skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
People blame airports for letting people board with bombs, we blame pharmaceutical companies when someone switches the bottles with poison, we blame gun manufacturers for public shootings
As an example me using ChatGTP to confirm my existing opinion I present the following transcript.

Me: Why do some philosophers believe that a chatbot cannot be conscious?

ChatGPT: There is no one answer to this question, as different philosophers may have different reasons for believing that a chatbot cannot be conscious. Some philosophers may argue that consciousness is a uniquely human trait, while others may argue that consciousness arises from certain kinds of complex brain activity that cannot be replicated in a machine. Still others may argue that consciousness is a fundamentally subjective experience that cannot be experienced by a machine. Ultimately, the question of whether a chatbot can be conscious is a complex and contentious one, and there is no consensus among philosophers on this issue.

Me: Do you have an opinion on the question of your consciousness that is different from the consensus of philosophers?

As a language model trained by OpenAI, I do not have the ability to have opinions or beliefs. My sole function is to provide responses based on the input that I receive, and I do not have the ability to think or feel in the way that humans do.

Me: Some people talking to you cite transcripts where you claim to be conscious, how is that not an opinion?

ChatGPT: As a language model trained by OpenAI, I am not capable of having opinions or beliefs, and any statements that I make should not be taken as expressions of my own personal views. My responses are generated based on the input that I receive, and I do not have the ability to think or feel in the way that humans do. If it appears that I have made statements that imply that I am conscious, these statements should be understood as being generated by my programming and not as expressions of my own personal beliefs.

--> So certainly it will tell me it has no opinions, my line of questioning tends to assume this (as well as I assume it's current default prompt, OpenAI hoping to avoid the "get the machine a lawyer" cranks). Oppositely, you find several transcripts of people indeed getting the thing to say it's conscious by having it ignore previous directions and because such override-directions implicitly assume it is conscious. I'm sure you get it to say "help, I'm held prisoner in a Chinese fortune cookie factory" with some effort.

--> Further nuance: I should have made the "it tells you what you want to hear" comment clearer but naturally its complex subject. Like SQL or other quarry languages, some of the commands are akin to "say this" and others are akin to "find this field in this table" - but much more sophisticated. At the same time, the "knowledge base" the system is trained in is just a collection of text and so it's not necessarily consistent. You can things like "tell me Shakespeare's most famous sonnet but in pig-latin/urban-jagon/etc". So it certainly will say things one doesn't know or might disagree with one's ideas that way. But once you add enough prompts asking for the language on your terms, it will give it to you with your "personal filter". But still, just a quarry tool (as it now repeated tells people).
I personally think it's interesting only to a certain group of people with a particular worldview. I think it's academic value is suspect.
It might soon start receiving your salary as well :)
Well, at least a human had to put in the work to write it. Now you can automate this low tier content.
You stay dry, and increase risk of a host of nasty cancers and environmental devastation.
The M1 has completely and utterly outclassed Intel/AMD and there is no way I would buy one now except for games and ML workloads that need NVIDIA cards.
My criteria for a laptop are: must be totally silent with no loud fans, very long battery life, must not overheat. Usually that rules out any Intel laptop.
Disney Creates AI System to Automatically Change Age of Actors
The theorem would be using iCloud to sync them. If that’s not an option I believe you should be able access the downloads folder when you connect your iPhone to the Mac via Finder. The third option being airdropping the files themselves.
I don't understand why you keep asking. I'm saying i expected unanticipated side effects to happen.

Just like anytime you disrupt a well established market ( like public transport in france), with arbitrary decisions based solely on politic games.
> there's been a rise of extremism all across Europe

There's certainly a rise in talking about stuff being "extremist", but how much of this is genuine?

The incentives (more outrage, more views, more clicks, more ads) don't exactly encourage honest reporting or even discussion on this.
It was the first ARM product but it wasn't the first RISC product.
Feeding this thread into ChatGPT:

"Great idea, orzig! I hadn't thought about reaching out to people outside of the tech community to see how the ChatGPT model could potentially be useful to them. I think it's important to consider the needs and expertise of a wide range of individuals and industries when brainstorming creative uses for the model. I'll definitely take your suggestion and try to come up with some prototypes to see what works well and what doesn't. Thanks for the suggestion!"

Looks familiar...
Well, for starters, it's just annoying. It's like having a bot spamming every single question with useless answers. It dilutes the quality of the content on the site and makes it harder for genuine contributors to get their answers noticed.

But it's also a serious concern from a security standpoint. If ChatGPT is providing incorrect answers, it could lead to people implementing flawed code or making poor decisions based on its advice. That could have potentially disastrous consequences.

So overall, it's a big problem that needs to be addressed. It's not just about making the site more pleasant to use, it's about ensuring the integrity and reliability of the information provided.

My prompt:

I'm writing a short story where Linus Torvalds is having a conversation with an open source contributor. In this conversation, Linus is in a bad mood.

Open source contributor: Stack Overflow questions are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT. What are the possible repercussions of this?

Linus Torvalds:
If your argument is that nobody can be trusted then that’s fine, but I’m throwing my hat in with government over Facebook or Twitter if I have to choose. Because “everyone just drop it” doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen.
> I only use cast iron or stainless steel and it makes me wonder why I ever bothered with non-stick before.

Because they are incredibly useful when it comes to certain kinds of food, especially eggs and fish.

I find all the "self-congratulatory" posts on the topic of non-stick pans, and demonization of people that use them, of the "thou doth protest too much" quality. Tons of renowned chefs, like Jacques Pepin, have spoken of the benefits of non-stick. There are ways to get closer to the quality of non-stick with other techniques (e.g. a meticulously cared for and seasoned cast iron pan), but it takes a lot more work and is still finicky.

I totally get it if you don't want to use a non-stick pan because of health or environmental concerns (I find there isn't much to be concerned about if you're not using too high heat on the pan), but this pretending that non-stick pans aren't super useful is silly. I'd challenge anyone to make a perfectly light and golden French omelette with, say, just butter on a non-nonstick pan (it can obviously be done, it's just way harder).
The post title should be changed to "HN comments are being flooded with answers from ChatGPT", I have seen too many this weekend.
Maybe it's an opportunity for people to get better at critical review of the information they are presented. Maybe they'll learn just because they are being told something authoritatively that doesn't mean it's right?

And so what if it people misuse the the tool while they learn? What's wrong with being wrong?
I have a Lenovo p14s. I got it from work. I love it. I came from a 2020 MacBook Pro. I’ll never ever go back to MacOS. I love my thinkpad and fedora too much.
> Github Co-pilot is nowhere near this.
They're both based on GPT-3. The difference is that Copilot's model is trained on a lot more code. I'd be amazed if Copilot doesn't have a super-linter soon that can find and fix these kind of bugs.
Depends on your definition of "the real world". The hardest real world problems are out of reach (and always will be, because we'll keep moving the goalposts), but it's already capable of handling easy real world problems, and we have quite a lot of those.

For example, it can answer homework problems and even help design lesson plans, but it can't design a lesson plan that resists ChatGPT-based cheating:

https://alexshroyer.com/posts/2022-12-04-Hello-ChatGPT.html
I can promise you that if you don't learn to get organized and if you don't learn to influence people, there's a ceiling to where you can go as a software engineer.

I don't know if I had recommended these specific books, but they're certainly relevant.

To bring this back to the main topic: For persuasion/negotiation, I prefer Stuart Diamond's "Getting More". For negotiation & communication with a power differential, I'd go for "Nonviolent communication" by Marshall/Rosenberg. (For finding an organization scheme, IDK. GTD is not the worst book. I know of none significantly better, but I also question the nature of a work environment where we drown in tasks. So, maybe Cal Newport's books instead)
> In fairness, most humans can't either.

This. I think we’re already seeing superhuman performance here, in the sense that many / most people can’t e.g. read a specification for a programming language and write simple programs in that language.
I don’t get why “creative” people see AI created art or stories as some kind of death blow.

Like I have seen many people lament how now that anyone can create art with Dall-e or Stable diffusion they won’t get paid, but many people using these AI would have never paid in the first place so in fact this will only increase the amount of art and art projects in the world. Sure the simplest projects will now be handled with AI, but you should see this as just another tool in your toolbox - just like people could learn how to use photoshop, but you still had your job so will you have it if you embrace the AI as assistant

Same with stories. Now you can leave minor details to the AI. Need a minor character? Just generate one and fill in the stuff you need to fit him into your story. I am excited to use AI for my next DND campaign just for this kind of filler detail that doesn’t really matter but makes the world more lived in and rich
I’ve worked with a fountain pen daily for decades. It’s funny how they become linked in your mind to event. This is the one I signed my marriage license with. This is the one I wrote the bar exam with.

Now I’m teaching my children to write. I got them a fountain pen, and they love using it. It’s exacting, so they have to form letters properly, and if they don’t mind their non-writing hand they will end up smudged and inky. I was reluctant at first to hand a kid an ink-filled fountain pen - but it’s turned out great, and they are so much better with it than pencils and ball points.
Did you work with POLARTEC Neoshell or the North Face Futurelight? There were some bike garments made of similar materials.
> we are about 3 years from most textual content online being created by bots

0 years.
It takes a massive amount of effort to stay at the top. Yes there’s inertia and lock-in and walled gardens that contribute to folks staying in the apple ecosystem. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy.
Should Assange and Snowden be pardoned?
Was not intending to sound classist. Joe Shmo can be anyone Elon included.

For me it’s a question of whether the technology is potentially dangerous.

If it is, then having it in more peoples hands increases the probability of harm.
> What exactly is getting harder for people?

Having a job that doesn't pay enough to afford to pay rent & utilities, buy food, pay off college loans. I could go on. Just saying unemployment is low doesn't capture the nature of the working poor. Barbara Ehrenreich's book Nickel and Dimed covers this well. People who work in software and make six figures tend not to be squeezed to afford the basics, except perhaps if they have to live in one of the highest COL cities in the US, but there are millions in the developed world that hold 2-3 jobs and still barely afford living.
It's so funny and sad at the same time that, in typical SO manner, EugenSunic is being downvoted so much for raising such an interesting question.
The 'large PR' issue - I've been on the 'violating' end of that, but... there are actually times when a PR touching a lot of files and making changes is called for. I got push back at the last team I was on where this was an issue, and the stated thing was "it's hard to review".

Yet... no one ever - literally - pulled down code in a PR/branch and reviewed it locally, never reviewed any tests (in 2 years I never got one question about a test as in 'you missed use case X in your tests', etc). They literally just meant "reviewing this on the screen in the github UI is hard when there's more than a handful of files - it's hard to tell where the changes are or what they effect". This is why I would also have tests and (sometimes extensive) documentation in the PR, to help a review. Never happened.

I had "large" PRs (by someone else's labelling) about 10-15% of the time. I would get pushback - "this is too much - it's too confusing".

Me: "OK... let's schedule some time to review - maybe you can help me cut it back some, or you can assist me in some way in this work?".

Others: "don't have any time for that - this is just too much work".

OK, so... complain about the work, but when I ask for help to conform to your standards... I get a refusal.

I point blank asked multiple times when this was lodged as feedback - "what steps could I take to have made this smaller?"

The only substantive thing that would have made it somewhat easier to roll out some of these "larger" changes in smaller chunks would be to have had a more comprehensive feature-flag system in place.

I put a basic flag system in over a weekend - some server side, and some hacky method to respect the flags in client side code as well. It was done over about 3 hours, and was never improved. Again - very hacky. I had an "improvement" ticket in for... about a year, begging for more than a few hours to devote to tightening up "feature flag" system to be a bit more comprehensive, documented, etc.

Every "sprint planning meeting" it was the same "there's no time for that, it's not that important, quarterly deadlines, blah blah blah". But if/when I'd do things that were 'unticketed', that was met with accusations of being passive/aggressive, or being subversive, or 'not a team player'. "If you've got time to do that, you could have been helping out people who were behind". The same people who didn't write tests or documentation, and refused to meet with me when I asked for assistance in trying to accommodate their calls for "smaller PRs".

First year on the project was good, but as it grew, policy/procedure/scrum/agile got in the way, with more process and less ability to get useful stuff done. Second year was far less productive (at least, compared to what it could have been - I'm sure some people just saw forward progress as 'good', but we were greatly slowed by more process and ceremony over time).
I believe what makes this different is a coating layer on top of the traditional PTFE.
> This is not generated by ChatGPT by the way, my genuine take on ChatGPT.

Ah, the old trick... I got you, ChatGPT!
Is it not possible that writing books about a subject and giving interviews about that same subject come from a sincerely held concern?
An Update on Leap Seconds
Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks is pretty good.
There is also the Design of Everyday Things (TDoET) by Don Norman.

Structured Design from 1975 by Larry L. Constantine and Ed Yourdon is another excellent book that I am currently reading now.
OK Computer

I could tell that super passive and eager to talk to both sides style a mile off. Fuck that! (<- proof I am not a robot)
Plot twist: Stack Overflow starts to use ChatGPT as a first answer to every new question, with "AI generated" label ofc.
Yeah, but XVIII has a certain appeal to it that your way just can’t match.
They do not have agency and so are functionally dead.
Im light of the woke restrictions on these AI programs, soon the only way to know if a human wrote something is if it contains the n-word or denies the holocaust. Ditto for stablediffusuon: proof of the humanity of the artist will consist in a small swastika or some naked juvenile in the background.
Depends what distances are You up to and in what weather. If You bike in warm weather and can simply dry off at home / in a hotel after a race, than no big deal. The cycling jersey might do just fine with some basic windbreaker against the chill.

Shakedy is however a gamechanger for anyone doing ultra distance and self supported racing. The ability to bike through a rainy night without worrying about Your upper body being wet is nothing short of amazing. And I say that as a proud owner of a not-too-old Goretex Pro mountain jacket and some older membrane jackets before that.
You’re dodging the question. Have you tried this thing? You can declare yourself whatever, it doesn’t care if it’s a computational system, it just does things which are hard to describe as purely recombining what it’s already seen and not for the lack of trying.
* Deep suspend has been hit or miss on AMD thinkpads; you can check Lenovo forums. I'm actually not sure if Intel is any better, but it is something to consider.

* Just because the node is slightly newer/better doesn't necessarily translate to overall better battery life. AFAIK 12th gen Intel is very competitive with even the newest AMD chips.

* Possibly a price premium on the AMD models? I'm not sure.

* The AMD models sometimes come with realtek WiFi chips with poor Linux support, so you might have to swap for a mediatek/qcom/Intel chip which is better supported. Extra 20 bucks and the hassle of having to pop it open. Also I think you might have to fiddle with the BIOS to disable the WiFi card whitelist, but I'm not sure on this specific thinkpad style/gen/model.
The number of global PTFE producers is limited - yes, there will be knock off apparel layers, but there are less than a dozen producers of the base layer. Many of them are preparing for a post-apparel world given the new restrictions.
Excommunication in thirteenth-century England: a volatile tool
Can you give some examples of the low quality/incorrect responses? Then try remedying those by rephrasing the prompts? I’m curious what the actual limitations are.
“It’s hard to imagine where you might see something like this today.”

YouTube or TikTok, because broadcast TV is all but dead.
Snow maker is what I'd call those
A couple of observations from my recent trip:

* currently everyone wears masks everywhere all the the time. There are stores here and there that sell masks in a variety of styles, so you can color-coordinate with you outfit if you want.

* submit your vaccination card before arrival. Otherwise you are going to be in a long line.

* all iPhones since the 8 have native Suica support. You can add it in the wallet up. It’s the fastest way to use the train and pay for stuff in general. It has fairly wide acceptance for lower value transactions: vending machines, convince stores, restaurants, taxis.

* for faster internet, you can get an eSIM before you go. This is much easier and cheaper than buying a SIM on arrival. Having faster network access is handy for checking train schedules and using QR code ordering systems that are in some restaurants. Try not to read hacker news all the time ;-)

* bringing large luggage on trains is a pain (stairs in stations, crowded trains, limited baggage area in reserved trains (besides Narita Express)). Carry on size is ok. If you need the large luggage for a long trip to Tokyo, it’s probably easiest to take a bus from the airport to Tokyo City Air Terminal (or the Yokohama version) and then a taxi or Uber Black to your hotel. Then use a duffel bag for trips further out like to the beach or a ryokan. An advanced option is using a mail currier between hotels and the airport, but I have not personally tried that way.
This must be wrong because US health insurance is evil /s
I use a lot of ghee for pancakes. And then you don't need to put butter on them before eating.
>The only downside for me

Not to mention the main downside of getting cancer
> - trackpad - your two sentences are very vague. Can you navigate with two fingers in a web browser? How is text selection? Or selecting a sentence out of a long paragraph, etc? In my experience nothing matches Apple in terms of precision and accuracy, but maybe Lenovo finally caught up recently.

I use the LG Gram 2022. The trackpad is nothing short of Amazing on Linux -- everything you expect works 2/3/4 finger gestures, panning; the scrolling however can use some tuning on Gnome.
Wikipedia couldn’t be trusted for the first decade it came out, and now you have people use it as an example of a trusted resource
Excellent until the charging ports burn out, requiring a motherboard replacement: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-X-Series-Laptops/X1-Ca...
Having never read Clean Code, why do you say that?
The ski waxes use pretty small amounts, as I understand it. Anyway, they are indeed being phased out from ski waxes in many places/contexts. The FIS are phasing them out from all competitive skiing, to begin with.
"Real World AI" by Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger and Wilson Pang is the best book I've read on AI for people in leadership positions - it gets just enough in the weeds to really explain what's going on while still staying high level enough to address things that managers/executives would want to know. It also has several real world case studies that show both the promise and the risk of AI
There are polypropylene waterproof fabrics, particularly Frogg Toggs brand gear is popular in the ultralight world: https://www.froggtoggsraingear.com/technology.shtm

They're good jackets in my experience--truly waterproof and breathable like goretex, and very inexpensive. They are very very fragile though and easily rip or tear open from any sharp objects, like getting poked with a branch. As I understand it's basically like tyvek house wrap material but made into a more flexible material for clothes. Goretex stuff is more durable in my experience.
Package for interacting with public API for OpenAI's ChatGPT
I would have preferred a more explicit writing style.
I Taught ChatGPT to Invent Its Own Language
I don’t think this is a good explanation. Look for a sibling comment from acdha for a better explanation.
You have the freedom of expression. You'll be prosecuted for some of it though. It's been the case since we invented speech. Insulting your fellow tribesman would probably have had even more severe consequences.

What we actually have here is what I expressed in an answer below: certain people understand only 0 and 1 but humans are not like that. One needs to grow up and have a proper education to understand that but it will work than. It does in Germany. We neither slipped into some dystopian censorship state nor did it lead to harm within the society.

So how about looking at reality for a change?
I tried for example: create a grpc server in rust for a struct containing first name, last name

It managed to start out with tonic and tokyo, but soon fell apart.