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ZetaZero commented on Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists?   vmst.io/@selzero/10951255... · Posted by u/dredmorbius
meebob · 3 years ago
I would point out that many (most?) people are in programming to make money, rather than get things done per se.

If an AI were to make it impossible to make a living doing programming, would that be an improvement for most readers of this site?

ZetaZero · 3 years ago
It should be an improvement for people to get a career in something they enjoy, instead of what pays the most money.
ZetaZero commented on Ask HN: Should HN ban ChatGPT/generated responses?    · Posted by u/djtriptych
contravariant · 3 years ago
Sure it might produce convincing examples of human speech, but it fundamentally lacks an internal point of view that it can express, which places limits on how well it can argue something.

It is of course possible that it might (eventually) be convincing enough that no human can tell, which would be problematic because it would suggest human speech is indistinguishable from a knee jerk response that doesn't require that you communicate any useful information.

Things would be quite different if an AI could interpret new information and form opinions, but even if GPT could be extended to do so, right now it doesn't seem to have the capability to form opinions or ingest new information (beyond a limited short term memory that it can use to have a coherent conversation).

ZetaZero · 3 years ago
"Sure it might produce convincing examples of human speech, but it fundamentally lacks an internal point of view that it can express..."

Sounds just like the chess experts from 30 years ago. Their belief at the time was that computers were good at tactical chess, but had no idea how to make a plan. And Go would be impossible for computers, due to the branching factor. Humans would always be better, because they could plan.

GPT (or a future successor) might not be able to have "an internal point of view". But it might not matter.

ZetaZero commented on Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market   asia.nikkei.com/Business/... · Posted by u/joos3
FpUser · 3 years ago
>"I can't justify spending time manually tweaking every RAW file when smartphones do it well 99% of the time."

As soon as one looks at photo on larger 4K monitor the difference is striking. And you do not even have to dick with raw files to see the difference. Plain JPEG coming out of my relatively ancient D800 puts best smartphone cam to shame. Size matters and full frame sensor vs one in smartphone are incomparable.

That is not to say that smartphone can not take decent photos and in many cases what is being photographed matters way more than the picture quality as long as it is not atrocious.

ZetaZero · 3 years ago
...my relatively ancient D800...

Launched five years ago at $3000.

ZetaZero commented on The collapse of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fraud is looking quite spicy for journalism   twitter.com/hautepop/stat... · Posted by u/r721
colinmhayes · 3 years ago
FTX was never doing a ponzi. All the threads are about how everyone was ok with SBF ponzi’ing because the money went to a good cause but that’s just not the case. EA proponents thought SBF was just running a normal exchange, if that was true I don’t see what’s morally wrong with supporting him.
ZetaZero · 3 years ago
Three months ago, FTX was offering 8% interest APY. FTX knew they were in trouble, and needed new deposits to stay afloat. This makes it a ponzi.
ZetaZero commented on Writing down what I do in Obsidian   v5.chriskrycho.com/journa... · Posted by u/larve
prithsr · 3 years ago
I know this thread seems to be Obsidian specific, but wanted to share: I've been writing down every detail of my day since January 2021 on Diarly. I pay $15 a year to have it sync across iCloud devices. I have two "journals" - one for personal, and one for work. From thoughts, to encounters during the day, to what food I ate, I write everything. It has dramatically improved my day-to-day. I've had trouble remembering my whole life, and now I can just look back and find the exact date where I did something (the search feature is pretty spot on). It's even improved my retention skills - e.g. "i don't remember what day this happened, but I am positive xyz happened because I remember writing about it". Strongly strongly recommend it to all.
ZetaZero · 3 years ago
> I pay $15 a year to have it sync across iCloud devices.

Curious how you do this? The Obsidian Sync option is $96/year.

ZetaZero commented on AI and the Future of Pixel Art   pixelparmesan.com/ai-and-... · Posted by u/aleyan
bioemerl · 3 years ago
One thing I think needs to be looked at a little bit more deeply is that the AI is not stopping where it is today, it's going to get better and if it targets the lowest part of the market now, what's it going to do in 10 years?
ZetaZero · 3 years ago
Agreed. AI art will continue to improve.

This reminds of of the chess computers from 30 years ago. Experts were convinced computers would never beat GM humans, based on the state-of-the-art of the time. They never took into account all the future advancements in hardware and software.

ZetaZero commented on AlphaFold’s new rival? Meta AI predicts shape of 600M proteins   nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/pseudolus
AndrewKemendo · 3 years ago
Can anyone describe how/where this actually fits into Meta's businesses?

"As a test case, they decided to wield their model on a database of bulk-sequenced ‘metagenomic’ DNA from environmental sources including soil, seawater, the human gut, skin and other microbial habitats."

Meta has a lot of data, but I'm unaware of them having a presence in the environmental/medical diagnostics industry which is where I assume this would be applied

Perhaps they are going for a Bell Labs kind of structure?

ZetaZero · 3 years ago
> Can anyone describe how/where this actually fits into Meta's businesses?

AI can predict the behavior of the users, feeding them as many relevant ads as possible, while keeping them engaged.

ZetaZero commented on PayPal’s Objectionable Terms Are Back, $2500 Fines for Content They Don’t Like   viewfromthewing.com/paypa... · Posted by u/that
mgamache · 3 years ago
God I hate to say it, but Bitcoin fixes this (with the Lightning Network). https://lightning.network/

I am not a Maxi, but Jesus what other options are there?

ZetaZero · 3 years ago
How will Bitcoin fix it? If I buy a video card with bitcoin, but get sent a brick instead, how does "Blockchain as Arbiter" get my bitcoins back?
ZetaZero commented on Rooftop wind energy innovation claims 50% more energy than solar at same cost   pv-magazine.com/2022/10/1... · Posted by u/fairytalemtg
ZetaZero · 3 years ago
The company has not yet provided any real numbers. I want to know how much electricity is generated at a specific wind speed. The lack of this most basic number leads me to believe this isn't as good as it sounds.
ZetaZero commented on Elevator Saga: Elevator programming game   play.elevatorsaga.com/... · Posted by u/homarp
xiaodai · 3 years ago
this is a classic. i wonder what other programming games are there though?

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