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by jrue 3mo ago
I’m not able to duplicate these results following their methodology, which makes me wonder if the OpenAI model is using memories from the reporter’s previous searches as context.
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by jrue 1y ago
Code samples. This is what’s missing most of the time. Even if you encounter esoteric jargon, if they give a few examples, it’s pretty easy to decipher. Even big companies like Google give code examples in multiple languages.
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by jrue 4y ago
Reading the whole article, the author clearly states he knows there is no sentience or anything mysterious going on, and acknowledges this is simply mimicking endless volumes of human dreck. What worries him, and I agree, is that if this we
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by jrue 5y ago
Douglas Adams, [how to learn to love the internet]: 1. everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; 2. anything that gets invented between then and before you turn 30 is incredibly exciting and creative and with a
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by jrue 5y ago
I like to keep an open mind about these things. But they tend to be metaphysical arguments based on asking lots of questions and just pondering the issue, rather than on testable empiricism. If there is no physical test to prove the point,
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by jrue 5y ago
Physicist Sean Carroll’s take, based empirical understanding, and what would be necessary for some essence of a person’s conscious to remain after death. https://youtu.be/jUIjDncKZbM
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by jrue 5y ago
Animations can be a great way to create a sense of dynamism to a website. But it has to be very subtle, and done right. I sense most people’s knee-jerk reaction is to hate these, and I can understand why. I think the trick is to not break a
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by jrue 5y ago
This is fascinating, but also worrying how people might extrapolate too much from innate evolutionary upbringing. We’re social beings and there are so many examples of social constructs that benefit humans as a species but run against the g
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by jrue 8y ago
All the ways extinction is possible helps to answer Fermi’s paradox. Asteroids, nuclear war, disease, supernova, etc. I was just reading that NASA is getting closer to its [asteroid defense system]( https://www.nasa.gov/plane
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by jrue 8y ago
> Is it time for us to simply accept that it's inevitable that, at some point, everything will be hacked, and hacked often? I disagree. I’d take the Economists route, which is looking for the incentives that drive motivation. If com
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by jrue 9y ago
I see. So it’s not just about spoofing messages.
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by jrue 9y ago
Why aren’t GPS signals digitally signed? It would be simple to prevent this kind of attack.
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by jrue 9y ago
Faster than light communication would violate causation, meaning you could send a message that would arrive before it was sent. What happens if you instruct yourself to not send it in the first place? This is the paradox. So, how to get aro