pennomi
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- Comment on The sole purpose of language models is to lower the market value of human skills. 4 days ago:
How is what I said AI apologism? I clearly expressed concern that the technology isn’t reliable or cheap.
- Comment on The sole purpose of language models is to lower the market value of human skills. 4 days ago:
Yes, it will take a substantial change in LLM architecture to make them viable for general use. Like you said, a couple orders of magnitude improvement in training would be the biggest help.
- Comment on The sole purpose of language models is to lower the market value of human skills. 4 days ago:
Or it will become foundational tech like the Internet. People said that was a fad too.
It all depends on whether or not it becomes reliable and cheap.
- Comment on I wonder if the spice girls still get along or if that "friendship never ends" thing was just a lie. 4 days ago:
They all died in a freak longboat accident. The Vikings responsible were never apprehended.
- Comment on Social media can support or undermine democracy — it comes down to how it’s designed 5 days ago:
It’s not just democracy, but information quality in general.
This is what we get for seeking profits more than truth.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 5 days ago:
Except ConcernedApe, apparently.
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 6 days ago:
I’ve bought it at least 5 times; sent it to a lot of family members.
- Comment on An AI That Promises to “Solve All Diseases” Is About to Test Its First Human Drugs 1 week ago:
Agreed, drug development is a very good use of AI.
- Comment on Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, spreads antisemitic conspiracies 1 week ago:
That’s because Musk directed his people to weight his tweets and the tweets of people he agrees with more than everyone else.
Dude is so fragile that he had to create his own echo chamber to feel like anybody loves him.
- Comment on Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, seems to get right-wing update 1 week ago:
It’s easy to tune a chat to confidently speak any bullshit take. But overriding what an AI has learned with alignment steps like this has been shown to measurably weaken its capabilities.
So here we have a guy who’s so butthurt by reality that he decided to make his own product stupider just to reinforce his echo chamber. (I think we all saw this coming.)
- Comment on PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation 1 week ago:
Popular photo and video editing apps like Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, and Avid Media Composer already support it, alongside Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Apple’s iOS and macOS also work with the new file standard.
This is all the article mentions. I hope you’re right about the backwards compatibility.
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 1 week ago:
Yeah I start at the 5, clockwise.
- Comment on Chaotic hoarders beware, Minecraft is about to get an invasion of copper golem housekeepers 2 weeks ago:
I like the idea of having a little guy go out and sort my items for me. That’ll be a welcome addition to the game.
- Comment on Facts and minds 2 weeks ago:
That’s both the strength and horror of LLMs. They are super good at presenting information in a pleasing way to the user… but can you trust that what it says is correct?
To the majority of humans, a pleasing presentation is treated as evidence of truth, despite that being a logical fallacy.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Not necessarily, but having access to cheap labor AND raw materials would ensure that.
Now I’m not going to pretend that AI is anywhere close to being a source of cheap labor. It really can’t do much without a human to assist it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I’m not entirely sure of that. While corporate AI would certainly cause that, right now there are open weights models which can be run on a relatively affordable computer, and they are not that far behind. These models are able to democratize AI benefits rather than concentrate it.
- Comment on [Video] BBC cuts away during pro-Palestine musicians Kneecap. The followup act Bob Vylan invents a new chant on live TV 2 weeks ago:
Or shirts apparently
- Comment on Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad 2 weeks ago:
The movie had themes about AI revolution, while the book was around robopsychology. Since this anecdote was about an AI gaslighting itself, it’s far more appropriate than the movie thematically.
- Comment on Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad 2 weeks ago:
Claude eventually resolved its existential crisis by convincing itself the whole episode had been an elaborate April Fool’s joke, which it wasn’t. The AI essentially gaslit itself back to functionality, which is either impressive or deeply concerning, depending on your perspective.
Now THAT’S some I, Robot shit. And I’m not talking about the Will Smith movie, I’m talking about the original book.
- Comment on Beaches 2 weeks ago:
If you wear a skirt, your gender disappears.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
What, you’ve never written markdown?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Forget monogamy, I just need a mathematical relationship!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Monogamy? In THIS economy?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
So non-monogamy is generally looked down upon because a lot of people have bad outcomes from it.
In the vast majority of these situations, the couple has decided to see other people because they are trying to avoid or alleviate the problems they are currently dealing with. If you or your spouse are not mature enough to handle one relationship, there’s no way in hell that the exponential complexity of a polyamorous relationship will work.
That being said, it sounds like you ARE one of the few people who are considering non-monogamy for the right reasons. Some of the most important things you need to do to make this successful:
- Great communication. No games, no bottling up your feelings. You need to be able to clearly express what your hopes and fears are, and then listen to those from each other person.
- Handle jealousy and loneliness. If you’re a jealous-type person, best to stop now. You need to be comfortable with your partners spending a significant amount of time together, without you. And you need to use that time doing things you want to do, not feeling left out.
- Secure in your self. Don’t base your self-worth on what your partner thinks about you. Successful non-monogamous people are not dependent on their partners as their sole source of happiness.
- Flexibility. You need to be adaptable to new situations, because a lot of things will be changing rapidly. Successful polyamorous people embrace the ever-changing nature of life rather than try to stop it.
- Be able to handle loss. All relationships end at some point. With non-monogamy, that happens far more often than with just two people. Remember that a relationship ending doesn’t invalidate the goodness it brought to your life in the past. You need to be prepared to process events like this.
One great book on non-monogamy is More Than Two. I highly recommend everybody giving it a read before moving forward.
Having a polyamorous relationship can be very fulfilling! If you can navigate the complexity, it’s a wonderful way to maximize life.
- Comment on Engineers Introduce Berkeley Humanoid Lite, Open-Source, Customizable, 3D-Printed Robot for Tech Newbies. 2 weeks ago:
Part cost is estimated to be under $5000 and take a week for a novice robotics to build. Very cool, but me and my kids will probably skip this one.
- Comment on OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’ 2 weeks ago:
They used to be a non-profit. Doubly fucking hypocrites.
- Comment on OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’ 2 weeks ago:
OpenAI’s core message was “we can’t release our GPT model because people will try to use it for war”.
Fucking hypocrites.
- Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs 3 weeks ago:
Even the cheap ones accelerate faster, ride smoother, and are quieter. You don’t have to get oil changes, and the brakes don’t wear down as fast. Plus I can recharge at home, which is loads cheaper than buying gasoline.
And this is all with a relatively ancient Nissan Leaf, the new vehicles are all far better.
- Comment on China hits 1 TW solar milestone 3 weeks ago:
I’m not surprised! PV cells are cheaper than plywood these days.
- Comment on wtf 3 weeks ago:
Dogs do love a good jog though. Give that good boi a bit of kibble and then see how he feels.