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Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by merb »

fancy_pantser wrote: post #434
jaccola wrote: post #251

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“But they’ve added RL so…!!!” You are obviously right and I see examples of it everywhere. E.g I asked Claude opus 4.7 (the latest/greatest) the other day “is a Rimworld year 60 days?”. The reply (paraphrased) “No, a Rimworld year is 4 seasons each of 15 days which is 60 days total”. Equally, it gets confused about what is a mod or vanilla since it is just predicting based on what it read on forums, which are clearly…

Maybe there was more in the context before that question? I just copy-pasted that question into Opus 4.7 and it replied: Yes. A RimWorld year is 60 days, split into four 15-day quadrums (Aprimay, Jugust, Septober, Decembary), each corresponding to a season.

And that is the reason why it is only autocomplete. You probably had less context than the poster before, so it could not mix stuff up. The poster before either had more memory or the search searched through more topics. And btw it’s really hard to only give access to some things.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by skeptic_ai »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #332
solid_fuel wrote: post #172

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It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence.

For a good reminder for people on the limitations of AI (or well OAI gpt 5.3 default model for non paying users), I did an experiment recently (Just a week-ish ago): https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/how-many-e-are-in-stra... image: https://mataroa.blog/images/b5c65214.png but it says that there are 3 e's in strawberry ;) Now this is literally something which occurs because of it being text autocomplete and the i…

Grok auto: 1 “Strawberry” has only one “e”. S T R A W B E R R Y

Gemini: There is *1* "e" in the word "strawberry".

Seems fine

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by skeptic_ai »

tux wrote: post #372
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #332

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For a good reminder for people on the limitations of AI (or well OAI gpt 5.3 default model for non paying users), I did an experiment recently (Just a week-ish ago): https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/how-many-e-are-in-stra... image: https://mataroa.blog/images/b5c65214.png but it says that there are 3 e's in strawberry ;) Now this is literally something which occurs because of it being text autocomplete and the i…

Yes, AI should be used as a tool for very specific things. Ones it’s trained on everything it’s completely useless. Anyone who is trying to use it for everyone will fail. I predict by 2030 (if not much sooner) ai bubble will burst. The only good outcome will be all this hardware used will be lequdated for pennies. Mark this prediction it will happen ;-)

If you’re so sure just make a leveraged bet and become a millionaire. Put your food where your mouth is if you’re so convinced

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Post by koiueo »

tux wrote: post #372
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #332

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For a good reminder for people on the limitations of AI (or well OAI gpt 5.3 default model for non paying users), I did an experiment recently (Just a week-ish ago): https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/how-many-e-are-in-stra... image: https://mataroa.blog/images/b5c65214.png but it says that there are 3 e's in strawberry ;) Now this is literally something which occurs because of it being text autocomplete and the i…

Yes, AI should be used as a tool for very specific things. Ones it’s trained on everything it’s completely useless. Anyone who is trying to use it for everyone will fail. I predict by 2030 (if not much sooner) ai bubble will burst. The only good outcome will be all this hardware used will be lequdated for pennies. Mark this prediction it will happen ;-)

I definitely hope you're right

> Mark this prediction it will happen

But this historically is a very strong predictor of a poor prediction

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by wiseowise »

tomjen3 wrote: post #435
u_fucking_dork wrote: post #98

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Calling it text autocomplete is played out and really just makes you look bad at this point.

I've used this text autocomplete to autocomplete me a Python setup and to autocomplete automatically running it. It that scrapes Hn it works. Ironically, it's why I'm here.

Why would you scrape HN when they offer free, generous API?

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Post by NewJazz »

platevoltage wrote: post #448
mirekrusin wrote: post #382

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I don't think anything is going to calm down. Models will only get better with time, not worse. Demand will keep raising.

Of course they're not going to get worse. That would be absurd. The rate of progress will slow down though.

I don't think it would be absurd for them to worsen. If LLMs cause discourse to worsen, but also grow and change, then the trainers are in a conundrum of ignoring new training data or losing track of the zeitgeist.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by wiseowise »

redwood wrote: post #322
p1necone wrote: post #228

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The funny thing is you absolutely can do things which improve both speed and quality at the same time (basic good engineering), but they're like 3 or 4 orders of effect removed from those outcomes and impossible to do when you have someone breathing down your neck asking "does this make us go faster" at every step of the way. Also "our velocity is 3x higher than it would be in the imaginary invisible universe where w…

Indeed. Like the brakes on a car. They enable speed and quality driving

Brakes? Can’t we just ask AI to stop the car when we want to?

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Post by wiseowise »

vlod wrote: post #235
x0x0 wrote: post #162

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"Speed with Quality" Having been in some of these values meetings, I really imagine it went like this: someone wanted speed, and someone else wanted quality. Sorry, I mean Speed and Quality. Many people said there is a tradeoff between those two things, and only one thing can be first. Some brilliant businessman: "I know, we'll combine them. We want Speed _and_ Quality." Thus, "Speed with Quality." Tada! Values are a…

Speed-Quality-Price. Let's pick: Speed-Quality Errrh... Let's forget about: Price

Don’t worry, the price is on you now. Do everything while maintaining the same salary and shut up or well can you and replace you with Claude.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by youre-wrong3 »

herpdyderp wrote: post #78
Steeeve wrote: post #43

Wow gitlab. Right when everyone was looking to see if you could lead with all the fails at github, you basically said "We're going to throw our source at ChatGPT and see what happens"

Right? I was seriously considering migrating everything in our company from GitHub to GitLab. Now I'm seriously considering self hosting our git instead.

I find these takes funny. One day you will leave or get let go and someone will be like “finally we can move to a proper system”
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