eloisant

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by eloisant 5d ago
I keep reading about AI killing all humans but I have yet to see a practical scenario where that happens. Somehow everyone is scared of that but nobody can explain exactly how that would happen?
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by eloisant 7d ago
It's easier to generate a static site using a WP hidden behind a VPN than building a mini cms on top of a static site.
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by eloisant 8d ago
I still have to read a compelling argument on how AI will "extinct" humanity.
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by eloisant 8d ago
They have been leading research on AI until ChatGPT was released. They had the FAIR, and Yann Le Cun.
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by eloisant 9d ago
Yes, now that they are in place they want to put barriers for new entrants.
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by eloisant 9d ago
I'm sure you can tell the difference. But for the vast majority of usage GLM 5.3 or Deepseek V4 is enough. Even people who do need frontier model will soon restrict it to the use cases that really need it and switch to cheaper models f
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by eloisant 9d ago
On the contrary, Europe needs a wider AI ecosystem and not rely on just one company
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by eloisant 9d ago
it's fake cash flow based on circular economy
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by eloisant 9d ago
US software companies (Google, Meta, MS, etc) have offices in Paris and they pay way more than that. Especially if you take into account total comp (Mistral is private so any stocks you get are "locked" until IPO or sell out) Yes
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by eloisant 9d ago
Local models or independent hosting companies. Like Baseten, but there could be dozens of them.
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by eloisant 9d ago
> It is my conviction that in this space, if you're not the best in the world, you're losing I disagree on that point. Models are getting good enough that you can switch them and barely notice. I'm switching between Opus,
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by eloisant 9d ago
The problem is that they're in a weird position between US models and Chinese models. Not as performant as US models, not as cheap as Chinese models. Especially as Chinese models are getting better Mistral is getting less and less rele
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by eloisant 10d ago
I don't need to be able to swap a spare battery like we did 15 years ago. However when your battery is old, and drains fast, it's really nice to be able to order a new one and easily change it by removing 4 screws. Not having to p
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by eloisant 12d ago
It depends who you are. If you're Edward Snowden, or even a high ranking politician, it's a sane precaution. If you're just a rando like me yes, it's paranoia.
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by eloisant 13d ago
Yes, they promised ads would be separated from the answer and clearly labelled as such. Just like when Google promised ads would be separated from the organic results and clearly labelled as such... Until they put them at the front of the r
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by eloisant 13d ago
...and them pushing Google+ despite their users best interests was the first signal the good years were finished.
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by eloisant 13d ago
I recommend llama.cpp over ollama. Anyway, when you see a model on huggingface you get the exact commands to copy paste to run it locally.
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by eloisant 13d ago
Except nobody uses the .us tld, but pretty much every every Japanese company is on a .co.jp
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by eloisant 13d ago
Yes, Japan does the same with .co.jp but also .ne.jp, ac.jp, etc.
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by eloisant 14d ago
Street bumps are no longer allowed in France. Existing ones can stay, but cities can't create new ones. Instead they create bottlenecks and turns to force cars to slow down.
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by eloisant 15d ago
To be fair Java was created in a world where you'd run hundreds on services on a single server, run them in application server with a persistent JVM running. Now with containers, running Java apps in containers isn't great because
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by eloisant 15d ago
I feel like too many people have a binary vision of the world, i.e. you're either "pro AI" or "anti AI". Ed Zitron doesn't say that AI doesn't work, that its impact on the world will not increase. He'
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by eloisant 16d ago
A mistake for IBM maybe, but a blessing for computing.
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by eloisant 16d ago
It doesn't matter how much cash the iPhone does, some people have "boost the sales of the Mac Mini [or other product]" in their OKR.
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by eloisant 18d ago
When was that coalition of nations? European countries were literally at each other throats until 1945, then we gradually built the European Union.
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by eloisant 18d ago
Yes, Mayotte is very much part of France. Monaco, Vatican and San Marino are however sovereign micro-states that switched to the euros because they already had a monetary agreement with France or Italy.
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by eloisant 19d ago
The euro is very stable because it's a used by some big countries (in population and economy). So prices can fluctuate but less because there is little currency-related fluctuation. Also yes, a country can adopt the euro unilaterally,
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by eloisant 19d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_kr%C3%B3na#2008_fina...
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by eloisant 19d ago
Look what happened to their currency in 2008, at the time they really wished they were using the euro.
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by eloisant 19d ago
Yes, Luxembourg has a higher GDP per capita than Switzerland, also for banking reasons. If anything when your economy is based on European countries relying on your banking services, being part of EU makes it even easier for said countries

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