ahmedfromtunis

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Comment · 10 hours ago
Yes, it indeed is! Thank you!

I looked it up on Google (which is usually very, very good at these types of things) but couldn't find it.

Comment · 10 hours ago
I remember reading a short story about a billionaire hiring a scientist to help him build a simulated world where virtual entities are given the ability to open the bodies of their peers to tinker/upgrade them as a replacement of natural evolution since they were immortal.

This looks very similar to that in a way.

I wonder however if a model can give itself a "skill" or capability that it didn't initially have, just be modifying its own weights.

Here, Astra was able to intervene because the treated model was way less capable. But, would it be able to improve Fable's performance for example, since they both are on the level more or less?

Comment · 3 days ago
I love this episode so much. Very informative and the slowly paced conversation is calming, with no ads or sudden outbursts to break the rythem.

Actually, I have this very episode downloaded on my phone and whenever sleep eludes me, I play it. I never lasted more than 30 minutes. I must've listened to it hundreds of time by now.

Comment · 5 days ago
I hope the rest of the debate would stay this rational.

Unfortunately, a lot of the pushback against AI has turned into knee-jerk opposition, where people reject the technology outright, without even understanding how it works or how it can be used constructively.

Just earlier today on Instagram, I saw a post where the top comments were genuinely celebrating the idea of AI "disappearing forever."

It’s disheartening to see the conversation get so reactionary.

Comment · 5 days ago
Not true. Even for a lower middle income country like mine, cars with manual gearboxes had become very rare (with the exception of cabs where they remain the norm).
Comment · 5 days ago
This is very interesting. As someone who thinks AI is an amazing tool, I am very well interested in seeing how will people refusing to use AI fare both in professional settings and day-to-day life.

A new Amish-like lifestyle may be developing before our eyes in real-time and that's very interesting to follow and observe (from a distance).

Comment · 10 days ago
Sad that the only song by Metallica that made it in is I disappear :/
Comment · 10 days ago
Yeah, some of the song are duplicated like in the good olden days!
Comment · 14 days ago
Or at least match the pre-llm human usage frequency.

A total, artificial lack of em dashes can in itself be perceived as another sign of AI writing.

Comment · 14 days ago
That's way too much metaphors to keep track of, to the point where it turns into a hindrance to comprehension rather than a facilitator.
Comment · 15 days ago
I know this is a bit offtopic, but shouldn't the title say "the President of the United States," since 1) Churchill is UK's Prime Minister, and Roosevelt is not his President and 2) the publication on which this article appears is from the UK?
Comment · 24 days ago
Are these configs read-only on the phone or is it possible to manipulate them using the data here to de/activate any service?
Comment · 26 days ago
I’ve been thinking of building a personalized game full of inside jokes as a birthday gift for a friend who moved to the other side of the planet.

This looks like it might be very useful indeed!

Comment · 26 days ago
As a right-handed person, I find this deeply offensive and request all left-handed life be destroyed at once!!

That said, would it be possible to make "right-handed" food that is safe to eat, satisfies the psychological urge to consume food in every sensory measure, but still contributes 0 calories?

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