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Comment · 7 months ago
You mean from the beginning? They could’ve just done it properly initially then moved to this scam process later
Comment · 7 months ago
Yes, gpt 5.4 always tries to compile/check my c++ code after every prompt. Despite it being in my AGENTS.md to never run builds. Then I have to explicitly mention it, but it will do it again randomly after.

What this means is the training/RL was trained with this workflow ;) But as you can tell, this workflow has no uses outside programming. Its just a hack to make it seem like the model is smart, but in fact its just them performing loops to get it right.

Comment · 7 months ago
Focus on programming since they just bruteforce the type checkers/compilers to find out if their slop was correct the first time.

Basically an illusion. Imagine if they focused on medical tech instead? You cant bruteforce vaccines or radiation therapy

Comment · 7 months ago
Staring at your phone while waiting for your agent to prompt you again. Code monkey might actually be real this time
Comment · 7 months ago
Because cost of AI goes up since it’s an external service
Comment · 8 months ago
Do you need to learn Latin and marine biology to work the cashier in your local shop? Thats the point, humans go on with their jobs on very limited general knowledge just fine. LLMs have gotten this good because their dataset, pre training, and RL is larger than before
Comment · 8 months ago
It just doesn’t work that way, LLMs need to be generalised a lot to be useful even in specific tasks.

It really is the antithesis to the human brain, where it rewards specific knowledge

Comment · 8 months ago
skynet speedrun
Comment · 8 months ago
nah coffee really didn’t do much for me, i started drinking daily at 30
Comment · 8 months ago
The mind virus will not stop spreading, making corporations do your critical thinking is not a good path. People will become dependent on a subscription service for everyday life.
Comment · 8 months ago
Wait till you get AI to write unit tests and tell it the test must pass. After a few rounds it will make the test “assert(true)” when the code cant get the test to pass
Comment · 8 months ago
Like a calendar
Comment · 8 months ago
Any good alternatives for local development?
Comment · 8 months ago
Use openclaw yourself

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