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Re:Anthropic's 100k context is now available in the web UI
on Monday May 15, 2023 @05:03PM (#35954450)
Cremieux is the pen name of reddit user u/TrannyPornO just read some of his comments.
Re:“Just a statistical text predictor”
on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:24AM (#35945991)
Some form of prediction being used by the higher-level neurons doesn't make the brain a prediction engine.
Re:“Just a statistical text predictor”
on Sunday May 14, 2023 @05:57PM (#35941697)
> Have you heard of information theory?
> Your argument against deriving meaning from statistics completely ignores that the brain also works this way.
The brain is not predicting it's compressing.
Re:“Just a statistical text predictor”
on Sunday May 14, 2023 @05:18PM (#35941417)
This talk by Feynman is slightly related:
Re:“Just a statistical text predictor”
on Sunday May 14, 2023 @01:47PM (#35939798)
> I understand that you may believe your ability to think is magic.
Nobody said that. I am sick of the false dichotomy of being given only two choices:
a) It's magic
b) It's akin to our latest discovery
Re:“Just a statistical text predictor”
on Sunday May 14, 2023 @01:41PM (#35939733)
““Just a statistical text predictor”“
Re:AI knows things no one told it
on Sunday May 14, 2023 @04:40AM (#35936418)
If it's continious then nothing is emerging and it can be explained by the sum of it's sub-systems.
Re:AI knows things no one told it
on Saturday May 13, 2023 @11:54AM (#35929586)
> Of course it's just statistics, but so are we.
Where is this coming from?
Re:AI knows things no one told it
on Friday May 12, 2023 @08:02PM (#35924018)
Re:AI knows things no one told it
on Friday May 12, 2023 @07:21PM (#35923747)
> Do you see?
Emergence can only be discontinuous.
Re:Google makes its text-to-music AI public
on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:29PM (#35921099)
Thanks for sharing!
In the 1st example ["computer nerds", "hackernews", "geeky", "computer tones"] seem to make the result sound more like an old-school RPG soundtrack rather than a song.
Re:Narrative over Numbers: Andreessen Horowitz's State of Crypto Report
on Friday May 12, 2023 @01:37PM (#35919354)
I still cant believe people voluntarily scanned their fucking eyeballs!
Re:Google Bard blocks all European Union countries
on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:18AM (#35915833)
You think privacy has no value?
Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of your abil...
on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:45PM (#35907438)
> Really, has there been a backlash against me? I hadn't noticed any change. I actually worry a lot that as I get "popular" I'll be able to get away with saying stupider stuff than I would have dared say before. This sort of thing happens to a lot of people, and I would really like to avoid it.
Re:Creatures That Don’t Conform
on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:29PM (#35905389)
I blame Substack.
Re:GPU vendor-agnostic fluid dynamics solver in Julia
on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:46PM (#35864671)
> society and the economy like never before. This process carries enormous risks and opportunities, which are currently basically... ignored (well, the risk side)
What risks are you talking about here?
Re:Are We Close to AGI?
on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:23PM (#35864351)
Not achievable with current methods != Impossible
Re:Are We Close to AGI?
on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:11PM (#35864181)
I dont think its fair to say that LLMs have passed the Turing test.
Re:Are We Close to AGI?
on Monday May 08, 2023 @10:31AM (#35861908)
From the wikipedia page you linked:
Isaac Asimov's Corollary to Clarke's First Law: "When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervour and emotion – the distinguished but elderly scientists are then, after all, probably right."
Re:Life After Language
on Saturday May 06, 2023 @05:17PM (#35845437)
> This thread's article was written by a high-IQ intelligent author.
Does he also have a Mensa membership?
Noam Chomsky Speaks on What ChatGPT Is Good For
Re:Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a Few Years
on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:22AM (#35801506)
If not convincing what argument for and against do you think is the strongest?
Artificial General Intelligence and the bird brains of Silicon Valley
Re:Bitcoin phisical bearer instrument using NFC JavaCards
on Friday April 28, 2023 @01:23PM (#35744340)
Plato's Problem
Re:Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?
on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:50AM (#30829485)
hn is not pleased ofc.
Re:The Only Unbreakable Law [video]
on Sunday March 20, 2022 @08:02AM (#30741950)
do you mind sharing why you consider handmade hero a con ?