bandushrew

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Comment · 1 year ago
The problem is that the response of an llm has nothing to do with the facts of the context and everything to do with its vibe, the locations in the hyper sphere of the llms knowledge that are triggered.
Comment · 1 year ago
I would love to see your Celtic knotwork generators, are they online?
Comment · 1 year ago
The why explains itself. Cells that do not divide and reproduce disappear.
Comment · 1 year ago
We can accept that you are a person, the fetus is a person and the mother is a person.

Which of those should be coerced to give up a piece of their liver to save your life? Morally speaking…

Comment · 1 year ago
Producing 200 lines of usable code an hour is genuinely impressive.

My experiments have been nowhere near that successful.

I would love, love, love to see a transcript of how that process worked over an hour, if that was something you were willing to share.

Comment · 2 years ago
Except that you cant, in a practical sense.

I can sell crypto to anyone, anywhere.

That cannot be used to purchase anything, anywhere.

Its only useful for a very narrow subset.

Comment · 2 years ago
When you put it like that, honestly, it sounds pretty epic....
Comment · 3 years ago
Thats pretty much the argument in favour of it.

The argument against it is that it makes life harder for everyone except those who have spare cash hanging around.

Coincidentally, those who have spare cash hanging around may not value it as highly as their freedom, so they maybe are still likely to ditch and run?

Which means that bail is really only a good motivator for that sweet spot of accused criminal who both has enough cash available to be able to put it up, and has so little cash available that getting their bail back quickly is hugely important to them. Except that they dont get it back quickly anyway, it can take quite a long time...so ehh...

Comment · 3 years ago
The counterpoint is that this isn't a step that is being taken because we are desperately trying to feed all of humanity. Its a step thats being taken because these providers want to increase their profit margins.

The question is whether thats a good enough reason to take whatever risks are being taken here.

Comment · 3 years ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natu....

"The true heavyweights for reconstructing ancient seawater temperatures are the microorganisms. Foraminifera, single-celled organisms roughly the size of the period ending this sentence, occur nearly everywhere in the oceans and have an exquisite fossil record."

Comment · 3 years ago
Which is why we should start now, surely?

The best time to start was 20 years ago, the next best time is to start today.

Comment · 4 years ago
Your comment doesn't exist to give me an account model of reality.

It primarily exists to give me a believable model that promotes your beliefs.

That kind of statement is literally true for everything.

Comment · 4 years ago
1.8 million poll workers sounds like a huge number, how many poll workers were there in the US last election?
Comment · 4 years ago
You can use stored procs and/or views to hide the details of queries if you want.

the specifics of an inner join vs outer join vs left join etc are crucial though. It makes sense to be able to specify them.

Comment · 4 years ago
Sure, but the cost of really good planning that never messes up sequencing is likely to add a lot more than 4% to your utility bill.

How much more are you really willing to pay for completely flawless sequencing?

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