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infimum

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    Comment #45343303

    This sounds super interesting. Can you elaborate on how you apply ZK to ML? (or can you point me to any resources?)

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    Comment #36313510

    As far as I know, none of these 3 work specifically in NLP, most of their work is in image processing and to the best of my knowledge none of them have any background in linguistic…

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    Comment #33543774

    Their pricing page says that it costs them around 1$ to serve 80 searches. I really wonder how they arrive at that number. That seems shockingly expensive somehow.

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    Comment #28713077

    > This seems like such a distant yet specific relationship type I don't know much about it (never stepped foot outside EU/NA) but apparently some Asian countries have a pretty intr…

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    Comment #28524098

    scikit-learn (next to numpy) is the one library I use in every single project at work. Every time I consider switching away from python I am faced with the fact that I'd lose acces…

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    Comment #27181514

    lmgtfy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state

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    Comment #27099545

    > Is a hotdog a sandwich? Depends on whether the bun is cut in half. If yes it's a sandwich otherwise it's a pizza. /s Arguments about categorizations can be productive in as far a…

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    Comment #24187367

    Currently on course 2/4 in the series and it's great. Every week starts with a reading assignment from the RL book followed by a series of videos (re-)explaining stuff. The videos …

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    Comment #19256197

    I live in Switzerland too and especially Youtube never seems to know whether to serve me ads in German, French or Italian (even though Google should know I almost exclusively consu…

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    Comment #18662767

    In D&D speak you would call this kind of argument 'lawful evil'.

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    Comment #18394047

    One of the most eye-opening moments of my CS studies was, when we discussed the Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem [1] in a class about Algorithmic Game Theory. I always like to bring i…

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    Comment #18112040

    It is racist, when you make it exceedingly difficult for some minority populations to get an id.

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    Comment #17455925

    GP explicitly stated a case where the US did the same. So for all intents and purposes the law does propagate 'magically' over the internet. Well, at least US law does.

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    Comment #16691288

    I have to agree again. What you point out is correct and I hope to be able to act accordingly. My personal take-away is still that these kinds of ethical ponderings are a bit like …

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    Comment #16691239

    Yes, I did. That's when he explained his situation to me. I mean I was aware of his background, but up to that point I didn't really grasp how strongly that influenced his decision…

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    Comment #16687374

    You know, I'm inclined to agree with your sentiment. I just think it might be more nuanced. At least to me my friend's suffering is more immediate. Whatever work he would have done…

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    Comment #16686643

    I have a good friend who just finished his Master's in CS and considered taking an internship at Palantir. I was very apalled at first how he could even consider to work for a comp…

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    Comment #16482531

    probably because being legal is not a sufficient condition for being ethical

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    Comment #16169077

    > Additionally if you prefer lectures ETHZ has recordings of their ML class[1]. I took that class back in 2015. I found that the lectures were sometimes hard to follow, unless you …

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    Comment #14848051

    Elon Musk's recent comments on the topic makes me say that his understanding of AI is similarly 'limited'...

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    Comment #14663586

    > Once everything is sufficiently automated it will be possible to wage war without risking any of your humans. i don't see how that could possibly work. just because people won't …

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    Comment #14657518

    > Ideally, he'd tell them of his accomplishment and get a raise and a job helping other people realistically he'll get fired because they don't need him anymore. his wages are book…

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    Comment #14627926

    > where H is B-flat in german music notation in german B is called H and B-flat is called B

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    Comment #14460470

    i'm always a bit unhappy with the comparison to the old testament. it think it turns people off unnecessarily. having read both, i reassure everyone that the silmarillion is way le…

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    Comment #14408731

    they were referring to the stasi [0] in east germany. and yes, your leader does have some worrying autocratic tendencies that merit being pointed out ad nauseam (since he's suppose…