scifibestfi

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by scifibestfi 4y ago
> "A good writer doesn't just think, and then write down what they thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing. And there is, as far as I know, no substitute
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
And/or underestimate the importance of shipping.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Even a simple compliment is rare. We could start there. Does the following meme resonate? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcNQvJwXgAEqCLI.jpg
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
That's huge. What takes up most of that 40Gb+?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Isn't an open source ChatGPT inevitable? There's already open source AI art.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-at-work/2... > Inclusion programs often trigger an “us versus them” mindset. > Although diversity and inclusion training is prevalent in corporate Amer
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Oh shit, here we go again. The Dutonians join the Googlers, Xooglers, Nooglers, Metamates, Amazonians, Mozillians, Stripes, Tweeps, Peeps, Veeps, Elasticians, SoundHounders, Vimeans, Rackers, Krakenites, Latticians and Plaids.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
"I work on a video site that you've used"
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Is it better than Copilot?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
I'm trying to understand how big of a deal ChatGPT and the like is or isn't. Even people in AI don't seem to agree on whether it's going to change everything or it's overhyped and not a major advancement. Which is i
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
It's a bad sign when it sounds like a Dilbert cartoon.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Are we at a point where the best heuristic is to assume fake until proven otherwise?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
If everyone treated their credit card like a debit card, and only spent what they have, would the rewards disappear?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Google recently said they are recalibrating the level of risk they're willing to take with releasing this technology. OpenAI's CEO responded saying > "recalibrate" means "increase" obviously. > disappoint
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Here's the weird thing though. Bullshit Jobs could already be eliminated, yet they are not. Why not? Why would companies wait until AI to eliminate what we already know are Bullshit Jobs?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
There was also the health marketing angle that flopped when people starting looking at the ingredients.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Someone or some company is paying for that? To what end?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
It's weird because America is at once the home of the free, but also the home of a hardcore set of puritans who love to get control of the moral compass and enforce it on everyone else. It comes in waves. The last wave was in the 80s.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Comedy is dangerous in our Brave New World. It might maybe possibly cause harm.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Welcome Latticians. You join the Googlers, Xooglers, Nooglers, Metamates, Amazonians, Stripes, Tweeps, Peeps, Veeps, Rackers, Krakenites and Plaids.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Early in my career, I consulted for Coke to ensure sugar taxes failed and soda was included in food stamp funding. I say Coke's policies are evil because I saw inside the room. The first step in playbook was paying the NAACP + other c
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Why Academics Are Writing Junk That Nobody Reads(intellectualtakeout.org)
4 points by scifibestfi 4y ago|0 comments
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Another one for the list. Veeps join the Googlers, Xooglers, Nooglers, Metamates, Amazonians, Tweeps, Peeps, Rackers, Krakenites and Plaids.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
That's a reverse dunk, given that he was proven correct.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Most scientific breakthroughs in history did not go through peer review. That's a new consensus mechanism that was introduced not that long ago. Einstein was only subject to it once and didn't pass. Newton, Galileo and the rest we
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
"People talk glibly about science. What is science? People coming out of a university with a master's degree or a PhD, you take them into the field and they literally don't believe anything unless it's a peer-reviewed pa
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
And you can't get through peer review if you did. That process maintains consensus. Albert Einstein failed peer review the one time he was subjected to it. Newton was not subject to it at all.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
We're seeing the most successful Big Pharma marketing campaign since OxyContin. The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy > From 1996 to 2001, Purdue conducted more than 40 national pain-man

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