zarmin

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by zarmin 2y ago
This is a sentiment I'm starting to see more of, and have really started internalizing in recent months. For every creative task I've given an LLM in the last 2 years, if I cared at all about the output, I ended up redoing it myse
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by zarmin 2y ago
"If it doesn't fix 100% of the problem it's not worth it"
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by zarmin 2y ago
It's kinda like the classic Ebay scam where you buy a picture of the item instead of the item.
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by zarmin 2y ago
wait til you hear about Parler
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by zarmin 3y ago
Elaborate but aggressively overstate your position in exactly twelve words.
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by zarmin 3y ago
still hilarious this comment is
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by zarmin 3y ago
Another hoaxer...
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by zarmin 3y ago
the full quote, properly attributed to Mother Teresa, is "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all unless it's online"
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by zarmin 3y ago
Same for me if I stretch my neck at the correct angle. I kinda like it too, inducing syncope and feeling that awareness drift away, plus the lack of situational awareness while my systems come back online is fascinating.
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by zarmin 3y ago
This happened to me recently. I was in the kitchen and decided, for whatever reason, to stretch. There was a drawer open a few feet away. I held the stretch for long enough to induce this blackout, and it went almost exactly as you describe
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by zarmin 3y ago
or f.ing for $129,999/yr
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by zarmin 3y ago
>Consider that the reason their software is so much better than the rest is _because_ they charge this much and can reinvest it in to the software. LOL!!
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by zarmin 3y ago
It's at Diego Garcia with MH370
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by zarmin 4y ago
Okay?
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by zarmin 4y ago
Did you misspell Cloudflare as Cloudfare three times?
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by zarmin 4y ago
Love your Git scraping technique, very clever. Thanks for sharing.
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by zarmin 4y ago
I am DYING at these
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by zarmin 4y ago
> then your mental faculties are open to question unless you can produce evidence for it Why?
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by zarmin 4y ago
Explain why
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by zarmin 4y ago
> For something to have any effect on the real brain, it would also need to have an effect on the simulated brain. It would just need to _look like_ it has an effect on the simulated brain, right? If you ask me a question and I pause, sa
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by zarmin 4y ago
How about, thoroughly read your employment agreement (and everything you sign). > Just ask, in advance. If you're a valuable employee That is a massive, massive if.
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by zarmin 4y ago
On the other other hand, ask for forgiveness not permission.
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by zarmin 4y ago
I'm sorry, I am not trying to frustrate you or avoid your questions. I'm enjoying this conversation. I will try to work with you. > From this it follows that I can create a computer model of a human brain, complete with all the
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by zarmin 4y ago
>Why then would evolution produce beings with internal conscious experience? Well, I'm arguing it's the other way around. But to address what I think is the spirit of your question: if reality is only mind, if consciousness is
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by zarmin 4y ago
WHAT is going on with dropbox's designs lately? They are almost painful to use. Here's another example: https://i.imgur.com/Y4JLsmU.png The down arrow means "download", so the side arrow must mean....&qu
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by zarmin 4y ago
>The idea that I can't imagine doing these things is because of a shortcoming in my knowledge. I don't think there is a shortcoming in your knowledge. Your metaphysics intuition is correctly tuned: simulations cannot feel. >
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by zarmin 4y ago
>Will it also be conscious and experience sadness? Imagine you are programming an AI simulation. You could train a detector to associate a certain wavelength with a certain color. When shown a red light, the AI could say "that is re
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by zarmin 4y ago
>If we measured all the particles in the brain, would they be operating in a way not compatible with the currently known laws of physics? Their operation would be perfectly compatible with the known laws of physics. But their operation i
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by zarmin 4y ago
I did look for it yesterday but wasn't able to find a free version. Neglected to mention it because I was unable to comment (that restriction seems to have been lifted). I am genuinely interested in reading it.
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by zarmin 4y ago
First, I'm a little embarrassed because I didn't realize I had started another comment thread with you, I thought it was a different user. I may have done that twice on this post. Sorry to have split the discussion like that. Anyw

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