Full stack & ops, mentoring, team facilitator Remote: Yes, but can be on-site 1-2 weeks per quarter. Technologies: React or other modern front-end framework, Python, .NET, all re
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by neolefty 3y ago
Just as gaming hardware has taken over compute, gaming journalism must take over reporting!
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by neolefty 3y ago
It is so crazy how good they are. I love my Apple hardware (M1 Max, four external displays FTW) and tolerate my Apple software (Mac OS).
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by neolefty 3y ago
The article points to the eruption of a super volcano as the more likely cause.

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