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Comment · 11 days ago
This is a cool idea.

I was tempted to comment that there’s no evidence that you can make anything complex out of dark matter, but it turns out that some physicists hypothesize that “self-interacting” dark matter could bind into something like atoms and molecules, so carry on!

Comment · 12 days ago
The person you’re replying to didn’t say “every” or even “most”. They said “me”. There’s no argument or stereotype being invoked at all.
Comment · 20 days ago
FWIW `foo in bar` implies iteration to me, not a path. In the .NET world, for example, `bar` would be a collection that we’re iterating through, assigning each element to `foo` in turn.
Comment · 25 days ago
The weird thing I notice is that these suggestions are always in all lower-case, even though I don’t type that way.
Comment · 27 days ago
This is a cool example of abstract math having a direct impact on a real-world situation. Actually, two different cool examples, both clearly explained. Nice!
Comment · 29 days ago
This is an excellent explainer. I noticed one important flaw in the setup, though: Toad assigns multiple puzzles on page 5, but by page 10 all the machines seem to be working on the same puzzle.

I'm not sure how this maps onto reality. If each agent had a different problem to solve, how did they cooperate?

Comment · 1 month ago
As a fan of the Curry-Howard correspondence, I approve of this decision.
Comment · 1 month ago
> The strongest argument I see for continuing to train much smarter models quickly is the need to build defensive systems against the dangers posed by other AI.

Yikes! I really wonder about the cognitive dissonance necessary to work at OpenAI these days. They’re in an arms race to build a machine god, knowing full well that it could end humanity.

Comment · 1 month ago
It seems like AI to me as well. “That’s the gap” is a familiar Claude-ism, as are the references to a “pivot” and the use of “touch” to mean “affect”.

To be fair, I’ve reached the point where most random blog posts I read on the internet seem AI written, so it could just be confirmation bias on my part.

Comment · 2 months ago
It’s a minimal Windows app, so the whole idea is to rely on Windows DLLs as much as possible.
Comment · 2 months ago
Well, yes, but negative numbers are also well known to every high school math student.
Comment · 2 months ago
A human child would just say “I don’t know”.
Comment · 2 months ago
Why is subtraction not part of the algebra? It’s certainly familiar to every high school math student. This omission allows the counterexample, so the reveal is a bit of a disappointment IMHO.
Comment · 2 months ago
What a beautiful illustration. It makes intuitive the very abstract concepts discussed in the text. It’s fun to zoom in and browse around the structure.
Comment · 2 months ago
Thank you. The OP's article is clearly AI-written.

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