starchild3001

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by starchild3001 1y ago
USA had a nearly constant per person economic growth rate of 2%/year in the last ~150 years, perhaps going as far back as the beginning of industrial revolution. Extrapolating such curves into the future suggests the current AI revolut
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by starchild3001 1y ago
The last paragraph is my own thoughts. The one is before is Gemini. Btw I didn't agree with Gemini at all :) I just thought it gave a pretty good summary of Gary Marcus's points.
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I asked GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro what they think about Gary Marcus's article. I believe Gemini won by this paragraph: It seems Sam Altman's Death Star had a critical design flaw after all, and Gary Marcus is taking a well-earned v
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by starchild3001 1y ago
Latency users experience while getting their answers is a big part of the LLM experience. Well done model routing is a tremendous leap forward to minimize the latency & improve the user experience. E.g. I love Gemini 2.5 Pro. But it&#x2
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by starchild3001 1y ago
The evidence for exercise reducing all-cause mortality is more nuanced than many assume. It's crucial to distinguish between findings from RCTs (Randomized Controlled Trials) and observational studies. A meta-analysis of RCTs with ~50,
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I honestly don't feel motivated to write comments anymore. Just my $0.02. Feel free to gray this out as well :))
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I've noticed that Hacker News has become increasingly strict with tone lately; almost to the point of aggressive "tone policing." It feels like you’re expected to maintain a very diplomatic tone: praise the author, acknowledg
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I'm sorry chickenzzzzu, I'm afraid I can't do that.
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by starchild3001 1y ago
Great talk. Dr. Li has a way of cutting through the hype and getting to the fundamental challenges that is really refreshing. Her point about spatial intelligence being the next frontier after language really resonates. I'm particularl
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by starchild3001 1y ago
This is a fantastic write-up of a truly monumental effort. I have huge respect for the author's persistence. The line "Like gardening, but with more segfaults" really resonates. It’s this kind of deep-dive hobby project where
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by starchild3001 1y ago
X isn't the bottleneck. Y isn't the bottleneck. Z isn't the bottleneck. T ... Guess what X + Y + Z + T ... in aggregate are the bottleneck, and LLMs pretty much speed up the whole operation :) So pretty pointless and click-ba
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by starchild3001 1y ago
Excellent blog post and thinking. We all need to create that personal and project context document(s) to benefit maximally from AI.
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I feel getting paid to write code doesn't work anymore (did it ever work?). The bar in FAANG, which I've been luckily employed at for 9 yrs, is to i) identify an important business problem ii) propose a design to solve it iii) imp
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by starchild3001 1y ago
He may be a Turing-award worthy researcher (hey he invented LSTM, and even I knew his name!) but modesty surely isn't his biggest strength :))
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by starchild3001 1y ago
We built planes—critics said they weren't birds. We built submarines—critics said they weren't fish. Progress moves forward regardless. You have a choice: master these transformative tools and harness their potential, or risk bein
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by starchild3001 1y ago
Guys, we have predictable problems -- namely deficit. And "unpredictable" problems (such as covid and the great financial crisis). So I think US cannot even control the predictable problems that are within our control. What do you
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by starchild3001 1y ago
The author is exagerating it. AI is more like a smart collaborator at this point. It's no replacement of your own thinking or formulations. A weak blog post -- keep working on it, with the help of AI, no less :))
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by starchild3001 1y ago
I feel there's some "benchmark-hacking" is going on with GPT4.1 model as its metrics on livebench.com aren't all that exciting. - It's basically GPT4o level on average. - More optimized for coding, but slightly infe
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by starchild3001 2y ago
1) Dark enlightenment: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/dark-enlightenment-elon... (Does this ring a bell -- as in Dark MAGA?) 2) The Interview Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Liste
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by starchild3001 2y ago
Read some Adam Smith (1776 -- Wealth of Nations). How highly he talks about America back then. It was always leading economically.
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by starchild3001 2y ago
Unlike Peter Thiel, I see democracy as an essential component of individual liberty. Because once totalitarinism takes root, the next victim is individual liberty -- just read some history. By this measure, the current government is the wor
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by starchild3001 2y ago
I'd think peace after WWII lasted for 77 years (between 1945-2022 until the ukraine war broke out which appears to be the beginning of a new hot war).
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by starchild3001 2y ago
Government censors and preferential treatment are no match for a social network deciding what to allow on their platforms. Not even close. One is a free market and free association (you know there are many alternative platforms these days?)
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by starchild3001 2y ago
I thought this country was founded on the principles of enlightenment. And the same principles made it a world leader. Now that enlightenment values are actively being dismantled what next can we expect?
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by starchild3001 2y ago
I have a bunch of friends who don't get along well with each other, but I tend to get along with all of them. I believe this is about focusing on the good in people, and being able to ignore the bad. I think it's the same with too
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by starchild3001 2y ago
I believe this guy's analysis misses the point. My perspective is shaped by having navigated multiple market bubbles and three significant tech recessions – 2000, 2008, and 2022-2025. The core issue, consistently, is the imbalance betw
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by starchild3001 2y ago
The root cause of cancer is aging. Cancer incidence increases exponentially with age, suggesting that cellular breakdown and weakened immune surveillance are the primary drivers. While environmental factors play a role, they are secondary.
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by starchild3001 2y ago
We've cured cancer in mice many times, but in humans the disease often comes back despite some extremely targeted and successful therapies. I'm sure more is in the works and thanks to tools like alpha-fold quantum leaps in cancer
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by starchild3001 2y ago
I'm 46.5, which, if my calculations are right, puts me about 1.5 yr away from potential retirement. I'm looking at the 4% rule, but trying to be extra cautious about it –- not counting the house, factoring in taxes, etc. The bigge

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