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Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by novaRom »

basch wrote: post #115
mattlondon wrote: post #55

Finally, my interest in LLMs is piqued! Seems like everyone has been getting excited around the search or code-generation use cases ... or simply trying to make it say naughty things (boring, not interested, wake up in a few more years), but this is eye opening. The idea of this as a "universal coupler" is fascinating, and I think I agree with the author that we are probably standing at an early-90s-web moment with L…

I remember having that epiphany in 2017, reading the original google transformer press release. I remember thinking “they taught computers to understand!, and someday soon i’ll be able to translate anything into anything.” And not like translating “languages” but translating contexts and concepts. LLMs really shine when you try and combine two previously untouched things or map one bit of knowledge it a common patter…

LLMs will be used to discover "not so obvious" connections in science. I think we will see first scientific discoveries done by LLMs very soon (in fact, such works are probably already happening). Expect major breakthroughs in physics, math, cosmology, biology, etc. published in Nature and authored by LLMs.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by thom »

Yeah, I've found that ChatGPT is excellent at filling out XML templates too:

    Fill out the following XML template to describe a room in a fantasy RPG dungeon:
This yields, for example:
So you get the best of both worlds, really clever procedural generation of content but also a tight structure - I've yet to see a syntax error out of it.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by martyvis »

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #84
v7n wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bit of a tangent but I also predict an explosive demand for parametric AI-first design and simulation software. OpenSCAD works right now in the sense that the produced source is valid, but asking for even something well documented e.g. an AR-15 lower receiver does not impress.

I did not realize it could do that. I asked it to generate a cube with a hole through the center and it really struggled to succeed. Interesting concept though!

ChatGPT has a pretty good handle on G-code (the machine code to drive CNC and 3D printers). A machinist friend of mine and myself got it to write G-code to create a shape from a block of material, adding holes and arrises and so on. To top it off it wrote some decent poetry about 2 mates discussing G-code over a few beers.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by DeathArrow »

But isn't classification a simple problem solved long time ago with simple ML techniques such as SVMs and neural networks? I remember having done a project for a ML class in Uni and I used a SVM. It took movies and they were classified in genres. Training data was IMDB comments.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by DC-3 »

rosetremiere wrote: post #118
DC-3 wrote: post #49

Nice project OP. I also love In Our Time. Some favourite episodes off the top of my head: * Wilfred Owen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48 * The Evolution of Crocodiles - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmhf * The May Forth Movement - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001282c * The Valladolid Debate - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fgmw * Gerard Manley Hopkins - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m…

One thing I am slightly wary about after listening to quite a few episodes is Melvyn Braggs seems to be a bit too patriotic oftentimes. It's nothing really obvious, but you hear a lot of "we" when talking about positive aspects of english history, and a lot of focus on all english innovations compared to other countries. Maybe I'm wrong though.

I am also an english patriot so that doesn't bother me.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by DrinkMoreAle »

rosetremiere wrote: post #118
DC-3 wrote: post #49

Nice project OP. I also love In Our Time. Some favourite episodes off the top of my head: * Wilfred Owen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48 * The Evolution of Crocodiles - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmhf * The May Forth Movement - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001282c * The Valladolid Debate - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fgmw * Gerard Manley Hopkins - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m…

One thing I am slightly wary about after listening to quite a few episodes is Melvyn Braggs seems to be a bit too patriotic oftentimes. It's nothing really obvious, but you hear a lot of "we" when talking about positive aspects of english history, and a lot of focus on all english innovations compared to other countries. Maybe I'm wrong though.

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Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by gadders »

This is pretty cool. If you like In Our Time, I would also suggest the BBC World Service equivalent, The Forum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p004kln9

It's also a shame the BBC delays the In Our Time podcast by a month unless you use their shite BBC Sounds app (which I think only exists to make the Spotify app look good in comparison).

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by gadders »

rosetremiere wrote: post #118
DC-3 wrote: post #49

Nice project OP. I also love In Our Time. Some favourite episodes off the top of my head: * Wilfred Owen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48 * The Evolution of Crocodiles - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmhf * The May Forth Movement - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001282c * The Valladolid Debate - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fgmw * Gerard Manley Hopkins - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m…

One thing I am slightly wary about after listening to quite a few episodes is Melvyn Braggs seems to be a bit too patriotic oftentimes. It's nothing really obvious, but you hear a lot of "we" when talking about positive aspects of english history, and a lot of focus on all english innovations compared to other countries. Maybe I'm wrong though.

He's a Labour peer in the House of Lords. They're not known as a group for rampant patriotism.

My criticism of him his how much he struggles with anything of a maths or scientific nature.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by thewarrior »

DeathArrow wrote: post #134

But isn't classification a simple problem solved long time ago with simple ML techniques such as SVMs and neural networks? I remember having done a project for a ML class in Uni and I used a SVM. It took movies and they were classified in genres. Training data was IMDB comments.

How long did it take you ? This tech turns days of work into hours or minutes of work.

Re: Show HN: BBC “In Our Time”, categorised by Dewey Decimal, heavy lifting by GPT

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Post by DeathArrow »

thewarrior wrote: post #139
DeathArrow wrote: post #134

But isn't classification a simple problem solved long time ago with simple ML techniques such as SVMs and neural networks? I remember having done a project for a ML class in Uni and I used a SVM. It took movies and they were classified in genres. Training data was IMDB comments.

How long did it take you ? This tech turns days of work into hours or minutes of work.

A week or something.
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