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Did you ask ChatGPT that? Me: why did the commenter use the term “loop-closing”? ChatGPT: The commenter used the term "loop-closing" to emphasize the concept of a feedback mechanis…

We use language like “hallucinations, bullshit, etc.”, because it’s more accurate descriptors for what’s happening. When I tell you the LLM hallucinated something, you know exactly…

Huh? Can you explain the difference? That’s like saying “Oh, you didn’t get the right answer to that math question, you just mimicked giving me the right answer”. Yeah, but if I ga…

This is dumb. An individual human takes in more data than modern LLMs do. https://open.substack.com/pub/echoesofid/p/why-llms-struggle...

I mean, google has access to ~all of that stuff anyway. Even if you’re self-hosting your email+calendar, everyone else isn’t. I’d love to have more privacy on everything, but reali…

Have you actually tried it yourself? I’d recommend it. And I don’t mean just playing with it —- Try using it to help you build something. It’s much more efficient than googling and…

> I don’t think it’s actually reasoning about things at all This is a huge leap. There’s plenty of humans who couldn’t do that, especially historically. Stop thinking about reasoni…

> He doesn't say valuable, he says it matters more. What does that mean? How are these words different in this context? > Didn't the pandemic show that those jobs that matter aren'…

This is trivially untrue: - median hr salary: $61k - median software developer salary: $111k Maybe what you’re trying to say is that the average junior dev doesn’t spend enough eff…

I think you’re really confused about inflation. The central bank doesn’t control inflation. Saying your currency is inflation proof doesn’t make sense, because you have no control …