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welferkj

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    Comment #49002622

    If there's anyone that deserves praise every time he has something to say about mathematics, it's him.

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    Comment #48553526

    Sounds like something they should work on before any potential future releases. I can, and this thing's explicit stated purpose is to do my job.

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    Comment #48067748

    The "cult of line go up" is why we aren't living in caves and eating each other. Come on, we can criticize the deleterious aspects of modern society without disparaging the idea of…

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    Comment #47013890

    >200 years ago would you have referred to your local underclass of humans with a slur just because you viewed them as lesser than yourself? Let's be honest: probably. I don't presu…

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    Comment #46835342

    Who, exactly, is "an advanced society" in this scenario? VCs deciding they don't like money after all? AI lab leaders and workers who spent their entire lives pursuing this dream, …

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    Comment #46828429

    I'm "allergic to per capita" specifically in cases where it doesn't matter but keeps getting brought up as a bad faith retort. As an example, it doesn't matter who emits CO2 or whe…

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    Comment #46777169

    Where we want to end up? Normies are still talking about the upcoming AI bubble pop in terms of tech basically reverting to 2022. It's wishful thinking all the way down.

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    Comment #46602128

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    Comment #46427443

    But using the modern affordances of coercive states to benefit copyright holders is very much non-standard in the free world. Only a few countries do it to personal end-users to an…

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    Comment #46427433

    Even easier if they just own the AI companies in the first place. Make them go public, and, if you're feeling especially redistributive, spend $X of public funds to purchase stock …

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    Comment #46363291

    Standard precautions apply when using the internet while under authoritarian jurisdictions.

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    Comment #46328633

    >I feel like the author is catastrophizing a bit much here. I feel like he's catastrophizing the ordinary amount for an anti-AI screed. Probably well below what the market expects …

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    Comment #46313137

    Whatever happeneed to, don't xeet where you eat.

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    Comment #46230027

    I find joy in creative work. I don't see this as a valid excuse to spew hatred against how others choose to engage in creative work.

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    Comment #46230007

    I owe my life and my diabetes to this corporation. It is extremely important to me that it reflects my values and prejudices.

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    Comment #45962917

    It's ok, autoregressive LLMs are a dead end anyway. Source: Y. LeCun.

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    Comment #45875984

    The set of real numbers is continuous and uncountably infinite. Any attempt to fit it into a discrete finite set necessarily requires severe tradeoffs. Different tradeoffs are desi…

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    Comment #45720715

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    Comment #45667834

    It's not a real issue, but it's truthy enough to generate real opposition to datacenter buildout and catalyze AI hate. So definitionally avoiding it from the get-go might end up be…

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    Comment #45653673

    That's not the case. A 5060 has a 145W TDP, which is borderline feasible. A 5090 is 575W, which is approaching furnace territory.

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    Comment #45537949

    Between Kissinger, Obama, the Myanmarese CIA asset, etc., it's basically the Nobel Crimes Against Humanity prize at this point. I'm surprised they didn't give it to the Orange Thin…

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    Comment #45436992

    >What's the benefit of this? Curious if anyone has a solid viewpoint steelmanning any positives they can think of. Revealed preferences. Keep giving the people exactly what they wa…

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    Comment #45126258

    Sure, and "piracy" is part of the status quo. Show some respect for my total disrespect of IP laws and your livelihood.