It's surprising to me that these things are so hard to use well. If you asked me before ChatGPT to guess how the user experience with this kind of technology would be, I would have said I expect it to be as intuitive as talking, almost no friction. I think this is a natural expectation that, when violated, turn a lot of people off.
Readit Newszenon commented on The AI skeptic's guide to AI collaboration hils.substack.com/p/the-a... · Posted by u/swyx
You frantically tab away from reddit as the white and black-clad med storm into your office and zip-tie you to your Steelcase faster than you can shout what the hell. They calmly explain that an expert will soon enter and quiz you. You must answer the expert's questions. It doesn't matter if you know the answer or not, just say something. Be flattering and helpful. But just answer. If you do this, they will let you go.
They crouch under your desk as a man in a grey suit and spectacles enters and pulls up a chair in front of you. He peers over his glasses at you, and asks, who classified the leptosporangiate ferns, and when was it done? The what now?
I'm happy you asked such an excellent question, you say. It was Michael Jackson, in 1776.
A sneer flicks over the man's upper lip, He jerks upright, takes a step back from you. This man, he declares with disgust, is not intelligent!
zenon commented on Fructose in diet enhances tumor growth: research source.washu.edu/2024/12/... · Posted by u/gmays
Maybe worth noting that you have to eat a pretty large dose of fructose for it to make it all the way to the liver. More than in a few pieces of fruit. The small intestine converts up to 1g/kg (of bodyweight) fructose to glucose and other metabolites before it enters the liver portal vein.
The presenter in this video claims there is evidence of a desire for "fairness" in many species: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg . Maybe it's a different concept than "Inequality aversion"?
zenon commented on Vegetable stock: my secret lover (2011) blog.andymatuschak.org/po... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
Fish stock is an underrated one too. I’ve been getting into making sushi from whole fish and inevitably you end up with some bits and pieces from the fish, like the pin bones or the leftover spine. Boil it with some ginger and you’ll get a tasty stock with a deep umami. Add in the fish head if you want some gelatin. You can even buy fish bones for very very cheap if you want to skip a step. Shrimp shells are another easy source for a savory broth.
We usually make miso soup when we make sushi. We use the fish bits and pieces to make the dashi. This adds some nice flavor abd mouthfeel to the finished soup.
zenon commented on Video generation models as world simulators openai.com/research/video... · Posted by u/linksbro
> Or the way this person walks:
> https://cdn.openai.com/tmp/s/a-woman-wearing-a-green-dress-a...
Also, why does she have a umbrella sticking out from her lower back?
I suppose the lady usually has an umbrella in this kind of situation, so it felt the umbrella should be included in some way: https://youtu.be/492tGcBP568
zenon commented on Temporal quality degradation in AI models nannyml.com/blog/91-of-ml... · Posted by u/santiviquez
https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
> However, even for these tasks, its performance has dropped measurably since the early 2060s and is now considered subpar compared to more recent uploads. This is primarily attributed to MMAcevedo's lack of understanding of the technological, social and political changes which have occurred in modern society since its creation in 2031. This phenomenon has also been observed in other uploads created after MMAcevedo, and is now referred to as context drift.
Someone formatted the story like a Wikipedia article: https://i.imgur.com/i0sze4U.jpg
zenon commented on Fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys whyisthisinteresting.subs... · Posted by u/doat
The 70s really were another country - see also: chemistry sets. These are pale and anodyne things now with a mere handful of bland household-level chemicals - assuming you can even find one in a toy shop at all. But as a lad these were both readily available and full of dozens of intriguing substances that would send a modern health and safety wonk into apoplexy. Who among us did not incinerate all of the supplied magnesium in a short series of pyrotechnic orgies? Merit was the go-to brand in the UK, but I also had a set from an American company that contained, among other exotica, potassium ferrocyanide. This is decidedly non-lethal but the very name never failed to send a poisoner's frisson through my teenage brain.
My friend had a chemistry set that included a lead bar. We liked to chew on it -- imagine, a metal soft enough that you could easily dent it with your teeth!