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> to predict the next token you first need to model the universe Exactly. The "most likely next" series of tokens, for example, when given the first half of a correct mathematical …

What does "predicting the next token" mean? I ask this every time people say "LLMs are just predicting the next token" and it's maddening that nobody can give a straight answer. Pr…

What makes you think the people who own the machines will share their resources with you?

This is an annoying style of argument from Wayland fans. Wayland fan: You need to switch to Wayland. X is deprecated and has been for years! Wayland is the future. User: Okay, I tr…

It's really not like Emacs/vim. I use X because it works on my setup and always has, whereas Wayland has not, despite Wayland advocates claiming it's ready and X is deprecated for …

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Well yeah, if people are unable to write, then I don't want to read their writing. That sounds harsh but it's the unfortunate reality. I also don't want to look at paintings made b…

> It enables people to write and publish work that otherwise wouldn't exist. Why is that a good thing? If you aren't going to bother to write something, other people shouldn't have…

But pi is also "constructed", in the sense that you can write down a constructive definition for it, for example \sqrt{6 \times \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k^2}}. So I suppose maybe…

What do you mean by "non-constructed" here?

Please define what "predicting the next token" means. The next token according to what probability distribution? Couldn't every process that produces text (including humans writing…

Why does it have to be a website? Why merely "CLI-inspired" and not actually CLIs?

> Should there by attribution for Google or Stack Overflow copy/paste? Obviously, and I'm a bit taken aback that anyone thinks otherwise.

You are absolutely 100% wrong about this. It is entirely possible in the US to enter into contracts that limit your rights, including freedom of speech. People do this routinely, a…

> It is something you innately have. That is nonsense. "Freedoms" and "rights" are inherently social constructs. What does it even mean to say you "innately have" freedom of speech…

Of course. For example, the law guarantees that I don't have to perform labor for someone else if I don't want to. An employment contract obligates me to. Similarly, it's entirely …

It is perfectly legal to sell tickets to an event and require people going there not to express political opinions.

> No contract is allowed to take away what the law gives you. That's incorrect. In fact this is exactly what all contracts do.

No. It’s not illegal to express that opinion (or any opinion) in public in the US in any normal scenario. I’m not sure to what extent the law is different on planes, but you can go…

If you genuinely fear for the lives of everyone on board, who gives a shit about logistics?

It was standard practice during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, for example.

A normal level of risk aversion? Are you being serious? They inconvenienced a few thousand passengers to save zero.

It's colloquially used like that in the blackjack community. "Being trespassed" by a casino means the casino informs you that you must leave and that if you return, you will be gui…

What does "it's all probabilities and weights" mean? Doesn't that apply to everything in the universe?