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Exactly what I think every time someone uses the word 'cope' these days. It's like some kind of virus.

You won't advertise? Please do.

Why is Grit pseudoscience? I haven't read it.

Why is it ill-defined? As you said, there's no contradiction. Also, in the usual ZF set theory, it's empty.

Also known as fox hunting.

I saw pirillo.com and thought 'it's got to be him'.

> Apple's visual OS design was never that far ahead of the curve That tends to happen when you're the one defining the curve.

But then you must agree that it's not a coincidence.

I'm sure you don't have the brain of a gnat, and, even if you did, it probably wouldn't prevent you from understanding this. As for whether these definitions have a clear meaning t…

Opposing view (that I happen to hold, at least if I had to choose one side or the other): not only is mathematics 'reality'; it is arguably the only thing that has a reasonable cla…

What do 'domain valleys' and 'tunneling' mean in this context?

Ham isn't an acronym. Just saying!

I'm not talking about monetary cost.

With no cost?

> The UK locks up more people for speech crimes than Russia does. Do you think there might be a fairly obvious reason for that?

That's because a lot of commenters here are not hackers in any real sense; rather, they're software engineers. Perhaps this hasn't always been the case.

> too obsessed with getting ahead or perhaps with others (potentially) getting ahead of us.

> a better way of doing something Your argument fails right here because you're supposing something that isn't true. LLMs are better than search engines for some things, but you're…

...good question. This (standard) excuse is designed to make you feel bad for potentially insulting someone trying their hardest, but it doesn't make any sense.

You're right. Unfortunately, it seems that not many are willing to admit this and be (rightly) impressed by how remarkably effective LLMs can be, at least for manipulating language…

You must not know great Lobachevsky.

> or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition.

But flying machines are well defined, or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition. 'A machine capable of transporting a person from a to b without touching t…

So you don't think it's relevant at all? Really? It seems completely obvious that AI companies benefit massively from (and in many cases likely only continue to stay afloat because…