I haven't read it yet (and I might not even bother) but Google's probably lying about their ML models again
this post was submitted on 05 May 2024
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it does seem mildly useful https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/screening-against-alphafold-models-maybe-better-it-looks
note that google's thing is pattern matching, and if there's few similar protein structures in literature, then alphafold is working on poor quality data. comments do notice a red flag or two
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can't wait to see how the felon musk stans try to excuse this one (archive)
The company said in its blog post that the problem began in late February, but it has since been able to compensate for the lost data
ah yes, because the lost data is the problem, but the thing floating in someone’s brain after coming loose 3 months ago isn’t something to speak up about. totes fine.
and there's a certain kind of regularity to keeping the lid on that news. like it was a choice to take that action. if only there were words for something like a pattern? of behaviour? if only[0]
[0] - (with apologies to stealing the phrasing from mmfish)
PZ Myers called this: https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/09/i-predicted-the-fate-of-neuralink/
yeah I mean not to dismiss that, it's not the hardest of predictions. the thing i'm pointing at here is more that another felon musk company lies and misdirects, in the pattern of culture set by the fucking turd-in-chief.
I just feel bad for the guy they implanted this in. Going to join the list of people who had a short term working piece of tech implanted and now are walking around with scrap. (It isn't that far yet for this guy, but Musk doesn't have the best track record).
Some rich investor/math nerd croaks (from old age), HN's resident mod team declines to add a black bar to the site, leading fans of licking rich boots to wonder if "the community" should decide which dead rich guys get commemorated:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40327812
Bonus for the dude still salty Terry Davis didn't get one.
Their comments section just never fails to deliver ... something.
Online communities with reasonable debate are under attack by state actors, HN is no exception. In this context, no matter how well meaning the proposal is, opening an avenue for acrimony here is not something we can afford.
At least this dead hedge fund guy has a wikipedia "controversies" section as a legacy. I wonder if a genius mathematician could figure out a way to enrich his friends and family while the markets took a dump.
According to The Wall Street Journal in May 2009, Simons was questioned by investors on the dramatic performance gap of Renaissance Technologies' portfolios. The Medallion Fund, which has been available exclusively to current and past employees and their families, surged 80% in 2008 in spite of hefty fees; the Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF), owned by outsiders, lost money in both 2008 and 2009; RIEF declined 16% in 2008.
Ah yes, tell me again about the novel useful things genML can do. I seem to remember something about it helping people?
https://x.com/louisanslow/status/1789751075026661855?s=46&t=nT1XIOTx9ax3_3I0GXvgVQ
Rat orgies reach stand up comedy circuit. (Sorry for no nitter)
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So facebook (I’ll never call it the other name, get fucked zuckyboi) decided their LLM is so good that obviously they have to force it on everyone with an icon in your face you can never turn off[0].
Figured I’d give it a try via support channel/address, their response is even more insulting than you might guess:
[0] - of course when it doesn’t see enough adoption they’ll probably start trying to force use of it in even sneakier/controlling ways
You can share feedback and tell us about your support experience by completing this [three question survey.](https://www.whatsapp.com/survey/......)
lol. the sheer fucking hubris.
from bsky: "It is now officially fair game to make fun of this little shit"
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