It’s both probably. Another thought I keep having is that the brain is arranged in a way that facilitate levels of parallelism that chips are soooooo far from achieving. The computation model is just so different. It’s got to have something to do with it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s both probably. Another thought I keep having is that the brain is arranged in a way that facilitate levels of parallelism that chips are soooooo far from achieving. The computation model is just so different. It’s got to have something to do with it.
There’s something big missing indeed. I like the theory that intelligence actually requires the whole body to operate. Nature would have never evolved a brain in a vat. Constant sensory input and the ability to act on the world I think forms a feedback loop without which intelligence cannot arise.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There’s something big missing indeed. I like the theory that intelligence actually requires the whole body to operate. Nature would have never evolved a brain in a vat. Constant sensory input and the ability to act on the world I think forms a feedback loop without which intelligence cannot arise.
They may have different tokenization? I mean, it makes no sense not to consider “a” a single token, but you never know.
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They may have different tokenization? I mean, it makes no sense not to consider “a” a single token, but you never know.
that is gradient descent. We have the ability to learn lifelong lessons from a single occurrence, and we don’t really know how this works. The day we have computers that learn without relying on gradient descent of similar statistical methods, we’ll have something real interesting to talk about.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
that is gradient descent. We have the ability to learn lifelong lessons from a single occurrence, and we don’t really know how this works. The day we have computers that learn without relying on gradient descent of similar statistical methods, we’ll have something real interesting to talk about.
I don’t know about drawing a distinction between computers in general and human brains when it comes to processing data, but if we restrict ourselves to what we call AI these days, the main distinction IMO is that AI can only update its “brain” through the absolutely tedious and wasteful process
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don’t know about drawing a distinction between computers in general and human brains when it comes to processing data, but if we restrict ourselves to what we call AI these days, the main distinction IMO is that AI can only update its “brain” through the absolutely tedious and wasteful process
It doesn’t involved direct sense data. It does evolved historical, heavily processed sense data accumulated over your entire life.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It doesn’t involved direct sense data. It does evolved historical, heavily processed sense data accumulated over your entire life.
Thomas Thistlewood is alive.
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thomas Thistlewood is alive.
… reported by the big AI companies is likely to be highly inflated as a result, and not indicative of conversion to usage patterns conducive to making revenue (subscriptions). The bet is, would ChatGPT and other tools like it disappear from the face of the Earth, most people would cope quite well.
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
… reported by the big AI companies is likely to be highly inflated as a result, and not indicative of conversion to usage patterns conducive to making revenue (subscriptions). The bet is, would ChatGPT and other tools like it disappear from the face of the Earth, most people would cope quite well.
I think those people are misunderstanding and distorting a genuine criticism re:adoption. The issue is that the tech industry has never been this aggressive in flooding the zone with AI tools everywhere. They have been made largely unavoidable, and by consequence, the suspicion is that usage…
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I think those people are misunderstanding and distorting a genuine criticism re:adoption. The issue is that the tech industry has never been this aggressive in flooding the zone with AI tools everywhere. They have been made largely unavoidable, and by consequence, the suspicion is that usage…
He’s a squishy squashy boi
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
He’s a squishy squashy boi
Good point, I kinda misunderstood the context. I thought Robert was commenting on people commenting about the emails.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Good point, I kinda misunderstood the context. I thought Robert was commenting on people commenting about the emails.
I’m gonna go ahead and blame ChatGPT
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m gonna go ahead and blame ChatGPT
Blinkist sucks ass. A bunch of dudes once realized the business books they were reading could have been blog posts and thought ALL BOOKS MUST BE LIKE THIS.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Blinkist sucks ass. A bunch of dudes once realized the business books they were reading could have been blog posts and thought ALL BOOKS MUST BE LIKE THIS.
JFC I’m glad you’re OK!
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
JFC I’m glad you’re OK!
Very neat! I was thinking this could be pretty neat to control a rig somehow, turning knobs and adjusting sliders sounds a lot more pleasant than clicking and dragging.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Very neat! I was thinking this could be pretty neat to control a rig somehow, turning knobs and adjusting sliders sounds a lot more pleasant than clicking and dragging.
I’m curious, how hard is this to setup? Does it all have to be manually wired in by a developer?
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I’m curious, how hard is this to setup? Does it all have to be manually wired in by a developer?
And make the decision makers who got us there pay. We’re gonna have an Occupy Silicon Valley rally won’t we?
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
And make the decision makers who got us there pay. We’re gonna have an Occupy Silicon Valley rally won’t we?
What the heck!??! Has there ever been a photo of a comet this detailed before?
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
What the heck!??! Has there ever been a photo of a comet this detailed before?
On the other hand… They’re telling me what I want to hear!
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
On the other hand… They’re telling me what I want to hear!
I love them so much!
October 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I love them so much!
These Newsom and Harris boosters are just the worst. I wonder if they’re also fans of Schumer and Jeffries. I wonder if they are all Schumer and Jeffries.
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
These Newsom and Harris boosters are just the worst. I wonder if they’re also fans of Schumer and Jeffries. I wonder if they are all Schumer and Jeffries.
Also, you never under any circumstances have to give it to Elon Musk. Never. He runs a Nazi website and did a nazi salute remember?
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Also, you never under any circumstances have to give it to Elon Musk. Never. He runs a Nazi website and did a nazi salute remember?
Hey Bernie, let’s get real on what the current wave of AI is actually capable of shall we? It’s incapable of what it says it can do, and it’s not getting significantly better over time despite all the hype. I hate to say this to you, but let’s stay focused on the real stuff?
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hey Bernie, let’s get real on what the current wave of AI is actually capable of shall we? It’s incapable of what it says it can do, and it’s not getting significantly better over time despite all the hype. I hate to say this to you, but let’s stay focused on the real stuff?
Now this is an actual distraction.
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Now this is an actual distraction.
I remember in the early days of Better Offline when there were comments on the subreddit about how your earnestness was somehow off-putting. We don’t see nearly as many comments of this nature these days, and thank you for not letting them get to you.
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I remember in the early days of Better Offline when there were comments on the subreddit about how your earnestness was somehow off-putting. We don’t see nearly as many comments of this nature these days, and thank you for not letting them get to you.