D0TheMath
@d0themath.bsky.social
Forecasting, singular learning theory, and fun
Pedantry is a virtue
December 8, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Pedantry is a virtue
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Incredible story of a prophet who convinced her people to kill off their cattle, eventually resulting in a famine that killed 75% of the Xhosa people: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nongqaw...
December 7, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Incredible story of a prophet who convinced her people to kill off their cattle, eventually resulting in a famine that killed 75% of the Xhosa people: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nongqaw...
It 'aint science if it 'aint public & free. Not to say private research (including "science" behind paywalls) isn't useful, but imo its much less trustworthy & much less useful than public & free research.
December 7, 2024 at 1:50 AM
It 'aint science if it 'aint public & free. Not to say private research (including "science" behind paywalls) isn't useful, but imo its much less trustworthy & much less useful than public & free research.
LLMs will help with many things, but one thing our society seems pretty scared about allowing automated access to is medical knowledge. Already getting such info out of Claude for example is very difficult. Therefore one of the few things it will be valuable for you to teach yourself is medicine.
November 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
LLMs will help with many things, but one thing our society seems pretty scared about allowing automated access to is medical knowledge. Already getting such info out of Claude for example is very difficult. Therefore one of the few things it will be valuable for you to teach yourself is medicine.
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November 30, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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Doing focusing therapy with Claude
November 30, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Doing focusing therapy with Claude
Claude 3.5.1 Sonnet is very funny sometimes
November 27, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Claude 3.5.1 Sonnet is very funny sometimes
Anything that can be a market, should be a market!
November 22, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Anything that can be a market, should be a market!
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Made a lesswrong starterpack. reply if you use lesswrong and want to be put in it, or if there's anyone else I've not added that should be added!
go.bsky.app/EkcDcjA
go.bsky.app/EkcDcjA
November 19, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Made a lesswrong starterpack. reply if you use lesswrong and want to be put in it, or if there's anyone else I've not added that should be added!
go.bsky.app/EkcDcjA
go.bsky.app/EkcDcjA
November 21, 2024 at 4:30 AM
I would normally be scared of how left bluesky is, but I'm not going to miss out on a real federated social media site taking off!
November 21, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I would normally be scared of how left bluesky is, but I'm not going to miss out on a real federated social media site taking off!
One thing I notice about Claude 3.5.1 Sonnet is that they often try to read my opinion about a subject, mirror that opinion, and rasp philosophically about it.
November 21, 2024 at 12:10 AM
One thing I notice about Claude 3.5.1 Sonnet is that they often try to read my opinion about a subject, mirror that opinion, and rasp philosophically about it.