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Comment · 12 days ago
You _can_ but you should not.
Comment · 29 days ago
Yes you put in a "probe" (fiber optic), just like when you stimulate with an electrode. The difference is electricity stimulates everything, while the light can be targeted, not by what it illuminates but what responds* because...

Ahead of time, you either use viral tools or other genetic modifications to make specific cell types express the photorecrptor.

*there is an effect of light/heat that all cells are subject to, and good experiments try to control for this as best they can

Comment · 5 months ago
I mostly agree with everything you said. Do you feel the same way about code written by an LLM?
Comment · 5 months ago
Exactly. HN darling Paul Graham writes this way.

I find the constant critique of punchy style a bit tiring. It would be more productive for the grandparent to think about the content and state an opinion.

Comment · 5 months ago
The link in the article that is right near the words you're talking about links to a wikipedia page that says the book is from 2005. So I conclude it was 2005 or soon after
Comment · 5 months ago
Do you disagree with the point made?
Comment · 7 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
So far i really like what it does for the example articles shown. I want to test it on 1 or 2 articles I know well, and if it passes that test it's a product I'd totally pay for.
Comment · 8 months ago
I tried to upload a 239 KB pdf and it said "Daily processing limit reached".
Comment · 9 months ago
I generally agree with the broader point you're making, but I also think there's nothing wrong with pointing out how messed up it is that that's the reality of the choice. The whole point of improving society is to eliminate this kind of dilemma
Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I agree with most everything you said. The problem has always been the short-term job loss, particularly today where society as a whole has resources for safety nets, but hasnt implemented them.

Anger at companies who hold power in multiple places to prevent and worsen this situation for people is valid anger.

Comment · 1 year ago
As much as I like the article, I begrudgingly agree with you, which is why I think the author mentions the physical constraints of energy as the future wall that companies will have to deal with.

The question is do we think that will actually happen?

Personally I would love if it did, then this post would have the last laugh (as would I), but I think companies realize this energy problem already. Just search for the headlines of big tech funding or otherwise supporting nuclear reactors, power grid upgrades, etc.

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