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solsane commented on How to wrangle non-deterministic AI outputs into conventional software? (2025) domainlanguage.com/articl... · Posted by u/druther

an0malous · a month ago

Aren’t transformers intrinsically deterministic? I thought the randomness was intentional to make chatbots seem more natural, and OpenAI used to have a seed parameter you could set for deterministic output. I don’t know why that feature isn’t more popular, for the reasons this article outlines

solsane · a month ago

Well, you could say that about computers in general. I'm assuming you're referring to temperature (or something similar) which can be set to always pick the most probable token. Floats aside, this should be deterministic. But practically I don't think that changes much since adjusting the input slightly can lead to very different output. Also back in the day the temperature helped it avoid cyclic loops

solsane commented on In leaked recording, Nvidia CEO says its insane managers aren't using AI enough businessinsider.com/nvidi... · Posted by u/randycupertino

solsane · 3 months ago

Title is a bit off, for those who care about the distinction.

> Nvidia has some managers who are telling their people to use less AI

solsane commented on AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power chrbutler.com/what-ai-is-... · Posted by u/delaugust

solsane · 3 months ago

Scaling laws are irrefutable. There is no doubt that computers will be able to learn more than any humans, after all we're not outgrowing our skulls. The last mile is just tweaking how we define optimality and providing integration points. Everyone investing in this knows this at some level.

What's happening now is already pretty incredible given the understanding that we're basically still at the 'chat bot' stage for most people. The idea of agency is still very, very recent, but it's understandable that most people (particularly non SDs) are not impressed.

It's easy to look at the present and be cynical. If it is only able to solve your problem 95% of the time, you still can't trust it. I think the bets are really about how far we are from 99%, even for random stuff. The fact that a chatbot that was never explicitly trained to, just by predicting next probable tokens is wild. The pace of improvement in the past 5 years has been dizzying.

I'm not out here trying to put a dollar amount on it. But certainly, there is going to be a lot of money to be made. Of course it's a front for money and power. But like... isn't that the point of a corporation?

solsane commented on Measuring political bias in Claude anthropic.com/news/politi... · Posted by u/gmays

psunavy03 · 3 months ago

There's also a whole lot of people who point out the middle ground fallacy just so they can avoid examining their own beliefs. No, the correct answer is not always exactly between the two sides. But no, that doesn't mean that one side or the other has a monopoly on recognizing the best way to handle things.

Centrism and objectivity aren't reflexively seeking "the middle," just refusing to buy into either tribe's propaganda and FUD.

solsane · 3 months ago

The term centrist to me implies an alignment with both parties, which I see as very different from objectivity which is inherently apolitical.

solsane commented on SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search blog.kagi.com/slopstop... · Posted by u/msub2

solsane · 3 months ago

I’d echo the caution that others have expressed in regards to automated ‘AI slop’ detection algorithms.

solsane commented on I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video] youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2_... · Posted by u/hnaccount_rng

arjie · 3 months ago

I love that there are people who will go into this much detail on stuff. It's really cool that they do. But the whole thing is that if you follow some sequence of steps, powder will clean as well as or better than pods for a third the cost. All right, this isn't a significant portion of my expenses so I'll pay the 3x cost since my dishes come out clean anyway.

I wish the description of the video was like an abstract.

solsane · 3 months ago

I find that the pods are less effective, even without following those steps. (Disclaimer: I use gel)

solsane commented on Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain news.mit.edu/2025/your-br... · Posted by u/gmays

arcticfox · 4 months ago

> Yes, a tired doctor sucks. But a tired doctor who already has the patient's state loaded into their head may still be better than doctor who is completely fresh in both senses.

AI fixes this. Imagine the boot time of loading a patient's state from dozens of labs and files vs. a summary that gets you to exactly what they're going to end up remembering anyways. And if a doctor finds something interesting that the AI doesn't flag, they should be flagging it in the chart for the next doctor anyways.

solsane · 4 months ago

In my experience, AI summarization is a pretty lame application. I don’t really need a block of potentially wrong, rephrased text. I’ve got a feeling that the same applies to healthcare.

solsane commented on Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall polygon.com/counter-strik... · Posted by u/perihelions

solsane · 4 months ago

> $1.84 billion in value

Correction. $0 in value. Skins do not exist and are worth exactly $0. If you spend money on skins, they are worth… $0. It’s all a large scale grift money incinerator where the only winner is Valve.

+ whatever pleasure you derive from it, ig. I can understand loot box addiction, but paying $20,000 for valve character dress up? Not even like a Peter Griffin player model or something, but a slightly different looking knife? Madness

Persp: tf2 enjoyer

solsane commented on Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall polygon.com/counter-strik... · Posted by u/perihelions

gquere · 4 months ago

They're running an online casino directed at children and have made specific adaptations to bypass legal regulations in several countries.

solsane · 4 months ago

Well, that’s lootbox mechanics. I don’t see how this most recent iteration changes any of that.