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by socialcommenter 6d ago
Andreas opted out on June 29th[0]. As discussed elsewhere on HN[1] [0] https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638353
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by socialcommenter 9d ago
@dang could you explain why this is flagged please? The influential figure at the center of the AI boom makes an inflammatory & consequential statement like this, we should be encouraging a balanced discussion rather than sweeping it un
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
Is it only a 10% annual return? That's not a lot.
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
I disagree on so many levels that it would be impossible to have a reasonable debate. To give only my most charitable counterpoint: (If, big if*) successful AGI will be such an accelerant to human thought, it should be able to reproduce eve
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
And the typical book only sees 1 copy sold?
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
In a just world, the punishment can be more than just the sum of the direct damages, otherwise there's no incentive to stop reoffending. Anthropic (and friends) proved they're willing to do obviously illegal things, and it didn&#x
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
> Maintainer exhaustion is totally a secondary effect, not intended. Malice, incompetence, etc. My question is, how much does it matter _why_ the problem exists because of AI/is being exacerbated by AI?
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
Kelley's blog post reads as follows: > The post implies you were diligently fuzzing your Zig code, while during our calls the Bun team told us that they were not fuzzing anything. That's not compatible with saying that Kelley m
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
It's crazy that people have to eat the long payback time to switch to renewable, while these wildly profitable (maybe?) data centers can just drink excessively from the grid or switch on natural gas turbines, and skip the lead times&#x
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
I'm not the commenter claiming that this currently violates GAAP - that's someone else. To summarise my opinion, subjectively it seems like a better distinction could be made in GAAP to look through this agreement and others like
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by socialcommenter 2mo ago
> there's no accounting issue here This seems like a really narrow interpretation of what's going on. Is there any room to doubt/discuss whether GAAP rules could be improved? Or why the deal has been structured this way? W
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by socialcommenter 3mo ago
Interesting take - upvoted you. I'm not convinced it's been the optimal management strategy, but you're succinctly explaining what they have done, not what they should have done, and in that sense you have a good point. Still
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by socialcommenter 3mo ago
Out of $13Bln of 2025 revenue, OpenAI received $867 million from one customer (less charitably, one bankroller), SoftBank. And $300 million from Microsoft[0]. That's more than a drop in the bucket, especially given that they're no
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by socialcommenter 3mo ago
Until all of your interactions are trained into future model releases, and another competitor steps in and takes all your "R&D" straight out of the model. Now it's open season for literally anyone.
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by socialcommenter 4mo ago
Interesting anecdote - is the 2/3rd of costs related to service charges, or the all-in lifetime costs of all the advertising that the cleaner has to pay for? There are definitely good, cheap/free ways for businesses to get their n
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by socialcommenter 4mo ago
Ethics and morals are not "arbitrary".
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by socialcommenter 5mo ago
Your source for 1/3 please? Google suggests smaller discounts. Are they playing other games to make it economical for the insurer? Kickbacks and removing your choice of repairer so Tesla can patch it on the cheap?
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by socialcommenter 5mo ago
Running with this analogy, the two sides of the AI argument are the people who think they can fire their plumber and electrician now that they have a drill driver, and the people who know it doesn't work that way...
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by socialcommenter 5mo ago
Heisting multiple billions worth of crypto would have the same issues, just to a smaller degree. If that much illicit money is on the line, `mJurisdiction` which normally looks the other way might be tempted to investigate and confiscate it
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by socialcommenter 5mo ago
I was curious about this point when discussion came up on HN just recently. I don't see how you could "assign" each non-QR address a new quantum resistant address unless they "claim" it themselves somehow. What can
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by socialcommenter 6mo ago
> Shareholder returns go to the top 10% of Americans (who own 90% of US equities), so any argument about prosperity impairment from impaired immigration is going to fall on deaf ears in this context. "We fail to tax our corporations
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by socialcommenter 6mo ago
Do understand, though, that market return will struggle to achieve 9% for the coming decades. A 9% annualised return would put the US stock market at 50% of world GDP in 10 years (edit: 20) and something like 90% of world GDP in 30 years (e
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
Facial recognition would be able to detect all the strangers around you, whereas audio would surely only pick up people nearer the device, and presumably wouldn't be able to tell people apart/identify them. You're right about
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
https://archive.md/TxupO
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Meta is wrong to try to sneak into facial recognition with Ray-Ban glasses(bloomberg.com)
5 points by socialcommenter 7mo ago|5 comments
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
With the guard rails up, right? Right?
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
I think you're right - outside of COVID, it's not fringe, it's an accepted norm. Personally I at least wish sick people would mask up on planes! Much more efficient than everyone else masking up or risking exposure.
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
I specifically wasn't referring to that instance (if anything I'm thinking more of the recent increase in measles outbreaks), I myself don't hold a strong view on COVID vaccinations. The trade-offs, and herd immunity threshol
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
This argument has the same obvious flaws as the anti-mask/anti-vax movement (which unfortunately means there will always be a fringe that don't care). These things are allowed to interact with the outside world, it's not as
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by socialcommenter 7mo ago
Really sorry in advance, but I thought this whole HN thread could use a bit of positivity. I turned your satire into a mad-lib and asked AI to fill it in in a happy way. But not me, I’m a dreamer . I have gifts , like the courage to ki

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