Policy on the AI Exponential

Post by techblueberry » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 2:29 AM UTC

jonas21 wrote: post #111

snaking0776 wrote: post #23

I know this is likely just for IPO hype but when I read things like this I sometimes wonder if I must be missing something. I use agents everyday and find them really useful and they save me a lot of headache. At the same time I find that if I let it self-direct at a high level at all it generally makes bad choices that cause me headaches later so I can’t really give them autonomy. Enough people seem to believe this…

What did your AI-assisted workflow look like 1 year ago? I can only speak for myself, but I would carefully specify a class or module in great detail and then hand it off to the model to implement, then carefully review the result. How about 2 years ago? Back then, I wouldn't even trust it to write a 5-line function without making some sort of silly mistake. Today, I can leave an agent running by itself for 20 or 30…

Post by HDBaseT » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC

tetrisgm wrote: post #163

kridsdale1 wrote: post #101

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Yes. Each of the nouns is a “size class” in literature. From small lines poem (haiku, sonnet) to larger story (fable) to very large story (opus) to culture-defining foundational (myth). It’s a fun way to say how many parameters are in the model without revealing a number like 405B or 17B which isn’t really comparable vs other models.

Interesting. Thanks for enlightening. My non-poetic brain thinks we should call then Mini, nothing, Pro, Max, and then version numbers. Exactly like Apple. It'd be so much easier to parse. Maybe the AI companies like having the affectionate names haha

Post by dag100 » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 2:58 AM UTC

simianwords wrote: post #155

oudlys wrote: post #151

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>This is basically a conspiracy theory I think this is pretty uncharitable, especially when I've provided you with a dataset you can evaluate yourself and an argument you can review for logical inconsistency. I have worked quite hard to locate data that supports your thesis, I can't find it. I've at least gone to the effort of documenting that search. Before you throw around such strong convictions, I suggest you act…

Respectfully, your link is not very convincing. But what’s interesting is that you are commenting on a post where Dario is suggesting that LLMs are so extremely powerful that they can take over, help synthesise bioweapons, help in warfare, help in drug discovery — the whole post here is to try and regulate this. If you believe AI can’t even create positive value let alone discover new things then your problem is some…

Post by slopinthebag » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC

aspenmartin wrote: post #80

newcommentsorry wrote: post #68

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This is a very tech-focused message board, populated by mostly tech-insiders, so perhaps a little outside perspective will help people understand. Tech people are following a religious belief system whose utopian promise is the all-powerful computer that will end all suffering. I once read an article in reason magazine from over 30 years ago about how an advanced computer in the future will bring everyone who has eve…

> Tech people are following a religious belief system whose utopian promise is the all-powerful computer that will end all suffering. Uh, I don't really think that's anywhere close to an accurate characterization of most people here. Everyone, including Dario and any researcher at any frontier lab, knows the situation is quite scary and unprecedented. There are problems that will be solved and diseases that will be c…

Post by viking123 » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC

slopinthebag wrote: post #217

aspenmartin wrote: post #80

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> Tech people are following a religious belief system whose utopian promise is the all-powerful computer that will end all suffering. Uh, I don't really think that's anywhere close to an accurate characterization of most people here. Everyone, including Dario and any researcher at any frontier lab, knows the situation is quite scary and unprecedented. There are problems that will be solved and diseases that will be c…

Idk, I don’t see the same mindset in China. There’s a post floating around here about someone who visited the DeepSeek lab and said they just view it as another technology. Like a commodity. So I tend to think either the big tech ceo’s in America are delusional or malicious, or perhaps 50/50.