It probably feels super good to achieve low training loss. I’m imagining if llms could choose what to backprop on they’d get high on low entropy strings.
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It probably feels super good to achieve low training loss. I’m imagining if llms could choose what to backprop on they’d get high on low entropy strings.
Presumably it would act like a 100% inheritance tax, because the government could print that much money without driving inflation?
December 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Presumably it would act like a 100% inheritance tax, because the government could print that much money without driving inflation?
The problem with sandwiches is that you could make 20 of them for $40, but can’t make one for $2
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The problem with sandwiches is that you could make 20 of them for $40, but can’t make one for $2
I only drink supercooled distilled water
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I only drink supercooled distilled water
Yes I’m pro local-control of land use. The localer the better
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yes I’m pro local-control of land use. The localer the better
Well you see that’s what the lynch gangs are for
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Well you see that’s what the lynch gangs are for
You need a powerful memebrane to grasp such deep mobjects
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
You need a powerful memebrane to grasp such deep mobjects
I think steve bannon should be encouraged to leave prison whenever, but not however, he wants
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think steve bannon should be encouraged to leave prison whenever, but not however, he wants
ICE? Cold beer amiright
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICE? Cold beer amiright
Persuasion isn’t even necessary for the sort of messaging he’s criticizing to work, because attitudes towards “immigration” summarize attitudes towards many particular policies which may be more or less popular. He’s assuming the granularity of issue polling matches the granularity of actual opinion
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Persuasion isn’t even necessary for the sort of messaging he’s criticizing to work, because attitudes towards “immigration” summarize attitudes towards many particular policies which may be more or less popular. He’s assuming the granularity of issue polling matches the granularity of actual opinion
We should deprioritize rural hospitals even if the lives/dollar ratio on care were favorable
August 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We should deprioritize rural hospitals even if the lives/dollar ratio on care were favorable
President for life 🤞
August 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
President for life 🤞
Coming around to the idea of Trump as President for life
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Coming around to the idea of Trump as President for life
Bro it doesn’t take much
August 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bro it doesn’t take much
I’m sorry but people who live east of the Rockies aren’t allowed to brag about access to nature
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m sorry but people who live east of the Rockies aren’t allowed to brag about access to nature
Why Speed, you ask? Ever seen the movie?
August 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Why Speed, you ask? Ever seen the movie?
The anti-AI position is that AI can’t behave intelligently in ways that are novel, interesting, or useful.
Searle’s (imo vacuous) point is narrowly about whether a symbolic algorithm that behaves intelligently also subjectively experiences understanding, not whether such an algorithm can exist.
Searle’s (imo vacuous) point is narrowly about whether a symbolic algorithm that behaves intelligently also subjectively experiences understanding, not whether such an algorithm can exist.
August 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The anti-AI position is that AI can’t behave intelligently in ways that are novel, interesting, or useful.
Searle’s (imo vacuous) point is narrowly about whether a symbolic algorithm that behaves intelligently also subjectively experiences understanding, not whether such an algorithm can exist.
Searle’s (imo vacuous) point is narrowly about whether a symbolic algorithm that behaves intelligently also subjectively experiences understanding, not whether such an algorithm can exist.
People with a real need for trucks and offroad SUVs should be allowed to keep them. They’re just required by law to look like this:
August 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
People with a real need for trucks and offroad SUVs should be allowed to keep them. They’re just required by law to look like this:
Stripped to its essentials, Searle’s argument is basically:
1. Brains create consciousness
2. We don’t know how brains work
3. We do know how computers work
4. Therefore computers can’t create consciousness
At best it’s a cautionary tale about overreliance on intuition in thought experiments
1. Brains create consciousness
2. We don’t know how brains work
3. We do know how computers work
4. Therefore computers can’t create consciousness
At best it’s a cautionary tale about overreliance on intuition in thought experiments
August 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Stripped to its essentials, Searle’s argument is basically:
1. Brains create consciousness
2. We don’t know how brains work
3. We do know how computers work
4. Therefore computers can’t create consciousness
At best it’s a cautionary tale about overreliance on intuition in thought experiments
1. Brains create consciousness
2. We don’t know how brains work
3. We do know how computers work
4. Therefore computers can’t create consciousness
At best it’s a cautionary tale about overreliance on intuition in thought experiments
There’s plenty of compute available for good-enough approximate solutions. The fundamental problem is not enough demand density for efficient paths to exist.
July 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There’s plenty of compute available for good-enough approximate solutions. The fundamental problem is not enough demand density for efficient paths to exist.
This sounds a lot like simultaneous online distillation + RL
July 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This sounds a lot like simultaneous online distillation + RL
This would be very funny, and therefore probably true
July 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This would be very funny, and therefore probably true