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Don't be the out of touch Kung Fu master(twitter.com)
266 points by dsubburam 4d ago|421 comments
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Frankfurt cases and the principle of alternate possibilities(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by dsubburam 6d ago|0 comments
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by dsubburam 9d ago
Interesting. I think this also explains in part why I prefer CDs to a streaming service for listening to music.
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Quake – 30th Anniversary Update(slayersclub.bethesda.net)
419 points by dsubburam 1mo ago|210 comments
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by dsubburam 1mo ago
Would you side with the adjacent statement "expertise is not the bottleneck"? Didn't we recently discuss "LLMs reward expertise"?[1] I suspect Discovery Loop will have to hire experts in each area they are targeting
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Elon Musk's Vision of the Future(economist.com)
4 points by dsubburam 2mo ago|2 comments
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by dsubburam 2mo ago
Article looks substantially AI written, and I find it difficult to get past that, especially on a topic like ethics[1]. We already have the following guideline for comments: "Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for
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by dsubburam 2mo ago
How about speed and speedometers in cars? For some reason I prefer digital readouts of speed while I prefer analog faces for watches/clocks.
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by dsubburam 2mo ago
> They are not vocal because any political activism is not encouraged in China . Check jack ma story . This is an under-rated comment. "Nice" seeming places in Asia might be so because the governments tightly control the narrat
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How to Tell We–and AI–Are Choosing the Good(deepsub.substack.com)
2 points by dsubburam 3mo ago|0 comments
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by dsubburam 3mo ago
I do not know what fraction of LLM-processed messages are due to posters not being confident in their written English. To the extent that it is meaningful, we can a) be welcoming and indicate that we're OK with broken English (content
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The Honest Case for the Humanities(substack.com)
7 points by dsubburam 3mo ago|0 comments
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by dsubburam 4mo ago
A lawyer told me they might have felt they had no choice because enforcing a no-AI policy might be impractical.
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Part 161. Use of Artificial Intelligence Technology(nycourts.gov)
4 points by dsubburam 4mo ago|3 comments
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How Musk Might Defeat the Statute of Limitations Defense(chatlaw.substack.com)
2 points by dsubburam 4mo ago|0 comments
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Enter the Lebenswelt: AI and Our Life-World(deepsub.substack.com)
2 points by dsubburam 6mo ago|0 comments
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Federal judge rules: AI queries not protected from subpoenas/warrants(paulweiss.com)
17 points by dsubburam 7mo ago|1 comments
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by dsubburam 8mo ago
Maybe we can distinguish craftmanship from creativity. This case can then be cast as one of deploying creativity without embodying the traditional craftmanship (ability to play guitar, sing low notes). I don't see that as illegitimate,
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The great shift of English prose(worksinprogress.news)
63 points by dsubburam 9mo ago|47 comments
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by dsubburam 9mo ago
Her recent article about her illness and how she lived through it was quite touching and very sad. On the New Yorker, and posted on HN[1], though it did not get much discussion here then. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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by dsubburam 9mo ago
Music is an interesting case. You can't slow down the consumption of music (you have to let it play at the speed the performer intended), but you can dial up the attention you give it. Listening with headphones, eyes closed, and phone+
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by dsubburam 9mo ago
Another way lawyers can get displaced is if the rule of law breaks down. Then, whether you can get, say, regulatory approval for a deal, will depend more on if you can bribe someone than on carefully drafting and negotiating the terms. This
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Why Current AI Won't Displace Lawyers(deepsub.substack.com)
2 points by dsubburam 9mo ago|3 comments
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Musk vs. Kierkegaard: Why Wake Up(deepsub.substack.com)
4 points by dsubburam 1y ago|0 comments
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by dsubburam 1y ago
Persuasion that happens in good faith is a two-way street. You explain your position, but also truly listen to theirs. If you are prepared to change your own position based on what they say, then you can hope that they might change theirs b
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Trump unlawfully canceled Harvard's research grants, US judge rules(reuters.com)
22 points by dsubburam 1y ago|7 comments
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by dsubburam 1y ago
I do not know how "general intelligence" is defined, but there are a set of features we humans have that other animals mostly don't, as per the philosopher Roger Scruton[1], that I am reproducing from memory (errors mine): 1.
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by dsubburam 1y ago
Also, a fountain pen can be held at a smaller angle to the paper. Unlike the other kinds of pens, it even tends to write better that way. I find the smaller angle more comfortable to hold.
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by dsubburam 1y ago
> I’m still trying to understand what is the biggest group of people that uses local AI (or will)? Creatives? I am surprised no one's mentioned this yet: I tried to help a couple of friends with better copy for their websites, and q
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CollabLLM: From Passive Responders to Active Collaborators(icml.cc)
3 points by dsubburam 1y ago|0 comments

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