zach_miller
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Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Surprised this is on top. Human beings have been using tools to augment memory since writing. Lots of these tools are faulty but then so too is memory.
If you want to remember everything good luck, but I am not convinced.
Comment · 1 year ago
Ultimately it seems the question ought to be “is the code they wrote with AI buggier than the code they would have written without”, not “is the code they wrote with AI 100% bug free”. I doubt that any team doing a significant refactor from a language they don’t know could make bug free code on any reasonable timeline, AI or not.
If the question is the former, though, unless it’s horrendously buggy then I wonder if the speed increase offsets the “buggier code” (if the code even is buggier) because if they finish early they can bug bash for longer.
Comment · 1 year ago
That’s one of the many ways to do Advent of Code.
Comment · 2 years ago
I think the diagram on a linear scale makes the stark point that to Elon Musk, there is not really a difference between someone worth $499 and someone worth $499M, even though to me there is a massive difference between those people.
Comment · 2 years ago
Tried to make this meme [1] a reality and the source image was tough for it.
Heads up, little bit of language in the audio.
https://6ammc3n5zzf5ljnz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/inf2...
Comment · 2 years ago
I think the hard part of trying it isn't using it, it's implementing it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Whenever I have to make a big decision I think about what’s important to me. I give 3-8 things like money, learning, commute time, etc. a score from 1-5. Then I score different alternatives 1-5 based on how well I think they do on those things. Then I multiply and add the numbers together and I have a sense of what I should do. Usually it’s the highest score but sometimes I change a number because I realize something is more/less important than I thought.
Only you know what is important to you, and I bet lots of folks here can help inform how different options might score.
Comment · 2 years ago
This is why it’s important to measure things and to forecast. I would be surprised if your memory was perfect, but numbers don’t lie.
Comment · 2 years ago
I disagree, it’s too soon to tell whether the prediction is accurate. Maybe it’s obvious to you, but I’d at least like to see that prediction justified. I don’t see how accepting an unjustified opinion is thinking.
Comment · 3 years ago
They can empathize with others.
Comment · 3 years ago
Do you eat?
Comment · 3 years ago
Am I missing something here? I can suppose a universe where the premise is false (This is a conceivable universe, I’d argue). Doesn’t that mean that this premise really is false?
I think this is a fun historical example. Ships passing through Denmark needed to pay a tax of 1-2% of the value of their cargo. They self-assessed that value.
The twist that makes it interesting was that the King could choose to purchase any cargo immediately at the reported value. If a ship underreported, they might save on tax, but they risked taking a hefty loss.
I have no idea how effective this was, but it's compelling. I wonder whether great self-regulation might need clever design like that example.