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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

LLMs are basically just good pattern matchers. But just like how A* search can find a better path than a human can by breaking the problem down into simple steps, so too can an LLM make progress on an unsolved problem if it's used properly and combined with a formal reasoning engine.

I'm going to be real with you: the big insight behind almost all new mathematical ideas is based on the math that came before. Nothing is truly original the way AI detractors seem to believe.

By "does some reasoning steps," OpenAI presumably are just invoking the LLM iteratively so that it can review its own output before providing a final answer. It's not a new idea.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I do agree that grad students don't exactly live in luxury, and frequently develop mental health crises. But their contributions and insight are what power their labs. Profs often have to spend so much time teaching and chasing grants that they can't do much real research. Academia overall is in a sad state.

But Tao is a superstar, and a charismatic blogger. I'd be disappointed to learn he mistreats his grad students. (I don't know if he even has any tbh)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

machine learning?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If this were true, we wouldn't need the term "FOSS."

You're talking about the OSD presumably. Stallman's definition differs, and I think his terminology seems to be widely used.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

U.S. vehicles currently emit 2 billion tons. So that's very bad news.

However -- I think 2030 is waaay too far in the future to predict anything about AI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I usually use open source to mean open source and free as in lunch, but in this case I assume kovarex is talking about open source but commercial and restrictively licensed. I could be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the source code of the Java version open for modding?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How many transgender mass-shooters have there even been? Zero? One?

I assume they just spew this fake news in order to make people hear "trans shooter" over and over again until they think it's a pattern.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

that sure doesn't look like it's been going down for centuries. What about per capita?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

i like the last one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The transition requirements are so high

what are the requirements?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i think this is a good idea in 95% of cases. Some jobs obviously require being on call. In some cases, it's necessary to have meetings with people in +/- 8h timezones. there should be appropriate compensation naturally.

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