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by odyssey7 1mo ago
This would be a really good discussion topic in schools. People need to understand the dynamic between science and society, because that is an important part of how the world works today. Pluto is an exemplar. And also, the value of culture
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by odyssey7 1mo ago
You’ve explained something very well that I hope certain groups of people will try to internalize.
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by odyssey7 1mo ago
The problem is that the word “planet” refers both to cultural symbols — mythology, gods, archetypes, and the heavens — and to objects of scientific study. Those are different domains, and one of them is cultural heritage, and the other is i
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by odyssey7 1mo ago
There would be far better excuses here than saying “we’re incompetent.”
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by odyssey7 1mo ago
This is exactly the sort of thing that a saboteur would want its targets to think. “If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them.” —Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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by odyssey7 1mo ago
Obvious sabotage would be addressed promptly. Subtle sabotage could persist as a minor torment indefinitely.
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by odyssey7 1mo ago
> Hermes 1, by contrast, is fuelled by tristructural isotopic (TRISO) pebbles — poppy-seed-sized particles of uranium, encased in a carbon-ceramic shell. What writing
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
It’s unethical to prescribe a patient a placebo in a way that suggests that what they are receiving is scientifically proven. In a clinical trial setting, you can prescribe a placebo, because the patient is fully aware and clearly consentin
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Sad news - she was a treasure.
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
On the statement regarding the students of universities, > we get them next. We're like grad school. Really, my bs meter started going off when I saw this kind of posturing, a company positioning itself as a sort of grad school. The
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
If they’re old enough and rare then copyright is moot, as you mention. The size of the vault is of interest but it’s not something that makes the vault possible vs impossible. I’m not a lawyer, but I would guess the theory behind the dest
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Big AI companies are leaving an easy opportunity on the table for establishing goodwill with the public. Just publicize a rare books vault where you put the older editions that aren’t in a lot of library catalogs. Use non-destructive scanni
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
What if we viewed national debt like CPI? It’s not that it’s ridiculously higher now, it’s that money works differently now. What used do seem implausible is now accepted as normal, and tough luck if your income and wealth fell behind &#x2F
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
If you prove that the theorem prover’s true and false determinations are correct—in the cases in which it can make them—then Bob’s your uncle.
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
This is a statement about what Tao values in the proofs that he consumes, as a world-class, human mathematician. For many of the rest of us, mere consumers of mathematical results, it’s sufficient to know that a^2 + b^2 = c^2 was proven by
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
I feel an urge to visit and fill in data for all the nearby ones.
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
We collectively accepted that we don’t care when we chose not to adopt memory-safe languages over the past decade+. The only difference now is that the resources to find the exploits are being commoditized.
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
A convenient fact about mathematics is that people have put a lot of effort into making it a self-contained logical universe. AI doesn’t need a conventional world model to be great at mathematics.
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Why take money from someone you know you can’t teach? The reality is that prestigious universities routinely take money from incredibly talented people who are fully capable of learning calculus with or without a good teacher, the universit
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Paying a teacher to teach ≠ buying a credential. Failing to teach a student ≠> the student is mediocre. The student is mediocre ≠ the student is irredeemable and didn’t deserve an education in the first place. Honestly, it’s wild to me h
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Can the school teach its students calculus or does it take money from people, fail to teach them calculus, call them “weeds,” and kick them to the curb? The responsibility runs both ways. I am definitely not saying that students should pass
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Apart from the notion of a moral obligation that may now seem quaint and old-fashioned, you’re talking about their customers who are paying for an education. The responsibility rests partly on the school for solving these challenges. Declar
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
The prize terms are neat. To incentivize not sabotaging other teams in some way? You would win more if someone were to win.
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
When will we learn?
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
We haven’t yet reached the era in which we’re allowed to know about the technique. The simple, intuitive proof will become available to us when the time is right.
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It doesn’t have to be beneficial, it just has to be “pythonic.”
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Wouldn’t this also be a problem for gut flora?
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Could have learned a thing from Socrates.
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For as long as the information is confidential and proprietary , we live in a world where my advice applies. Additionally, the reason ML is rapidly developing and that companies are spending billions to do so is that they are in competitio
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by odyssey7 2mo ago
Once something goes commercial, academics have to consider what progress would be research-worthy, rather than a half-baked prototype for a product or feature. Companies can’t be expected to publish their confidential and proprietary inform

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