sghiassy

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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Your math is correct, but it’s math based on today’s economics. Think of a company like Apple moving onto your turf. They’re not going to cede AI to the cloud. They want their part of the pie. So in 7 years, how much AI will be handled loc
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
I’ve watched Terminator 2 extensively. I am prepared
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Do you need a frontier model to write emails, check your calendar, search the web? I don’t think Apple is going to lie down and cede AI to the cloud.
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Yes, but in 7 years?
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Imagine spending a trillion dollars on data centers and then reading this article. Nightmare fuel for OpenAI
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Interesting right?!?
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Because for many people, and especially for the cohort that is HN readers, the current MAGA republican, doesn’t differ just on policy decisions like a Bush or Regan, but is undermining the institutions that keep our checks and balances in p
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
I’d also like to know the answer to this
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
As a laymen, I wish the same. But I also hope it doesn’t disincentivize those that dedicated themselves to the study
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Really liked the project. Printed it out and put it on my fridge. Best of luck on the search
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Well written and good perspective
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
Being a functional programmer in a group of imperative programmers is miserable
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
It’s the second gilded age Hopefully this one will pass, just as the first did
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by sghiassy 2mo ago
I worked on a 20-ish team of good-but-not-brilliant engineers. Our secret weapon was liking each other and having very low turnover over the course of 10 years. As a principal engineer at Meta and LinkedIn, it’s still the most productive te
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
I wouldn’t consider that a given. I still think it’s up in the air whether AI is “different” this time around.
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Did you know “computers” used to be people? Before electronic computers, rooms full of workers, often women, did the math by hand. That job was decimated. Before ATMs, people went to bank tellers. Before mechanized looms, there were weavers
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Yes that’s the crux of the risk - will new space be created On one hand. We’ve never had a technological revolution that didn’t yield more jobs On the other hand, Terminator
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Generate an image of an analog watch with its hands set to the time specified by the user More of an image model than a LLM model tho
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Republicans hold all 3 levers of Gov’t. The midterms are the first chance to get it back. Voting maters but until then. Democracy has handed them all the power
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
… and yet America voted for him a second time. I just don’t get why
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
I haven’t read it ;)
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
There is something to be said about this. Apparently Machiavelli was onto something
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Art of the Deal
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
That’s a bad thing right? Less brain, no thinking. Me thinks
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
It was written by the LinkedIn Cringe bot
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Do: - LOC matter? - Do PRs? - Do Tokens? I’ve never looked up a KPI to figure out who the best engineer is. It’s always obvious to everyone who the best engineer is Natural leaders inspire. They don’t need KPIs
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
Lost me at “low AI exhaust from those setting technical direction should raise questions” Wonder what Linus Torvalds’ AI exhaust is??
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
You’re proposing a rational option on an issue where irrational dogma has taken hold
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
- Dogma - us vs them mentality - we’re not that smart
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by sghiassy 3mo ago
If people voted for universal healthcare we could get it done. The issue is that there’s a sizable, significant voting population that votes against it

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