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  1. Comment on Signs of introspection in large language models in ~tech

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    At best it’s lying about the capabilities of the products they have developed, and I don’t think it should be permitted. It goes beyond commercial puffery into outright lying, saying that their...

    At best it’s lying about the capabilities of the products they have developed, and I don’t think it should be permitted. It goes beyond commercial puffery into outright lying, saying that their products do things they don’t and can’t do.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives three days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag in ~life

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    TIL! I stopped drinking a long time ago, but I was just going by what I remember as the relatively sweet taste.

    TIL! I stopped drinking a long time ago, but I was just going by what I remember as the relatively sweet taste.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives three days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag in ~life

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    I'm surprised that wine has all that much nutritional value, but OTOH it must contain a decent amount of sugar, and I remember reading about a woman who was trapped in her car in a snowdrift for a...

    I'm surprised that wine has all that much nutritional value, but OTOH it must contain a decent amount of sugar, and I remember reading about a woman who was trapped in her car in a snowdrift for a couple of days who survived by eating toothpaste from a tube she happened to have.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on People with a very good memory: does that make it harder to forgive? in ~talk

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    Agree 100%. I have an excellent memory, and while I can forgive someone and let go of whatever the issue might be, at the same time my attitude towards that person is never really the same. There...

    Agree 100%. I have an excellent memory, and while I can forgive someone and let go of whatever the issue might be, at the same time my attitude towards that person is never really the same. There are a couple of people I’ve known since childhood who I’m pleasant to when we interact, but who I just don’t consider friends anymore. I keep them at arm’s length emotionally.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan in ~design

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    I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it. Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese...

    I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it.

    Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese websites when they need to render the Latin alphabet. That’s where I first became consciously aware of it. It seemed so wonderfully functional and no-nonsense.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Predictions of AI doom are too much like Hollywood movie plots in ~tech

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    I think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I...

    I think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I assumed it was a misunderstanding of the issue, but when I tried to explain I was accused of being condescending. Fortunately these haven’t been terribly important disputes, but something like the “scissor statements” the story posits do seem to exist.

    6 votes