commonturtle

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by commonturtle 5y ago
The simple answer: those companies aren't evil. They're not selling your data, or bringing the financial system down, or emptying the wallets of the poor. They're not god's gift to mankind or finding the cure to pancreat
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by commonturtle 6y ago
> simply because that's also not how humans write novels. Planes don't fly by flapping their wings either. It's totally possible we will construct a super capable artificial system that only vaguely resembles the human bra
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Really curious to see what comes out of this.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Very inspiring. And here I am at the age of 28, wondering if I'm too old to get a PhD.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Yup that's a good recommendation. I've read it and some of the AI Safety work that a small portion of the AI community is working on. At the moment there seems no reason to believe that we can solve this.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
This is simultaneously amazing and depressing, like watching someone set off a hydrogen bomb for the first time and marveling at the mushroom cloud it creates. I really find it hard to understand why people are optimistic about the impact A
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Human's want health insurance and 40 hours work-weeks. The super-smart AGI that will exist 20 years from now won't.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
> You'll still need humans to make anything novel or interesting, and companies will still need to hire engineers to work on valuable problems that are unique to their business. Give it 10 years :) GPT-10 will probably be able to re
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The Time for AI Safety Is Now(apoorvupreti.com)
2 points by commonturtle 6y ago|0 comments
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Yes he's a little more free-market than I am. But I like that he's at least willing to consider the other side's position and invites guests who don't agree with his positions often.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Machiavelli's The Prince :)
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by commonturtle 6y ago
EconTalk is my current favorite. Around 700 episodes since 2006 on a variety of subjects: education, healthcare, public debt, etc. The host dives quite deep into each subject and asks the interviewees tough questions. I always feel like I&#
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Apps and the associated infrastructure (driver background checks, payments processing, customer support, etc.) are much harder to build than they look. I'm willing to bet against a worker-owned app taking >= 10% of Uber and Lyft mar
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by commonturtle 6y ago
This view on bio-ethicists reflects my views on ethics as an academic field in general: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/12/fr... Some quotes: > I realized quickly that the incentive
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by commonturtle 6y ago
German tech salaries are quite low compared to US and UK last time I checked.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
That's a really fun form factor for touring a city. If they start offering these to tourists as rentals, especially in cities that have narrow streets (like most of Italy), I would happily use them.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
It's quite a low wage, but not 5 rupees an hour: 8000 / 160 = 50. 50 rupees an hour is probably a decent wage in a small town / city in India, but would be a tough wage to live on in Bangalore.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
These are little optimizations though. I see asking taxi drivers to pass The Knowledge as the same as asking students to use logarithm tables or memorize digits of PI: yes there is some marginal benefit to doing it, but honestly there are s
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Nice overview of how these small software projects are sold. I'm also curious to read about the other side of the transaction; who buys these small projects and how do they monetize them further?
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Selection pressure / natural selection. Any new strain that is more transmissible will transmit faster than other strains, and therefore grow in prevalence compared to other strains.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
It doesn't matter these days. Google Maps just works, I've driven in London dozens of times with absolutely no issues. There is zero reason to continue to have such a complicated test for taxi drivers when satnavs are so effective
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by commonturtle 6y ago
I've been trying to find a camera cover that will allow me to cover both the cameras without obstructing the infrared light and the microphone. No luck yet.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Amazing. I found a documentary about the aircraft on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfENcznI8e0 . The flight across the English channel starts at 41:33.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
We have two night trains in the UK. One of them is the Riviera express that goes west from London to Penzance in Cornwall. I’ve traveled on it, it was an expensive but convenient experience. The second is the Caledonian Sleeper that goes fr
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by commonturtle 6y ago
Wonderful idea. Seems very ML focused at the moment, would love to see other fields here too.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
I can do at most 4 hours of high intensity focused work in a day. But usually administrative work at my job takes up so much time (interviews, meetings, standups, etc.), that I don't have to worry about that limit anyway.
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by commonturtle 6y ago
It takes time to make the economics favorable by incrementally improving the technology. Once indoor vertical farming does become favorable, it will have huge benefits over outsourcing food production to Africa or elsewhere. National securi
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by commonturtle 6y ago
I've been working from a different city every month for the last few months. It's a good way to do slow travel.
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Why we don't work 15 hour work-weeks(youtube.com)
20 points by commonturtle 6y ago|11 comments
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by commonturtle 6y ago
I've seen this discussion come up on HN a few times so I think people may find Tyler Cowen's talk on this subject interesting. Some interesting bits of information: - People do work less to some extent, but the reduction in workin

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