skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I humbly suggest you are committing the fallacy of anthropomorphizing humans.

Considering the definition of that word, may I ask what you're trying to say?

> What's your definition of consciousness?

I like Thomas Nagel's:

"A creature is conscious if there is “something that it is like” to be this creature; an event is consciously perceived if there is “something that it is like” to perceive it. Whatever else consciousness may or may not be in physical terms, the difference between it and unconsciousness is first and foremost a matter of subjective experience. Either the lights are on, or they are not."

It is because of this subjectivity that I find it problematic to give weight to arguments that equate human consciousness with machine consciousness. Even if we achieve AGI tomorrow, and even if we know with certainty that it is conscious, it does not automatically follow that we would apply the same frameworks to a newly conscious entity on the basis of consciousness alone.

Consciousness and the implications of that consciousness can vary drastically, e.g. no one wants to be in the same room when the sleeping grizzly bear wakes up.

> How do you know that a (sufficiently complex) biologically inspired computer program doesn't have it?

I think we will eventually have to take this question seriously, but current systems do not seem to approach the levels of complexity required. But taking this seriously is not at odds with the belief that current AI programs are nowhere close to the level of complexity we associate with conscious creatures.

> What's special about meat?

I think this is the question that many scientists and researchers would love to answer.

There are some lines of thinking that consciousness is an emergent property of a sufficiently complex biological system with a sufficiently complex nexus of computation to make sense of those systems. In this line of thinking, the experiential aspect of consciousness - e.g. "what it's like to feel pain" - is just as critical to the overall experience as the raw computation capabilities in the brain.

Maybe meat isn't special at all, and consciousness springs from some other source or confluence. Even if it does, we then need to have a conversation about whether consciousness is the great equalizer, or if the "kind" of consciousness also plays a role.

Going back to that grizzly bear, no one wants to be there when it wakes up, but neither do we hold the bear to human standards of value. If the bear kills someone, we don't ascribe to it titles like "murderer".

But again, even if biology is not a key component, I still don't believe arguments about consciousness can be used as a basis for the ethics of the current generation of tools, which are far too primitive relatively speaking.
Looks nice. Suggestion: I'd like to see the length of each movie without first having to click on its link.
You don't want faulty equipment. Not because you won't get a replacement, but because you'll have faulty equipment and will have to spend time dealing with it.
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I think part of the point here is that ChatGPT has no clue what you might mean here by "certainty" or being "wrong," and the fact that people have the impression that it could have an idea of those concepts is indicative of people's poor understanding of what ChatGPT really is
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I went minimum speed, max legibility of "A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and it gives me "A quick brown foxeeeeeeeeeeeeeeejumps..."
Money generates money exponentially. Taxes that do not also rise in step, are taxes that enable a widening gulf between the have and have-nots.
Good thing I didn't say that then
"Best efforts" are not going enough for a community of this size to withstand a targeted attack (basically, spamming illegal content) - which is going to happen if such an attack could lead to actual legal trouble rather than inconvenience of the spam itself.

The only realistic thing they can do in that case is to lock down or at least throttle new user registration.
I thought chatGPT can't learn new things. So anything you tell it, it will forget?

If you ask it, it will tell you it can't be trained or learn new things.
Most of the other placebos on the market have the potential to cause actual harm of the financial and/or physical sort (see for example homeopathic teething drops that contained toxic levels of Belladonna [0]), at least breathing is relatively inexpensive and mostly harmless.

0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/01/28/fda-toxic-b...
What would you prefer? Anonymous payments? And regardless of payment method, how would you avoid creating an account to tie the payment to?
Deploying with Cloud66 is a lot easier. Just git push.

I can chose my hosting provider and switch each other.
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Pretty sure closer approaches have been recorded. They just don't escape afterward.
What’s the difference between “precedent” and “case law”? I had thought that when I said “Though I guess that’s maybe kind of the sort of thing that precedent is for?” that that covered things like citing “Roe v. Wade”.
Is the github language summary indicative of relative LoC between implementations, or are there other factors?

C++ 24.9%
Python 19.5%
Rust 12.5%
PHP 9.5%
Zig 9.4%
Nim 8.0%
Other 16.2%

And very interesting! Would love to read (a post?) on how you saw the language differences.
I'd lump those pill into that list of the cause of modern afflictions. I got off them, because they made things worse, just in different ways than the depression itself. I cured myself with diet and exercise.
yeah absolutely nothing to do the SPX hitting a target 4k level and messing up everything just as it hit that level
Honestly, It's the same price as copilot, which is imho one of my biggest tools in my coding arsenal currently.

I don't think it should be priced as high. I think they should add other services maybe w/ their own prices, like a photonmail competitor, and api's so people can build things off their tech but pay per query, etc.

I think they could at least have tiers like 100/month 1, 400 searches for $2.99, 1000 for $5.99, unlimited for 8.99. They'd reach a bigger audience, which would likely mean more dollars overall. If I were them, I'd also create a mobile app that's completely free, just to get people hooked on the results while using mobile, or maybe have some privacy-based ads in the app, though the actual search results would have none, and remove that for paid accounts.
That's not even a testable claim. What does it even mean to "not know what it is talking about"? If OP tried to operationalize its beliefs by making some prediction, like listing tasks that AI will never be able to reproduce because it "doesn't know what it is talking about", then that would be a discussion.
But ChatGPT does not use brute force search to look for an answer. It interpolates among the answers in its training set. I.e. in Yann LeCun's analogy of a cake, interpolation or unsupervised learning is the cake; direct feedback on each single data point or supervised learning is the icing on the cake; and general feedback of the "how I am doing" sort or reinforcement learning is the cherry on top. Now LeCun is just saying that the cake is a lie, and leaving it at that. I don't think this is a helpful understanding.
I'm currently building an mvp using Supabase & Next.js (FE & api routes). I can definitely recommend.

My main reason is speed; you can move very fast, and lots of the "boilerplate" stuff is handled out of the box.

I do keep post MVP in mind, it should be pretty easy to move parts to different systems if necessary. The most radical exit would be moving the Postgres DB elsewhere, or even self hosting Supabase.

It's good that it's possible, but I plan to use this stack as long as possible as it's great, and I have zero interest in managing and maintaining infrastructure.

As with everything; it depends. On your product and on your skills/expertise.
It didn't turn out to be existential, but they absolutely lost the Social "war" and it's costing them billions: Facebook owns a large chunk of all ad revenue now, in no small part because of this.

Not that I'm complaining - the less that's under a mega-conglomerate, the better things tend to be. But it was and is a gigantic failure for Google, possibly their largest ever.
I don't think the point here is to downplay the significance of ChatGPT as a product, but to point out that OpenAI is likely not uniquely resourced in this regard. If anything, it sounds like what they're trying to say is that ChatGPT is only the tip of the iceberg, and the reason why it came out of OpenAI and not Meta or Google is more a function of other factors like reputational damage, etc. The headline does hit as a bit sensationalist or dismissive if you read it literally, as if it's claiming the work that went into ChatGPT was all easy and no big deal. Rather though, it seems like it's just trying to point out to the zeitgeist currently enamored with ChatGPT and all of the new possibilities, that other companies also have this capability today and that transformers have been more of an evolutionary process than a revolutionary process.

Maybe I'm reading it too leniently, but that was my takeaway.
I know it's just a robot but it still fells painful watching it fall and hit the ground.
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This is a really good news. And to be fun, the easiest way to become mainstream, is to have a guide on how to deploy a Rails application in 1 click, for any cloud hosting service.
If you actually read the article he answers your question directly. If you are too lazy to scroll to the bottom here's a link to a tweet: https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1617908306420600833?s=20&t...
> asking them to “acknowledge” what they’ve done and “change” their ways through restorative justice-type exercises undoubtedly chills student speech.

This precedes speech. This is the right to read. Stallman's essay [1] needs an update. But no books were burned so we're still the good guys, don't worry.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
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Splink - a FOSS python library for probabilistic record linkage (fuzzy matching/entity resolution).

Splink is dramatically faster and works on much larger datasets than other open source libraries. I'm particularly proud of the fact we support multiple execution backends (at the moment, DuckDb Spark Athena and Sqlite, but additional adaptors are relatively straightforward to write).

We've had >4 million pypi downloads and it's used in government, academia and the private sector, often replacing extremely expensive proprietary solutions.

https://github.com/moj-analytical-services/splink

More info in blog posts here:
https://www.robinlinacre.com/introducing_splink/
https://www.robinlinacre.com/splink_3/
This seems to be the official thread https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Downtime-Jan...
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The term you are looking for is "bare branches"

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/bare-branches-secur...

> What happens to a society that has too many men? In this provocative book, Valerie Hudson and Andrea den Boer argue that, historically, high male-to-female ratios often trigger domestic and international violence. Most violent crime is committed by young unmarried males who lack stable social bonds. Although there is not always a direct cause-and-effect relationship, these surplus men often play a crucial role in making violence prevalent within society. Governments sometimes respond to this problem by enlisting young surplus males in military campaigns and high-risk public works projects. Countries with high male-to-female ratios also tend to develop authoritarian political systems.

https://theconversation.com/pity-chinas-bare-branches-unmarr...

> Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is a highlight in Chinese society. But for many young people, the joy of vacation and family reunion is mixed with questions from parents and relatives about their achievements in the past year, including about their relationships.

> This is a particularly stressful occasion for single men who – unless they choose to rent a fake partner or have a stroke of luck at the local marriage “market” - are forced to face the miserable fate of singlehood.

> These involuntary bachelors, who fail to add fruit to their family tree are often referred to as “bare branches”, or guanggun. And the Chinese state has recently started to worry about the dire demographic trend posed by the growing number of bare branches.

> The 2010 national census data suggests that 24.7% Chinese men above the age of 15 have never been married, while 18.5% of women in the same age group remain unwed.

'Bare Branches' and Danger in Asia - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/07/04/b...
Data frames for Python (and some other stuff):

https://github.com/otsaloma/dataiter

Comparison against dplyr and Pandas for a quick overview:

https://dataiter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_static/comparison...
In what sense? Is the gender ratio skewed there?
It definitely could be - it's on every thread here and on reddit.
right, there's no way that tech companies laying off people means fewer seats sold for other software providers
I'd rather not risk stunting progress in areas like language translation, malware scanning, DDOS prevention, spam filtering, product defect detection, scientific data analysis, autonomous vehicles, voice dictation, narration/text-to-speech engines, drug discovery, protein folding, optimization in production lines/agriculture/logistics, detecting seizures and falls, weather forecasting and early-warning systems, etc. just to let Getty Images have what they feel entitled to.

Best outcome in my opinion would be for the output to be judged on a case-by-case basis, like human works are, not for machine learning on data without "proper authorization from the owner" to inherently count as infringement.
This is awesome, I'm already using it. Thanks so much!

A few years ago a friend and I listened to one album a week from r/hiphopheads' Essential Albums List. It got me thinking about having an "Album club" like a book club. Each week the club's playlist would get updated with a new album or songs to listen to that week.

I may use this as some inspiration to make that.
> a certain amount of trust in the system

Switzerland operates on trust. You go to the car service, you get the work done, you leave, you'll receive a bill in the mail later. There is trust that they do the right work and not overcharge you, and there is trust that you'll pay.
One of the potential issues a lot of people are speculating about is the lower impression counts. For example - when trying to write a script using some api's I'm not super familiar with, I might do 6+ google searches. This will be similar for a lot of fields when trying to find an answer to something, news, other research, etc.

That means you're loading a fresh page of ads every search AND all the ads on those sites too.

With chatGPT (And I'm aware Google has something similar) - I can (and have) just asked it a question, and it will answer/write entire scripts for me. That means there's only a single page load.

Basically people are speculating Google may struggle to monetize a chatbot to the extent they can monetize every single search + site load. You certainly _can_ the speculation is whether the drastically lower impression counts will impact their overall profitability.
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These companies are using forward-looking metrics to make these types of decisions

Such as? This seems super hand-wavy.

The pandemic already happened. Inflation peaked last summer, after the Fed responded. The supply chain crunch is resolved or resolving.

They had the bad news months or years ago. What are these forward-looking metrics that are worse than what we already experienced in the last few years, and why isn't the entire market panicking over them?
> ChatGPT is hardly any more innovative than a Markov chain

A smartphone is hardly any more innovative than the ENIAC. And yet ...

Do not underestimate the power of making tech useful and accessible. The lightbulb means nothing without the power grid after all.
Hey look, someone is actually finally using blockchain for the stuff we were talking about in IRC chatrooms ten years ago - car titles, deeds, voting...

Any ledger-ized industry where you'd like to reduce the total amount of fraud taking place.

And then I read the comments saying "centralized db rulez"
Have you used chatgpt much?

I asked your prompt:

Do dogs give birth to babies?

> Dogs give birth to puppies.

I had a long discussion about the expansion do space and the Hubble constant, and tried to trick it in a variety of ways. It was correct in everything even though it wasn’t able to go into proofs and likewise. I then tried to convince it that the universe began as a small potato and wasn’t able to do it without directly telling it to assume it is and to create fiction off that concept. It was then able to make a credible theory of what the universe would be like if it started as a small potato, even going into how the texture of the potato would have caused variations in the density of mass, etc. Even then it would find ways to sneak in this isn’t true and that the universe was never a small potato. This is remarkable no matter the actual reality of what’s going on behind the scenes.

I would also note that human thought is just a bunch of gradient functions in the electrochemical space, and thus also follows a most likely path.

Edit: to head it off at the pass, here is what it says with your other prompt:

My dog gave birth to babies

> Congratulations on the new additions to your family! If this is your dog's first litter, it is important to make sure that both the mother and the puppies receive proper care and attention. This includes providing a clean and safe environment for the puppies, as well as making sure the mother is healthy and well-fed. It's also important to keep an eye on the puppies for any signs of illness or distress, and to consult with a veterinarian if you have any concerns.
https://archive.is/iakst
And this is exactly what Netflix is doing, because they don’t pay any of their senior engineers (these listings were for senior positions) only $90K. I’d be surprised if any (in the U.S. at least, and this is a U.S. job posting) make under $200K.
Ben Eater routinely makes me feel ashamed of how awful my breadboard wiring looks. Fantastic videos.
I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people.

Landing page is at https://communiqai.com and it's also on the Play Store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.mtc.ga.

CommuniqAI is an intelligent tool for scheduling and automating SMS text messages, calls and email. It’ll help you stay in touch with those who mean the most to you—and it’ll be there for you through life’s many distractions.

Let’s face it, some of us are better at communicating than others. Rather than forgetting or being “too busy” to reach out to those who are important to you, CommuniqAI will cleverly send text messages of your choosing to, and smartly prompt you to call and email, the people you care about. Whether that person is a significant other, family member, friend, or even a patient, CommuniqAI will help you stay in constant contact.

Some people are, very much, against automation technology like this, but I believe that anything that can help keep communication high between loved ones is, in the long run, a good thing. CommuniqAI, by default, will not take any action and largely act as a helpful reminder.
Treating hobby scenes as pure dating opportunities is definitely looked down on. If you show up to Introductory Spanish and start dropping pick-up lines on strangers, yeah, people are gonna show you the door.

But hobbies are an opportunity for repeated exposure to strangers. Lots and lots and lots of people start casual friendships that can turn into romantic ones.

Using a hobby as a meat market: deeply uncool, and people will notice very quickly.

Using a hobby as a way to meet people, and having one of those relationships turn romantic: totally natural!

It’s a very fine line, yeah, but trust me, it is extremely obvious which one people are doing.
That's what I'm saying, for Apple it's much easier to contact Apple directly (or any authorized repair shop) to have your device repaired or replaced. It may be possible for other Brands but their network is much smaller, so you usually end up going to the shop you bought it.
I've struggled with this. In the end the solution was to just ignore my pros and cons list, and go with the flow. There's been plenty of times I've gone into something thinking not much of it, and being pleasantly surprised after. There's also a book that really helps me which I periodically reread every few years: Siddartha by Herman Hesse. Its a short read, ~150 pages. It reminds me how important the fullness of life is, the good and the bad.
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There comes a time where you need to focus on stability over features. Good, automatic testing on every commit is going to be your best antidote here.

It should be easy to add regression tests for bugs so they don't come back. It should also be easy to add new tests. Not just unit tests, also integration tests of the full platform. Reducing the barrier to adding and running tests will help prevent them from being avoided. It should be cultural to do this, instill this behavior early.

You might want someone with experience to come in and help you get this initial setup in place. Feel free to ping me if interested, email in profile
Sorry but people quoting the OKCupid study always ignore the part of the study that isn't convenient to their narrative.

The data shows men might rate women's attractiveness charitably, but they only messaged the most attractive 5s.

But whom women messaged tells a different story. Women messaged more average-looking men and were less likely to message the most attractive men.
So what IS the correct way?
I've not heard of phone screens breaking as a hardware defect. You'd have to get accident insurance for drops.
Can a human "generate anything" beyond what essentially equates to random noise if they have never had any sensory input? Comparing a "trained" human brain with a "newborn" model seems strange if we actually want to delineate between what is and isn't art.
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Rails has Active Admin which is equivalent to what you get with Django. It's just not a core Rails gem but it's one line in your Gemfile to add it.
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> OpenAI's really interesting approach to GPT

That's the issue though, Yann LeCun is specifically referring to ChatGPT as the standalone model, not the GPT family since a lot of models at Meta, Google, DeepMind are based on a similar approach. His point is that ChatGPT is a cosmetic additional training with prompt with a nice interface, but not a fundamentally different model than stuff we've have had for +2-3 years at this point.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I pretty much abhor SV/VC culture too. It's why I don't have one inkling of a notion to work on either coast for the "big" corps.

It's not an either or, I can hate both ;-) I'm a big boy and get to make up my own mind on the matter.
It most definitely is, LAION-5B contains a large amount of copyrighted works from DeviantArt, ArtStation, etc.