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What is AGI?
Can someone explain what AGI is.

I know it stands for Artificial general intelligence and its the idea that computer will overtake humans.

But I'm not sure what that actually means.

I mean surely a calculator can pass human levels of computing speed and accuracy on multiplying large numbers.

An AI like ChatGPT could have an IQ of 300+, 500+. But that wouldn't make it 'conscious'.

Can you have consciousness without a physical body? What does it even mean in the abstract?

If ChatGPT can say "I'm just a language model", is that being conscious to some degree?

ChatGPT already has more knowledge than any individual human.

So, are we sure 'AGI' is even a thing.

That AI can be 'self aware' rather than just high IQ and knowledgeable?
There's a real chance of rapid decline as the advance we've seen on GPT3 was largely due to openAI being able to efficiently train it on common crawl but now this data body is getting poisoned by automatically generated content.
This is from four years ago, and there are some comments on the article by Matt Kelly that show that the "interference pattern" is just an artefact. The author did not respond despite several requests to do so.
>The idea of computing as the shared stage to reflect our own intelligence

We tried that, and it worked briefly. But the end result is the modern web/app landscape: commercialization, tits and cats, hating, techo-feudal and government control, partisanship bs, spam, narcisism - and rare sprinkles of intelligence here and there.
If you're talking about the TrueType bytecode patents, yes, they expired nearly 14 years ago: https://freetype.org/patents.html

But I don't think that's relevant here anyway, since the article refers to the auto-hinter which as far as I know was never patent-encumbered.
I think there's a reasonable case to be made that new GPU SKUs are also good being released at higher price points or with more inflated product names than they would have had historically. E.g. a 4060 looks a lot like a product that might have been released as a xx50 series part in more historically normal market conditions.
Tackling Graph-Based Problems Combining Pasqal Quantum Technology with Nvidia
The original draft of this post ended with:

"If I ever become a thought leader, someone has to assassinate me."
I would say you're missing most of the relevant changes from 2->3. Initially, 2to3 was the expected way to have a codebase (so it would be a one-and-done change, or 2to3 would becomes smart enough to make the required changes), but it was replaced by having a single codebase that could be run under both 2 and 3 using tools like six, and by "reverts" like adding back 'u""' and making bytes have more string-like features (plus numerous backports on PyPI for 2.7). I'd suggest the switch away from 2to3 to six (and further helpers on top like futurize) was what made the transition possible (in that if you could get the codebase to run properly on 2.7, six made the upgrade less painful, and then you could perform cleanups later on).

I wonder if/what the X/Wayland equivalent of six will be: XWayland lets existing X clients continue, but for things coupled to X servers, there doesn't seem to be anything yet.
Domain ndjson.org expired and it's hosting malware now
As a further anecdotal observation, I believe elite programming (but not mainstream programming) to be an autistic spectrum trait. Males are diagnosed with ASDs in a 4:1 ratio over females.
I had to double check if posh isn't some of 1st April RFC
> I doubt any biological system can ever learn all the information gpt4 has learned

The fact that human brains can become competent at language with training datasets with a size of a tiny fraction of common crawl points to how much more efficient they are
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Well that is a mostly self inflicted problem.

You can't rob people from their land, force them to retreat into getthos, killing them, then expect that their descendants will be friends.

You also can't possibly have your ascendancy been victim of genocide and pretend this is the solution to your own problems.
Compiling a Go program into a native binary for Nintendo Switch [2022]
Laws against shrinkflation are sunlight laws. They're so that when companies change the price of goods (which is fine) the buyer-visible price actually changes.

This should actually be great for companies because it levels the playing field. You don't have to worry that your competitor is going to raise prices by shrinking and look better on the shelf next to you and you never have to change your factory to a new smaller size.

It's good for consumers because it's hard to measure cost of living increases when your grocery bill number stays the same but actually is just 10% less stuff.
As long as the focus is wrong: Yes. In Germany the Pendlerpauschale (a tax rebate when you live a long distance for your workplace) costs the state 2.2 billion Euros a year, Diesel is still taxed less than petrol, another 8.5 billion and there's a tax privilege for company cars in a mix-private use which costs 1.8 billion. There's plenty of money to pay bus/tram driver more and build more lines.

One thing most forget: Travel and transportation that is car-focused ignores those who can't yet/anymore operate a car. Better public transport allows you granny to travel easier as well as your children.
Sometimes there's clearly no risk but an automated tool flags it anyway? Requiring a creative and meaningless "fix".
Another week, another cliched rant against "leadership" that throws out all the usual tropes. You know, it would be much more worth reading for someone to write about great leadership and acknowledge it exists and in fact isn't all that uncommon, call out great leaders, and try and understand what makes them great.

Any shlub can rant about "muh bad management", annoying meetings, the Peter Principle, "terrible middle management", it's become so frequent in comments on Hackernews that my eyes automatically start rolling as soon as I read the same tired old crap.

Does gibbering out the same old criticisms make anything better or just perpetuate the myth that all managers are somehow shitty and horrible people or somehow never wrote a line of code in their lives?

What does the author intend by writing out this sort of sophormoric rant? Is it just for the clicks? To try and big up their own profile? I suggest doing something better with their time that would actually make the world a slightly better place.
If I go by the German wiki page on the NPP Stade, e.ON (the operating company at time of shut down) cited economic reasons for the shutdown.

As I said, either service life or economic operational limits.
I read the post using Firefox on Windows, and even though I've been aware of the font rendering controversy for a while, I was actually shocked by just how huge the difference was between the crisp, properly rendered text in the article and the font rendering in the "before" screenshot.
Executives still trying to find out if there’s a convenient scapegoat they missed?
Thank you! Yes, I've also thought that ProductHunt seems to have evolved from a platform primarily for discovering simple products to one that encompasses a broader search for projects...

By the way, I had a modest launch on ProductHunt last week.
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/free-gantt-chart-no-sign-u...
When you have to throw billions of dollars worth of compute at a problem to brute force it, you're not exactly 'scaling it' as much as scaling your costs for diminishing returns.
It did not happen when they lied about the 737 Max problem even after a first crash, causing another hundred deaths, the CEO retired with a bonus of 60 million dollars, the current Boeing CEO was already part of the Board then, and will happen now because of some ... papirology?

"Boeing admits knowing of 737 Max problem" - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48174797

"...Boeing has admitted that it knew about a problem with its 737 Max jets a year before the aircraft was involved in two fatal accidents, but took no action..."
Oh why ... it is a good idea.

I guess we should be glad that Google make bad product decisions though, to hurt the company.
Wow, are you seriously generalizing out of your anecdotes? This is incredibly harmful, and reason why women don't feel welcome in CS.

So I guess I can tell you a couple of my anecdotes, to make up for that one, uh?

One: I am an expat in a country with a pretty difficult language. Within my circle of expat friends (all couples), only the women had taken the time, investment and effort to go deep and learn the local language. In ALL cases she knows the language better than her male partner.

Two: At last job I met a woman who moved from accounting to CS in her late 30's. It was her second CS job, and in 3 years she "overtook" me in the company technical ranks, very deservedly so.

I could make a very long list, but I'll leave it here. So please stop being a judging jerk.
We do this in the UK but A: it's really small, as in a person with 20/20 vision has to get physically close to the price tag to read it. And B: all supermarkets seem to offer lower "membership card" prices which don't have to list this.

So, yes, but also there's other stuff you have to do to ensure that supermarkets don't make this information harder to use/make it irrelevant entirely.
The Year of Linux on Desktop.
Apple also avoids the issue by always working with integer scale in software. For a fractional scale, it is downscaled by hardware. They also do not have exact percentage scale (for example: their 175% is actually 177.7778%, because it better allocates the pixels, i.e. use 8 pixel block on the display for each 9 pixels in framebuffer).
After so many dead Palestinians whether combatants or not, compared to the number of killed Israelis, there is no other way? Laughable. Don't buy into IDF propaganda too much.
I think the answer is much more simpler. My own CEO and his immediate lackeys consider themselves "leaders". This is just to distingush themselves from lower level management. They "lead" the company, so "of course" they are "leaders".

Or to put it even shorter: leadership is reserved for the top of the org-chart.
A score of 14/100 on a test is likely to have cheated incompetently, e.g. by using the answer key from some other test.
I'm a Vim user so I'm constantly pressing Ctrl, but I press it with the edge of my palm.

Something like Ctrl+R, -T, -Y, etc. one-handed is extremely uncomfortable using a pinky (either rotate your hand to use the thumb or stretch your whole hand) or crossed-under thumb. When palming Ctrl? Any of those combos is just another keypress to me---more natural than capitalizing a letter.

If the corner key were Fn, I could no longer just palm Ctrl, and that does not sit well with me
Seems like https://jsonlines.org/ is now the official website.
That describes a limitation of computers (and current interfaces to them) though.

Requiring humans to describe stuff "unambiguosly" is the easy cop out to that.

Getting computers to handle the ambiguity and resolve it as good as humans is what would be really amplifying. LLMs are a good step to that, compared to a regular programming language/interface.
>We actually have very clear examples from history of how to turn an enemy into a friend: the Marshall plan

Japan, Germany, and Italy's people didn't practice a religion that required them to hate Americans. For Germany and Italy in particular, they followed (basically) the same religion as most Americans. Japan never really had much religion. And none of these WWII powers were theocratic states in any way, or governed by religious extremists.

The idea that Israel and Gaza are somehow going to become staunch allies seems like a pipe dream.

However, if you really do want to follow the WWII example, you're totally forgetting that the Allies completely flattened major cities and killed millions of civilians, intentionally, before finally getting unconditional surrenders from their enemies. Basically, one side had to hit rock-bottom before it could be built up again into an ally by the victor. Being so completely devastated and defeated in a major war caused the losing powers to collectively change, on a societal level, the way they viewed the world.
It does not seem like men and women are exactly the same tabula rasa to be shaped by society and socialisation. We are shaped to a great degree of course, but I believe in innate differences (on average), and I believe that the first step towards achieving true equality and peace will be understanding those innate differences, appreciating them, and realising that not only they have nothing to do with our intrinsic values, but make us complimentary in a beautiful way.
There are not multiple views on subjects, that part is subjective, per se. There is objective truth which this site is trying to prevent via flagging and other ways to limit discussions. The whole point around HN is about tech news etc. is BS, to me at least, as there is no way to disentangle anything from politics as we live in the world ruled and controlled by such interests.
> This person sounds like an energy vampire...

Congratulations - you've made it into their compliments list: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/compliments/
Mindscape episode with Stephen Wolfram from 2021 which might also be of interest. I enjoyed it even if most of it was way over my head. It is probably overly-ambitious and probably a dead end but it's an worthy attempt (if you have the money) and he's definitely not a crank. Eccentric maybe though.

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/07/12/155-...
If you are interested in that specific aspect, I recommend you to read "LTI" by Victor Klemperer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTI_%E2%80%93_Lingua_Tertii_Im...

> LTI demonstrates changes in the German language in most of the population. In contrast, the text also emphasizes the idea that resistance to oppression begins by questioning the constant use of buzzwords.
This isn't always the case. Some of these companies own and run the only methods of doing certain things. There are some places, for example, where you can't use cash to pay for things. That means that, in those places, you cannot stop buying and interacting with Visa and Mastercard, for example.
The differences in experiences are huge. I use VS occasionally and basically expect something to be broken every time. Maybe I'll open a project and the error list will be full of "type Object unknown / type String unknown". Maybe the editor will be empty. Maybe the publishing will claim the existing artefact is newer than what I'm building. Maybe autocomplete won't work. That's literally my list from just this week.
A restart of VS usually fixes the most recent issue or replaces it with a different one. That's been my life for the last 3 years.
As the author of the article, I can confirm that ChatGPT was used to edit the article's content. As has been the case for most of the posts after May 2023.

To make it more transparent, I've added an announcement bar to the site that informs the readers that AI tools are being used to aid the article writing process.
I can imagine you snubbing Hamilton by going all "can the least action principle explain a single phenomenon not already explained by the forces + newton's laws? Thought not. Crank".

I have no idea what worfram's model is about, and I agree that the language he uses to publicise it is kinda twatty. However your insane criterion for what constitutes a theory/formalism worth exploring is clearly guided by your bias against the man.
This country is actively involved in M.E. discussions and actions. There is no escaping it.
I was dismayed at the lack of Capability Based Security, and hopeful it would be widely used by now[1], making computer security largely solved problem. Instead, most people believe one of two falsehoods: it's a matter of hiring smart enough people, or that it can't be solved at all.

I was really excited about the idea of self driving cars.[2]

[1] https://mikewarot.blogspot.com/2014/01/its-nearly-impossible...

[2] https://mikewarot.blogspot.com/2013/01/self-valeting-cars.ht...
Definitely some are. In Finland the situation is basically such that if you cross the border from Russia illegally, you can just claim asylum and stay here for a long time, especially if your home country refuses to take you back against your will (which requires a police escort and lots of bureaucracy anyway). Meanwhile legal migrant workers, including skilled labor, are now subjected to tightened employment restrictions. If you lose your job and don't start in a new one within six months (original plan was three), you'll have to leave. This may make sense for low-skilled labour (of which there is no real shortage anyway), but IMO not for highly trained specialists that are in demand.

Many EU countries are only good at attracting exactly the kind of migration that isn't beneficial to economy.
Actually we do see it... Compare hard-covers to soft-covers and then to trade paperbacks...

I suppose you could make thinner and denser font in last one to make it even cheaper.
The GP wasn't making an argument about why Epic's account was terminated.

They were making an argument about why Epic wasn't a competitor to Apple. That argument was based on the mistaken belief that Epic was looking to launch a store only for their only games.

In that context it's not a circular argument to point out that a first-party only store cannot be launched on iOS, so obviously that's not what Epic is intending to do.
Trying to Understand Copilot's Type Spaghetti
Tbh one can always install it locally (as a local extension)
No weekly option as of now. But I’ll certainly consider it…
That's because Nikon don't have a cinema line of cameras, and the cameras they do have have only very recently added support for higher-end video features like log and ProRes RAW support.
> We are talking about Gaza. The only Israelis being shot there are Israeli militari attacking the Gaza strip.

What exactly do you think happened on oct 7?

> If you are talking missiles, well Israel should abandon the colonies and create a no man's land where no civilian, be it Israeli or Palestinian, can go, and only shoot those that trespass.

They did do that to Gaza in 2005. That is how we arrived at the current situation.
The Effect of Front-End Vehicle Height on Pedestrian Death Risk [pdf]
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Pedestrian deaths in the US have risen in recent years. Concurrently, US vehicles have increased in size, which may pose a safety risk for pedestrians. In particular, the increased height of vehicle front-ends may present a danger for pedestrians in a crash, as the point of vehicle contact is more likely to occur at the pedestrian’s chest or head. I merge US crash data with a public data set on vehicle dimensions to test for the impact of vehicle height on the likelihood that a struck pedestrian dies. After controlling for crash characteristics, I estimate a 10 cm increase in the vehicle’s front-end height is associated with a 22% increase in fatality risk. I estimate that a cap on front-end vehicle heights of 1.25 meters would reduce annual US pedestrian deaths by 509.
Does the aggressor change? Yes, absolutely, it can and does. Shouod a war "just" end? Also, a resounding YES, a war should end as soon as possible.

Unless, of course, one side just wants and needs the war to go on and on...
To pull off a rain forest yes, but to get green is not impossible.

The problem for LA is that most of the drainage is there to move storm water away as quick as possible, which means that local water is hard to come by.
The original email sent from Pixsy contained the following text, which the author ignored by publishing the email in entirety.

> PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. This e-mail, its contents, and attachments are private and confidential and is intended for the recipient only. Any disclosure, copying or unauthorized use of such information is prohibited.

Can someone with knowledge comment on this practice? Are these just empty words? Or is it legally enforceable to send an email and forbid "copying" or publishing/disclosing the contents?
Wow, that is a mighty slippery slope you are on. You do realise that with the same rationale, all Western media outlets are propagandists in the eyes of nations like Russia, Iran & China? Do we really want the precedent to be that it is okay to kill journalists as long as they disagree with you?
talk to the 57 that paid, did it actually generate value for them? did anyone repeat buy? what would make it a recurring sale. consider also that that maybe its not product market fit, but market product fit. a lot of startups changed their product to fit the market, not the other way around.
Hello, I'm available for hire. Half joking aside, this usuallly has been deterrant for my job searchs, especially against ats
then the problem is not viewing the logs but storing them, maybe compressing, and then retrieving. If that's not a problem (size) then with some cron magic you should be able to store the logs from specific locations into a single one so rotation doesn't eat them and then just view using a log viewer of your choice.
Problem being that Boeing has a history of not sharing their logs and misleading the NTSB, which has cost lives in the past.
In the book "The Charisma Machine" they say that the name is a "cheekily intentional reference to something children love but adults are not so sure about". I think it's a good name.
Towards zero-downtime upgrades of stateful systems
> And using these extra concepts on top of (or under?) Git doesn’t make sense for my workflow

I think this is the key comment - that might be true, but I don't see a real criticism of making tools for not-avgcorrection to facilitate their workflows better. I agree things can be done in Git. I disagree that they must be done in Git.
It's a horrible suggestion that everyone is going to have to pretend to agree with whatever nonsense that person has hyped themselves up on that week and they'll bully people into doing so.

Whereas Linux Torvalds is a leader by default because he had to be. There's also no need for him to say it anywhere. He just did it and was it.
I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that I tried a CGM for a few months and found it fairly unhelpful. (I'm not diabetic.)

Yeah, eating stuff that's bad for me caused a blood sugar spike and made me feel crummy. Eating healthier foods did not cause the same spike and I felt better.

I didn't need to spend money to tell me that.
It's interesting. According to the source code, it uses FUSE to mount the container's internal filesystem. This means that the compiled binary will either need root privileges to run, or the user must have configured FUSE to allow non-root mounting. Not ideal, but there's not much of an alternative either.
What's the point in submitting a source which cannot be read? It makes no sense at all. If people can't read it, don't post it.
>> They had her drive around the local neighborhood for the state mandated numbers of hours

My instructor drove me for 3 hours instead of the mandated 6, saved himself some gas.
UGV Path Planning Algorithm Based on a* with Improved Artificial Potential Field
Young people have more accidents because they have less experience driving. Raising the driving age doesn't help with that. If anything it should be lowered so that more of the learning period occurs when people are still under parental supervision.
But in the case of the boards being mentioned, the sociopathy is combined with competition between members that doesn't exist right now. If one board member suggests doing something that would be negatively viewed but another doesn't, they are then competing with each other for the direction of the company as opposed to working together to do whatever sociopathic things serves both their best interests.

Sociopathy is all about driving the interests of the individual. Boards not being liable for the actions of companies allows those interests to always be aligned. Taking that away would require them to think about what's good for the business but also what's good for themselves and those things won't always align for all board members the way they do now.