za_creature

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by za_creature 6d ago
Google patented their original algorithm, another form of publishing: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/db/8f/cb/dad63e9... I'm going to stop arguing with you now.
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by za_creature 6d ago
Open source also requires attribution for derivative works [1], not just verbatim copies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derivative_work&o...
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by za_creature 6d ago
> advances aren't really published https://dl.acm.org/
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by za_creature 6d ago
They used to. We used to call those spirits "rights".
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by za_creature 6d ago
Same argument, just one level down. Can it decompile a browser using a specification of x86 and the source code of the compiler? e.g. without training on the source code and binaries of all software it was able to rip from the internet?
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by za_creature 6d ago
Those were all included in "published literature relating to STEM". Just skip the source code. Consider it an easier challenge than reinventing relativity from 19th century physics.
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by za_creature 6d ago
And if I share with you my story, would you share your dollar with me? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZP8zQ5kzk
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by za_creature 6d ago
The spirit of free software is about learning from others and having control of your hardware. Given the supposed commoditization of intelligence and recent memory prices, I'd say LLMs are literally anathema to the spirit of the GPL.
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by za_creature 6d ago
I'm less worried about what LLMs decide and more about what their system prompts tell them to do.
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by za_creature 6d ago
I answered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775387 I will continue to hold that position until such a time that we get a better answer than: > we cannot rule out that de-identified data derived from their usa
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by za_creature 6d ago
Then you best hope that person has read https://people.cs.umass.edu/~emery/classes/cmpsci691st/readi...
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by za_creature 6d ago
The ability to audit the code. If not that, the ability to trust the reputation of the author which creates an incentive not to willingly insert a backdoor. Yes, `npm install` was always bullshit because most people didn't bother to ch
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by za_creature 6d ago
> A.I. doesn't steal code, and just reproduces the ideas in the code Then they don't need to train on github, no? Why not release a new model trained from Knuth's Art of Programming, Cormen's Introduction to Algorithm
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by za_creature 6d ago
While Stallman may have been originally upset about his printer, the primary motivation behind open source software is: Nothing up my sleeve. This of course requires audit and that requires that the code is written for human consumption, ot
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by za_creature 6d ago
While I agree with you regarding shady business practices, you're very conveniently skipping over the fact that open source licenses _REQUIRE_ attribution.
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by za_creature 7d ago
Treating code as a low-entropy amorphous blob is a quick way to see bridges collapse. It works for concrete because its tensile and compressive strengths are well known for a given composition, but for high-entropy products like software yo
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by za_creature 7d ago
> Users want an app platform that... So do hackers. A big chunk of the open standards revolve around sandboxing malicious code, and given the amount of tracking happening anyway, fail at it.
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by za_creature 12d ago
[citation needed]
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by za_creature 13d ago
Lok tar ogar! … or swobu said the french
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by za_creature 17d ago
I am not engaging further. You asked for meaningful refutation of your observation, I provided one. Academia has stricter rules than regular society.
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by za_creature 17d ago
Many do indeed hold the position that all LLM output is uncopyrightable plagiarism. They're probably right, but there's an even stronger argument here: Science papers of a phd level must contain: 1. one or more novel insights 2. a
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by za_creature 18d ago
> the only AI free new data source is the prompts hmmmmmmmmmm
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by za_creature 2mo ago
I'm running OpenBSD on an ER4 as my firewall. Can't do that on more recent Ubiquiti hardware. Your boos don't bother me, I've seen what makes you cheer!
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by za_creature 2mo ago
Cookie popups were once issued by browsers in response to a Set-Cookie header. 25 years ago, it was fairly common to open the login page, type in your creds and _then_ hit "accept cookies from domain.com". Some time after IE6 and
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by za_creature 2mo ago
They run linux and offer ssh but with a custom shell that mirrors the "web shell" in usefulness. Ubiquiti sucks nowadays but Microtik is simply insane.
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by za_creature 3mo ago
50 years for large models is a stretch, though TI did have smaller, real-time field-trainable neural nets almost 40 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin#Seeker It was featured in one of the Modern W
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by za_creature 3mo ago
> N different proofs will not be linked to each other Please sign up to continue
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by za_creature 3mo ago
> Is it okay that by default [...] ? Yes. IP addresses by themselves are not PII and may be logged indefinitely. It's only after you start correlating them with other shit that you're collecting that they become subject to GDPR
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by za_creature 4mo ago
> 401(k)s are self directed Citation needed
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by za_creature 4mo ago
I just logged in to post this https://silicon-valley.fandom.com/wiki/The_box

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