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Comment #48888665
Instead of chasing and flagging AI content, you could just use Self-Labeled Original Content. Let authors voluntarily tag their links with [Handmade], [Craft-Article] or [Artisan-T…
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Comment #48732628
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Comment #47691177
Since you mentioned biohacking but are wary of "wetware" risks, consider Personal Bioinformatics via 30x Whole Genome Sequencing. Now that sequencing costs have dropped significant…
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Comment #47295709
Following the recent discussion on files as the ideal interface for agents [0], this might be an interesting exploration. llm9p is a small, experimental 9P server that lets you int…
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Comment #46322965
Ontologically, this historical model understands the categories of "Man" and "Woman" just as well as a modern model does. The difference lies entirely in the attributes attached to…
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Comment #46183794
Schleswig-Holstein (pop. 3M) shows that Open Source in government is viable. We need an EU that shifts its focus from compliance frameworks to actually investing and building.
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Comment #45892436
A key takeaway from this ruling is that "the systems contain copies of the original works." Does this mean that offering any open-weight model capable of reproducing copyrighted te…
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Comment #45855063
The Dunning–Kruger meme has basically turned into a way for people to laugh at others for being “too dumb to know they’re dumb.” But that misses the point completely. The whole “I …
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Comment #45738687
Review of 1X Neo by the WSJ: https://youtu.be/f3c4mQty_so?si=pkdj9q5ieoj7pzPc
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Comment #44540002
I haven't limited my AI use. In fact, it has increased. It still feels experimental, and I often use it even when it does not save time, simply to avoid effortful thinking. That co…
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Comment #44307728
The vision of unifying Copilot/Cursor/Roo/Cline/etc. under a common configuration and best-practice layer is compelling, and I like the direction toward reusable templates and memo…
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Comment #43765285
I can really relate to this — in school, biology felt like dry memorization. It never clicked with me, and I wrote it off for years. If I could recommend one subtopic of biology to…
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Comment #43689532
Over the past 30 years, computers and software have dramatically transformed our world. Yet many sectors remain heavily influenced by their analog history. My understanding is that…
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Comment #43591430
The Rust Belt's just one part of the story, not the whole US economy. Globalization actually created tons of wealth for the USA, but that money hasn't been spread around fairly. It…
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Comment #43502406
I’ve been thinking about the potential benefits of incorporating something like this into VR headsets. Since VR already controls the user’s visual perception, would adding a high-i…
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Comment #43371305
It seems clear by now that the Tesla brand has completely fallen out of favor with the progressive, high-earning, status-conscious demographic in Germany (their main buyer group). …
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Comment #42876753
On the bright side, the No. 1 car sticker on German Amazon right now is: "I BOUGHT THIS BEFORE ELON WENT CRAZY."
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Comment #42249396
@somnium_n: Now, wait a minute, I wrote you! MCP: I've gotten 2,415 times smarter since then.
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Comment #41673987
You’re right that "history" starts with writing, but "prehistoric" refers to the human period before written records, starting with the use of stone tools around 2.5 million years …
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Comment #40757291
For reference, language deprivation experiments have a long tradition: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_deprivation_experim...
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Comment #40757178
I believe the concept of multimodal token embeddings is quite fitting for my own thinking. Certainly, my 'embeddings' are not always fully formed words, but sometimes they are.
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Comment #40543567
I hope that Linux will be the best way to live the AI dream. AI on Linux could enhance user privacy and security by giving full transparency and control over data, ensuring that AI…
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Comment #40452451
What do you think? Is it possible to give a polite, slightly anxious translator bot a metallic-sounding British accent without having to pay C-3PO's voice actor?
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Comment #39417117
A bigger problem than AI alignment is human alignment. Sadly, the only effective alignment we have is return on investment.