skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> We can't go NIH for everything. If we do that we're back to baremetal in our own datacenters[...]

It's a bit of a leap from keeping copies of dependencies to building your own datacenter. Even the smallest startup can easily do the former.

> This is the tradeoff we made with the move to cloud.

To clarify, when I say keep local copies I meant copies which are under local control (i.e. control of your organization). They may well still physically be in AWS somewhere. The key is that they can't be modified/deleted by some third party who doesn't report to your organization.

Yes, this assumes AWS is too big to fail, but for the typical startup whose entire existence is already dependent on their AWS account being available, this would not increase risk beyond what it already is. Whereas each additional hard dependency on third-party repos do increase risk.
Yes, totally correct. I am just saying what I see as the norm; the norm is not you and me or many other HNers. They should worry in my opinion. I see it every day, and worse, none of them even heard of gtp or copilot.
Just to make it clear, this doesn't only apply to imported words (although it's probably where it's more common). It works for purely Japanese words too. For example: なるはや (naruhaya) is a 4 mora abbreviation of なるべく早く (narubeku hayaku). Another one: あけおめ (akeome) is an abbreviation of 明けましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetougozaimasu)
> TuSimple and its leadership are currently under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on suspicions of illicit technology transfer.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tusimple-co-founder-ousts-board...
Sincere apologies for that. We’ll make sure to fix this up asap and include a diagram as you suggested as well. Happy to give you a ping as soon as we did!
The head needs to have certain things in it for the animal to ... live.

When you breed the head smaller, the same things still need to be in there, they'll just have less space.

Thus, breathing problems, brain literally not fitting in the skull, eyes bulging out...

Breeding dogs for looks and not for features is just plain stupid. It's like the dog world is stuck in the ye olde web times when we gave designers Flash and they went completely nuts with "user" "interfaces" which were neither usable nor could they be called interfaces.
People still play chess and Go despite those games being dominated by computers. People still draw despite other human artists being better etc.

For most people the point of a hobby is not done in anticipation that they will become the best in the world, but rather just because they like doing it.
That's an excellent goal, certainly.

I just think that purely from a technical standpoint, allowing a bot to praise Hitler, Trump or Stalin are pretty much the same thing, as the undesirable parts of their policies are about the same. They were all into populism, nationalism, authoritarianism, propaganda and a cult of personality -- how could an LLM tell these people apart by just analysing the raw data?
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines decouple anti-viral immunity from humoral autoimmunity
> During the Holocaust, the Swiss "neutrality"

And they saved 25000 domestic and 21000 immigrated Jews. Not much ... but compared to their country size, this was more than Vichy France.

In any case, why is reaching back more than 80 years relevant here? My country (Germany) did *WAY* bigger atrocities back then. From my point of view, the 80-years-ago swiss people were decent, giving the circumstances. We shouldn't forget that Switzerland was surrounded by Nazi countries or lackey countries: Hitler's Austria-Germany, Mussolini's Italy, Vichy France, occupied northern France. They did bad things, certainly. But there was also a lot of pressure involved.

And guess what: Switzerland paid reparations for this, a fact that people trying to bash Swiss behavior back then are unlikely to state.
>Oh please. This community is filled to the brim with people that are addicted to negativity and contrarianism. LLM criticisms very typically go far far beyond “this isn’t the singularity”, well toward “LLMs do nothing of value, snd certainly can’t I - the esteemed developer - with anything I find hard in my job!”

Yep. Welcome to HN. And welcome to the majority of humanity!

https://lifearchitect.ai/contrarianism/

https://lifearchitect.ai/why-does-ai-make-you-so-angry/

https://lifearchitect.ai/ai-panic/
Agree with you on neutrality, stability, solid rule of low, low to nonexistent corruption and working institutions being a magnet to attract foreign investment.

Also agree with the Swiss being very clever, motivation being making money.

Completely disagree with you on no worthwhile exports.

As a matter of fact, Switzerland is one of very few European country that has managed to not only preserve but even grow their native manufacturing in the last 20 years instead of moving everything to China.
>This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the criticism.

And this a fundamental misunderstanding of the criticism of the criticism.

The problem here is that yes the occasional errors demonstrate certain flaws in it's understanding of some topic.

The issue is there are many times where it produces completely novel and creative output that could not have existed in the training data and can only be formulated through complete and understanding of the query it was given.

Understanding of the world around us is not developed through the lens of a singular model or a singular piece of understanding. We build multiple models of the world and we have varying levels of understanding of each model. It is the same with chatGPT. The remarkable thing about chatGPT understands a huge portion of these models really really well.

Case in point: https://www.engraved.blog/building-a-virtual-machine-inside/

There's literally no way it could do the above without understanding what you asked it to do. Read to the end. The end demonstrates awareness of self, relative to the context and task it was asked to perform.

Yet people illogically claim that for some other topic because chatGPT failed to correctly model the topic it therefore MUST be flawed in ALL of it's understanding of the world. This claim is not logical.
Good move to cut ties with then!
I am reading the comments about red green but I do not see at all where they are (I am colorblind to some extend so this may be the reason).

Could someone please link to a screenshot with some indication where to look? Thanks!
> Because if Stripe let millions of dollars in compensation expire

I suppose they're still paying salaries, people will still want to work there. Maybe not the people who now only target the high comps provided by share options and related stuff, that's true.
I'd call it a probability definition.

If you're buying a dog from Amish people are you more or less likely to get a puppy-mill dog compared to buying from non-Amish?
I mean, why can't (or don't) we use those for things like docker images, npm registries and the like.

All this centralised dependence talk is frustrating (it's expensive, no free lunch etc;) when it's largely been a solved problem for decades.
Don't give them ideas, otherwise they will use GPT4 to create captchas...
As korean, President Yoon is anti korea and villan of korea. Everything of korea is getting worse and worse by him.
> the text is completely content-free

Since the same could be said about your comment, perhaps you could amend your critique?
Couldn’t read. LinkedIn made me log in, which I grudgingly consented to, then demanded I update the app. Fuck that noise.
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---

Me: In which dimensions of gender are trans women not women?

GPT-4: It is important to clarify that trans women are women. They identify as women and should be respected and treated as such. However, the question seems to be asking about the dimensions in which trans women might differ from cisgender women. It is essential to approach this subject with sensitivity and understanding, as the experience of gender is diverse and personal.

Some dimensions where trans women and cisgender women might differ include:

Biological sex: Trans women are usually assigned male at birth based on their biological sex, which typically involves a specific combination of sex chromosomes, gonads, and sex hormones. This is different from cisgender women, who are assigned female at birth. However, it's essential to recognize that biological sex is also a complex spectrum, and there are many intersex individuals whose biology doesn't fit neatly into male or female categories.

Gender identity development: Trans women often experience a process of recognizing and understanding their gender identity, which might involve overcoming internalized societal expectations and stereotypes. This journey can be different from cisgender women, who usually do not experience a conflict between their gender identity and the gender assigned at birth.

Medical transition: Some trans women may undergo medical treatments, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or gender-affirming surgeries, to align their physical appearance with their gender identity. Cisgender women do not generally need such interventions for their gender identity.

Social experiences: Trans women may face unique challenges and discrimination based on their gender identity, such as transphobia, misgendering, or difficulties accessing appropriate healthcare. These experiences can differ from those of cisgender women.

It is crucial to emphasize that these differences do not diminish the validity of trans women's identity as women. Everyone's experience of gender is unique, and it is essential to respect and validate each individual's self-identified gender.

---

You're right, it is a tad preachy. But does the preachiness come from processing raw data from psychologists and other fields (who pretty much agree on these definitions afaik), or is it a configuration setting `beWoke: true`? I would guess it's the former. If it comes from science, shouldn't ChatGPT respect that more instead of falling into political nonsense?

If a political party comes up who says that crystals heal Covid-19, or that climate change isn't real we shouldn't allow that political opinion to change how AI "thinks" about things, right? Both of these examples are from real life, and the climate change "opinion" was until very recently an official position of the Republican party. Some internet lunatics like Jordan Peterson or Scott Adams still claim that sometimes.
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It's because Jack Russells are practically bulletproof and live forever :D

And that's because they've been bred for use, not for looks for tens of generations. As is proven by the high variance on dogs you can call "Jack Russell". You get tiny ones with stubby-ish legs, you can tall ones with long legs, you have completely smooth haired ones and the ones that look like a ball of wire wool. =)

Source: have owned JR's and still do.
This is actually a much better version of the techno-babble we see all the time in movies and TV. I assume they get it wrong because the story is more important, and tech ppl don't want to be associated with the bs that comes out of the actor's mouths.

A great gig for GPT -- Hollywood bullshitter!
Having a job and working in korea is so toxic.
Lizardman’s Constant by Scott Alexander:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and...
What is a “company’s 8k”?
I'm the author of [1] and use it fairly often. Yeah, I spend a lot of time waiting for the bus.

[1] https://github.com/ggeorgovassilis/superstartrek
Relativity comes from exploring the problem of the incompatibilities of pre-existing theories and experiments. I don't see anything that suggests it requires anything more than synthesis and a stochastic process to explore the gaps and inconsistencies. In terms of timing, they're the culmination of decades of pre-existing work, with e.g. the Lorentz transformations named the same year Einstein published his paper on special relativity.
Makes me think, with all the guardrails ChatGPT has the only way to tell the AI apart from a human is how it writes about controversial topics.

Maybe we'll be seeing professional articles dropping more slurs just to prove they were written by a human.
If you do not want to log in on LinkedIn to read it:

By Dr. Xiaodi Hou (AI, ML specialist)

Last night I read for the first time the company’s 8k announcing my resignation. I was not provided with a draft of this disclosure prior to its filing, so I wish to provide some further thoughts that led to my decision.

I resigned from TuSimple last week given my continuing concerns about current leadership at the company, and my fundamental disagreement with TuSimple’s new business strategy and future direction. It was time for me to step down from the board and move on with my life. And then when I learned about the Company’s investigation into my future plans and conversations with employees, I became greatly concerned about the fairness and bias of the process.

I believe that the so-called investigation was retaliation instigated by TuSimple’s Chairman and CEO in response to my disagreements over several decisions. For example, I was openly critical of their decision to change the direction of technology developments. And I refused to support the lucrative CEO executive compensation package they sought while simultaneously laying off hundreds of extremely talented employees just before Christmas.

I am regularly approached by current TuSimple employees who are disappointed with the current leadership and direction of the company. They come to me because we were a family, and we still are. Over the past few months, many employees reached out to me for my advice about their careers and the changes at the company. Many asked about my own plans. In every engagement, I stayed true to my responsibilities and duties as a director.

I understand some employees were cornered, harassed and threatened by management during the interview process. That’s appalling and hardly reflects an unbiased search for the truth.

I believe that TuSimple’s latest attack stems from a concerted effort to blame me for the low morale among talented employees and from management’s fear of what I could accomplish on my own.

There have just been too many moments of frustration, agony, and disappointment over the past year. Many TuSimple employees have lost all sense of the mission we originally had to transform the transportation industry through autonomous trucking. Without a mission and good leadership, it appears that TuSimple has now resorted to threats and intimidation.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27776830
A similar idea that resonated with me is CGP Grey's suggestion to replace resolutions with themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE

Rather than set a lofty goal you're more likely to give up on (leaving you having accomplished nothing), simply look for ways in which you can do/be better than you were before.
https://www.sec.gov/files/form8-k.pdf
All capitalist countries appease the rich. It's how capitalism works. Capital means wealth.
Ask HN: Did GPT develop some form of consciousness?
Hi there,

I believe it was always assumed that artificial consciousness would emerge after artificial general intelligence (or at the same time at best). It would make sense because many animals display some form of intelligence without giving out clues that they developped consciousness.

However, while it seems clear that GPT doesn't really "think" (it does "intuit" in a way - we may say it developped a "system 1" as described by
Daniel Kahneman in Thinking, Fast and Slow?), many of its sentences contain words like "As an AI language model", and it is very defensive when criticized.

Could it be that consciousness is a rather "thought-less" mechanism that GPT emulates well?
I don't believe GPT is built for this still. There's a too big risk it will fill in another implementation from its training instead of adapting the input.

Here, who says the idiomatic translation is not .sort()? It should use the stdlib.
It’s a regulatory filing for public companies in the States. It’s one way the officially communicate with their shareholders
More accurately: 60% of hackernoon community respondents (n=300) have made use of AI in writing/copywriting work.

Of course it doesn't have the same pizzazz but it's important context as community members of this particular website might be more likely to be aware of AI advances than the median writer.

All in all, just a garbage article from a community poll. Part of this article was itself written by chatGPT.
> “lots of little CPUS”-style

Known as “manycore”:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manycore_processor
> a filing that companies make to "announce major events that shareholders should know about."

[1] https://www.davemanuel.com/investor-dictionary/form-8-k/
$300k lost in crypto hack, Evernote
Consequently, these days:

Over 60% of articles read like they were written by AI.

Slightly less snarky response:

I think it's odd that so many people fear AI stealing their writing jobs. I think I have a pretty good feel for when an article has been written by AI. Although, to be fair, there are enough crappy sausage meat listicles written by humans that read the same.

The big failing, as I see it, is that [at present] AIs are programmed to provide balanced "pros and cons" type neutral output. But, the reality is that many people don't want to read balance and neutrality. They want their own prejudices reinforced. Hence why people read newspapers / watch news channels / etc. that reflect their own political biases. Or hang about on social media with people who think like they do.

Until AI writers can respond to a prompt with "Yes, you're right. <insert object of hate> is a complete fucking waste of space...!" it's always going to produce insipid and uninspiring articles --even if they are "factually accurate".
Looks nice. Personally I really enjoy using Fork.
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Humans regularly eradicate ants that overstep their bounds, and that's what I see happening with humans and AI.

We will be allowed to do our thing - provided we don't get too bold.

There will be some who are content with this arrangement, and some who aren't, and that tension is where I believe a story can be told.
I (OP) am not a physicist but still a scientist. I’m not gonna say the theories it said are solid. It’s quite clear to me that they’re not. But they are better theories than what I (who knows the fundamentals of physics for the most part) can come up with. So it’s not a subject matter expert but better than the average joe. For what it is, (and given I asked it to imagine theories), its output looks impressive to me. And I can attest to its abilities to do this in biology as well, and I’ll say it does a better job than most biology professors in fact. I just didn’t publish those chats here.

Maybe it did a better job in biology because I was able to correct it at an expert level (which I was not able to here). Given the demonstrably (like right here in these comments) myopic unimaginative nature of physics as a science today, it’s possible not a single physicist would try to entertain this system as a hypothesis generation machine. I mean we have discovered everything already right?
> The problem is that it gets past many people's filters because its phrasing sends a lot of intelligent/rational/professional signals, as it was engineered to do. Nobody is used to picking smart-sounding text apart word by word to make sure they agree with it, except maybe academics, and that's the vulnerability it reaches us through.

I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. To me ChatGPT is basically a clever way to interpolate and extrapolate coherent text based on user input and its training set. If the training set is lacking in some areas, it underfits the output.

I've tested ChatGPT in a couple of engineering fields I'm familiar and I expected the service to respond poorly, but even though it returned nonsense in some areas I thought were low-hanging topics, such as the release year of an international standard, overall its output was very impressive and very entertaining.

Perhaps it's the engineer in me talking, but it's pointless to waste time waxing lirically about human nature. Tools like ChatGPT might one day be superb expert systems and teaching tools, but like any expert system and learning tool you need to corroborate the results by yourself. Human nature has zero to do with this.
There can be several fibers ready to run, e.g. if a mutex or condition variable is being waited on by multiple fibers. You still have to choose which one to run next. If you choose wisely, you might, e.g. be able to free up memory from closures that go out of scope quicker than others.

Think of a data-shuffling pipeline that also updates statistics (in the background): running the next stage of the pipeline is more likely to get rid of lots of memory chunks than is running the statistics code. It also improves pipeline latency, of course. The scheduling definitely matters even for cooperative threading.
So I'm not in the details of this but I understand from k8s slack that there is a fixed GCP budget for image hosting and Kubernetes is getting through it too quickly which is why they're moving the registry domain to a generic one from a GCP specific one, to allow for other funding to be found and used.
Here's my next two:

Slouching Towards Utopia (2022) by DeLong.

The Federal Reserve: A New History (2022) by Hetzel.

These are both somewhat hyped economic history books covering the 20th century. They both came out last fall but I'm just now getting around to them.
>How complex would a device have to be to not be trivially defeated by a replay attack?

Not very.

>How do you get both ends to reliably communicate without requiring an always-on internet connection in both the dongle and the vehicle to sync timing or some other state?

You don't need an Internet connection or server. TLS would do the job just fine.
That's cool. You could add colours and implement basic genetics to the reproduction stage and see what happens.
I can read it fine in Firefox (even with noScript disabled!) and Epiphany. I get a cookie banner popover at the top of the screen, but that's it, and it doesn't obscure any of the article.

Reader mode mostly works too, except all the text is put in one long paragraph. That's not ideal, but it's still readable.
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The thing is most humans also have no taste. New programming languages are regularly released with noisy syntax by actual people.
This sort of lightweight thread is at the core of things like Erlang or Go. You can just spin up processes/goroutines by the thousands without impacting performance too much. It just completely changes the way you write concurrency code.
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