“intelligent” people make the best marks, donchaknow

haha yeah I got very "we just need $29.95 billion bro just $29.95b trust me bro it'll be so intelligent bro just watch" impression from that as well

some of the first research science on promptfondlers and model-affine dipshits is starting to see the light of day and, in what will surprise probably 0% of our regulars, it confirms some things

(I have grumped about their desire for outsourced thinking in the past myself)

“we set up a pocket universe for our toy robot to run in, looped it a few billions times, and you wouldn’t believe what ways it found to fuck with the rules! we’re ever so shocked! :o” is a going staple in ML agent research for years now, these people are a parody upon themselves

remember that “agents in a physics sim” shit a few years ago (both early goog and openai, I think)? that strain of nonsense

at least for once it isn't the kind of post where a bayfucker went "I took acid in a park and you wouldn't believe what I discovered"

oh god these ghouls are going to roll out personalized ads on door-thin displays the moment they can afford to, aren't they?

ah yes, a good ole

naw bro we've got indexes bro it'll be fine bro

20 bucks the datastructure was designed for easiest access from the semantics of whatever du jour js lib they were using for the app

shitty 4k upscales, coming soon for a favourite film near you! (via kottke)

oh is that how come I get so much popcorn around these discussions? 🤔 makes sense when you think about it!

some high-grade honesty from netflix:

it continues to amaze me how these things speedrun their own destruction