ddalex

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Comment · 27 days ago
They rolled out a prepared safe defaults version with lots of checks, including the crashing one, removed.
Comment · 1 month ago
Why should I stop eating meat, just so that Taylor Swift can fly everywhere with two jets !?

Fuck that, we're on this boat together, and we'll all go to the bottom together.

Comment · 2 months ago
Probably they bias the RNG for selecting the next token. This can be done practically in a lot of ways, including during training.

I suspect the signal will be significantly under the noise floor, so it's not detectable if you don't know exactly what to look for, but certainly you can submit more information then the textual contents.

Comment · 3 months ago
> At some point, the chickens are gonna come out.

What does this mean ? AI will only get better and cheaper.

> essentially all about money and government backing

So is nuclear power, and once it came it didn't go away.

Comment · 3 months ago
I give it 6 years for not being able to disable the "safety" feature for all the cars in EU.
Comment · 4 months ago
And why is this skill important, if a machine can do it ? What's the last time you ploughed your field with oxen ?
Comment · 4 months ago
I just got Claude to download and install all the models and servers and agents and prepare all the launch scripts for me... no need to learn, just ask it to do it for you
Comment · 4 months ago
> People are growingly concerned with both the car manu and Apple/Google control over their car and related extra software goodies.

10 out of random 10 drivers out there don't care about the software running in the car.

> Laws are really needed when businesses don’t play nicely. I don’t know the legal specifics, but I’m sure glad I don’t need to buy $1000’s of specialty tools to maintain my vehicle, and sure glad that replacement parts are readily available (and will be for decades).

You drive a self-maintained car. Nothing wrong with that, but I would guess 95 out of 100 drivers on the road don't care about the car at all - they just want reliable transportation from A to B and perhaps some confort.

> Just image how much worse society would be if car manus did the same thing as Apple and had ID-paired parts. Sorry! Your AC doesn’t work anymore, please install a genuine Honda oil filter at your nearest Authorized Honda Shop, available for a minimum of $500.

I don't have to imagine that al all, all premium car manufactures digitally id their components and will not accept 3rd party replacements.

Comment · 4 months ago
I would guess there are a couple of orders of magnitude difference between the complexity of interfaces comparing the head unit with wheels and tires.

Like, the head unit is in control of all that happens on the slow bus of the car, and needs to pass independent safety certifications for a complex system.

Comment · 4 months ago
Why should they ?! Do you also want to force them to design their cars so the engine is easily replaceable by a Custom Engine OS so that the community can build their own engines ?!?
Comment · 4 months ago
"they only be stealing a tiny amount so not worth doing anything"
Comment · 5 months ago
Because the economics are simply not there.

There is not enough money in space exploration, let's be real. SpaceX biggest customer is itself. Hence the vaporware about datacenters in space.

Comment · 5 months ago
> understanding that this is one infinitesimally small cost

They are stealing your money with make believe numbers, but just suck it up.

Comment · 5 months ago
where would it be stored ? it's just a big set of numbers.
Comment · 5 months ago
what can it do ? it's just a big set of numbers, if you trust the host that's good enough

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