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mrwrong

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    Comment #46479343

    and the corollary is of course that saying something doesn't make it true

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    Comment #46479337

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    Comment #46477298

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    Comment #46477159

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    Comment #46477144

    I'm not sure many people will believe you saying that

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    Comment #46477099

    > "Sovereign head of state" tortured, "disappeared", and murdered thousands, and rigged elections. can't wait for someone to kidnap trump as well

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    Comment #46471700

    because that's not their job?

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    Comment #46471018

    everybody is emotionally motivated, you included

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    Comment #46468029

    nobody's trying to force you to socialize, it's just advice. take it or leave it

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    Comment #46466477

    sure but my point is people could agree they were faster at least. that is decidedly not true for LLMs. maybe due to alignable vs non-alignable differences

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    Comment #46466441

    sounds like snake oil to me :)

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    Comment #46466298

    I wonder why the volume of spam has come up 100x. seems like maybe Ads are the only way to make Sense of it

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    Comment #46443408

    and those stories were in the short run correct, since Amazon and Uber succeeded by massively undercutting existing businesses. reel customers in with charity, then turn the screws…

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    Comment #46443287

    yes, it is trivially true that each new person who recommends LLMs is a new person coming into the fold

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    Comment #46443277

    who would I be trying to trick if it was? you didn't answer the question anyways. I'm not wondering whether cars were seen as strictly better than horses in all situations. I'm won…

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    Comment #46443262

    yeah I agree about the negative externalities but I'm curious about the perceived benefits. did anybody argue that cars were actually slower than horse and carriage? (were they at …

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    Comment #46433264

    have you tried using $NEWEST_MODEL ?

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    Comment #46433253

    get ready to tick those numbers over to 2026!

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    Comment #46433245

    > The variance is great this strikes me as a very important thing to reflect on. when the automobile was invented, was the apparent benefit so incredibly variable?

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    Comment #46433222

    agreed. we should instead be sneering at the AI critics because "you're holding it wrong"

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    Comment #46395302

    um, no it's not. you have fallen into the classic web forum trap of analyzing a heterogenous mix of people with inconsistent views as one entity that should have consistent views

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    Comment #46392903

    you are saying X, but a completely different group of people didn't say Y that other time! I got you!!!!

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    Comment #46392869

    do you get scared when you hear other ghost stories too?