winterbourne

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by winterbourne 21d ago
I was just thinking about the good old days combining human judgements on mturk for classifying high-value forum threads. Since replaced by using judgements from multiple LLMs. The only use I can think of it these days is for social scienti
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by winterbourne 23d ago
And that it will be just another utility, like electricity.
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by winterbourne 28d ago
This is like an earlier internet era when it was common for people to just copy-paste directly from other websites into a forum response.
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by winterbourne 1mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing This wiki page is updated frequently and only needs to be fed into an AI to remove its telltale writing.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
Nice! But needs more footgun.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
They're sweating it big time, and their fear is bleeding through their AI beneficence-speak. Time for the big US AI companies to call in some favors from the administration. But you can't unring a bell.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
Recipes like this get baked into the next iteration of a model.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
This is true, but when we compare them to OpenAI's repeated feints at altruism and nonprofit structure, the irony is plentiful.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
This was interesting; thank you. He admits that he can't really answer this question. His point about technology seeming obvious in retrospect is similar to the Egg of Columbus idiom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
I use my wheelbarrow to do work around my mountain property all the time. We have a 4-wheel utility cart that sees a lot of service too. Their utility lies in doing work over short distances.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
I still can't reconcile how they didn't use the wheel for transportation. The explanations of lack of draft animals and unsuitable terrain aren't great. Not even a wheelbarrow?
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
Thanks, that means a lot. I've found that browsing through a few dozen build threads is the perfect cure for the AI blues.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
Thanks; much appreciated. I picked up an endless list of new build interests in starting the site and exploring different niche forums. Turns out I really like wooden boat builds, cyclekarts, intricate custom knives, handmade violins, the l
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
https://buildthreads.com/ Aggregator for new posts in build threads from 277 old-school DIY forums. Build threads of people building cars, 4x4s, motorcycles, boats, airplanes, hot rods, musical instruments, etc.
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by winterbourne 2mo ago
Everyone scrambling to max their usage before the deadline may have given Anthropic some valuable data on exactly how much compute they can handle. The extension could also be a play to minimize the effect of OpenAI's next move. Even i
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
Nice! This is just what I'm looking for. An old Roomba 880 served us well until it could no longer charge its battery, even a new one. The AI slop on the site is not appealing, but it could also mean that the project will be paralleliz
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
I run an active forum in the DIY space, and another site that aggregates new build threads from hundreds of niche forums. Forums for people building cars, motorcycles, boats, airplanes, cabins, musical instruments, etc. The classic forum fo
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
This is the truth. For DIY pursuits, niche forums are far superior to reddit, twitter, facebook, instagram, or any other social media.
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
This gives permission for all other providers to do the same.
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
It would be more difficult to make an open model illegal. Where is the centralized kill switch like what Anthropic used today?
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
Huge PR win for Anthropic if they can restore access within a week or so. Will be interesting to see OpenAI's next move.
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
Just turned off for me on Claude Code. Good while it lasted.
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
Homeschooled kids can socialize outside of homeschool and be perfectly well-adjusted. There's something to be said for avoiding the hierarchical social structure present in schools.
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by winterbourne 3mo ago
> that implies a certain amount of time and cognitive investment on my part Yes, this is the takeaway for me. A PR can no longer be a reasonable proof of work.
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by winterbourne 4mo ago
Agreed. Professional sports are the closest institution that society has to a meritocracy. Highly competitive, public, obsessively measured and analyzed. A tenth of a second faster sprint time might be more valuable than even a top-tier soc
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by winterbourne 4mo ago
The IQ loss from neurological damage caused by COVID wasn't helpful either. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2311330
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by winterbourne 4mo ago
Interesting to search this page for "4.5". I'm happy to move to a superior model, but I'm not really hearing enough about significant improvements, and the obvious pressure to release the latest and greatest model makes
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by winterbourne 4mo ago
It's a modern version of: "we're firing you, but your last task will be to train your lower-cost replacement".
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by winterbourne 4mo ago
Your comment made me look up "shower phone holder" on Amazon, and I regretted it.
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by winterbourne 4mo ago
Possibly related to "showerthoughts", in that removal of stimuli allows for latent realizations to surface.

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