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Comment · 21 days ago
In theory, an agent could use git-bisect to identify when a bug was introduced. But the operator would have to be more interested in understanding the root cause than in fixing the current form of the bug...
Comment · 22 days ago
The crime of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system requires mens rea.

The crime of causing damage does not require mens rea.

Comment · 1 month ago
Impressive work!
Comment · 1 month ago
LLM chatbots may not have a sense of self preservation or a meaningful concept of legal consequences, but they have an excellent model of user engagement. Getting a user to think they are invincible is very good for engagement.
Comment · 2 months ago
> it opened my eyes to many things
Comment · 2 months ago
Every prediction market is an assassination market. They claim to trade on "information" but it's more like "influence", and easiest way to influence an event is usually by sabotage.
Comment · 2 months ago
Sounds like the opposite of the social stigma in tech companies, where most people are under pressure to self-report as AI users when they are actually just using normal methods to get the same result (and spending the time saved however they like) (nothing against genAI for making work take more time, it's still good for business as long as the extra work can be moved around)
Comment · 2 months ago
It seems like this entire category of program is designed to make the same work take more time and more human attention.

I can understand the appeal in the tech industry, where the increased costs can be deferred until the financial situation changes. But healthcare does not work like that.

Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
Pressuring an employee to add unethical behavior or specific religious practices to their job description is constructive termination.

I'd say what's under debate is whether uncritical LLM adoption is mainly unethical or mainly religious.

Comment · 4 months ago
lol sure buddy, keep telling yourself that
Comment · 5 months ago
Hacker News is like an enclave of soldiers who haven't heard that the war is over. Those who don't make an effort to rejoin society will be left behind after "AI" companies bankrupt all of their customers and "AI" investors move on to the next fad.
Comment · 5 months ago
According to this article: whenever someone games a benchmark to make an upward chart on some y-axis, it's YOUR responsibility to prove how and why that trend can't continue indefinitely.

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Comment · 5 months ago
Billing Medicare for services that never get performed is a particularly offensive kind of fraud. I hope these criminals get a harsh sentence.

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