bakuninsbart

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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
It is tough though, I'd like to think I learnt how to think analytically and critically. But thinking is hard, and often times I catch myself trying to outsource my thinking almost subconsciously. I'll read an article on HN and th
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
I think you are making a couple of very good points getting bogged down in the wrong framework of discussion. Let me rephrase what I think you are saying: Once you are very comfortable in a domain, it is detrimental to have to wrangle a jun
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
I think one thing to look out for are "deliberately" slow models. We are currently using basically all models as if we needed them in an instant loop, but many of these applications do not have to run that fast. To tell a made-up
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Why wouldn't it? I still have to hear one convincing argument how our brain isn't working as a function of probable next best actions. When you look at amoebas work, and animals that are somewhere between them and us in intelligen
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
That's not even a devil's advocate, many other animals clearly have consciousness, at least if we're not solipsistic. There have been many very dangerous precedents in medicine where people have been declared "brain dead
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
I've been experimenting with Claude, and feel like it works quite well if I micromanage it. I will ask it: "Ok, but why this way and not the simpler way? And it will go "You are absolutely right" and implement the change
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Regarding truth telling, there seems to be some evidence that LLMs at least sometimes "know" when they are lying: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06824
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
The issue is that by introducing hyperbole, the meaning changes completely. Take the two statements: 1. I want peace. 2. a) Therefore I need to be strong enough to deter any attack. 2. b) Therefore I need to be so strong that all my enemies
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
On the contrary, Figma's value proposition is increased by LLMs. Current coding assistants are like savant-idiot junior devs: They have relatively low reasoning capabilities, way too much courage, lack taste and need to be micromanaged
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
There were many daggers making the Perl Community bleed: 1. Enterprise Development Java et Al led to a generation of developers working further from the kernel and the shell. Professionalization of the field led to increased specialization,
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Germany has a 6 month probation period for new hires in which both sides can terminate the contract with 2 week notice. After that, it is one month, two months after 3 years going up to 7 months after 20 years.
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
> Granted, you need to have the political structure in place that allows the growth to benefit everyone. Which is the scary part of the AI revolution. Devaluing labor always leads to increased inequality in the short-to-mid term until a
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
> Except flight simulators. They're great as long as they have realistic physics. I'm quite fascinated by the huge overlap of flight enthusiasts and computer nerds. Any discussion on HN even tangentially involving flight will h
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Could you provide a prompt where the popular LLMs provide false or biased output based on "wokeness"?
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Rewriting the cloud in Lisp. On a more serious note, there should almost certainly be regulation regarding open weights. Either AI companies are responsible for the output of their LLMs or they at least have to give customers the tools to d
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
> people are genuinely talking about them thinking and reasoning when they are doing nothing of that sort With such strong wording, it should be rather easy to explain how our thinking differs from what LLMs do. The next step - showing t
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Cantor talks about countable and uncountable infinities, both computer chips and human brains are finite spaces. The human brain has roughly 100b neurons, even if each of these had an edge with each other and these edges could individually
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
That is so narrow a definition of scientific research it excludes many major contributions to our base of knowledge. The primary difference between engineering and science is the intention - Scientists want to understand how things work by
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Weirdly enough, both can be true. I was tangentially involved in EA in the early days, and have some friends who were more involved. Lots of interesting, really cool stuff going on, but there was always latent insecurity paired with overcon
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Israeli and american intelligence agree that Iran was not aware of the October 7th attack. Hamas did that by themselves. In hindsight we also know that Israel thoroughly infiltrated the Iranian forces, so if they had known, Israel would hav
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
One of the things every democratic constitution henceforth, and supported by the US, did differently. Maybe a constitutional change to afford basic rights to aliens is in order.
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
My initial reaction was to be rather dismissive as to AI being the thing to care about, but rather the rise of fascism and authoritarianism across the West - rather clearly proving your point. I do truly believe that AI will be bad for some
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
It is a one-syllable word, easy to pronounce in many languages, quite distinct from other words and brands, and can easily be turned into a verb.
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
"Race realism" is just a meaningless label Neo-Nazis use, because they are still trying to fly under the radar, or they are slightly embarrassed of being what their grand-parents fought. They might try to butter up their standing
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
With the bounce back the Dow Jones lost 400 points. For comparison, the German DAX lost 900 points, but is only half the size. It is a reckless and probably counter-productive strategy, but I do think Trump will be able to extract short-te
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Can that "taste" be measured in Dollarinos?
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
There are multiple factors exacerbating this even further: 1) AI generated code is "soulless". Reviewing code can be engaging if you are trying to understand your colleagues thought process. Sometimes you learn something new, some
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
The book Why Nations Fail makes a pretty strong argument for the core feature of successful societies to be strong institutions with low perceived corruption. Sensible laws that are upheld equally are a part of that. The US in particular
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
Bukele, who calls himself "the coolest dictator in the world" [0], won his first election in 2019, and his second election in 2024 in landslides. El Salvador had the highest murder rate in the world and was basically dominated by
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by bakuninsbart 1y ago
A tariff is a tax specifically on foreign goods. It is an artificial barrier to trade used to make domestic products more competitive. VAT is a tax applied to all products equally, so it isn't a trade barrier. You might be able to cons

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