I read Florian Ernotte’s “Writing with LLM is not a shame. An essay about transparency on AI use.” Something like: The demands for AI disclosure often represent “empty vigilance” and conformity rather than genuine ethics, that ethical standards for such new technology are still being developed and shouldn’t be rigidly enforced yet and the AI disclosure is only relevant when content is good and valuable I was then reading HN comments on the post and read this:| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
I have been thinking a lot about Gian Segato’s post, see Probabilistic Era. The job of building software for people, i.e. software engineering is about taking an open problem, making it closed so we can build it and verify we have built it with tests (of various sorts). The problem is open because it is for humans or involves humans. We’re not building a bridge, we’re solving some vague business problem with semi-automation, or something.| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
I just read Gian Segato’s “Building AI Products In The Probabilistic Era”. Good read. Good take. But, it makes sense. He’s a data scientist and we (as a community) have had to think this way for 10-15 years when working with narrow probabilistic models. But, the scope has changed. Inputs and outputs are open-ended. His examples around replit are good, e.g. constraining the use case to code gen for websites would prevent other use cases like code gen for games.| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
It would be nice to have a tiny store online that could just sit there for decades. Focus on one tiny and useful need and do it well, world class. Sell one or a few tiny products or services for that one thing. Not a full time thing, free content, self-serve product sales with on-demand support. I guess SuperFastPython fits the bill, but even it’s scope is too large. Ideally one thing. One algorithm, or one data structure, or one library/module.| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
I was listening to an Acquired episode and the guest mentioned the role of computers (people) being replaced by electronic computers, and how programming/coding will/is seeing the same fate. Here’s the episode: How is AI Different Than Other Technology Waves? (With Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor) And here on YouTube where I got the transcript. Here’s the quote: I self-identify as a computer programmer. It’s like the thing I like to do the most. And I’m like, man, that’s sort of like say...| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
Among Ronald Fisher’s many contributions to statistics, genetics, and evolutionary theory at large was his “fundamental theorem of natural selection”: “The rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to its genetic variance in fitness at that time.” See: Fisher’s fundamental theorem of natural selection, Wikipedia. In plain language (with llm help): “The rate at which a population becomes better adapted (its average fitness increases) is directly proportiona...| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
Machine Learning Street Talk is a YouTube channel and podcast by Tim Scarfe and sometimes Keith Duggar. I’m a fan of the podcast, and have been for some time. Follow them on X here: Machine Learning Street Talk Recently, like this northern hemisphere summer, they have been releasing fantastic episodes. Both the quality of the guests and the quality of the questions/discussion. Riveting stuff. Specifically: The Secret Ingredient for AI Creativity A chat with Kenneth Stanley. Did a 7 Year Old...| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
I’ve created a new Quake archive, this time for the Navy Seals modification by Minh Le aka “Gooseman”. This was originally an ad hoc archive as a gist here: Navy Seals Quake I decided to make it a standalone archive as I came across rare/hard-to-find versions of the mod that I believed required independent hosting. You can see the full archive here: Quake Navy Seals| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
I listened to part 1 of the Acquired Podcast on the history of Google. Outstanding and nostalgic. I was a super early google user, thanks to a mention on slashdot on the late 90s. It got me thinking: what if… What if I travelled back to 2005 with my current knowledge, what would I do? What online business would I build? I was thinking about SEO and authority sites, based on the Acquired podcast episode on google.| Posts on Consumption Exhaust
After a long holiday where you eat like a pig and exercise not at all, how do you get back on the path? You must cut calories and get the body/brain used to the new regimen as fast as possible, e.g. avoid backsliding. Firstly cut all junk food and processed foods. Next, cut carbs. Then cut calories to below maintenance. All while exercising daily, as close to normal as possible. Don’t feel like going to the gym? Who the hell does? Fine, walk 5km. Lift at home. Get that body moving. Strain t...| Posts on Consumption Exhaust