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Comment on Passing question about LLMs and the Tech Singularity in ~tech
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Comment on Passing question about LLMs and the Tech Singularity in ~tech
unkz Link ParentThis reminds me of when people thought that flying could only ever be accomplished by birds and insects because only birds and insects could fly. The fact is, we have relatively little idea what...This reminds me of when people thought that flying could only ever be accomplished by birds and insects because only birds and insects could fly.
The fact is, we have relatively little idea what consciousness is or what its necessary preconditions are.
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Comment on Passing question about LLMs and the Tech Singularity in ~tech
unkz Link ParentI would say the same about people. The Mechanical Turk was literally true intelligence though? I’m not sure you are thinking of the right analogy. The mechanical Turk was a chess playing...LLMs are fancy probability engines.
I would say the same about people.
They are to me closer to the Mechanical Turk than to true intelligence.
The Mechanical Turk was literally true intelligence though? I’m not sure you are thinking of the right analogy.
The mechanical Turk was a chess playing “computer” that had an actual human hiding inside it generating the moves.
My prediction is that LLMs will ultimately be a significant part of true AGI but the secret sauce is going to be a novel formulation of reinforcement learning.
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Comment on Passing question about LLMs and the Tech Singularity in ~tech
unkz Link ParentStrong words. In what sense are you using the word “proof” here?Further there is also no stand-in present for the quantum effects these micro-tubules generate, which is provably required to be present for consciousness.
Strong words. In what sense are you using the word “proof” here?
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Comment on Passing question about LLMs and the Tech Singularity in ~tech
unkz Link ParentAlthough LLMs are definitely being used to further curate data and to generate synthetic training data which does directly influence the matrices that underpin their “intelligence”.Although LLMs are definitely being used to further curate data and to generate synthetic training data which does directly influence the matrices that underpin their “intelligence”.
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Comment on Hair loss open discussion in ~talk
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Comment on Hair loss open discussion in ~talk
unkz LinkMy hair is fine but I’m of the age when many/most of my friends are losing hair. Shaving it off seems like a great option, and it’s what pretty much all of my friends in that situation have done....My hair is fine but I’m of the age when many/most of my friends are losing hair. Shaving it off seems like a great option, and it’s what pretty much all of my friends in that situation have done. One friend of mine shaved and got tattoos that simulate hair follicles and it’s actually indistinguishable. Personally, I’m going to just shave and accept it if/when it comes.
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Comment on Supporting Markdown search for LLMs in ~tech
unkz Link ParentFirefox has reader mode available for many pages. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pagesFirefox has reader mode available for many pages.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
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Comment on The AI industry doesn’t take “no” for an answer in ~tech
unkz Link ParentMy iPhone already suggests entire replies to me in iMessage. Gmail does similar stuff.I guess later on there will be entire “what do I say now” suggestions
My iPhone already suggests entire replies to me in iMessage. Gmail does similar stuff.
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Comment on Supporting Markdown search for LLMs in ~tech
unkz Link ParentI mean interactive illustrations, web UI, and HTML aren’t text. LaTeX in markdown is super convenient and fairly well supported for math.I mean interactive illustrations, web UI, and HTML aren’t text. LaTeX in markdown is super convenient and fairly well supported for math.
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Comment on Supporting Markdown search for LLMs in ~tech
unkz LinkJust like JSON is better in almost every way than XML for representing data, so too is markdown better in almost every way for representing text. I don’t know how necessary this is though. When I...Just like JSON is better in almost every way than XML for representing data, so too is markdown better in almost every way for representing text.
I don’t know how necessary this is though. When I scrape data for LLM ingestion, I always put it through an HTML to markdown conversion step anyway. Is trying to add yet another “standard” going to help? Well annotated HTML is trivial to markdownify, so probably continuing to advocate for well annotated HTML documents would be as useful with less friction.
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
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Comment on What are some of your recent "little" failures? in ~talk
unkz LinkI lost my glasses. No idea where. Fortunately-ish the prescription was getting a bit out of date so I was planing on getting some new ones but still inconvenient.I lost my glasses. No idea where. Fortunately-ish the prescription was getting a bit out of date so I was planing on getting some new ones but still inconvenient.
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Comment on More than 120 dead after multiple suicide and gun attacks in Pakistan, officials say in ~society
unkz LinkIf those numbers are accurate, it’s actually hard to believe that an operation with that many assailants could be simultaneously that organized yet so ineffective.33 people, including civilians, while security forces responding to the violence killed 92 assailants.
If those numbers are accurate, it’s actually hard to believe that an operation with that many assailants could be simultaneously that organized yet so ineffective.
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Comment on Ashes of Creation founder resigns as studio begins mass layoffs in ~games
unkz Link ParentFrom the top comment on that link, it sounds like that document doesn’t have to list all the directors. I’m no expert on the law in that state so I can’t vouch for its credibility but: Comment...From the top comment on that link, it sounds like that document doesn’t have to list all the directors. I’m no expert on the law in that state so I can’t vouch for its credibility but:
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For educational purposes only, and in no way defending Intrepid....
What you have posted is Corporation Statement of Information that lists the key officers of a company. States have a requirement that corporation disclose three key officers in a company:
-Chief Executive (CEO, Director, President, or whatever other title your company choose to use for the top of the food chain. This is the person who has the ultimate end say in a company (where the buck stops))
-Chief Financial Officer (Which can also be in states as the Treasurer title, the person who is charged with managing the money and turning the paper trail over to the Secretary)
-Secretary (Record Keeper, the person who is charged with producing documents upon request)
The board of directors (or investors) may be listed on this sheet [if they hold officer titles] however, they do not have to be. There will be (assuming Intrepid has follow the diligence) a listing of all sales of stock, however, that is not a public record as Intrepid is not a publicly traded company.
I know for certain that the Ya-Ya Legacy Trust with M. Caramanis acting as trustee has 9.7% of the preferred stock of Intrepid.
I know there are lien holders who have filed UCCs with the State of California, and given how Intrepid structured the loan from Caramanis, it makes sense these other two individuals received shares of stock in lieu of repayment for some or all of their loans. This is pure speculation, however, as I have not seen their specific loan agreements.
I have been told, but unable to confirm, that Steven has not been self-funding the game, but instead has been diluting his controlling interest of stock and selling that to investors (5.0% of the Ya-Ya 9.7% was a single stock sell transaction)
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Comment on Syria's defiant Kurds vow to 'fight until last breath' despite government push in ~society
unkz Link ParentAh I confused them with the 40 britons in the next paragraph.Ah I confused them with the 40 britons in the next paragraph.
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Comment on Syria's defiant Kurds vow to 'fight until last breath' despite government push in ~society
unkz (edited )LinkI have difficulty feeling any sympathy for this position. It’s not like they walked from Britain to Syria. There were many points along the way that they could have changed this path, like at the...When challenged about the fact that they themselves came to join IS, her friend jumped in. "Firstly, I didn't join the organisation," she said. "My husband forced me to come here. He died, and my children and I are paying the price. Our children think the entire world is a camp behind a fence."
I have difficulty feeling any sympathy for this position. It’s not like they walked from Britain to Syria. There were many points along the way that they could have changed this path, like at the airport surrounded by security.
Edit: the specific people making those statements were from North Africa. My position still stands for the 40 Britons in the following paragraph:
Forty Britons remain trapped behind that fence – 25 children among them. We came across one of them – a polite boy speaking good English who we cannot identify. He shook hands with one of my BBC's colleagues, and asked, "How are you?"
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Comment on Danish government announces deportation reform to expel non-Danish citizens who have been sentenced to at least one year of imprisonment for serious crimes, like aggravated assault and rape in ~society
unkz LinkCanada tried to do this and judges sometimes subvert it by issuing sentences of a six months less a day, or two years less a day to avoid various collateral consequences....Canada tried to do this and judges sometimes subvert it by issuing sentences of a six months less a day, or two years less a day to avoid various collateral consequences.
It doesn’t always work.
https://macleans.ca/news/canada/foreign-convictions/
That one is egregious — a 3.5 year sentence reduced to 2 years less a day.
When asked, the Supreme Court permitted it
https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12904/index.do
I wonder if Denmark will end up in a similar outcome, where immigrants have a more lenient sentencing pattern.
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Comment on Resist and Unsubscribe in ~society
unkz Link ParentBy not consuming before it was cool, you are a hipster resister.By not consuming before it was cool, you are a hipster resister.
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Comment on I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? in ~life
unkz (edited )Link ParentBut… isn’t that pretty much exactly what’s written? I’m having difficulty, perhaps due to my lack of imagination or experience in having affairs, in reading it any other way.They described it as ending due to the emotional load on both of them, that's often true, especially if both partners don't naturally feel comfortable with non-monogamy. I don't agree with the Ethicist necessarily framing it as the wife acquiescing to her spouse's emotions. That isn't what's written.
But… isn’t that pretty much exactly what’s written? I’m having difficulty, perhaps due to my lack of imagination or experience in having affairs, in reading it any other way.
Turning consciousness off with anesthesia shows consciousness depends on certain brain functions continuing. It doesn’t tell you which substrate generates consciousness. Even if microtubules were affected, that would at most show they’re a necessary part of brain function - like electricity is necessary for a computer - but it wouldn’t prove microtubules are where consciousness “lives,” let alone that quantum microtubule effects are required.
Put another way, I can take a computer and stop it from working by removing any number of different parts. I could remove the wire connecting the power supply to the wall. I could remove the power supply. I could remove the CPU. I could remove the memory. I could remove the bus. I could remove the connection from the motherboard to the video card. I could remove the connection from the video card to the display. I could go and blow up the power grid. These would all have the same effect on my perception of whether the computer is working.
This is my point though, we can see consciousness happening too, and the way we made human flight happen was through a totally different mechanism than we saw with birds.
Also, and importantly, the mechanism birds use is not how we got to moving several times faster than the speed of sound. Likewise I suspect the mechanism we use for superhuman intelligence will be possibly biologically inspired, but not identical.