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Re:We collected 10k hours of neuro-language data in our base... by CobrastanJorji on Monday December 08, 2025 @04:30PM (#46197901)
Tangential to your point, if you collect 10,000 hours of brain scanning in exactly one damp basement, I wonder if perhaps the model would become very, very specialized for all of the flavors of "this room seems colder."
Re:We collected 10k hours of neuro-language data in our base... by rio-popper on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:37PM (#46198607)
For the record, it was two basements -- we moved office in the middle -- and a bigger issue was actually overheating. But your point is basically right! The model is a lot better at certain kinds of ideas than others. Particularly concerning was the fact that the first cluster I noticed getting good was all the different variations of 'the headset is uncomfortable/heavy' etc. But this makes sense -- what participants talk about has a lot to do with what kinds of ideas the model can pick up, and this was more or less what we expected