ternwer

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by ternwer 7mo ago
I was too cute in trying to be terse, but I meant a mess while using AI: > [Employers], above, are more focused on the opposite side, though: engineers who try AI once, see a mess or hallucinations, and decide it's useless. There is
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by ternwer 7mo ago
Yes, I've seen many people become _too_ hands-off after an initial success with LLMs, and get bitten by not understanding the system. Hirers, above, are more focused on the opposite side, though: engineers who try AI once, see a mess o
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by ternwer 7mo ago
I think most are looking for both. AI/LLM knowledge without programming knowledge can make a mess. Programming knowledge without AI/LLM knowledge can also make a mess.
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by ternwer 7mo ago
HN often avoids politics, but they were some of the most upvoted stories recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189650
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by ternwer 7mo ago
Motorola phones are Chinese, aren't they? They mention being a Lenovo company in the article.
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by ternwer 7mo ago
How have they been hostile to open weight models and research? Just because they don't release models themselves? Note that they are still releasing interesting research
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by ternwer 7mo ago
Why? What has their PR department done? Most people are quite critical of a lot of their messaging, it's their actions that seem worth encouraging
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by ternwer 7mo ago
Feel free to judge them by their actions rather than intentions. This situation being an example.
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by ternwer 7mo ago
This effectively is cancelling, isn't it? You're implying cancelling quietly would be better. But the department would just use a different supplier. This seems like the action someone would take if they cared about the issue.
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by ternwer 7mo ago
I think he's more pragmatic than that.
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by ternwer 7mo ago
So you think we should never support them doing something "positive"? What incentive does that give?
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by ternwer 7mo ago
His actions seem pretty consistent with a belief that AI will be significant and societally-changing in the future. You can disagree with that belief but it's different to him being a liar. The $200m is not the risk here. They threaten
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by ternwer 7mo ago
As far as we can tell, OpenAI and Google seem to be ok with it and not resisting. It would be easier for Anthropic's cause if they did.