SkavarSharraddas
@SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de
- Comment on Expecting a LLM to become conscious, is like expecting a painting to become alive 3 days ago:
IMO language is a layer above consciousness, a way to express sensory experiences. LLMs are "just" language, they don't have sensory experiences, they don't process the world, especially not continuously.
Do they want to preserve themselves? Or do they regurgitate sci-fi novels about "real" AIs not wanting to be shut down?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Guess Russia has the right climate for snowflakes lol.
- Comment on Noob RAM speed question 2 weeks ago:
As already mentioned, going from "not enough RAM" to "enough RAM" is way more noticeable than any speed difference.
If your mainboard can run two different sticks in dual-channel mode (see manual for where to put them if you have four slots, and you might have to manually configure them both to the same values in the bios) then the speed increase from dual-channel might even offset the lower frequency.
The CPU might also run some parts connected to the memory controller at different frequencies depending on RAM frequency which can also make a slight difference. But still, having enough memory is the most important issue.
- Comment on Cooling stuff does not require any energy! 1 month ago:
Well, "fill your fridge/freezer so there's less cold air inside that can be replaced by warm air when opening it, then it does need less energy to cool down again after opening" is true, but the reasoning… No isolation is perfect (and certainly not that of affordable household fridges) so there'll always be warmth getting in that has to be moved out again. Cooling only doesn't require energy if surrounded by equal coolness.
- Comment on Is there a self-hosted project that does base64 url decoding in a privacy respecting fashion? 2 months ago:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirect-bypasser-webextension/ in desktop Firefox seems to work for your link. For mobile there might be apps that you share the link to and they dissect it, but a very quick search didn't turn up anything.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 months ago:
IIRC the first draft had the keys all controlled by Microsoft, with no option to use your own, and no option to disable it. Don't think the GPL had anything to do with it directly, though it was people wanting to use Linux (and other systems than the one pre-installed) on their own hardware that complained.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 months ago:
And the first iteration was much more locked down, only got changed after public complaints.
- Comment on I wish there was an uninhabited, autonomous zone for folks who want "freedom" to play out their dangerous ideas away from the rest of society 3 months ago:
Unfortunately they're probably not stupid enough to all fuck off to Mars soon…