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Evolutionary Test-Time Compute: trade time and token for creativity(alexdong.com)
1 points by alexdong 1y ago|0 comments
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by alexdong 1y ago
It can’t. And it won’t. Yes. There are families on the fringe that tries to make it work. But it’s an exception. Not a norm.
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by alexdong 1y ago
> To be clear, we have not yet determined whether Claude Opus 4 has definitively passed the Capabilities Threshold that requires ASL-3 protections. Rather, due to continued improvements in CBRN-related knowledge and capabilities, we have
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Tyler Cowen's Straussian Take on ManusAI and China(marginalrevolution.com)
3 points by alexdong 2y ago|1 comments
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by alexdong 2y ago
I’m not convinced by Tyler’s take. If Claude’s Constitutional AI research is legit, what prevents China to pull a few strings through SAE and nudge the model to be more aligned with China’s political economy ideal? It’s not like the web doe
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Reality Check on Deep Research by Ben Evans(ben-evans.com)
1 points by alexdong 2y ago|1 comments
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Pydantic.ai: Python agent framework from Pydantic team(ai.pydantic.dev)
5 points by alexdong 2y ago|1 comments
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by alexdong 2y ago
This is totally a thing. I think it also strengthens the neural pathway so that <speculation>when the next time you face the many options, the weight would be just slightly higher</>. (I am assuming human brain works simila
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by alexdong 3y ago
Don't be silly. :-). We have 350k and the training costs more like 5k. Like I said in the question. It's proven to be hugely helpful to our app. Our internal discussion is whether we should keep it as a secret weapon/asset or
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Ask HN: AI Model Marketplace?
6 points by alexdong 3y ago|2 comments
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Charter Houses (2022)(slimemoldtimemold.com)
86 points by alexdong 3y ago|44 comments
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by alexdong 3y ago
Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Chongren “Zhang had been a street sweeper during the Cultural Revolution,[1] before becoming the head of the Fine Arts Academy in Shanghai during the 1970s.”
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Ask HN: I'm feeling awe, unsettled and disoriented by GPT-4. How about you?
42 points by alexdong 4y ago|33 comments
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Man Survived the Desert by Building a Motorcycle from His Broken Car(motoridersuniverse.com)
3 points by alexdong 4y ago|2 comments
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by alexdong 4y ago
Goodness me. Got pointers for me to read? Thanks.
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My family’s unlikely homeschooling journey(fast.ai)
92 points by alexdong 4y ago|102 comments
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by alexdong 5y ago
Are there any quantities data for the performance comparison like they did for Aurora vs MySQL? Thanks
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by alexdong 5y ago
Fun story: four years ago, I hired Adrian to move a second-hand piano into our house. We lived on a very steep area with a narrow elbow driveway. Adrian has this incredible spatial memory and fine motor control that I still find it hard to
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by alexdong 5y ago
If they are selling it as an art, sure they can, at least, handle “<” “&” properly? Who wants to buy a piece of art that can’t compile? ;-)
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by alexdong 7y ago
Yup. Totally agree with you on that. And yes this one is a constructive proposal. My problem is on the like part. Where shall we draw the line and how do we decide? To me this is a far more interesting discussion. (Maybe it has happened.
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by alexdong 7y ago
The problem with rants is it stings and it divides. When it comes to constructive criticism, I think Amber did a good job with her criticism but can do better at the constructive front. Her problem statement was spot on and I agree that the
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by alexdong 7y ago
I find it interesting that nobody has asked this question: what is your life situation? Do you have a family? House/mortgage? Health insurance? You mentioned that CoCalc hires some engineers, some hat’s the burn rate? What do you need
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by alexdong 8y ago
So beautiful.
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by alexdong 8y ago
Chris was the founder of fatbrain which went the ”traditional way”. So I guess he learned a few things there. What’s interesting about photo related business is that longevity really matters. It’s hard to imagine handing your family memorie
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by alexdong 9y ago
I keep telling myself: "embrace changes. an upgrade is great; new defaults are cool; performance improvements are great; just do it; just do it". Yeah. One day. PS. I do miss the days when you can just read a book and `man` your w
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by alexdong 9y ago
The video above was 7-week before the Trump campaign and this one is after the result and a sort of review of the "success": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bG5ps5KdDo
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by alexdong 9y ago
There are many remote areas in the South Island that are hard to get to. For example, West coast and particular the Haast area, wasn’t connected to the rest of the country until late 1980s. That is, 130 years after Western people started co
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by alexdong 9y ago
Python 2.7 by default?
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by alexdong 9y ago
More, please.
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This is why I respect Patagonia(patagonia.com)
1 points by alexdong 10y ago|1 comments

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