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by robswc 3y ago
I personally can't take any models from google seriously. I was asking it about the Japanese Heian period and it told me such nonsensical information you would have thought it was a joke or parody. Some highlights were "Native Ame
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by robswc 3y ago
People rail against it all the time. They just don't walk the walk. I will say though. Theoretically you can still "opt-out" of it. Visit with old people and see how you don't need to live with all these services lol
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by robswc 3y ago
He's probably happier than most! I hate grappling with advancing a career vs "doing whatever I want." The problem is, whenever I play video games or try to decompress, I feel like I'm forcing myself. This guy has seemi
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by robswc 3y ago
This is the vibe I got. For better or worse, it seems people in Europe enjoy/pursue equality more than individual success. I know many people that move to the US to "escape" that system though and they've been quite su
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by robswc 3y ago
>that means thousands of people read them ahah, if only that were the case :) "read" is a pretty loose term. I think its a house of cards. When you cite something, you do so (usually) because it supports your paper, basically
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by robswc 3y ago
Yep. I actually am a co-author of a paper that has been published and while I was working on it, I realized how easy it would have been to make the data agree or disagree with the hypothesis. Based on the feedback of reviewers, you see th
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by robswc 3y ago
Oh for sure. It would be very easy to determine if the data is bad (in most cases) if someone tells you where to look. It is almost impossible to expect people to put their mental resources to trying to "crack" every paper that
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by robswc 3y ago
Exactly. Even 5% would be too much IMO. Everyone thinks its no big deal, but when everyone is inefficient...
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by robswc 3y ago
You can make the data say almost anything. IMO, this happens way more than anyone thinks. When you only have 2-5 people that _actually_ read a paper and they have to slog through it, its not too shocking stuff like this could happen.
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by robswc 3y ago
I totally agree its important, so I hope it doesn't go the way of Netscape. If they focused only on privacy, that would be fine (since its advertised as such). It really wasn't one issue or another that caused me to abandon it,
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by robswc 3y ago
It has built-in ad-block, reading lists and vertical tabs. That's about all I need from a browser. As for the CEO's donations, I couldn't care less. I don't care who the CEO of Mozilla donates to. I used Firefox for y
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by robswc 3y ago
Safari and Brave
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by robswc 3y ago
I don't use Chrome. I just don't agree with the political activism and business decisions of Mozilla.
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by robswc 3y ago
I just don't like Mozilla, as a company, for many reasons. The main ones being: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker#Negative_salary... The pay wouldn't be so egregious if it wasn't a constant pa
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by robswc 3y ago
I would use Firefox, if not for Mozilla.
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by robswc 3y ago
>that is what the press release says. In the initial press release, they said Sam was a liar. Doing this without offering a hint of an example or actual specifics gave Sam the clear "win" in the court of public opinion. IF the
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by robswc 3y ago
Fair. I don't know why they wouldn't just come out and say that though, if that were the case. It would be seen as admirable, instead of snake-ish. Instead of "Sam has been lying to us" it could have been "Sam had
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by robswc 3y ago
It is also crazy that the "winning move" was to just do nothing and look like a genius and coast off that for the rest of their lives. Who in their right mind would consider them for a board position now.
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by robswc 3y ago
Thank you for a real answer, this is what I was looking for!
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by robswc 3y ago
Well, it doesn't have to be as good as GPT4. I've gotten a ton of use/power out of a local llama model. Even GPT3 was "good enough" for a lot of tasks. I mostly use ChatGPT because its the most convenient. OpenAI
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by robswc 3y ago
Asking ChatGPT (until someone else answers) says that to remove a board member usually takes a super majority, which makes much more sense... but still seems to imply they need at least 4/6.
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by robswc 3y ago
Ah, I really like that theory! I mean, I still wonder though if they really only need 3 ppl fully on board to effectively take the entire company. Vote #1, oust Sam, 3/5 vote YES. Sam is out, now the vote is "Demote Greg",
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by robswc 3y ago
Well, there has to be some sort of framework in which they operate, no? OpenAI isn't a single person, so decisions like firing the CEO have to be made somehow. I'm wondering about how that framework actually works.
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by robswc 3y ago
Can a super smart business-y person educate this engineer on how this even happens. So, if there's 6 board members and they're looking to "take down" 2... that means those 2 can't really participate, right? Or at th
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by robswc 3y ago
>As a part of this transition, Greg Brockman will be stepping down as chairman of the board and will remain in his role at the company, reporting to the CEO. Its totally fair (your interpretation) to think that. He was removed as chairm
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by robswc 3y ago
If it comes out Elon had a hand in this, I might as well cancel my Netflix.
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by robswc 3y ago
That's what I thought. OpenAI's statement implies he was aware of the demotion... but his statement seems to imply he wasn't. I guess the most likely situation is that they put out the press release, told him (or vice versa)
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by robswc 3y ago
Yea, I'm not a fan. I'm not grammar nazi but it makes reading a bit unpleasant.
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by robswc 3y ago
For sure. Wasn't he essentially demoted before quitting though? I guess this means he wasn't even aware he was demoted.
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by robswc 3y ago
Jesus. I saw he was "demoted" but he's totally out now, right?

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