jmcs

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We understand reasoning enough to know humans (and other animals with complex brains) reason in a way that LLMs cannot.

  While our reasoning also works with pattern matching it incorporates immeasurably more signals than language - language is almost peripheric to it even in humans. And more importantly we experience things, everything we do acts as a small training round not just in language but on every aspect of the task we are performing, and gives us a miriad of patterns to match later.

  Until AI can match a fragment of this we are not going to have an AGI. And for the experience aspect there’s no economic incentive under capitalism to achieve, if it happens it will come out of an underfunded university.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants a version of USB-C that “just works” consistently across all PCs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It still solves one end of the problem. The cable problem probably needs enforcement from law side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinder tests letting users set a 'height preference'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like all dating apps they have a strong incentive to promote superficial short-term connections so they have repeated customers. The worst thing that can happen to a dating app is their users finding a long term partner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proof that Patrick Stewart exists in the Star Trek universe⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a prop that appears in several episodes and was carefully placed each time.

  It’s clearly intended to be an obscure Easter Egg and not a big plot point, but regularly displaying that exact book is not accidental.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In other news, asking Nick Clegg before emptying out his home would kill the robbery industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avowed Director Leaves Obsidian For Netflix Games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  💰💰💰💰

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not inflation works. Inflation shouldn’t apply to everything at the same rate.

  My first computer costed the equivalent to 1000 euros. Do you think the average desktop should cost 3000?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me you are not part of a minority, male, and have 0 empathy with a single image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google hits back after Apple exec says AI is hurting search⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There have been former Google employees saying they had solutions to deal with SEO, but they were vetoed by the ads side of business, since better results reduce “engagement”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Until Nintendo says they can’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When this was proposed the idea was that one of tank can replace two trees and it can be put in corners that are too small for trees (and cars). When you consider the space for roots you can get at least one parking space per tank at the cost of making car-centric cities even more of an hell hole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They get in the way of parking spots. The steel cages must run supreme.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Washington state now gives $120,000 "forgivable loans" for new homebuyers. But only if they're not white.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So what you want to conserve is the pre-1968 wealth distribution created by discrimination against non-white people? At last a conservative that’s almost honest about what they want to conserve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  2 and 5 are also fine at best. Good cutlery needs to have a proper “thick” handles, these all look cheap and unergonomic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you have any “headcanons” (so to speak) about the Star Trek TNG characters?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Given they don’t actually need farms to produce wine, the federation might see Chateau Picard as personal (as opposed to private) property that supports Jean Luc’s little hobby and preservation of traditional knowledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claude gets depressed, calls the FBI and attempts to shut down a vending machine business after being filled with existential dread.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminded me immediately of The Coffee Machine short story published last year. Reality manages to be stranger and weirder than fiction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky may soon add blue check verification | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And centralization solves this how? The other social networks are giving more checkmarks to grifters and scammers than they are giving them to honest people because, spoiler alert, con artists are very good at both building a following and paying bribes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want to see Vulcan fail⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds a very reactionary way to see Vulcan/Ni’Var on DIS.

  Vulcan changed it wasn’t destroyed. And it’s implied that this change was what saved the outward facing outlook of their civilization - the romulan component of population becomes the more pro-federation side of Ni’Var.

  There are some interesting things to explore their, since on one hand you have T’rina who acknowledges her emotions and moderates them with logic, and on the other there’s Duvin who is clearly more conservative.

  I don’t know if there’s an actual plan on the timeline of these cultural changes or if it’s accidental but there’s already some evidence of this cultural shift in Prodigy and Lower Decks with Maj’el and T’Lin. Even before that there’s Saavik but at least non-canon novels assume she’s half Romulan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z's safe space - Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Gen Zers are flocking to Tumblr⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s inevitable for ads supported social media.

  They need to keep you “engaged” to show you more ads, and the most effective way to do it is to foster conflict.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z's safe space - Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Gen Zers are flocking to Tumblr⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You underestimate how much interface and algorithms impact how people interact with eachother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is at a work function⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  *below mediocre manager.

  Even the average HR person can see a large scale roasting in a work environment would be a disaster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another (Negative) ‘Superman' Reaction — World of Reel⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, at least they are getting used to rebooting cinematic universes on an accelerated schedule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American and British English spelling and pronunciations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a native Portuguese speaker I found it very useful when I started to learn English. And even nowadays having some form of “visual map” between English and Portuguese at least for more erudite words - which tend to be the ones that are shared between more languages - helps me write English better.

  The similarities between English and German also ended up helping me learn German.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American and British English spelling and pronunciations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Going by how ortography changes have gone in other languages, I doubt it.

  Besides English, if English fix its ortography it’s going to become much harder to learn for speakers of other European languages - as confusing the pronunciation rules and exceptions are, they are caused by writing things similarly to other European languages while mangling the original pronunciation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They can’t close the kernel. They already distribute Android with proprietary software - for example Google Play services and DRM services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten Pokémon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost like LLMs aren’t capable of understanding or something. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Porn on Spotify Is Infiltrating the Platform’s Top Podcast Charts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Antennapod and not depending on the whims of whatever a CEO feels like today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember the good old days?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pre-industrial societies still expected children to work from young ages. And they would often switch to adult labour in their early teens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a reader⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did and I don’t use subdomains for mobile. Have you tried being good at it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI calls for US government to codify 'fair use' for AI training | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Please do. I want to train an AI on Disney movies. (Dear Disney lawyers please take the bait)