xanderlewis

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by xanderlewis 4d ago
I have a strong sense that almost none of the commenters and blog post authors ranting here about mathematics have any clue about mathematics or its culture. I do not recognise any of these descriptions of mathematicians at all, and can onl
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by xanderlewis 4d ago
So tell us your story. It’s highly relevant to how we should interpret your opinion. Otherwise you just sound like a jaded bitter washup.
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by xanderlewis 5d ago
Sorry, but I doubt you have anything interesting to contribute and probably have no expertise in mathematics. I’d rather hear from those who do.
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by xanderlewis 5d ago
Has and will. Are you going to back that assertion up at all, or just repeat it like that other viral thought-terminating cliche: ‘this is the worst the models will ever be’?
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by xanderlewis 1mo ago
Exactly what I think every time someone uses the word 'cope' these days. It's like some kind of virus.
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by xanderlewis 4mo ago
You won't advertise? Please do.
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by xanderlewis 4mo ago
Why is Grit pseudoscience? I haven't read it.
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by xanderlewis 6mo ago
Why is it ill-defined? As you said, there's no contradiction. Also, in the usual ZF set theory, it's empty.
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Deep Space Network Now(eyes.nasa.gov)
4 points by xanderlewis 6mo ago|0 comments
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by xanderlewis 6mo ago
Also known as fox hunting.
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by xanderlewis 6mo ago
I saw pirillo.com and thought 'it's got to be him'.
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by xanderlewis 7mo ago
> Apple's visual OS design was never that far ahead of the curve That tends to happen when you're the one defining the curve.
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by xanderlewis 7mo ago
But then you must agree that it's not a coincidence.
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by xanderlewis 7mo ago
I'm sure you don't have the brain of a gnat, and, even if you did, it probably wouldn't prevent you from understanding this. As for whether these definitions have a clear meaning that one can relate to 'the world':
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by xanderlewis 7mo ago
Opposing view (that I happen to hold, at least if I had to choose one side or the other): not only is mathematics 'reality'; it is arguably the only thing that has a reasonable claim to being 'reality' itself. After al
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by xanderlewis 8mo ago
What do 'domain valleys' and 'tunneling' mean in this context?
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by xanderlewis 9mo ago
Ham isn't an acronym. Just saying!
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by xanderlewis 9mo ago
I'm not talking about monetary cost.
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by xanderlewis 9mo ago
With no cost?
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by xanderlewis 9mo ago
> The UK locks up more people for speech crimes than Russia does. Do you think there might be a fairly obvious reason for that?
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by xanderlewis 10mo ago
That's because a lot of commenters here are not hackers in any real sense; rather, they're software engineers. Perhaps this hasn't always been the case.
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by xanderlewis 10mo ago
> too obsessed with getting ahead or perhaps with others (potentially) getting ahead of us.
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by xanderlewis 10mo ago
> a better way of doing something Your argument fails right here because you're supposing something that isn't true. LLMs are better than search engines for some things, but you're speaking as if they're a replaceme
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by xanderlewis 10mo ago
...good question. This (standard) excuse is designed to make you feel bad for potentially insulting someone trying their hardest, but it doesn't make any sense.
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by xanderlewis 11mo ago
You're right. Unfortunately, it seems that not many are willing to admit this and be (rightly) impressed by how remarkably effective LLMs can be, at least for manipulating language.
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by xanderlewis 11mo ago
You must not know great Lobachevsky.
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by xanderlewis 11mo ago
> or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition.
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by xanderlewis 11mo ago
But flying machines are well defined, or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition. 'A machine capable of transporting a person from a to b without touching the ground at any point in between', or whatev
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by xanderlewis 11mo ago
So you don't think it's relevant at all? Really? It seems completely obvious that AI companies benefit massively from (and in many cases likely only continue to stay afloat because of) 'research papers' like this. I also
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by xanderlewis 11mo ago
боже мой.

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