Right now LLMs have a slight advantage over stackoverflow etc in that they'll react to your specific question/circumstances, but they also require you to doublecheck everything they spit out. I don't think that will ever change, and I think most of the hype comes from people whose salaries depend on it being right around the corner or people who are playing a speculation game (if I learn this tool I'll never have to work again/ avoid this tool will doom me to poverty forever).
Readit Newssplwjs commented on Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs? · Posted by u/throwaway_43793
splwjs commented on Honey, YouTubers are poisoning the kids trend-mill.com/p/honey-yo... · Posted by u/herbertl
So gasp, parents have to use the hardest word in the English language and do their job? Heaven forbid.
This take shows up a lot and it's a bad one.
"I can surround your child with dangerous unhealthy things and do my best to corrupt and poison them, there should be no limit to this behavior whatsoever because if I succeed it's your fault for being bad parents! All you have to do is say no, it's not like it's my full time job to make end-runs around you with the aid of behavioral science and psychology and a budget, no no no guiding your children morally is as simple as saying no once, are you too stupid and lazy to do that?".
splwjs commented on Stephen Fry – AI: A Means to an End or a Means to Our End? stephenfry.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/lordleft
Why do we have to simulate real neurons to achieve intelligence? We don't simulate a bird's bones and muscles to achieve flight.
LLMs are a huge step forward. Sure, they might not be the thing to ultimately deliver superhuman intelligence. But it's unfair to say that we're not any closer at all.
We've had markov chain generators for a while, having enough computing power to grant them the power to regurgitate wikipedia reddit and stackoverflow content is not "a huge step towards agi"
splwjs commented on Stephen Fry – AI: A Means to an End or a Means to Our End? stephenfry.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/lordleft
The short to medium term concerns mostly come down to human problems. AI and robotics have a multiplicative affect like other technologies, but the problems still originate in the primate nature of humans.
The long term issue that many people don't seem willing to mention out loud is that we will eventually make humanity obsolete and robots will literally take control.
The only real solution to the threat of militarization of AI and robotics might be to create a more unified global government and culture. The first challenge is for people to see that as a worthy goal.
Sometimes I think most of our problems come down to not being on the same page. And I wonder if somehow in the future we gradually become a tiny bit like The Borg.
So maybe we are headed towards a "meta-system transition" where we have some kind of direct links between groups of AI and humans that combine to form a more intelligent and effective organism in some way.
I guess I just came up with a Black Mirror episode concept.
>The long term issue that many people don't seem willing to mention out loud is that we will eventually make humanity obsolete and robots will literally take control.
what are you talking about; the main marketing strategy for so terribly many ai companies is to run around declaring the end is soon because their product is so powerful
>The only real solution to the threat of militarization of AI and robotics might be to create a more unified global government and culture.
At this point I think you're joking. Tightly centralizing power always results in oligarchy, kleptocracy, and collapse. And why do you think this central world government wouldn't militarize via your unstoppable robots?
splwjs commented on Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux github.com/moritztng/hack... · Posted by u/molli
I basically suck at Rocket League (can't get beyond Plat.III in any mode), but I still enjoy playing it daily.
Turn off ALL chat except tactical team quick chats, otherwise it's a toxic quagmire.
I think online matchmaking has absolutely destroyed people's ability to feel like they're good at any game.
Like you'll never be a big fish in a small pond. If you played as much as you currently do but could only play with people local to you, you'd be the best person you know at this thing. And that's a really good feeling. But you'll never get that feeling, because you should really be grinding past whatever plat 3 is in order to not suck.
I remember being in school and thinking that "what if my (color) is your (other color)" was a cool question, and then later I think I reasoned out that color is measurable so the actual color is objective, and the differences between different people is just like... rods and cones that are somehow different between people aka partial colorblindness.
So I don't know what this is.
That makes sense; it's a predatory business model. It's like auto title loans. They want you corner you, offer you money when you're at your most helpless, then take your car away. If not that then they want to lock you in a debt spiral you'll never get out of and just be a leach on your paycheck forever.
Everyone I've ever talked to has an antagonistic view of these companies and most other american institutions, and the more you hate them and recognize they hate you, the better off you are financially.
splwjs commented on Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other pollinators? wisfarmer.com/story/news/... · Posted by u/speckx
Well, you don't get to decide whether or not you're going to pay the fines. Unless you want to sue them.
Some people think it's best to just avoid the drama and ask first.
"you can minimize the pain from overreach by thoroughly submitting to it so actually it's basically your fault if you don't like it"
splwjs commented on If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioritize dignity strongtowns.org/journal/2... · Posted by u/philips
While taking a walk near downtown Austin, TX, a police car stopped next to me and the officers started asking weird questions. Including if I know where I am at, where I go, or is there someone who could help me with these apparent struggles in my life.
It took me a couple awkward minutes to realize that I'm the only one standing on my feet and not sitting in a car wherever I was looking. I apologized (???) and told them I was heading to a museum, bc I'm a visitor here and that's what we do right? I added a colleague's address and assured them that I'm not "confused", and will take an Uber now.
This was simply unbelievable in my world; for the next week I observed my colleague, whenever they took me out, or went to somewhere: we never walked outside. From the building to the parking lot, from the destination parking lot to the resto and vice versa.
Today, of course, I know that there are walkable cities too, I enjoy walking from my Chicago hotel to the office building :-) every single time I enjoy my US visits, but after a couple weeks I can't wait to get back to my 98% car free European life.
What month was it? Because if it's summer in austin and you're standing around downtown then you probably are struggling in one way or another.
Also downtown austin is disgusting; maybe they were just stunned someone would be there on purpose before the sun goes down.
Hope you enjoyed the museum/trip though
engineer: interesting. what problems has it helped you solve
social engineer: