KevonLooney

It's not just a predictive text program. That's been around for decades. That's a common misconception.

As I understand it, it uses statistics from the whole text to create new text. It would be very rare to output "cats have feathers" because that phrase doesn't ever appear in the training data. Both words "have feathers" never follow "cats".

Then these models are stupid. Humans don't start as a blank slate. They have an inherent aptitude for language and communication. These models should start out with basics of language, so they don't have to learn it from the ground up. That's the next step. Right now they're just well read idiots.

provenance requires some way to filter the internet into human-generated and AI-generated content, which hasn’t been cracked yet

It doesn't need to be filtered into human / AI content. It needs to be filtered into good (true) / bad (false) content. Or a "truth score" for each.

We don't teach children to read by just handing them random tweets. We give them books that are made specifically for children. Our filtering mechanism for good / bad content is very robust for humans. Why can't AI just read every piece of "classic literature", famous speeches, popular books, good TV and movie scripts, textbooks, etc?

They don't care about policy, they care about tax cuts. Rich Republicans do not care about social issues. Their judges won't care about one side or the other.

Lol. Lawsuits are part of America. There's no way to get rid of them. That's how minor issues are adjudicated in America.

Their main function was to avoid lawsuits, like the rest of HR. I feel like these companies forgot that they were all sued because they discriminated against women and non-white applicants and employees. This is just going to make it easier to prove discrimination in court.

It maybe takes 5 minutes total, and that's only if you put a bunch of stuff on it. It's not hard. You literally just dump the kernels into the pot.

It's about as much time as making it in the microwave. For both you're just waiting around for most of it.

Why use anything but a pot on the stove:

1. Put a thin layer of canola or vegetable oil in the pot. Enough to cover the bottom but not so much that a popcorn kernel is covered.

2. Put 4 or 5 kernels in the pot and turn on the stove to medium heat. Cover.

3. Wait a minute or two until all kernels have popped.

4. Immediately add the serving size listed on the popcorn kernel package. Half a cup or whatever. Cover the pot.

5. Wait for the kernels to stop popping. Turn off the stove.

6. Transfer to a serving bowl and add seasoning (salt, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, cayenne pepper, paprika, etc.).

7. Eat a better bowl of popcorn than you've ever had.

It's more likely that the food is so cheap that the company still makes money at 40% off. Like how mattresses are always discounted 30% to 70% .

The best way to convince these people of reality is to just say "You really believe that?" and "That sounds complicated" when they talk about it. Or you can laugh in a friendly way and say "Who told you that? They're trying to trick you."

These people respond to emotions, not facts. Just tell them someone is tricking them. They want to have friends and special knowledge.

Anything that's "30 years away" is essentially not going to happen. Quantum cryptography will advance faster than the ability to break it because there will be more money behind it.

It's takeout.