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Too much Chinese science is ignored by the West

economist.com
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JPMorgan Chase cuts off Anthropic access for its Hong Kong staff

ft.com
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Chile turned to China for an undersea cable. The U.S. said no

restofworld.org
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Scarcity is driving AI innovation outside Silicon Valley

restofworld.org
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Charting the AI perception gap between experts and the public

link.springer.com
2 points·by _bypa·2 mesi fa·2 comments

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AI is about to make the global e-waste crisis worse

restofworld.org
15 points·by _bypa·3 mesi fa·4 comments

Voice actors fight to save their livelihoods from Hollywood's AI push

restofworld.org
6 points·by _bypa·3 mesi fa·0 comments

Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI

theguardian.com
9 points·by _bypa·3 mesi fa·1 comments

India's frugal AI models are a blueprint for resource-strapped nations

restofworld.org
17 points·by _bypa·3 mesi fa·7 comments

Western AI models "fail spectacularly" in farms and forests abroad

restofworld.org
3 points·by _bypa·4 mesi fa·0 comments

An AI avatar is running to represent Indigenous voters in Colombia

restofworld.org
2 points·by _bypa·4 mesi fa·0 comments

Find a fulfilling career that does good

80000hours.org
3 points·by _bypa·4 mesi fa·1 comments

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Workers at top US low-wage firms rely on public assistance, report says

theguardian.com
32 points·by _bypa·4 mesi fa·7 comments

The anxiety driving AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us

theguardian.com
12 points·by _bypa·5 mesi fa·5 comments

PMF: Product/Market Folklore

ianreppel.org
1 points·by _bypa·5 mesi fa·0 comments

Lack of measurement invariance in mental health across intelligence levels

sciencedirect.com
1 points·by _bypa·5 mesi fa·0 comments

FQxI Competition: How Quantum Is Life? – Winners

qspace.fqxi.org
2 points·by _bypa·5 mesi fa·0 comments

The Talents of the Procrastinator

psychologytoday.com
3 points·by _bypa·5 mesi fa·0 comments

comments

_bypa
·21 giorni fa·discuss
For the people peddling LLMs this is actually good news:

1. Force AI down everyone's throats claiming it's going to boost productivity

2. See people lose valuable skills because they rely too much on AI

3. Peddle more AI to make up for the lack of skills in professionals
_bypa
·21 giorni fa·discuss
The main skill you need to reach that level is the one they always keep practicing: shmoozing. Thinking is not required as an executive, so you cannot lose what you never had.

And being born wealthy requires zero skill or practice.
_bypa
·24 giorni fa·discuss
Same with Cloudflare & Co: https://ianreppel.org/the-penalty-of-being-human/
_bypa
·28 giorni fa·discuss
So you eat your usage quota twice as fast or pay for API requests twice as much.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
Isn't that kind of like a cache for agents across vendors and versions?
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
There will be an agent that closes questions for being slightly off-topic soon if there isn't already.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
Up until I read "AI servers" I honestly thought the headline would say "workers," which triggered a secondary thought: "At least it's better treatment than Amazon warehouse workers..."
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
"Proffer a strongly worded capitulation" was probably too much for publication.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
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_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
> There is plenty of money to be made selling home layouts to police.

Perhaps more to thieves who can make sure they break into a place worth raiding.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
Says company selling a solution. I'll have a grain of salt, please.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
That's why executives are pushing for LLMs everywhere in businesses: to ensure the floor goes up for everyone. A few productive stars who don't alter the expectations baseline for everyone. That way, all need to work harder, so the execs get to pocket the benefits.

Whether AI actually makes people more productive is irrelevant: you just declare that people need to do more for the same amount of money and in the same amount of time, and employees have to scramble. Just dangle that carrot a little further out so the donkeys work harder.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
Most people I know who are bombarded by worthless updates every minute either ignore them but don't bother to disable any or are glued to their phones anyway, so they are beyond help.
_bypa
·mese scorso·discuss
The unreasonable effectiveness of regurgitated partial titles.
_bypa
·2 mesi fa·discuss
TL;DR https://xkcd.com/386
_bypa
·2 mesi fa·discuss
So true and it's been like that for ages. It's why I called these people rogue data scientists five years ago:

https://ianreppel.org/how-to-spot-a-rogue-data-scientist/
_bypa
·2 mesi fa·discuss
> Give up your weekends and nights.

So you can work for an employer that expects weekends and nights too. At least people either burn out or they get used to the hustle...
_bypa
·2 mesi fa·discuss
I suppose for people crippled by a traumatic memory it would be beneficial though I'm not sure if that could truly wipe it from your mind with all associated emotions and thoughts. That's why they acknowledge that in the article and suggest modifying emotions or the intensity thereof instead.

FYI in mice (for now)
_bypa
·2 mesi fa·discuss
Looks and sounds interesting... Is there anything beyond glue that makes the Qwen models it uses better for development than what you get with local models through Ollama in an IDE or editor of your choice?
_bypa
·2 mesi fa·discuss
- Sycophantic CHECK

- Stock phrases CHECK

- Repackaged "wisdom" CHECK

- Expensive without being valuable CHECK

- Verbose without much actual substance CHECK

- No real accountability or consequences for bad decisions/ information CHECK

Sounds as if MBAs and LLMs are already mostly interchangeable...