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Re:Why don't machine learning research agents overfit? on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @12:21AM (#49707664)
Do you know what the scaling law actually is? Overfit everything as much as you can.
Re:Software, from First Principles on Saturday July 04, 2026 @01:05PM (#48786955)
Actually, CPUs are made from highly purified silicon, which is commonly produced from silica found in quartz-rich sand; that silica ultimately comes from rocks.
Re:All Look Same? on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:16PM (#47069851)
I am a Chinese person living in Japan, I got 3/18 too.
Re:You're a Slow Thinker. Now What? on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:12AM (#45246037)
I think there are two main reasons you tend to be a slow thinker: 1. You're not focused enough. (you pay too much attention to what people think about what you're going to do, instead of focusing on the question itself.) 2. You haven't practiced enough. (This is the first time you've encountered this kind of problem.)
Re:Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] on Friday June 20, 2025 @09:26AM (#44327549)
Why bother using human language to communicate with a computer? You interact with a computer using a programming language—code—which is more precise and effective. Specifically: → In 1.0, you communicate with computers using compiled code. → In 2.0, you communicate with compilers using high-level programming languages. → In 3.0, you interact with LLMs using prompts, which arguably should not be in natural human language. Nonetheless, you should communicate with AGIs using human language, just as you would with other human beings.
Re:Claude's system prompt is over 24k tokens with tools on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @12:00AM (#43912143)
It seems like it's token caching, not model caching.