dougb5

Joined 14 years ago

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Software engineer interested in NLP, search, data analysis, and dictionaries.

https://www.dougb.com https://www.datamuse.com https://onelook.com https://civicsearch.org [email protected]

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Comment · 2 months ago
That fills my heart with brobdingnagian joy, thank you!
Comment · 2 months ago
Thanks so much! It's a joy to make it every day.
Comment · 2 months ago
Hey, I'm the developer of OneLook. I'm so glad to see it here! The concept clusters on the site are directly inspired by Roget's work. Like the author, I see a thesaurus less as a synonym dictionary and more as what the word literally means, a storehouse of treasure. I'm in the midst of a long-overdue data refresh across OneLook right now, so I'd be curious to hear your feedback once it's done.
Comment · 6 months ago
Without the scammy crypto angle ("Worldcoin") it's less ghoulish than before. And a company collecting biometric data to run an identity service isn't necessarily evil. But this one is not to be trusted, because the individual behind it is not to be trusted. The moment it suits his world-bending needs to sell my eyeballs to the fascists, he will do so.
Comment · 6 months ago
If "people are confused" I think it's because you are rejecting empirical evidence that The Onion is relevant without offering any counter-evidence of your own. Is it possible it's just no longer relevant to you personally? (I myself am a proud print subscriber...)
Comment · 6 months ago
""Across a variety of tasks, including mathematical reasoning and reading comprehension, we find that although AI assistance improves performance in the short-term, people perform significantly worse without AI and are more likely to give up. Notably, these effects emerge after only brief interactions with AI (approximately 10 minutes)."
Comment · 7 months ago
Amicus brief is here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.46...

I'd be curious to know how OpenAI and Google employees came to learn about and sign on to this brief (and, relatedly, why my OpenAI friends aren't on it.)

Comment · 7 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
Yes, it would help so much. Especially if a lot of people with money and power voiced their honest opinions at the same time.
Comment · 8 months ago

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