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by w10-1 4d ago
> There is no single solution to both problems Competition?
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by w10-1 6d ago
I wanted the author to see how this relates elsewhere and identify the forces at work. The solution is not just "do only what's needed by the customer". There are emerging environments where the conditions don't force pr
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by w10-1 6d ago
Most of the costs of switching have yet to be borne: user issues with untested code, maintenance issues with code few understand, and the strategic dependency on coding LLM's, which will change in character after providers go public an
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by w10-1 7d ago
What about left-handed people? Will the controls line up on the left?
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by w10-1 10d ago
> the best argument for AI is that it's an arms race It's best not to reduce AI momentum to arguments, especially the "best" arguments (meaning I suppose most acceptable?). The same forces that feed and motivate human
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by w10-1 18d ago
> the evolution of more efficient communication systems because it would require going through a stage where communication between signalers and receivers is perturbed "Worse is better"
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by w10-1 18d ago
> copy, redistribute, and modify the software I can copy and redistribute macOS binaries, and I can write programs/extensions that modify macOS. These vague terms show that legislators are incapable of regulating software effectivel
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by w10-1 20d ago
> large capital investors [...] will be very highly motivated not to let their investment be seized [...] So the labs will not have too much difficulty raising or borrowing enough money to pay the bills So: sunk costs of large investors
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by w10-1 22d ago
Leasing now an option, only $50/month (cheaper than inference subscription?), so even cash-poor can go the amortized-investment route. I've often felt there is tremendous value locked up in underutilized old computers. It would b
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by w10-1 22d ago
The study methods are closer to advocacy than science or policy. Sure, take any slice of a vast number, and you get a big number. It's not a "wealth transfer" when everyone gets what they bargained for and can opt in or out.
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by w10-1 1mo ago
> by far the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that we haven’t yet delivered on our big promises to benefit the world. That is totally on us I don't think it's on them. Proximally, it's not t
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by w10-1 1mo ago
> Every product relying on "community plugins" for their features implies it works fine the 6 first months, then it's a nightmare Eclipse has been thriving since 2002 mostly by virtue of being able to coordinate developers
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by w10-1 1mo ago
I agree with the problem but not the solutions. The problem pre-dates LLM's: writing code that "works" but breaks the underlying model. Because it works, it always sounds reasonable and doesn't raise any flags. Only som
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by w10-1 1mo ago
The irony is that the SQLite developers get a support contract iff someone runs off the path in anger and finds an ancient bug. But perhaps that's part of what make it a quality team: devotion thriving without adverse incentives.
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Related: does anyone have a basis for guessing whether the Neural Accelerators found in M5 Pro+ (accessed by Metal 4) will make their way into the M6 base processors?
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by w10-1 1mo ago
> what exactly is the business case? Ethics is also a containment vessel internally. With an Ethics dept, concerned employees can rest easy knowing someone else is responsible, or if they raise concerns, they have someone to route and ad
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Yes and no... So much of the dotcom bust was essentially: "anything internet will work", but even after it was pretty easy to find different ways to publish web pages or migrate to new forms of social media, video, short-video, et
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Assuming instead of being another phone or voice assistant: It might make sense as a local AI server/proxy expanding to home assistant/TV. If they could claim to need to have device id's to avoid their models being scraped,
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by w10-1 1mo ago
> You don't really explain why being antagonistic to those corporations would be a problem Yeah, sorry. Yes, corporate activities that reduce competition or corrupt regulators should have their agents and causes ripped out branch t
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by w10-1 1mo ago
> we need a government that is antagonistic towards corporations that are abusing us Please don't. The entire civilized world for all of history and before has been built on the uncomfortable alliance between power/capability
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Gamifying the presentation could make topics more accessible to others. For me the overhead wouldn't help with my own learning. Also I've been burned by just learning things mechanistically (e.g., coding, applying algebraic rule
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Very nicely done. Plate coloring helped, as did the red highlights for plates pressuring each other. New for me: I didn't realize eastern russia was at the north pole 220 Mya, and rotated and came south; at the same time, no real Chin
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Are those documented anywhere?
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by w10-1 1mo ago
It's helpful to read the ethics in light of the metaphysics. Beings aren't fixed but actualize their (possibly-growing) capabilities. Happiness lies in friendship, not fame or power or wealth, not because they're not good t
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by w10-1 1mo ago
I'd be surprised if one's intentions or goals could be trained into LLM's; more likely one would emotionally migrate to the intentions that LLM's can represent because you+they would be more effective. People already cha
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by w10-1 1mo ago
Post-mortem's are very useful, though often not welcome. I appreciate the top-line summary and the approach looks promising, but I don't have time to sort through the data or details. Both are likely common, so don't be dishe
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by w10-1 1mo ago
unending thanks, as much for pandoc as for the example of a clear design+implementation that lasts.
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by w10-1 1mo ago
But displacing individual ability is a feature, not a bug. How else could mind-virus like philosophy or religion or science or political legitimacy transit highly-variable humans for generations? Religious organizations, governments, corpor
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by w10-1 2mo ago
> Do it consciously Yes > These words apply to any investment [...] the entire culture has to change I think that's fatalistic. There are plenty of people and legal structures that limit the influence of investors to reasonable
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by w10-1 2mo ago
Interesting reminder: Wall's statement of virtues was provocative as a counter to programmers following corporate rules and various software design fads. But both emphasized personal virtue and reputation in a way that seems quaint in

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