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psbp commented on Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13 openculture.com/2026/01/d... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

owlninja · 2 months ago

What a crazy coincidence... I had not been to the Kimbell art musesum that is only about 20 minutes away from me in many years. We had a family outing this weekend to go see the Torlonia Collection exhibit there and this painting was just sitting there in their permanent collection! I even got to listen to the guided tour group that happened to be at that painting as I was walking by.

psbp · 2 months ago

The Caravaggio was incredible too.

psbp commented on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image developers.googleblog.com... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

skybrian · 7 months ago

Like most image generators, it didn’t pass the piano keyboard test. (Black keys are wrong.)

https://aistudio.google.com/app/prompts?state=%7B%22ids%22:%...

psbp · 7 months ago

Doesn't pass the analog clock test either.

psbp commented on Genie 3: A new frontier for world models deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/bradleyg223

thinkingtoilet · 7 months ago

I don't know... There are plenty of otherwise capable adults who just get home from work and watch TV. They either never, or extremely rarely, indulge in hobbies, go see a concert, or even go out to meet others. Not that TV can't be art and challenge us but lets be honest, 99% of it is not that.

psbp · 7 months ago

I have been this person. I can say that it's not a time of my life I look back on fondly.

psbp commented on Genie 3: A new frontier for world models deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/bradleyg223

pizzathyme · 7 months ago

This is surprisingly a great analogy because millions of people still run every week for their own benefit (physical and mental health, social connection, etc).

I wonder if mental exercises will move to the same category? Not necessarily a way to earn money, but something everybody does as a way of flourishing as a human.

psbp · 7 months ago

The process of thinking and exploring ideas is inherently enriching.

Nothing can take away your ability to have incredible experiences, except if the robots kill us all.

psbp commented on Feds help health insurers hide their dirty secret: denials on the rise nypost.com/2024/12/12/opi... · Posted by u/mancerayder

carlgreene · a year ago

I'm trying to figure out if these deaths caused by insurance denials could actually be considered murder. I think they would definitely qualify as being premeditated, but can you consider them "killing"? They are causing death due to omission of expected care, but can the omission of something like medical care be considered the cause of death?

psbp · a year ago

There is legal precedent establishing healthcare providers' obligations in life-threatening situations. The same moral responsibility should exist when insurers deny lifesaving care, it's just hidden behind bureaucracy.

psbp commented on The Impact of AI on Computer Science Education cacm.acm.org/news/the-imp... · Posted by u/robin_reala

apples_oranges · 2 years ago

When I was struggling with some areas of maths at uni I realized, after checking other sources/books, that it was mostly due to how it was presented to me. After getting a fresh perspective most of it suddenly became obvious and I had learned it.

I believe people's brains function differently enough, that they, to some extent at least, need to have somewhat tailored material to their "brain type".

LLM AI is great because it can be asked again and again to describe things differently. That's what makes it so powerful as a learning tool.

psbp · 2 years ago

The interactive element itself could be really powerful. If you could put some restrictions on how much of the answer it can give you all at once, it's the perfect incremental learning tool.

psbp commented on AI solves International Math Olympiad problems at silver medal level deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/ocfnash

bearjaws · 2 years ago

C'mon you're meant to be re-configuring 3,292,329 line of YML for K8s.

(/s)

psbp · 2 years ago

It's funny that if I could describe my entire career, it would probably be something similar to software janitor/maintenance worker.

I guess I should have pursued a PhD when I was younger.

psbp commented on Veo deepmind.google/technolog... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

mattgreenrocks · 2 years ago

This is very noticeable. Watching movies from the 1970s is positively serene for me, vs the shot time on modern films often leaves me wonder, "wait, what just happened there?"

And I'm someone who is fine playing fast action video games. Can't imagine what it's like if you're older or have sensory processing issues.

psbp · 2 years ago

My brain processes too slow for modern action movies.

I can tell what's going on, but I always end up feeling agitated.

psbp commented on About That OpenAI "Breakthrough" garymarcus.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/passwordoops

naasking · 2 years ago

The article is from Gary Marcus, a well known AI skeptic. Not surprising if he's being dismissive.

psbp · 2 years ago

Skeptic and completely reactionary. I had to unfollow him on Twitter because he always has to have a "take" on every AI headline, and he's often contradictory between "AI is useless" and "AI is a huge threat".

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