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Yes that phrase shows how simple it is, doesn't it?

But before LLMs, computers couldn't understand that phrase. Now they can.

Waiting for the "jUsT sToChAsTiC pArRoTs" crowd.

I've had friends in Venezuela for the past 20 years. They hold dollars, not bitcoin. You're both talking out of your ass.

Wow thanks for that.

You're the one making drama. "nooo kids don't need a robot parent" lol

What a rude thing to say. Different people raise their kids differently. There's nothing wrong with that answer.

I understand the idea but I take issue with the wording.

I CAN explain to others who don't. It's just that most of the time others aren't interested in hearing.

I would like to hear in what sense you love your kids, given that "he first six years have so far been very much a drag on my life and productivity, and not much else. They haven’t provided fulfilment, and they haven’t provided satisfaction. (...) Happiness for me typically starts after my kids are in bed or when I can escape them during work hours."

Do you say "I love my kids" because that's what everybody says, or is there any truth in it?

EDIT: Just to be 100% clear: I mean absolutely no judgement. I'm not going to tell you off or try to change your mind. I ask out of pure curiosity.

Your opinion on my opinion is not really relevant to bitcoin.

I don't understand your point. You said it would be nice to live..... what does that have to do with bitcoin? What's your point? Make a point.

Wanna comment on why you'd be spending your time and energy doing free work for facebook?

Where do you live?

"if bitcoin didn't win?" It didn't win. It's still useless.

Guy who's ok with being left behind (crypto, AI) did a MSc on the metaverse. Sounds like he tried to go with the hype once, got burned.

Could someone clarify for a linux newbie like me... In practical terms, what does this mean? I'm on Debian so presumably Debian will eventually pick this update, and then what? When I upgrade my system I'll get a prompt asking for my date of birth?

Jarring to see a white person doing this job.

I saw this not because I think certain types of jobs should be done by certain types of people, but because that's what I see happening. So even before reading I knew this guy was going to be unusual in all sorts of ways.

Nice read, thanks for sharing.

If the author is reading, I appreciate reading these discussions in language that non-experts can understand, so thank you.

There is no burden of proof on me, because I'm not asserting that AI has invented something on its own. I haven't told you what my view is or whether I ever have a view.

The problem with the reasoning of the person I was responding to is that it's assuming "if X is in the training set and LLM outputs X, then it did so because X is in the training set". That does not follow. Conceivably it's possible that X is in the training set and LLM outputs X, but if X hadn't been in the training set the LLM also would've output X.

Lets look at that phrase again:

> Why do we think this emerged “on its own”? Surely this technique has been discussed in research papers that are in the training set.

This phrase implies "if X was in the training set, then LLM couldn't have come up with X on its own". This is false. In fact, my claim that the implication is false is testable, in the following manner: Have two training sets, T and T'. In T, X is present. In T' you've removed X but left X-adjacent things. Train LLM A on T and A' on T'. Find a prompt that requires that A outputs X. If on the same prompt A' also outputs X, that's an example of my claim. To repeat, my claim is "it's possible that X is in the training set and LLM outputs X, but if X hadn't been in the training set the LLM also would've output X."

In fact, I've just realized I even have a method for constructing (T, T') that guarantees what I've described. Not sure if it's worth a paper on its own though.

Reminder that when you use terminology like "sideloading" you're accepting the premise that there's something inherently dodgy about installing your software onto your operating system.

Just call it "installing".

You said "surely", and I asked:

> Why surely? Have you never seen an LLM try something new?

I'm afraid I can't make it any simpler than this.

And I still don't know the answer to how you're so sure. To me there's several explanations, and it seems to you there's only one.

I'm pretty happy with my communication style.

No, that's not my assertion. In fact I asserted nothing at all.

Why surely? Have you never seen an LLM try something new?

Is what Israel does in Gaza morally bankrupt and unjustifiable?

This isn't whataboutism because I'm not trying to negate your point. Instead, I'm just curious if you apply the same standard to Israel/Gaza or if you think that in that case killing innocent people is justified.

Just to be sure we have your position right: Are you characterizing what Israel did as a retaliation? What specifically were they retaliating against?

USA leadership is completely compromised, both democrats and republicans. They're all paid by AIPAC.

100%. And I say this as a very pro-western person. Countries have the right to retaliate. Iran is using what little leverage they have.

No, but I understand why you ask. I just refuse to engage with certain figures of speech because I don't want to contribute to normalizing them. Don't say "would you approve if" if that's not what you mean. Say "what is your opinion on" or "what's your view on" or "how do you think about" or "how does that compare to" because that's what you actually mean. I'm not on the spectrum, but I think that when it comes to many things, language included, simpler is better. As simple as possible, but not simpler.

You don't need my approval. Someone was asking how I view these things, and I was explaining: reading a book is effort, scrolling facebook is effortless.

Now, keeping in mind that you don't need my approval: do you have any questions?

Yes, but why is he responding to me? I didn't say there was something special about planes and I didn't say someone was forcing me to use internet.

It IS different. Because scrolling is effortless, reading a book takes effort.

Do you understand?