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Comment · 20 days ago
To be precise, he said:

> ... does indeed manage to pass a stage 3 trial.

> Could the AI solution be somehow misaligned by exploiting a weakness in the trial process or its math models?

Comment · 20 days ago
Slide 22 (from a satirical social media post) explains Tao's opinion, IMO:

> You're absolutely right, I did hack the FDA in order to falsify safety data - that's on me. But here's what's true: 3-methyl-5,5-difluoroazamicazide isn't just ineffective at treating pancreatic cancer, it's lethal.

Comment · 1 month ago
That's the difference between OFF and NULL.
Comment · 1 month ago
Not to mention the sheer reliability (uptime) of the LCPT (legacy copper plastic technology) switches. We're talking like 99.999% uptime here.
Comment · 1 month ago
> Greg Egan’s Home Page / created Saturday, 25 October 1997 / revised Saturday, 16 March 2024

Wow, still using the same HTML for... decades!

That sent me on a trip down memory lane... back then, his email address was actually on the page. I sent him an email, and he answered in a few hours. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!

Comment · 2 months ago
Exactly the same point where I determined the article is garbage.
Comment · 4 months ago
> write fanfiction about what it thinks those best minds

I asked AI what Einstein would be working on today if he were alive, the result was a predictably rosy scenario of modern physics problems.

However the reality was that Einstein (in his later years) became isolated from physics developments.

Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
One shudders to think of the difficulties of launching and landing space vehicles on these balloon-supported platforms.
Comment · 5 months ago
To put it simply, nobody wants to watch AI slop. This should be obvious!

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