sarahlwalks

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by sarahlwalks 2y ago
Well, maybe I’m not cool enough to appreciate it, and maybe I’m more accustomed to the style of other languages, but if I see more than a few ifs in a file, it feels like a code smell, and it feels like some refactoring might be good. But I
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by sarahlwalks 3y ago
There actually is a text editor in there somewhere at least if you believe some of the MIT neckbeards. But you have to sort of tease it out with the proper meta key what-have-yous
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
We might get tired of so much free speech. Hang on a second....<touches ear> I'm being told I'm actually sick of it right now
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
I like that phrase! I'm probably going to steal it :-)
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
Machines -- at least today -- are extensions of human beings, and pretty democratic, really, compared to history. You can't really talk about limiting machines without also limiting humans. GPT is a tool. Almost anyone can use tools mu
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
That seems like saying a steam shovel is bad because it moves dirt at scale. Machines do increase the reach of people, that is exactly what they are for.
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
You can only say that if you also say that the creativity of human beings themselves is just a way to launder copyright.
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
So, wait, in what sense is AI-generated content garbage? It is (admittedly by the author) fascinating and even beautiful. Is it the fact that it was generated by an algorithm, and the idea then is that all algorithmically-generated content
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
One niche that ML seems to be growing into is /assisting/ humans, but not doing the whole task. ML might give you an image that is 90 percent what you want but needs a few tweaks. If the task is clear enough, ML can take it on by
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
As far as I'm concerned, the question is how ML/AI stacks up against the competition -- humans. I don't know, but I'd bet the answer is that ML is much better. Let's say at least 20 percent better, but I imagine it&
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by sarahlwalks 4y ago
This is the rule and not the exception. It seems software always takes much longer and costs much more than you think it will. The smaller the task, the better it can be estimated, and the less likely you are to veer off into crazyland. The