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varunjain99

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    Comment #41702503

    I think more than software sales it's useful to learn about "sales" and "persuasion". I've found Robert Cialdini's Influence to be a great read!

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    Comment #41702481

    Do you have any stats / benchmarks of how often it answers a question correctly that's present in the customer's documentation?

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    Show HN: VivaChat – FaceTime with AI

    TLDR: Video chat with realistic AI persons: https://app.vivalabs.ai/chat Hey AI enthusiasts, After GPT’s Advanced Voice Mode launch, we’re more excited than ever about authentic co…

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    Show HN: Lipdub Videos to Any Language

    TLDR: Translate, dub, and lip-sync videos into 29+ languages. Here's an example: https://app.vivalabs.ai/?modal=videoShared&shareID=c955c97b-... I was creating a few educational ma…

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    Comment #35631977

    Congrats! Definitely think QA farms can be automated using AI! Can you explain more what part Checksum is using AI? Is it for the identification of user sessions that are good cand…

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    Comment #35631908

    We need better categorization of what to blame - is it the data collection mechanism, the training of the AI, the use of the AI in a broader software system. Even without a neural …

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    Comment #35631862

    I actually have a chrome extension that will point me to HN discussions on a particular webpage - find it useful to get community context of pages I'm browsing!

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    Comment #35631754

    Well, it's to their benefit to portray their models as working alongside and enhancing humans, as opposed to replacing us. So it sounds a bit like marketing speak to me. And it's t…

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    Comment #35630060

    They probably should have reported 7 or 8 nine's just to not get called out! Technically by their (limited) definition of uptime, Slack is correct. But there's always incentive to …

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    Comment #35629953

    Solid step forward for supply chain security! For all the talk of SBOMs, supply chain security is much broader - notably, it must include frameworks to think about trustworthiness …

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    Comment #35617302

    Maybe it was written by ChatGPT!

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    Comment #35591862

    Perhaps we should require AI systems to identify themselves, so that we're not forced to conduct Turing tests in all our online interactions

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    Comment #35571722

    I view it as open-source is a currency to buy you certain advantages (distribution, feedback, customizability, trust, etc.) But you need to be clear on what part of the value creat…

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    Comment #35571600

    The only way you can do secure by design/default is if the customer of your service experiences a productivity gain. For example, if they can deploy infrastructure more efficiently…

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    Comment #35442649

    I'm surprised this isn't measured more frequently after the CFC crisis we had back in the day. Also, very puzzling that they have different theories for different CFC's... surprisi…

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    Comment #35417919

    Hm, this seems a bit contrary to my personal anecdotal experiences. I've generally seen more coddling of kids, and that has been accompanied with lax rules / letting kids have what…

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    Comment #35414018

    Congrats! I've always thought the bug bounty structure in security should be more prevalently applied to just building OSS software

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