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by nickvec 4mo ago
Regarding your last point, I personally find it insulting when I receive an AI response because of the subtle deception involved. When I am talking with another human via Slack/email/etc., I am under the impression that the messag
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by nickvec 4mo ago
One can be the dominant player in a field and still increase dominance.
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by nickvec 4mo ago
Pretty disgusting behavior. Total lack of respect for others property. The individuals should be named and shamed for participating rather than putting it under the umbrella of the Bot Company.
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by nickvec 4mo ago
Is the "opossum riding an e-scooter" benchmark in the works for Opus 4.8? ;)
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by nickvec 4mo ago
I think you misunderstood what I meant when I said “it’s about time.” It’s a saying that indicates that something is long overdue. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/it%27s%20about%20...
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by nickvec 4mo ago
I have a hard time believing that AI can be used to label AI-generated videos without there being a significant number of false positives/negatives. I think back to ZeroGPT and it labeling the Declaration of Independence as AI-generate
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by nickvec 4mo ago
Because the alternative is being homeless.
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by nickvec 4mo ago
I suggest reading into rideshare wages some. https://inequality.org/article/exposing-the-rideshare-indust...
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by nickvec 4mo ago
It's about time -- I hope rideshare drivers unionize in California as well. A UC Berkeley Labor Center study (2024) found rideshare drivers take home $7.12 per hour in median net hourly earnings before tips, which is less than half of
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by nickvec 4mo ago
Surprisingly, Uber hasn’t had a mass layoff since 2020. The company currently has ~34,000 FTEs, which I personally think is insanely bloated for what amounts to a taxi + food delivery app.
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by nickvec 4mo ago
I worked at Uber from 2022-2025. The engineering culture was pretty abysmal, so it checks out.
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by nickvec 4mo ago
Which open source companies would you recommend supporting?
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by nickvec 5mo ago
I enjoy the vaporwave aesthetic it went for. Looks like the pelican has a fish in its mouth too? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave
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by nickvec 5mo ago
He’s pretty well known in the HN community. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Willison
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Only read the TLDR, but curious on what specific giveaways (beyond em dashes) you clocked?
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Are you referring to Claude Mythos?
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Raised an eyebrow for me too. It’s interesting to see people subconsciously (?) assign a gender (him/her) to LLMs rather than using the appropriate “it.”
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Simon mentions further along in his article that given Jeff Dean’s post referencing the pelican-riding-a-bike task (and how good current models are at doing it), that it’s no longer a great benchmark to use. Enter the opossum riding an e-sc
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Uber's $77M plan to rewrite the California constitution(sfstandard.com)
4 points by nickvec 5mo ago|0 comments
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by nickvec 5mo ago
It is taken from the linked “Distribution of wealth” Wikipedia article with a corresponding source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_of_wealth#Wealth_...
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by nickvec 5mo ago
It’s working now, not sure what was going on earlier.
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Seeing “Something broke, which is ironic for a made-up encyclopedia: Load failed” when trying to access some of the suggested starting points
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by nickvec 5mo ago
https://zen-browser.app/
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Very cool! Just a heads up, the "Pricing" button in the navbar currently has no redirect.
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Sorry, having “self-driving” in the title went over the HN title char limit, so I opted for AV (autonomous vehicles) instead.
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Uber wants to turn its drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies(techcrunch.com)
145 points by nickvec 5mo ago|144 comments
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Prediction markets need to be banned entirely. It’s asinine that Kalshi and Polymarket are even a thing.
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by nickvec 5mo ago
The depth of this project is amazing. So many details that you can click into!
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by nickvec 5mo ago
Why not encode the badge names as well in rot13?
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by nickvec 5mo ago
They have the money to do so, and investors are aware that it is a long term play. Waymo is already dominating the market for all intents and purposes.

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