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by shmatt 2y ago
This reads more like trying to create investor hype than the real world. You have a word generator, a fairly nice one but it’s still a word generator. This safety hype is to try and hide that fact and make it seem like it’s able to generate
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by shmatt 2y ago
Realistically its all just probabilistic word generation. People "feel" like an LLM understands them but it doesn't, its just guessing the next token. You could say all our brains are doing are just guessing the next token bu
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by shmatt 2y ago
Funny enough people will still call OpenAI “an engineering led company” when very obviously it’s slowly being taken over by the same MBAs as Google
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by shmatt 2y ago
As someone whose job is to inference on the edge. No one is getting a mass product consistently inferencing on the edge for $199 not today and not next year (and I’d bet not in 2026) Your impression was spot on
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by shmatt 2y ago
In the same way the Apple Watch doesn’t do anything better than an iPhone Wearables are not supposed to be an app or beat the iPhones processor. They’re supposed to be small and always on Would you wear an iPhone pro max on your lapel?
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by shmatt 2y ago
Imagine if all these protesters did was to sign a letter. We could only wish, and get on with our jobs
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by shmatt 2y ago
They and We are doing some extra leg work here They were fired for blocking a senior executives private office. Do that in the name of US, china, russia, sesame street, and you're getting fired.
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by shmatt 2y ago
I can't think of a single hyped up pre-order that worked out. Either * Everyone else can buy it when the pre orders are delivered * Due to monetary constraints, regular orders are actually shipped before pre-orders * The device is noth
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by shmatt 2y ago
Im long on RDDT because it reminds me so much of Facebook when they started pushing more negative content because it got higher interaction. When a sad face reaction was "worth" 5x more than a Like to the algorithm The algorithm n
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by shmatt 2y ago
Reply All did a pretty good episode about it. It’s just really good at pushing the exact content you will interact with, 1000x better than anything Meta owns https://gimletmedia.com/amp/shows/reply-all/z3h78d6
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by shmatt 2y ago
Who even knows what the buyers are buying? The major investor groups that have shown interest so far didn’t seem that savvy. TikTok would sell the user base and basic functionality, but no way they will sell the magic algorithm that no othe
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by shmatt 2y ago
I haven't researched deeply but there are plenty of Israeli startup exits with executives coming from combat, non tech units. Usually elite combat units that are harder to get in to. There is something to be said about spending 18-21 i
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by shmatt 2y ago
There is also a work culture of both putting in as many hours as necessary, but also very goal oriented and understanding whats critical to deliver and what sint There are obviously many more countries that make the average American or Euro
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by shmatt 2y ago
These takes are always comical to me, because I really wish they would put some downward pressure on rents While rents in SF crash, rents in NYC seem to reach a new ATH every month. The newest addition is how popular bidding wars have becom
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by shmatt 2y ago
It was even dumber than that. AOC is a federal representative that gave her personal opinion. She has no say on local laws, she can oppose 100% of the laws Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul sign, it doesn't mean they get cancelled, it ju
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by shmatt 2y ago
The unfortunate answer is: love them or hate them, people can't pass the leetcode interviews I've worked as a hiring manager in multiple companies, and recommending or not recommending a hire is done without any knowledge of their
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by shmatt 2y ago
Giving your place of work fake IDs and passports is already illegal. How would your representatives fix this? Fingerprinting every day in the lobby?
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by shmatt 3y ago
That 5000 euro car is going to need a lot more maintenance than a used electric car
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by shmatt 3y ago
These types of systems take a week to train the obvious clean use case, and a decade to be able to perform with people intentionally or unintentionally messing with the system Just don’t act surprised when we “find out” the dash carts are a
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by shmatt 3y ago
Gitmo is still open, if the US isnt participating in those laws, I don't see how any of its allies are expected to
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by shmatt 3y ago
Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, and Norway were heavily involved in the war on terror. Bombing Afghanistan but also arresting "suspected" people of their own
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by shmatt 3y ago
War zones aren't as quiet and organized as you would imagine. More so when one side is disguised as regular civilians. All war zones also have people killed by friendly fire. I would assume friendly fire > killing western charity wo
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by shmatt 3y ago
How do you think people are chosen to visit a secret CIA prison, or chosen to get a 12 hour interrogation every time they enter the US?
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by shmatt 3y ago
I suggest everyone listen to the current season of the Serial podcast. >processing masses of data to rapidly identify potential “junior” operatives to target. Four of the sources said that, at one stage early in the war, Lavender listed
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by shmatt 3y ago
I mean, does the employee have any power over that room? Sounds like a classic instance for security to kick them out
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by shmatt 3y ago
I don't know if it can be called "En Masse" if they STILL have more employees today than during the 0% interest rate years
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by shmatt 3y ago
Is there any doubt in the world that his current employer - the Redstone family, also have limits on what can be discussed and how on their channels?
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by shmatt 3y ago
There is usually a mention of "humans in the loop" when articles discussed Amazon Go[1]. Amazon just always refused to give actual numbers. The best "give" that humans were watching you was that Amazon Go receipts often
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by shmatt 3y ago
i've written about this multiple times on HN and always got downvoted I work in the CV industry and this was a very badly kept secret. There is absolutely no financially feasible way to run something like this with current CV
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Jamba: A groundbreaking hybrid SSM-Transformer model(ai21.com)
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