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Amusing how many people stopped reading after the first sentence
March 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Amusing how many people stopped reading after the first sentence
You are a pawn in a universe chessmatch. You mean nothing to God (if they even exist).
November 5, 2024 at 10:17 PM
You are a pawn in a universe chessmatch. You mean nothing to God (if they even exist).
Instead its just the story of one man trying to get as far away from his son as physically possible.
November 5, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Instead its just the story of one man trying to get as far away from his son as physically possible.
This manga is basically the perfect retort to the person who was complaining about disability in fantasy specifically because, unlike other examples in this thread, perfect healing magic DOES exist in universe and its use or misuse is basically the throughline of the story.
September 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM
This manga is basically the perfect retort to the person who was complaining about disability in fantasy specifically because, unlike other examples in this thread, perfect healing magic DOES exist in universe and its use or misuse is basically the throughline of the story.
The watcher really shines when you swap stances 20 times in one turn.
September 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM
The watcher really shines when you swap stances 20 times in one turn.
Responsibility is proactive. Its purpose is to promote thought/focus in your actions.
Accountability is reactive. Its purpose is to promote reflection, growth, and transparency.
The two are often conflated so dont worry too much about the distinction.
Accountability is reactive. Its purpose is to promote reflection, growth, and transparency.
The two are often conflated so dont worry too much about the distinction.
October 4, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Responsibility is proactive. Its purpose is to promote thought/focus in your actions.
Accountability is reactive. Its purpose is to promote reflection, growth, and transparency.
The two are often conflated so dont worry too much about the distinction.
Accountability is reactive. Its purpose is to promote reflection, growth, and transparency.
The two are often conflated so dont worry too much about the distinction.
Leaving autoplay on is substitute teacher shit, dude.
October 4, 2023 at 2:06 PM
Leaving autoplay on is substitute teacher shit, dude.
I literally just pointed out comparisons between talk about chess bots before and after they began defeated grandmasters. Its relevant because the post was an example of this speech. You can disagree with my predictions but they werent inherently rude to make. Besides, it was a rhetorical question.
October 3, 2023 at 9:46 PM
I literally just pointed out comparisons between talk about chess bots before and after they began defeated grandmasters. Its relevant because the post was an example of this speech. You can disagree with my predictions but they werent inherently rude to make. Besides, it was a rhetorical question.
Sitting in the oval office considering advocating for my constituents, when I remember I am supposed to be neutral. I feel better for having done nothing.
October 3, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Sitting in the oval office considering advocating for my constituents, when I remember I am supposed to be neutral. I feel better for having done nothing.
Would love to know more of your thoughts on magic/occult as an alternative to science. In what capacity do the two overlap?
October 3, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Would love to know more of your thoughts on magic/occult as an alternative to science. In what capacity do the two overlap?
Do I think people should, right now, make and sell books using LLMs? No. The books will and do suck shit almost every time unless they are bad in a funny way but they often dont even clear that bar.
October 3, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Do I think people should, right now, make and sell books using LLMs? No. The books will and do suck shit almost every time unless they are bad in a funny way but they often dont even clear that bar.
Let me lay this out clearly for you. Im not interested in your stupid question. Whether or not the words appeared by sheer cosmic coincidence has no bearing on their usefulness or enjoyability to read. Intentionality causes good books to be written, it is not an inherent aspect of the work.
October 3, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Let me lay this out clearly for you. Im not interested in your stupid question. Whether or not the words appeared by sheer cosmic coincidence has no bearing on their usefulness or enjoyability to read. Intentionality causes good books to be written, it is not an inherent aspect of the work.
Ah i see the problem. You probably never read my initial comment on the post where I was talking about future AIs. Go read that and come back. Frankly I think ive made my thoughts on current AI abundantly clear. They are bad and cant make good stories except by cosmic coincidence.
October 3, 2023 at 1:35 AM
Ah i see the problem. You probably never read my initial comment on the post where I was talking about future AIs. Go read that and come back. Frankly I think ive made my thoughts on current AI abundantly clear. They are bad and cant make good stories except by cosmic coincidence.
What exactly do I have to tell you to get you to realize I dont want people to read modern LLM outputs? Or are you saying its just never worth reading a random output no matter how complex? I simply disagree with that idea. I would read a good book in the library of babel. Not all of them.
October 3, 2023 at 1:05 AM
What exactly do I have to tell you to get you to realize I dont want people to read modern LLM outputs? Or are you saying its just never worth reading a random output no matter how complex? I simply disagree with that idea. I would read a good book in the library of babel. Not all of them.
Tell me where I said people should read dreck from monkeys with typewriters? You cant because i never did and wouldnt. I said, if an LLM COULD write a good story I would read it. No one but the programmers should read their stories until then.
October 3, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Tell me where I said people should read dreck from monkeys with typewriters? You cant because i never did and wouldnt. I said, if an LLM COULD write a good story I would read it. No one but the programmers should read their stories until then.
That has literally no bearing on whether the LLM will make a decent story from their prompt. It certainly doesnt make the person an author, but to claim that the produced words arent worth reading is just bizarre. If an LLM produces good stories then whether a person values the prompt hardly matters
October 2, 2023 at 11:38 PM
That has literally no bearing on whether the LLM will make a decent story from their prompt. It certainly doesnt make the person an author, but to claim that the produced words arent worth reading is just bizarre. If an LLM produces good stories then whether a person values the prompt hardly matters
What exactly is it that neurons do that cannot be replicated in silico.
October 2, 2023 at 2:04 PM
What exactly is it that neurons do that cannot be replicated in silico.
"No person bothered to write it" implies that no person WOULD write it. Is this what you mean? Because that reflects a current view of AI novels. One that is easily distinguished from human books. If an AI could make one indistinguishable from a human book why wouldnt you read it? On principle?
October 2, 2023 at 2:47 AM
"No person bothered to write it" implies that no person WOULD write it. Is this what you mean? Because that reflects a current view of AI novels. One that is easily distinguished from human books. If an AI could make one indistinguishable from a human book why wouldnt you read it? On principle?
Ask these questions about literally any book and youll find the exact same "unconvincing arguments".
October 2, 2023 at 2:01 AM
Ask these questions about literally any book and youll find the exact same "unconvincing arguments".
Thats why I read most books to be honest. There is a certain something to picking up a book off the shelf with no idea whether its going to be good or not.
October 2, 2023 at 1:31 AM
Thats why I read most books to be honest. There is a certain something to picking up a book off the shelf with no idea whether its going to be good or not.
If you dont understand how neural nets work and how similar one that can be trained on sensory information would be then im not sure why you are participating in this discussion. What exactly do you think parts of the brain are? They all use neurons in very similar ways. The inputs change.
October 2, 2023 at 1:07 AM
If you dont understand how neural nets work and how similar one that can be trained on sensory information would be then im not sure why you are participating in this discussion. What exactly do you think parts of the brain are? They all use neurons in very similar ways. The inputs change.
That is literally the problem. Its very hard to do that. But we do it, so why cant a machine?
October 2, 2023 at 12:59 AM
That is literally the problem. Its very hard to do that. But we do it, so why cant a machine?
I get what you are saying, and it is a shame that machines appear to be coming for artists and authors first. But if a machine can actually make a novel good enough to surpass a human author, I imagine it would be complex enough to put forth much more interesting questions about consciousness.
October 2, 2023 at 12:58 AM
I get what you are saying, and it is a shame that machines appear to be coming for artists and authors first. But if a machine can actually make a novel good enough to surpass a human author, I imagine it would be complex enough to put forth much more interesting questions about consciousness.