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> A code block is not the same as a paragraph. [...] Right, but for Markdown they're a difference in output despite the input \n\n being just whitespace, and for the final text the…

I think diminishing returns applies regardless of whether it's improving itself through optimization or breakthrough new ideas. There's only so much firepower you can squeeze out i…

I think the original article's chosen image plays well with unsettling/uncanny nature of current AI generated images, faces in particular. Definitely disagree with claims of "it's …

> capable of constructing a slightly better version of itself With just self-improvement I think you hit diminishing returns, rather than an exponential explosion. Say on the first…

> a couple of newlines A couple of newlines to create a new paragraph is semantic whitespace, as one newline or a space would not do so. Markdown (although not HN's Markdownesque s…

> Don’t force a kid to walk in front of your 4,000-pound metal box traveling at god knows what speed Some consolation, according to the tweet chain, is that it'll be at 5MPH and th…

Could you upload a screenshot from your phone? Searching images online I see plenty that roughly match the colors they're using on the video/website, but none as dark as your iPhon…

The distinction they're drawing is between ignorance of the law (e.g: you take someone's phone because you didn't know stealing was illegal) and lack of knowledge/criminal intent r…

No knowledge/criminal intent relating to the act can be a defense (other than for strict liability crimes like statutory rape), ignorance of the law is not.

Cut and dry if the open-source contributors are "blocked persons", but are they? They'd no longer be allowed to contribute to the project, but does someone having contributed in th…

> ...your response to which is to liken me to a dog while crying bully Dog whistles are blown by humans. Arguably it implies the people you're trying to reach are dogs, but I don't…

> needs to be cleaned up[1] as it's way too blurry to be seriously used as an app icon Seems to have been blurred after the fact. The version linked in the article before cropping …

For convenience features advertised as requiring active driver supervision and not making the vehicle autonomous, I think it only really makes sense for the driver to be liable. Si…

Something that just flies an aircraft straight and level is still an autopilot, so I don't think it's a totally inaccurate metaphor. Ironically in these situations a more understat…

> But ask which is heavier, a goldfish or a whale, and it will tell you a goldfish. Or ask what Napoleon said about hamburgers, and it will say, “Hamburgers are the food of the god…

The full video that supposedly causes the auto-ban is in the article, so I decided to just try it: https://i.imgur.com/WEP4dcV.png I assume "additional tasks" means needing to dele…

Note that I'm being intentionally reductive to argue that the net buscoquadnary threw around ML models and future-telling with sheep entrails also includes the scientific method. I…

> I mean basically that is what ML is, trying to predict the future If being so reductive, that's also the scientific method. Form a model on some existing data, with the goal of i…

An example: https://i.imgur.com/FtwnUTk.mp4

> There's just something I can't describe with words about what it lacks today - where it's possibly more philosophical than technical My personal viewpoint is that there's nothing…

> based on all the data it's seen before? > it's closer to another virtual layer on top of the ever growing virtual layers I'd claim similar can be said for us. Don't forget to cou…

> [Video @ 21:50] I don't know about you, I put my car in reverse and if it gets too close to something it beeps because it's aware of its surroundings, right? Does that make my ca…

Default behavior being for a single mouse button to paste and run (if it contains newlines) whatever's on the clipboard always seems dangerous to me. Beyond the accidental mistakes…

> The absurdity of Microsoft and OpenAI’s legal justification for GitHub Copilot. > Note 1: See Comment Regarding Request for Comments on Intellectual Property Protection for Artif…