joshtbradley

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by joshtbradley 8mo ago
https://joshbradley.me Personal blog about engineering and startups. My old article on LISP made it to the HN homepage once. I’ve learned much since and would love to update it. https://joshbradley.me/thoughts&#x
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by joshtbradley 8mo ago
Those were Beats, not Bose, and it was true. IMO Bose does a great job of being both consumer friendly and high quality. There are others with higher fidelity for the same price (Shure, Sennheiser) but you often lose the comfort and portabi
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by joshtbradley 9mo ago
Will Kākāpō be riding bicycles soon?
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by joshtbradley 9mo ago
Dude what? This is incredible knowledge. I had been fearing this exact problem for so long, but there is an elegant out of the box solution. Thank you!!
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by joshtbradley 9mo ago
This sounds like the “t-shirt printers” of the 90s. While everyone was busy trying to invent the future, boring old manufacturing got ignored. Turns out printing t-shirts isn’t that different from printing silicon. Now Taiwan produces 90% o
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
The problem is there isn’t an alternative for people who want one. I’m self educated and self employed, and yet I’m forced to pay for healthcare I don’t need, and compete against those with the pedigree of an Ivy League. My issue is these t
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Many people are. Several of my immediate family members. And several prominent intellectuals including Yudkowsky and Hinton, both fathers of the field. Yudkowsky wrote a 250 page book to say "we must limit all commercial GPU clusters t
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I think smart people across all domains fall for the trap of being overconfident in their ability to reason outside of their area of expertise. I admire those who don't, but alas we are human.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I largely agree with what you’re saying. Certainly alignment should be improved to never encourage suicide. But I also think we should consider the broader context. Suicide isn’t new, and it’s been on the rise. I’ve suffered from very dark
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I have been lied to. Dammit.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Damn. I really wanted to hate coconuts.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I’m not so sure that’s true. There are many examples of OpenAI putting in aggressive guardrails after learning how their product had been misused. But the problem you surface is real. Companies like porn AI don’t care, and are building the
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Many people are arguing for a ban. I did get reactive, because I’ve been hearing that perspective a lot lately. But you’re right. This article specifically argues for consumer protections. I am fully in favor of that. I just wish the NYT wo
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
You’re not wrong. I got reactive, that was my bad.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Mostly whataboutism, but I think my point about cars is valid. I think nuclear is another good comparison. Nuclear could power the world, or destroy it, and I’d say we’re on the positive path despite ourselves. It’s not that we shouldn’t wo
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I fully agree with you. I do think my argument came across as more hand wavy than I intended, I definitely did a “what about” and wish I hadn’t. What I’m really after is thoughtful discourse, that acknowledges we accept risk in our society
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Im not resisting that at all. I fully support AI safety research. The think mechanistic interoperability is a fascinating and fruitful field. What I’m resisting are one sided views of AI being either pure evil, or on the verge of AGI. Neith
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Fair point. I actually wish Altman/Amodei/Hassabis would stop overhyping the technology and also focus on the broader humanitarian mission. Development coupled to DAUs… I’m not sure I agree that’s the problem. I would argue AI ado
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
It is the only reasonable measure. Thank you for your support.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Not guilty!
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Not fully preventable, of course not. But reducible, certainly. Better cars aided by AI. Better diagnoses and healthcare aided by AI. Less addiction to cigarettes and alcohol through AI facilitated therapy. Less obesity due to better diet p
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
It surprises me how hyper focused people are on AI risk when we’ve grown numb to the millions of preventable deaths that happen every year. 8 million people to smoking. 4 million to obesity. 2.6 million to alcohol. 2.5 million to healthcare
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I see, I appreciate the clarification.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
As Buffett says “Show me an incentive and I’ll show you an outcome.” I’m not one to think in conspiracies. But here is a clear, structural issue. The reward to NGOs should be granted upon reintegration, not upon crises.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I engaged in good faith, made a nuanced point, and you open with an insult? I appreciate the knowledge you bring, but I’m not exactly sure what you’re defending here. Breathe man, we’re all in this together.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I'm sure it is a conflation, but it is directionally correct. We are burning money and making zero progress. The ethical dilemma is deep. Is forcing someone into an asylum—where they can be sheltered, monitored, and treated—more ethica
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
I agree with what you said; "mental health care and treatment work better alongside regulated supply." But open-air drug markets are not regulated supply. They are a scourge. America's problem with fentanyl is unique in it&#x
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
SF is currently spending $100K per homeless person. I agree, it will be extremely difficult, and that the human resources may be a bottleneck. But that's enough for an average person to live in SF, go out sometimes, and pay for therapy
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Big enough to keep someone warm.
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by joshtbradley 10mo ago
Well written, but it says nothing. No real breakdown of the problem, certainly no solution. Just generic hatred for the rich and empathy for the poor. Like most people who use the word "unhoused," it's performative. If you wa

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