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Comment on Looking for vibe-coding guides (best practices, etc.) in ~tech
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Comment on Anthropic rejects latest US Pentagon offer: ‘We cannot in good conscience accede to their request’ in ~tech
updawg Link ParentI think that's the point. The unsafe way is to ask it to do something it can't really do.I think that's the point. The unsafe way is to ask it to do something it can't really do.
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Comment on Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes in ~society
updawg LinkTL;DR (btw the AP basically starts with a summary, and then each successive paragraph reveals more info so that outlets can fit them into gaps in their print editions) In a post on [Twitter],...TL;DR (btw the AP basically starts with a summary, and then each successive paragraph reveals more info so that outlets can fit them into gaps in their print editions)
In a post on [Twitter], Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif said Pakistan had hoped for peace in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO forces and expected the Taliban to focus on the welfare of the Afghan people and regional stability. Instead, he alleged, the Taliban had turned Afghanistan “into a colony of India,” gathered militants from around the world and begun “exporting terrorism.”
“Our patience has now run out. Now it is open war between us,” he said. There has been no reaction from Afghan government officials to Asif’s comments.
Pakistan has frequently accused neighboring India of backing the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army and the Pakistani Taliban, allegations New Delhi denies.
Pakistan has frequently accused neighboring India of backing the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army and the Pakistani Taliban, allegations New Delhi denies.His remarks came hours after Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, as well as in Kandahar in the south and Paktia province in the southeast, according to Pakistani officials and Afghanistan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. Pakistan says the strikes were in retaliation for Afghan cross-border attacks.
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Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes
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Comment on Anthropic rejects latest US Pentagon offer: ‘We cannot in good conscience accede to their request’ in ~tech
updawg LinkThat answers your question @stu2b50.In a lengthy blog post on Thursday, Amodei wrote: “I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.”
Amodei said Anthropic understands that the Pentagon, “not private companies, makes military decisions.” But “in a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values.” He also said use cases like mass surveillance and autonomous weapons are “outside the bounds of what today’s technology can safely and reliably do.”
That answers your question @stu2b50.
In response, Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s Undersecretary for Research and Engineering who had been part of the negotiations, wrote on X: “It’s a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex. He wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is ok putting our nation’s safety at risk. The @DeptofWar will ALWAYS adhere to the law but not bend to whims of any one for-profit tech company.”
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Comment on New accounts on Hacker News ten times more likely to use em-dashes in ~tech
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Comment on New accounts on Hacker News ten times more likely to use em-dashes in ~tech
updawg Link ParentAnd you can type ™ by pressing the ™ key.And you can type ™ by pressing the ™ key.
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Comment on New Evangelion series to be written by Yoko Taro in ~anime
updawg Link ParentEvangelion has been done twice (although the end of Evangelion has been done thrice), and the second time is largely a reaction to the first. Unless you count all the Japan-only video games, in...Evangelion has been done twice (although the end of Evangelion has been done thrice), and the second time is largely a reaction to the first.
Unless you count all the Japan-only video games, in which case, it's been done a bunch of times.
Also, this guy said that NieR: Automata is just a retelling of Eva, so I guess that and Franxx is a ripoff of Eva too?
The story is actually highly conducive to other tellings, and we don't even know if this version will have similar characters.
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Comment on A rant about how devices handle users with language backgrounds other than English in ~tech
updawg Link ParentWhat does this have to do with US-defaultism? About 25 million Americans can't speak English very well and the US has the world's largest immigrant population.What does this have to do with US-defaultism? About 25 million Americans can't speak English very well and the US has the world's largest immigrant population.
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Comment on A rant about how devices handle users with language backgrounds other than English in ~tech
updawg Link ParentAnd if you live anywhere near a country border, you'll often get the language from the other side.And if you live anywhere near a country border, you'll often get the language from the other side.
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Comment on A rant about how devices handle users with language backgrounds other than English in ~tech
updawg Link ParentGerman is especially complex, though. There's a reason that the US government classifies German with Indonesian, Malay, and Swahili, rather than with the "languages closely related to English." As...German is especially complex, though. There's a reason that the US government classifies German with Indonesian, Malay, and Swahili, rather than with the "languages closely related to English." As far as I'm aware, Icelandic is the only Germanic language at or above it, whereas all of the Romance languages are below it.
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Comment on Chemist Hitler Louis nears three dozen retractions for image duplication, self-citation and more in ~science
updawg Link ParentOne of my favorite videos: https://youtu.be/jmjrfs24JtEOne of my favorite videos:
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Comment on Legacy sequels and remakes you think were actually good and worth making? in ~movies
updawg Link ParentOne point: it was actually a rather low budget movie, which was one of the things that made it even better. It did everything it did on a super reasonable budget.One point: it was actually a rather low budget movie, which was one of the things that made it even better. It did everything it did on a super reasonable budget.
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Comment on Chemist Hitler Louis nears three dozen retractions for image duplication, self-citation and more in ~science
updawg Link ParentThe article says "Louis – who also goes by Louis Hitler Muzong."The article says "Louis – who also goes by Louis Hitler Muzong."
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Comment on Discord: Getting global age assurance right: what we got wrong and what's changing in ~tech
updawg LinkI'm not sure how interesting or meaningful this is, but I know a lot of people were discussing this before implementation, so I thought people might like to see this, although I don't know if it...I'm not sure how interesting or meaningful this is, but I know a lot of people were discussing this before implementation, so I thought people might like to see this, although I don't know if it really resolves concerns, or just minimizes them.
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Discord: Getting global age assurance right: what we got wrong and what's changing
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Comment on Chemist Hitler Louis nears three dozen retractions for image duplication, self-citation and more in ~science
updawg Link ParentIt does, but the People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force sounds worse, yet it is an entirely real thing.It does, but the People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force sounds worse, yet it is an entirely real thing.
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Comment on Chemist Hitler Louis nears three dozen retractions for image duplication, self-citation and more in ~science
updawg LinkThat's his name. He's not the chemistry version of Hitler. I would like to give credit to Retraction Watch for being better than I am and not using an obvious, justified clickbait headline. So I'm...That's his name. He's not the chemistry version of Hitler.
I would like to give credit to Retraction Watch for being better than I am and not using an obvious, justified clickbait headline. So I'm not going to provide any quotes and make you actually click through to the article.
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Chemist Hitler Louis nears three dozen retractions for image duplication, self-citation and more
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Comment on A rant about how devices handle users with language backgrounds other than English in ~tech
updawg Link ParentI haven't considered that. My disgust at German grammar keeps me from paying attention to ads. Nice.I haven't considered that. My disgust at German grammar keeps me from paying attention to ads. Nice.
This is what people forget about AI. I've been having some fun having Claude write its own book by having it draft a whole bunch of planning documents for how the book will work, both plot wise and how we will make sure we're writing properly. It's certainly not 100% smooth, and I suspect that the book won't be anything incredible, but it's still very interesting.
It knows more about planning these things than anyone else in the world, right? So getting it to properly implement what it knows and coordinate it all in a way that allows a human to prompt it to make its own stories with its own decisions is a neat learning process. Sometimes it surprises me with what it does, too.
I'm sure it's different with coding, but this has been a fun problem to "solve" with this book. Claude has given itself objective criteria by which it evaluates each section and each chapter to see if it has written the section properly or achieved its goals with the chapter. I'm sure there's some degree of hallucination and whatnot, but it's been nice. It's going much better now that they let Claude see how many words it's writing so that it doesn't promise 1000 words and only write 300.
I haven't really read much of the planning documents or the chapters it has drafted so far, but I'm looking forward to seeing what it comes up with. The premise is actually very interesting, but most likely too convoluted, but it's the way Claude "wanted" it to be.