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ttpphd

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About ttpphd

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    Comment #43373715

    If LLMs were good at summarization, this wouldn't be necessary. Turns out a stochastic model of language is not a summary in the way humans think of summaries. Thus all this extra …

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    Comment #43300486

    You didn't believe it then, but you better believe it now: RegEx is the final boss of both code and science.

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    Comment #43218936

    Exactly. Why is my browser serving me advertising in the first place? Because Mozilla is an advertising company now.

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    Comment #43218630

    This is just denialism.

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    Comment #43179866

    It's amazing that no one really cares. Would you have believed that two years ago?

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    Comment #43179579

    This isn't what I meant but thanks anyway.

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    Comment #43178398

    This is where my thoughts went too. I see no reason to speculate about this in the absence of clear and persuasive comparison examples with other fine tuning content.

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    Comment #43118399

    This is wrong and naive. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-dives-into-core-na... "DOGE currently has far deeper and far more extensive access to U.S. government computer sy…

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    Comment #43115068

    Are you a scientist?

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    Comment #43104891

    It's almost like scientists are doing something more than a random search over language.

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    Comment #43104873

    Witness the pure arrogance of tech bros

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    Comment #43104280

    Are you a scientist?

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    Comment #43025780

    You didn't make a case for any of that. No one did. This whole discussion is just a bunch of people who have their feelings hurt when other people tell them a LLM is modeling langu…

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    Comment #43017326

    It's absolutely not taboo to believe that. It's a very common belief. Lot of game playing going on here to center on a victim narrative.

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    Comment #43017223

    "societal taboos and power structures can be revealed by noting what speech provokes the strongest reactions" Ok I'll bite. Who is the marginalized Other?

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    Comment #43017049

    Throwing your hands up in the air like this doesn't help build a constructive case for using the word reasoning. It builds a case that words mean whatever

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    Comment #42996186

    "if the president does it, it's not illegal" ok Nixon.

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    Comment #42993854

    Gullibility is a thing, which is why we demand people go through channels of accountability, including security clearances.

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    Comment #42993839

    Yes my main takeaway from the musk flagging discussions on here is that tech people are no where near capable of taking responsibility for their central role in this mess. If I cal…

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    Comment #42658430

    It is extremely telling that when you hear "DEI specific role" you wrongly imagint that refers to the identity of the person rather than someone who's role it is to work on issues …

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    Comment #42512184

    Try Semantra https://github.com/freedmand/semantra

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    Comment #42206025

    "Team morale: +89% Conflict resolution rate: 94% Therapy costs saved: $25,000 Human managers questioning their purpose: 100%" Very serious blog content!

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    Comment #42150221

    Have you met the undergrads at Gallaudet University? They live in both worlds.

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    Comment #42038654

    Just is all you need.