philomath_mn

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by philomath_mn 2y ago
I am both skeptical and interested: - Looks like you turn the knob to set your page - This, and your book title, appear to be the only input data to the system (no other sensors) - Does this mean they aim to have a database of the text of e
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Would ChatGPT use tools to analyze this? Or are we talking raw data in the context window? Have you done this? Any interesting results?
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Are your positions really that sensitive? A lot of hedge funds don't even care enough to have client-side decryption.
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Self advocacy is part of the job. And just because you’re an introvert doesn’t mean you are incapable of building soft skills. Talking to people is absolutely exhausting for me, but I force myself to do it and practice at it because I know
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Right -- I mean the misery at work is what I cannot relate to. Furthermore, if the best way to support my family and to live my non-professional life is to take a punch in the stomach each morning, I think I'd find a way to deal with i
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Working a soul-sucking but cushy corporate job is not trauma.
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
I suppose I was reacting mostly to the "my job is so bad it is akin to being physically assaulted" It is interesting to hear how your perspective resonates with the essay, I was mostly wondering how universal that resonance is.
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Anyone else feel that they cannot relate to the premise of this essay in any way? I mean I'd rather be on a road trip with my kids, but my work is generally pleasant outside infrequent periods of high stress.
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
But this all comes back to the self-interest and game theory discussion. Let's suppose that, like you, both Moscow and Beijing do not want AGI to exist. What could they do about it? Why should they trust that the rest of the world will
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
> Let's start there Ok, I can imagine a domestic policy like you describe. Through the might and force of the US government, I can see this happening in the US (after considerable effort). But how do you enforce something like that
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Not a great analogy. If - there were a range of expert opinions that P(destroy-the-world) < 100 AND - the chemical could turn lead into gold AND - the chemical would give you a militaristic advantage over your adversaries AND - the US we
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
I think it is extremely unlikely we are going to be able to convince every interested party that they should give up the golden goose for the sake of possible calamity. I think there are risks here, not trying to minimize that, but the coor
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Ok, let's suppose that is true. What bearing does that have on China's interest in developing AGI? Does the risk posed by OpenAI et al. mean that China would not use AI as a tool to advance their self interest? Or are you saying t
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Given the compute and energy requirements to train & run current SOTA models, I think the current political rulers are more likely to have control of the first AGI. AGI would then be a very effective tool for maintaining the current aut
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Also, to be clear: I reject your pushback based on my understanding of the incentives/goals/interests of nation states like China. This is completely separate from my personal preferences or hopes about the future of AI.
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
No, I do not expect things to just work out. I just think our best chance is for the US to be a leader in AI development and hope that we're able to develop it safely. I don't have a lot of confidence that this will be the case, b
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
That is a massive bet based on the supposed psychology of a world super power. There are many other less-superficial reasons why Beijing may be interested in AI, plus China may not trust that we actually banned our own AI development. I wou
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
> It's possible to stop developing things If the US were willing to compromise some of it's core values, then we could probably stop AI development domestically. But what about the rest of the world? If China or India want to r
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
> it's worth trying to stop it OP's point has nothing to do with this, OP's point is that you can't stop it. The methods and materials are too diffuse and the biggest players (nation states) have a strong incentive to
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
There are some ebbs and flows, but usually everything is happening all at once. There is usually never a single product, and even then different parts of a product will be in different stages at the same time. So you could be doing heavy pr
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Long term, I think it is a mix of expectations that: - AGI/ASI would be a breakthrough worth trillions in market value - whoever gets AGI/ASI first may have a permanent advantage (goes for other labs and other nations)
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Looks like this project was recently restarted [0] [0] https://www.zawya.com/en/projects/construction/kingdom-holdi...
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
> I think violence is going to become more common What kind and why?
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
I thought the _Learning Spark_ book was a pretty good introduction. Databricks offers it for free here [0] [0] https://pages.databricks.com/rs/094-YMS-629/images/LearningS...
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
> but all electronic devices in the kid's room exist in a baffling state of perpetual reorganization, everything with a plug being unplugged, moved around, and maybe or maybe not plugged back in, seemingly every day, for no apparent
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
a) What are the benefits? Most of these devices are savings mere seconds of labor b) What are the costs? Just about every person I know who got into IoT devices has regretted it within a few years (things break, manufacturers go out busines
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Idk man, survival seems like a pretty blunt selection force for such an intricate mechanism
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
I have the same general sense: the days feel slightly more productive but I am not sure I am producing more on the scale of months. One area where I am absolutely seeing gains is prototyping. AI is so good at getting the 80% you need for a
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
Can you easily combine it into one file? You could use PEP 723 and `uv`'s script running capability [0]. If your project is not flat, you could have a "build" step to combine everything into one file (assuming everything is s
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by philomath_mn 2y ago
How big is your distribution file? I tried this but my project had numpy and pandas and the distributable was like 350 MB!

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