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jjfoooo4
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About jjfoooo4
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Comment #49078244
Requires some pretty tough to get raw materials and equipment, to say the least
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Comment #49078162
> How this would actually be achieved is unclear though. Dario is at least proposing a solution a solution How it would be achieved is a pretty important bit! One which Dario is no…
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Comment #49035210
Conversely, “we should stop X” should come with some idea of how to feasibly do so. In any case, I’d summarize my position as “you cannot stop open source AI, and attempts at it wi…
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Comment #49028942
I tried to address safety, albeit briefly, in the sections on backdoors and propaganda. What would you have liked to see? I didn't give it much treatment because my frame of refere…
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Comment #49026104
Yes that would be my view. Open access doesn't make it trivial, but remains the most expedient way to remediate these exploits.
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Comment #49000141
(I work for Block, not on this) Cash App was not an acquisition, it originated as a hackweek within (what was then called) Square. Possibly you’re thinking of the Afterpay acquisit…
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Comment #48987498
A sticky product is one that switching away from creates a major hassle. Which means the user will pay more to avoid said hassle. “I don’t really have a strong preference between t…
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Comment #48928333
I don’t really get the business plan for open weights model companies, is the idea companies would pay them for serving?
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Comment #48621230
One major difference is that to send network traffic, you have to go through an ISP. With AI you have the option of local open source models
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Comment #48309366
Down from 10 years ago, down quite a bit from 20 years ago
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Comment #48280352
But there's not an everyday use case for firearms and explosives for the average person. There's civilian, everyday task that would be easier were better firearms and explosives av…
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Comment #48164096
Surely both manufacturer and convenience store have incentive to push the addictive product in this scenario. In any case, drug dealers really don’t need to do any pushing, the dru…
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Comment #47970522
That they aren’t participating in the AI arms race is very good for current earning
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Comment #47941634
> Of course, this then introduces the circular reasoning "because of a potential US attack", but of course if Iran wasn't funding Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis I think the first step o…
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Comment #47905218
Even as someone highly interested in memory I don’t see it as a useful tool for coding. The source of truth for what a repo does or should do is the repo itself. What you’re descri…
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Comment #47905161
Simple vector similarity plus a cheap model to filter results works pretty well. Though ofc t does add tokens to your primary chat, which is the basic tradeoff of memory systems in…
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Comment #47905131
I favor automatic recall, invisible to the agent. For memory creation, I find tool calls do a pretty good job, though I also like automatic memory creation on context compression. …
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Comment #47893378
But these products are all drop in replacements for each other. I've recently favored Codex more than CC, just because rate limits got mildly annoying. I really didn't have to chan…
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Comment #47837704
> My feeling is that if the AI is this good, the audience will just prompt the AI themselves and cut out the middleman. I call this the instant imitator trap. If anything AI genera…
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Comment #47837666
From the press release, it's not all that clear what Deezer is doing about it. 44% of uploads getting less than 1% of non-fraudulent streams seems like a pretty strong reason to ou…
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