burningion
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Skateboard, write, code, and enjoy life. Blog at makeartwithpython.com, now working on an ai video editor
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Comment · 1 month ago
I realize there are already a ton of comments, but I think you're missing the idea of _precision_.
Most people aren't precise when initially describing their problem.
Jumping straight into implementation skips the part where we refine and better define what it is we're trying to do, and think through the implications of those changes.
I suspect "trusting the model" doesn't really work at scale with finite resources.
Comment · 2 months ago
Not making the argument of whether or not it's corruption, but the DOJ sought to provide a legal exemption for the XAI datacenter:
https://apnews.com/article/musk-xai-data-center-memphis-poll...
Comment · 3 months ago
It's also cheaper to just pirate the author's work, which Anthropic has also done.
Comment · 3 months ago
I wish this were higher up!
They pirated my work and now they want government protection from other people doing the same.
Comment · 5 months ago
The splat of the studio has the perfect amount of detail. It looks like you're streaming from the camera direct to the computer usually? How do you check the progress / quality while capturing? Seeing the (great) results makes me more curious about the process of creating now.
Comment · 5 months ago
The main point raised in the article is that these bots may void attorney client privileges.
But the real danger with these IMO is that they're turning casual conversations into a permanent record, and one that will be completely discoverable in court, should the company get into trouble later.
Comment · 7 months ago
Ran this through Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, and the difference between 4 characters and 5 is wild to see:
> are the following parenthesis balanced? ((())))
> No, the parentheses are not balanced.
> Here is the breakdown:
Opening parentheses (: 3
Closing parentheses ): 4
> what about these? ((((())))
> Yes, the parentheses are balanced.
> Here is the breakdown:
Opening parentheses (: 5
Closing parentheses ): 5
Comment · 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this!
I suspected my work was in the dataset and it looks like it is! I reached out via the form.
Comment · 1 year ago
This is why an on device browser is coming.
It'll let the AI platforms get around any other platform blocks by hijacking the consumer's browser.
And it makes total sense, but hopefully everyone else has done the game theory at least a step or two beyond that.
Comment · 1 year ago
I agree, but I also didn’t create redis!
It’s a tough bar if LLMs have to be post antirez level intelligence :)
Comment · 1 year ago
or... maybe there's something to people being skeptical of datacenters?
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/musks-xai-opera...
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memph...
> In just 11 months since the company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides, according to calculations by environmental groups whose data has been reviewed by POLITICO’s E&E News. The plant is in an area whose air is already considered unhealthy due to smog.
Had this set the precedent of working with the community, and _not_ breaking the law, I think we'd be in a better place all around.
Similarly, Amazon tried to take the excess nuclear power, without paying back into the electrical grid infrastructure, and got denied in 2024:
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-interconnection-isa-ta...
and again in April of 2025:
https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-16/article-6937/ferc-denies...
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah it's live on the pricing page:
https://www.anthropic.com/pricing#api
Opus 4 is $15 / m tokens in, $75 / MTok out Sonnet 4 is the same $3 / MTok in, $15 / MTok out
Comment · 1 year ago
I know everyone likes to abstract away the costs associated with AI data centers.
But let's look at what has happened with Grok, for example:
From May 6, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-xai-memphis-35-14321739...
>The company has no Clean Air Act permits.
> In just 11 months since the company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County's largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides, according to calculations by environmental groups whose data has been reviewed by POLITICO's E&E News. The plant is in an area whose air is already considered unhealthy due to smog.
> The turbines spew nitrogen oxides, also known as NOx, at an estimated rate of 1,200 to 2,000 tons a year — far more than the gas-fired power plant across the street or the oil refinery down the road.
The details are in the specifics here. People are _already_ feeling the effects of the AI race, the consequences just aren't evenly distributed.
And if we look at the "clean" nuclear deals to power these data centers:
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-regulators-reject...
> The Talen agreement, however, would divert large amounts of power currently supplying the regional grid, which FERC said raised concerns about how that loss of supply would affect power bills and reliability. It was also unclear how transmission and distribution upgrades would be paid for.
The scale of environmental / social impacts comes down to how aggressive the AI race gets.