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Comment #49187417
Which poses the question: Why does Google even need to catch up? At least currently, the name of the game is integration. The actual model is a commodity.
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Comment #49185852
That's not really a fair comparison, no? Modern LLMs are much more capable than GPT-2. We'ld need a modern LLM trained on exclusively old data, and that might be impossible
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Comment #48925762
We know very little about how psychological drugs work in general. Having to try multiple things to find one that works well for you is par for the course
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Comment #48857279
No, it can't. It's going to be an interesting legal challenge. Also, the European Court of Justice has, to the best of my knowledge, not ruled on this yet, either. The fact fight i…
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Comment #48792225
> there's no way for it to tell the button to cancel the color change No, but what should happen in cases like that is that the on-click handler disables the button while it is unr…
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Comment #48705240
You're being sarcastic, but...
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Comment #48513696
I guess that's why I burned out as a manager: I do not get a sense of accomplishment when my team achieves something
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Comment #48409848
> No fluff, just the document in a shape the target audience expects I see what you did there
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Comment #48148266
Gaaa. Those short sentences. The style. Has this article been written by AI? I can't stand it any more.
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Comment #48005402
> An AI-driven sensor activates and wall emitters blast infrasound waves toward the source of the fire in an attempt to put it out What, exactly, is the role of AI in this context?…
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Comment #47775636
> always the poor specs But that is fundamentally what agile is about. It's not about coding faster, it's the recognition that the specs are incomplete or wrong because fundamental…
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Comment #47761790
This shows, once more, that humans are bad with modes. You have two copies of the repo, one in a transaction and one not in a transaction. The problem is that the thing you use to …
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Comment #47733292
> The people using GenAI reap a major time and cognitive effort savings, but the task of verification is shifted to the maintainer. The people using GenAI should be the ones doing …
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Comment #47733269
1 and 2 are really only an issue if you vibe code. There's no reason to expect properly reviewed AI assisted code to be any worse than human written code. In fact, in my experience…
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Comment #47514330
So, that would make this GNU/Windows
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Comment #46896813
Remember when OpenAI was about not-for-profit AI development for the betterment of humanity?
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Comment #40342854
Disabled does not mean you need a caregiver
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Comment #39667896
I think you are confusing rings with discs. Larry Niven is the one doing the spinning
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Comment #39606619
> There is also a parallel legal reality - that people have the right to free speech. The right to free speech only means you can't be prosecuted for what you say. It does not comp…
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Comment #39379656
Those are your basic rights: You entered into a contract with the airline, and the airline failed to deliver. Of course you get your money back if the alternative solution is not s…
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Comment #39362434
I'm always so confused by the advice to go to bookstores to meet people. What kind of bookstores do you guys go to where the customers talk with each other?
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Comment #39293979
Count me among those who don't see the problem. I believe that there are people who are upset by it, but that alone does not justify prohibiting it.
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Comment #39280223
Slippery slope to where, exactly? I genuinely don't see it
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Comment #39260291
Card counting isn't cheating, it's how you play card games.
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Comment #39088682
All Chinese cars I've seen for sale here so far had infotainment systems and pointless use of touch screens.