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by spiralk 2y ago
It is updated actually, gemini-1.5-pro-002 is this new model.
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by spiralk 2y ago
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms this?
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by spiralk 2y ago
This is not true. Both OpenAI and Google's LLM APIs have a policy of not using the data sent over them. Its no different than trusting Microsoft's or Google's cloud to store private data.
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by spiralk 2y ago
The Aider leaderboards seem like a good practical test of coding usefulness: https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards/ . I haven't tried Cursor personally but I am finding Aider with Sonnet more useful that Github
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by spiralk 2y ago
> someone who doesn't appear to respect the organizational capabilities of academic labs, you are condemning them to far more poorly organized outputs. This is not a great way to make your argument, though you are not the not only o
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by spiralk 2y ago
Yeah, jupyter notebooks don't guarantee any specifics about versions of code used for that output. In the real world you can expect everyone in the lab including all of the students to be editing jupyter notebooks at whim. The only way
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by spiralk 2y ago
I've looked into Jupytext, but ultimately decided to go with pure python. Most of the practical functionality can be replicated, but I do admit there isn't a easy single install tool or guide to replace notebooks at the moment. I
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by spiralk 2y ago
That seems like a reasonable way to use jupyter notebooks since you have an actual plan to move beyond it when necessary. My issue is mostly with the way its misused, often by people who are arguably at the top of the field.
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by spiralk 2y ago
Not having the outputs tied into the code is actually preferable if the ultimate goal is reproducible science. Code should be code, documentation should be documentation, and outputs should be outputs. Having multiple copies of important co
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by spiralk 2y ago
Imo, the better architected .ipynb is simply .py with '# %%' blocks. It does almost everything a .ipynb can do with the right VSCode extensions. Even interactive visualizations can be sent to a browser window or saved to disk with
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by spiralk 2y ago
I dislike how Jupyter notebooks have become normalized. Yes, the interactive execution and visuals are nice for more academic workflows where the priority is quick results over code organization. However, when it comes to sharing code with
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by spiralk 2y ago
This is just for the cap. You would also need 2x of the $350 pi eeg hats and of course the pi itself.
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by spiralk 2y ago
Mojo claims to be interoptable with python, but it seems only one way. There's no built in way to use the binaries and use them with a regular python environment. It would be hard to incrementally migrate from an existing project. Some
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by spiralk 2y ago
You are probably right, but that is truly a cyberpunk dystopian situation. A few megacorps will catalog every human interaction and there will be no way to opt out.
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by spiralk 2y ago
Its certainly not altruism. Given that Facebook/Meta owns the largest user data collection systems, any advancement in AI ultimately strengthens their business model (which is still mostly collecting private user data, amassing large u
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by spiralk 2y ago
I am aware people use it, but its only a partial solution that introduces new issues. For certain users it may be sufficient but even if you ignore the latency and compression issues, being unable to have multiple headsets adjacent makes it
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by spiralk 2y ago
There's several problems with that. 1. The latency - even if fine for slower games its enough to cause slight vestibular-ocular mismatch and discomfort. 2. Compression and visual quality - not only is the quality worse but its also cos
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by spiralk 2y ago
I think one of the big problems with VR (and also AR) is that the large companies lack focus and have been trying to make generic do-everything devices to cover many applications. It may make sense from a business point of view since it wou
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by spiralk 2y ago
This is what I do essentially. I make a new conda env for each project and use pip or conda install. What if I have a new project that needs components from two projects? Sometimes there will be impossible to solve dependencies when trying
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by spiralk 2y ago
My concern is the immunity allows for perpetual, single party rule with only a 1/3 of senate seats and the presidency. There would be no checks in place at the federal level if the party was willing to exercise power to interfere with
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by spiralk 2y ago
Is this not a problem given impeachment votes will follow party lines? A party with the presidency and with >1/3 of the senate would have unchecked power. As long as there are individuals who are willing to execute the orders (who c
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by spiralk 2y ago
I don't see increasing demand for nuclear power as a disadvantage. We have nuclear material that can last humanity 1000s of years at least. The CO2 footprint is an issue but nuclear is much better than others. Personally, I think it&#x
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by spiralk 2y ago
Sure I agree, but if we compared value it generates per unit energy it would still probably be better than many non-essential industries: the entertainment industry, fashion industry, alcohol, etc. Even in the current state LLMs can provide
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by spiralk 2y ago
If its for training a new foundation model it is not that bad. It's still only a fraction of the energy compared to many human industries. I did rough math some time ago and found that that training llama-3-70B used the equivalent ener
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by spiralk 2y ago
I actually do something like this with my logseq notes. Since all of the files are .md in a directory, one can load them all in to a vectordb and use it for RAG. Logseq has an API too but using the .md files is easy.
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by spiralk 2y ago
That sounds plausible actually. The controversy has given OAI free marketing.
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by spiralk 2y ago
Sky does not really sound like SJ though if you listen side by side. According to OAI's timeline, they intended to have Sky in addition to SJ. OAIs voice models including Sky predate the GPT4o voice assistant. Also: "In a statemen
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by spiralk 2y ago
This video goes into some details about one proposed design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX1bcNqhhi8 . The intensity of the beam would not be a concern. There is no "aiming" motor in this design, its using a ph
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by spiralk 2y ago
So hypothetically, if it was roughly 2-3x the cost to deploy into space, there may be situations where it would be viable. No land usage on the ground, no maintenance, power could be beamed to various parts of the globe as its needed, etc.
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by spiralk 2y ago
If SpaceX succeeds with Starship, projected launch costs to LEO could be as little as $10/kg. Even off by an order of magnitude, $100s/kg might be enough to make it viable. There are plenty of population centers where land is scar

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