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Really nice book on the subject -- Algorithms for Validation. The online version is actually freely accessible as a PDF. https://algorithmsbook.com/validation/

I add these instructions. Works wonders. Do Not Use First-Person Pronouns Avoid Creating a Relationship No Emotional Language Talk Like a Computer (edited for formatting)

Correlation does not equal causation as the old adage goes. Just because if you havent seen the pattern, doesn't mean it can't. It is like insurance, 99.95% of the time you don't n…

The Llama 3.1 release is exciting, the smaller models have better context length and decent fine-tuning performance. It made me curious, what would it take to build a completely lo…

The Llama 3.1 release is exciting, the smaller models have better context length and decent fine-tuning performance. It made me curious, what would it take to build a completely lo…

Wonder if spotify will grow in popularity as a result of this in terms of podcast content.

Heard and interesting talk about AI being described through the metaphor of Molock. If you really entertain the thought experiment, is is interesting to see the world race for powe…

Politician always point elsewhere, and change the focus. Why folks fall for the shallow reasoning I will never understand. Calibrate on behaviour, not words.

Anyone know what the laws around this is in South Africa?

Obsidian.md for the win. I used to use evernote way back when they started, was cool software, then they started scaling and added worst search UI I have ever come across. That day…

Have you ever met someone who recently had a severe stroke or suffers dementia? Their sense of self can be completely lost by such trauma. Sure they still have identity in the memo…

Are there any drones with an open-source, mod, ethos? Cost-effective yet versatile. Would appreciate if folks can point in interesting directions.

Yannic Kilcher did an explainer recently on his YT channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8ljAkdFtg Yannic explains these models pretty well.

Made me think of Socrates and living by virtue.

Yet, we all use their services, willingly or not. Need a class action and rigorous approach this problem. Else, this reinforcing loop will just continue

Refreshing take!

Julia, R (tidyverse), Python code examples available here: https://github.com/StatisticalRethinkingJulia https://github.com/pymc-devs/resources/tree/master/Rethinkin... https://boo…

You need a really good team and MlOps/DevOps pipeline to bring world class chatbot support and performance. I think there is still opportunity in this space, but you need Apple Lev…

I find it challenging to choose one but Andrew Huberman's podcast is exceptional. Latest in neuroscience/neurobiology which is accessible to the general public. From topics like sl…

The impression I get is he specialises more around the philsophy of AI and cybernetics.

I am looking for a free, open-source, offline, no-ad app, that is simple where you can add questions and have those asked throughout the day, or according to some schedule. It shou…

Good point

This really is a fascinating case-study of what is truly resilient systems. More often than not, they are not centralized.

> I hope they don't lose their job. FB has such poor integrity, I'd not be surprised if they take such extreme measures.