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> If you know what a Markov chain is then you must also know that modern language models are nothing like Markov chains. Just as an example, a Markov chain can't do causal reasonin…

Would you say that a "Markov chain"-type (e.g. Dissociated Press) language model is "self-aware" in any way? If yes, then... how, exactly? It is basically an N x N matrix of values…

Humans may even "be conceptually mirrors" (whatever that may mean): this still doesn't make mirrors be humans (conceptually or otherwise). Current language models are much more clo…

> [...] I'm not sure how much choice they had in this - I suspect NSA/US gov more widely here. [...] Note that when parent says "you can't trust NIST" and you counter with somethin…

> it's just not even a choice and I struggle to see how any one would chose a the former as a preferable option. What if you do not possess a smartphone? What choice do you have, t…

As it is explained in the "readme" part, in this specific context, "naturally occurring" means that no one has purposefully manipulated any of the images to make them collide: that…

This. The thing is that some of the techniques commonly applied when training NN are often "good enough" to deal with the presence of corrupted data (e.g. using SGD to optimize a m…

Note: the "multiplex test" is most likely still a PCR test (just 'multiplex PCR' instead of 'single-probe PCR'), so where you say "PCR only detects SARS CoV 2" it should say "the c…

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Not at all. Just criticizing his blanket statement, apparently used to justify "doubting the results of US elections": "doubting" just for the sake of doubting, particularly when i…

Ah, yes... the "if I put everything in doubt, even the most painfully obvious things, it makes me seem smart" crowd. Here's the thing, though: if one is basing their "doubts" on ra…

Again, which false claim have I made? Be specific and quote me: you need actual examples , not handwaving. Until you do that, I'm not pursuing this conversation any further. Have a…

> The part where you make a false claim out of ignorance. Which false claim did I make? I'm still waiting... > No reason I should go looking for such things. You're the one making …

> This is completely wrong. Which part? The fact that storing "length" along with a hash is not superfluous? You can probably find many things which have a SHA hash of "ca978112ca1…

And then they switch to using Akamai or AWS IP space (like Microsoft does), so you start blocking those as well?

> Having the explicit length is quite superfluous Not entirely. It makes it so that, to achieve a "full" collision, you have to ensure that the sets of data collide both in SHA has…

There is, if you are talking about "centrally-controlled" tokens/coins (e.g. USDC, USDT, BUSD). They can simply "lock" the stolen coins and print you new ones (as they have done be…

And if a bank steals any other assets you may have in their custody (e.g. stocks, forex, bitcoin, etc.) does it work any differently than if they steal USD currency? Isn't there so…

> "why would I use a currency that easily stolen of I could just use dollars?" If you hand out your currency to a third party (Joe Binance or someone else), then it can "easily be …

> The median is specifically the mid point of the data set, so it won't be "any number between 0 and 2", it will be one specific number depending on the data set. No. The median is…

You can use "maximum entropy" arguments to convince yourself or others that a Gaussian distributional assumption is the best (e.g. if the only thing you know is that your distribut…

> What isn't so obvious is that this generalizes to the other kinds of means, like geometric. It's obvious if you realize that the geometric mean is just exp(mean(log(values))) and…

> For instance, the average person has one testicle, whether defined by mean or median There are two options: 1) The ratio between women and men is not exactly 1. In this case, the…