FWIW, I liked the Pixel 4a better than the Pixel 9 I'm typing this on
Pixel 10 is heavier than the pixel 9 allegedly.
Readit Newsgreesil commented on From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent ssp.sh/blog/macbook-to-ar... · Posted by u/articsputnik
Let them eat cake
greesil commented on Porn censorship is going to destroy the internet mashable.com/article/age-... · Posted by u/Teever
We have had age restrictions on physical pornography (magazines, dvd/vhs) and XXX movie theaters for a century, and it didn't threaten the book publishing industry or Hollywood.
The internet includes porn, but is not limited to porn. Likewise the Internet allows the consuming of content, but also allows the production of content. This is where your analogy breaks down. The end user is both consumer and producer. Take this HN comment for example.
greesil commented on Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes divernet.com/scuba-news/f... · Posted by u/toomanyrichies
I somehow thought that pure oxygen was poisonous[1], and it needed to be a nitrogen mix. I mean, I guess this stunt demonstrates that I'm clearly mistaken, or that the nuance is in the pressures involed?
It's dangerous in an enclosed environment, see Apollo 1 for more details.
greesil commented on When did AI take over Hacker News? zachperk.com/blog/when-di... · Posted by u/zachperkel
I think what BoiledCabbage is pointing out is that the fact that it's a next-token-predictor is used as an argument for the thesis that LLMs are not intelligent, and that this is wrong, since being a next-token-predictor is compatible with being intelligent. When mikert89 says "thinking machines have been invented", dgfitz in response strongly implies that for a for thinking machines to exist, they must become "more than a statistical token predictor". Regardless of whether or not thinking machines currently exist, dgfitz argument is wrong and BoiledCabbage is right to point that out.
I'm a bipedal next token predictor. I also do a lot of other things too.
greesil commented on When did AI take over Hacker News? zachperk.com/blog/when-di... · Posted by u/zachperkel
Useless analogy, especially in the context of a gigantic category of fusion cuisine that is effectively franchised and adapted to local tastes.
If I have never eaten a hamburger but own a McDonald’s franchise, am I making an authentic American hamburger?
If I have never eaten fries before and I buy some frozen ones from Walmart, heat them up, and throw them in the trash, did I make authentic fries?
Obviously the answer is yes and these questions are completely irrelevant to my sentience.
Not exactly. When "intelligence" is like your frozen Walmart fries, the analogy works a bit better. Some people are arguing that yes, you can buy some frozen intelligence from your local (internet) store.
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greesil commented on When did AI take over Hacker News? zachperk.com/blog/when-di... · Posted by u/zachperkel
And magic tricks look like magic. Turns out they’re not magical.
I am so floored that at least half of this community, usually skeptical to a fault, evangelizes LLMs so ardently. Truly blows my mind.
I’m open to them becoming more than a statistical token predictor, and I think it would be really neat to see that happen.
They’re nowhere close to anything other than a next-token-predictor.
Maybe thinking needs a Turing test. If nobody can tell the difference between this and actual thinking then it's actually thinking. /s, or is it?
greesil commented on When did AI take over Hacker News? zachperk.com/blog/when-di... · Posted by u/zachperkel