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> Let me know what you think by complaining that AI sucks on HN!

At least you complied with the next sentence :)

EDIT: Whoa, I didn't check your link before I posted. That's terribly sad. While I agree that LLMs can be sycophantic, I don't think Yegge was debating with Claude about drug use in this situation. Other references might have worked better to support you claim like this first page result when I search for "papers on llm sycophancy": https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12592531/

> why would we raise the bar?

The web needs to be more p5n friendly.

Time to raise the bar. By 2029 someone will build a new browser using mainly AI-assisted coding and the surprise is that it was designed to be used by pelicans.

I reported my terrible experience with Synapse to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in early 2023. They responded that the company wasn't in their complaint system, which seems to be a huge failure for protecting consumers.

> We reviewed your complaint and weren’t able to forward it to the company for a response either because the company is not on our complaint system, or because we do not currently handle complaints about this product or issue.

Synapse(FI) is indeed a nightmare to deal with. I wish the best of luck to those impacted, from my experience you will need it <3.

I had fraudulent charges made to my credit card issued by them which I locked within minutes. Reported the transactions as fraud and they initially refunded the balance, then about a month later sent me an email saying their investigation found it to be authorized usage.

It took months for them to admit the charges were fraudulent and refund me. Meanwhile, the balance being investigated was deemed to be delinquent because in the process they reversed the initial refund and would not respond in a timely manner or provide updates. This immediately dropped my credit score ~100 points and took another several months to resolve. A total of about 10 months of absolute frustration and extremely poor support.

I don't wish dealing with Synapse upon anyone.

This might be a good resource to get started: https://github.com/paperswithbacktest/awesome-systematic-tra...

Not really advice, but sharing my experience.

A family friend of ours gifted me U.S. Treasury bonds each year when I was young, before she passed away. I learned about saving and investing at a younger age partially because these and other financial instruments were given as gifts. I also received shares of stock and then learned about dividends and reinvesting those dividends. I cashed out the U.S. Treasury bonds for the down payment of my first house and I’m incredibly grateful for that assistance, thank you Auntie Hope <3.

This is the dataset behind Recursion's preprint paper Identification of potential treatments for COVID-19 through artificial intelligence-enabled phenomic analysis of human cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.21.054387v1

Having recently listened to The Goal on Audible, it may be worth noting that it has multiple voice actors as well as ambient background sounds. Definitely adds some color to an already impressive novel.

I ran across the Reefer Home for $12,900 a few days back.

Description:

- 40ft x 9″6″ High Used reefer container.

- Bathroom with shower.

- Kitchenette.

- Electricity.

- Two large glass sliding doors.

- Security Bars on Doors.

- Painted

Link: https://containerhomes.net/products_prices/reefer-home-12900...

Video walk through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeM1ed7Wrl0