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eh_why_not

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    Comment #49013899

    Agreed, it's stronger "horizontally". But I also think that we're not far away from it being stronger vertically; i.e. superior to Tao, in that such turn-by-turn guidance by him in…

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    Comment #49013615

    What was most remarkable to me from this transcript, was how strong of an equal the AI agent comes across compared to the user (Tao). And Tao is one of the top mathematicians of mo…

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    Comment #48941035

    Discussion on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1uxj3cy/after_openais... Of note: the author had AI help synthesizing the actual 10-page prompt that resulted in the pr…

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    Comment #48349136

    Hmm I see. I only use "old" reddit and it does require login there to resolve to a real address. In any case, it is a special link that enables tracking (unnecessary, to say the le…

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    Comment #48348939

    FYI Reddit "s" links require login, an unnecessary burden. For your purpose here a direct link would have sufficed: https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/1tse6mq/ua_...

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    Comment #47819504

    Easy, just write multiple books simultaneously /s. Cheers.

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    Comment #47818831

    Would you consider writing a computer history book?

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    Comment #47818716

    But let's say I got you started. What would you want to say about them?

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    Comment #47642617

    No it's not the same as your grandma. The point is that it's now more expensive to find the correct information to learn from. You don't know it's an LLM ahead of time, and you may…

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    Comment #47641942

    It's becoming much harder to determine on a daily basis what content is original, thought-out by a person, and trustworthy. Ironically, verifiably-old content is easier to trust no…

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    Comment #46672189

    > ...and burn it (to remove the rabies and typhus)... Elaborate? You heat your knives after every sharpening?

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    Comment #46661208

    Good article. I found this part the most damning: > "We know that richer communities and schools will be able to afford more advanced AI models," Winthrop says, "and we know those …

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    Comment #46569430

    > Removing battery swaps is the last step to deploy UAVs autonomously at scale. So ubiquitous surveillance, literally overhead, without any need to have a nearby/local charging/phy…

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    Comment #46100437

    The "Kaprekar's routine" page [0] is more informative, covers other bases. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaprekar%27s_routine

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    Comment #46100301

    The s/ link in the post is a tracking link that requires Reddit login (please avoid those). Its destination can be viewed directly at https://old.reddit.com/r/mcp/comments/1paggqd/…

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    Comment #45815719

    What's up with the TeamYouTube account advising him to delete his X post for security reasons because the post contains a channel ID? Like channel ID is not public information and …

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    Comment #45621614

    In a discussion of an article about encouraging fact-checking in writing, I wish you would have made your quotes informative by replacing "many wise people" with the actual names o…

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