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Comment · 2 days ago
Fascinating read, thanks! The counterpoint to "slaughtering the golden goose" is: If you're all in with AI, this is the rational thing to do, no? If AI takes over, search becomes irrelevant, so better extract as much value from search as possible while it's decaying and not dead yet.
Comment · 5 days ago
The thing that I've not fully groked here (might be relevant) is that OAI is generating "paper" proofs first, and only then formalizes them in Lean as a separate step. They've as far as I'm aware not said anywhere how many write ups failed formalization due to a bug in the proof. If we assume that number is low, models would be quite good at one-shotting math proofs. Then it depends if you can replicate the math RL training for chemistry/biology/medicine. Is there enough data out there for that? No idea.
Comment · 5 days ago
Wow. Complexity class separations are really really rare.

Can an expert in sat solving comment if there's any immediate applications of the method from the paper? Or is SAT solving in general pretty far away from worst-case times, and this is a theoretical algorithm which would be hard to apply in practice.

Comment · 6 days ago
I'm curious, why would this not turn into an unlimited electricity flatrate? In most parts of the world, consumer electricity is charged by kWh, not as flat payment.

As long as tokens are as energy intense to compute as they are right now, I don't see a flatrate being a viable model.

Comment · 12 days ago
Is math or theoretical Computer Science not "real science"? Whatever one may think about the process, the results are real and are coming from LLMs.
Comment · 15 days ago
SpaceX Tesla crossover. Not exactly what was on my bingo sheet today.
Comment · 16 days ago
It's really funny how the server that Jev pushes from the footbridge onto the tracks in one of the later examples falls on a person, yet all 5 are saved :D Clearly the model coming up with the graphics didn't fully understand the task.
Comment · 18 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog...

Not sure why OP would call it amateurish/botched.

Comment · 21 days ago
I'd add missing MFA as weakness number three, at minimum. Problem number 4 is that the "password" was leaked, and the company (Pays ApS) didn't figure that out. Problem number 5 - the "password" belonged to a _former_ employee. How was that account not disabled? Problem number 6 - how can a company with two employees get access to this register in the first place? Don't they need to show compliance with some security standard that would be not possible to deliver for such a small company?

If you start thinking more about this, more and more problems pop up.

Comment · 24 days ago
There is a long interview with Anders Hejlsberg here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cywK3XYYJ2o&pp=ygUbYW5kZXJzI... where he talks about that, in short from what he said 1-2 months ago, I doubt that they will change directions.
Comment · 25 days ago
On the other hand, Francis Halzen reportedly never went down to the South Pole to the facility at all, as probably the only person working on IceCube :D
Comment · 26 days ago
Let's see: 1. paper 2. cardboard 3. organic 4. metal 5. residual waste 6. batteries 7. hazardous waste 8. garden waste 9. plastic 10. indoor wood 11. large items (i.e. furniture) 12. glass 13. electronics

All of which is picked up from my apartment buildings backyard.

Comment · 26 days ago
> all models have search capacities these days

one would hope that they disable websearch and internet access (maybe all tools?) when doing generalization testing?

Comment · 28 days ago
> In addition to things like battery-backed smoke detectors in every bedroom, etc, which need periodic 9V replacements on a schedule.

Just as aside, lithium-battery powered smoke detectors are a godsend. The battery lifespan lasts the recommended life span of the detector, i.e. around 10 years. No battery replacements needed, although you still ought to test them once in a while.

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