runarberg

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by runarberg 5d ago
I want LLM translations to die. We used to have machine translation that worked well enough for readers to know the overall meaning most of the time, but when it failed, it failed spectacularly and the reader would know not to trust the out
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by runarberg 5d ago
Giving the compiling evidence of how addictive generative AI is actually, it actually makes perfect sense that people are looking for strategies to excuse their AI-usage. I think no matter the strategy (and given AI is actually as addictive
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by runarberg 7d ago
Like I said, the parallels to the 1950s tobacco usage is glaring. People used to say the exact same about cigarettes, that the way they specifically use cigarettes, the way their body is build, the way they control the habit, etc. etc. all
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by runarberg 7d ago
I keep saying it because all the evidence (while still not conclusive) is pointing in that direction, just like they were with tobacco in the 1950s (It took another two decades for the evidence of tobacco to become conclusive; and two decad
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by runarberg 7d ago
This comes across as an athlete excusing their smoking behavior because their superior physical abilities makes them immune to the bad effects of smoking. I assure you a 99th percentile in 100 m dash may have believed that smoking did not a
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by runarberg 8d ago
Finding a better boss is like picking up the good cop. There are none. The whole industry has gone completely bonkers, and bosses are the ones doing it. The problem is systemic and if there are any good bosses out there, then there are syst
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by runarberg 8d ago
I am specifically talking about this cognitive bias of believing that the mean behavior does not apply to you. Very few people believe this about cigarettes anymore because the evidence is simply overwhelming and public health experts along
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by runarberg 8d ago
This question is in bad faith. There are plenty of obvious differences and the poster knows it.
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by runarberg 8d ago
I know that research on tobacco is full of bad science and bad actors, and experts in different fields (such as social psychology) continued to publish bad science on the topic well into the 2000s. This includes your 2002 German paper (whic
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by runarberg 8d ago
I am pretty sure that likewise in the 1950s many smokers did indeed decided to be the outlier who smokes occasionally, and for the right reasons, and using the “correct” method/brand of cigarettes. And that every one of them decided th
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by runarberg 8d ago
The de-skilling of AI includes your ability to express your thoughts, to communicate your ideas, to come up with new ideas, and creative solutions, to converse with other people. This is an entirely different category then the ability to na
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by runarberg 8d ago
I am sure many smokers in the 1950s also saw the health benefits of tobacco, that they were very happy to experience the increased energy after a smoke and could get more done as a result. I‘m pretty sure none of them felt their lungs and t
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by runarberg 9d ago
I think there is a major difference in that climate change is real, while AI companies are constantly hampering on about a threat which is basically just science fiction. It would be like if Exxon was constantly warning about oil drilling o
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by runarberg 10d ago
Tech companies have gotten away with many things in Europe too. Case in point TEMU is allowed to brake basic consumer protection laws throughout the continent probably because it is considered a tech company. Other cases include Spotify whi
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by runarberg 10d ago
Tech companies have not had to answer to the law for a long time. We are now seeing that tech companies straight up break into each others servers and nobody is charged with any crime for it. I think it is safe to say that crime is legal fo
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by runarberg 11d ago
The most telling sign is when they don’t make sense — for example right here. A human puts em dashes to emphasize the break in thought or rhythm. Where there is already a break in thought or rhythm a human would just write a comma or nothin
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by runarberg 13d ago
This 10% chance should be replaced with “a number some people made up” As it stands the chances of AI killing every human is exactly 0%. There is no scenario which exist in the realm of all possibilities where AI even comes close to killi
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by runarberg 13d ago
AI is not likely to kill all humans. This is just fantasy or science fiction which for some reason (mass hysteria; or more likely malicious marketing campaign by evil AI companies) a lot of HN users seem to believe is real. It is not real.
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by runarberg 13d ago
I don‘t think Europe, Africa nor (most of) Asia is dealing with crimes committed via AI any differently then USA. I think the problem runs much deeper then USA = bad here. Europe in particular has been laxing their consumer protection for d
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by runarberg 13d ago
They do. Even if you exclude homicides and accidents (which you shouldn’t) major depression becomes much much much more deadly if you have access to a gun. Guns make violent crimes (including common stuff like robbery, domestic disputes, or
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by runarberg 13d ago
This is silly. There is close to 0% chance humans kill all humans, and there is exactly 0% chance AI kills all humans. AI is bad because of the harms it currently causes. It is highly addictive is bad for your brain, it is being given away
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by runarberg 14d ago
Sound more like the latter group likes having things made for them, ideally without paying for it.
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by runarberg 16d ago
Please, do not use LLMs to do actual statistics. They suck at doing actual statistics (like they suck at everything else). Use proven traditional statistical methods like supervised learning for this. You can use traditional (not large) lan
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by runarberg 17d ago
> Can we call the USSR as subservient to Third Reich imperialism? Yes we can, we should, and we do. People on the left (aside from actual Stalinist) do admit that this alliance was bad, kind of like how liberals admit how the British gov
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by runarberg 17d ago
As someone that hates Tailwind, I think there is actually a use case here. If you are fluent in CSS reaching for Tailwind is probably a mistake. But for better or for worse there are lots of developers who can write HTML and JavaScript (or
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by runarberg 18d ago
I am hoping you can get pretty far by self studying if your study material is made by experts and vetted by peers, and you are diligent in practicing an hour a day using a practice routine recommended by experts. Personally I am aiming towa
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by runarberg 19d ago
You are basically saying that supporting American imperialism is not exclusive to NATO. And I don‘t dispute that. I also think that history has been far too kind to France’s supposed opposition to the illegal invasion. France stood firmly i
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by runarberg 19d ago
Which parts of my “personal believes” are wrong? And maybe this mentality is getting more popular because it is true. People are tired of being fed propaganda for Western imperialism and capitalism more broadly. My last attempt to convince
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by runarberg 19d ago
This is simply false history. Every NATO member went to Afghanistan with the USA. Even Iceland despite not having a traditional army participated in the invasion. As for Iraq: UK, Poland, Spain, Portugal, and Denmark provided soldiers to pa
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by runarberg 19d ago
I am biased here, as somebody who grew up next to an American military base in Iceland and had a pro-communist upbringing and learned to hate NATO (as well as the American imperialist agenda as a whole) from an early age. I don‘t see a diff

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