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MoonGhost

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    Comment #44611049

    > If that's not a surveillance state, I don't know what is. If it is a surveillance then street photography is too. Camera pointing at spectators isn't good either...

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    Comment #44360360

    Realistic calculations should include both sides. New way vs old. In this case AI assisted vs manual. Here intentionally only one side considered. Because comparison does not produ…

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    Comment #44350594

    I didn't say replace, but complexity is the biggest barrier for newcomers. A lot of typing comparing to other languages. I use professionally since 90th, the more popular it gets t…

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    Comment #44349224

    How about thin C++ wrapper? The language with the same features, but more human friendly. It should be easily directly translated to C++. Preferably both ways.

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    Comment #44345225

    The thing is the luck as usually on the side of bigger battalions. Smaller teams don't have the rich and width of bigger companies. All in all we need the full spectrum from single…

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    Comment #44345183

    That's what Amazon is doing. They simply increase the output norm and promise mass layoffs again. MS promises too, I'm not sure about details, but likely they don't cut the project…

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    Comment #44345126

    He didn't mention multi-modal models. Probably because they don't fit in the oversimplified picture.

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    Comment #44345068

    > After all, as last two years have so amply demonstrated: people are fine with genocide. And open war crimes like intentionally killing civilians (TV broadcasters in Iran for exam…

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    Comment #44325055

    > Rust and x86 assembly then > Memory-safe language. What's the point? Looks like today Rust is like 3D printing was. As if it makes something better. Printing was hyped and advert…

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    Comment #44313765

    > but I think that Durov was pressed for enabling backdoors for CIA when he was arrested in France. Durov was pressed from every side from the beginning, no doubts about this. But …

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    Comment #44312917

    Can you summarize it, was Telegram compromised? Is there evidence of leaks from Russian soldiers' messages.

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    Comment #44304732

    If ayatollah gets nuke regime becomes forever like in North Korea. And Israel may suffer first because nuke strike is the only chance for Iran right now. Hope they don't have it an…

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    Comment #44304026

    Russia and China totally expected, they don't help much. Except for Turkey NATO on Israel's side, not surprising. Iraq open sky used for airstrikes. Muslim 'allies' probably help r…

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    Comment #44303928

    > Could be some other mechanism if it was it would be true for telegram as well.

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    Comment #44303915

    Or endnode in Tor. Not sure it's secure enough against US which operates it.

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    Comment #44303894

    Will this result in bloody civil war like in Iraq and minimal dysfunctional central government after?

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    Comment #44303780

    Me thinking, is it time for a new 'programming' language for LLM to use instead of tools API calls? Something high level with loose grammar, in between natural language and strict …

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    Comment #44296280

    > I’m not sure the point you’re trying to make I was trying to say that dropping old technologies isn't always bad. > It’s like if I was hiring a mathematician. Do you expect candi…

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    Comment #44286914

    Here is the big question: should it be equal or better then every single person? If we assume that every healthy person is 'generally intelligent' then probably this is a benchmark…

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    Comment #44283673

    > I'm firmly convinced that being able to troubleshoot code, even code generated by LLMs, and to write guidelines and tests to make sure it's functioning, is a skill of a shrinking…

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    Comment #44283593

    > An animal can 100% recall and associate memories, such as mentioning the name of a playmate to a dog (=tail wagging). However, it seems like they can neither remember nor project…

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    Comment #44280911

    > The average human is useless for pretty much everything but capable of learning to perform almost any task But only the limited number of tasks per human. > Or perhaps AGI should…

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    Comment #44280860

    > I use model architecture for the code/math Code is copyrightable and math is not. What about 'architecture'?

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    Comment #44280831

    My guess the weights from HF are used as initial state for the model because full training is too expensive. Then small dataset is used to train in further for short time. Which is…

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    Comment #44238548

    No, thanks, we don't want to be like EU. Everything regulated to death. They even thought to criminalize street photography because there could be copyrighted materials in the pict…