slowin

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by slowin 5d ago
I can't just go into any codebase and ask a local model to "Implement this feature: xxx" and get acceptable output. I hope to someday soon though!
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by slowin 5d ago
Just to be clear, I'm specifically talking about coding. I think local models can help with productivity today, just not coding. I'm also a huge fan of local models and think it's absolutely imperative that they continue to
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by slowin 5d ago
I believe they can currently be used productively for non-coding tasks (classification, light summary)... but they definitely are not even close to SOTA when it comes to software development.
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by slowin 5d ago
This has been my experience as well. Grok will end tasks almost immediately and claim "Done!". It's definitely the laziest and most "dishonest" of all the models. The others aren't perfect, but I can't use
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by slowin 5d ago
> This is great as a first look, but the author is not a developer, so we don't yet know whether a dev can be as productive with local models on M5 Mac Studio compared to a 20x subscription plan. Local models are definitely not as
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by slowin 6d ago
I think you need to be strategic. Leverage your network, don't just go in cold. Smaller startups are also much easier to get a job at than a FAANG. > And lastly, I would hope you are working for a company that you care about. Tha
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by slowin 6d ago
At least we know this wasn't written by an LLM (unless it was GPT-2). The best advice I can give on moving your career forward is to not try and get a promotion at your current job. Apply for better positions at other companies while y
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Ed Sheeran backlash marks Palestine's South Africa moment(electronicintifada.net)
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Amazon says cloud infrastructure in Bahrain, UAE 'beyond saving'(thecradle.co)
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by slowin 14d ago
I couldn't disagree more. The frontier labs are already working with the military to kill people. What you're going to get (even more than we already have) is a two tier system where those with weapons and a proven desire to use t
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by slowin 14d ago
This would generally be considered non-competitive cartel behavior. I'd be hard pressed to name 3 people I trust less than Amodei, Musk and Altman.
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by slowin 14d ago
I do think we need solutions like UBI, universal housing and universal healthcare. I'm fortunate enough to have the skills and mindset that I feel comfortable in the direction we're going. Just like with all technology, those who
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by slowin 14d ago
I don't think so, I'm very good at using AI to produce things.
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by slowin 14d ago
That's not what he says. The geometric designs are influenced by weaving. The patterns that look like datura, an ayahuasca... are influenced by nature, and some of the patterns in Mexico are influenced by actually hallucinating (he c
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by slowin 15d ago
I’m a developer.
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by slowin 15d ago
He actually talks about that in the video and compares and contrasts the weaving based patterns, nature based patterns and hallucinogenic patterns. The datura pattern being nature based.
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by slowin 15d ago
It's thought that a lot of the geometric designs in Indigenous pottery and architecture are directly influenced by hallucinogenic plants like datura. There's a really great YouTube channel called Desert Lore and he covers this t
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by slowin 15d ago
From the article: > Understanding that this is policy is crucial for comprehending how Israeli soldiers are expected to dutifully erase entire villages without questioning orders. By saying “200 NAZA” rather than “200 non-combattants ki
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by slowin 15d ago
> The initial reaction, when some coding agent does a piece of work that would have taken you a week in an hour and does it well, is to be very disheartened by it. I think it depends on the person. I've been waiting for AI since I
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by slowin 15d ago
Israel should not exist because it's a state built by ethnic cleansing the Palestinians. I believe in the right of return and sovereignty for Palestine. I also don't think Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa should exist, and t
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by slowin 16d ago
I think you do have a point but, at least for me, I found it wasn't so cut and dry. Nothing I was working on related to the ethical issues I had. I did find other like-minded people in Microsoft and that felt like we were at least cr
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by slowin 16d ago
You don't have to believe me, but I made my account after I quit. I wanted to be able to talk about what happened without doxxing myself and my old account was tied to my actual work.
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by slowin 16d ago
I don't have FU money but I'm financially in a good spot, so definitely privileged compared to someone who would be out on the street with a few missed paychecks. Congrats on getting out of a toxic situation btw, that's hard
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by slowin 16d ago
I agree that these are good questions to be asking and I asked myself many of them. It's a slippery slope imho, and it's easy to convince yourself that what you're doing is ok. At the end of the day, I was getting physically
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by slowin 16d ago
I just want to say that I don't think I was brave at all. I actually feel a lot of shame because I knew that Microsoft wasn't compatible with my values when I joined. I didn't know the exact details that came out later, but I
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by slowin 16d ago
I was a 68 working on consumer products, but it was still too much for me. Especially the revelation that Satya worked with the IDF to capture all Palestinian phone conversations and host them on Azure. Every day I woke up to go to work a
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by slowin 16d ago
It's up to us, as tech workers to push back against this. I quit my job at Microsoft due to their complicity with Israeli war crimes and oppression (and certainly the US government was involved too). It's tough to leave a high pay
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by slowin 16d ago
Yeah, I think it's both.
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by slowin 17d ago
I think there are social downsides, which is why they want mass surveillance and to avoid being confronted by the people who don't agree that they are our "betters".
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by slowin 17d ago
I don't think they're oblivious, I think they're lying. Playing dumb/plausible deniability can give them enough wiggle room to execute plans that would otherwise be stopped before it's too late.

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