I don't know if it is the minority but I think sanity is the group of people not taking a "side" and just realizing this new tech is what it is and it's going to and has had both major advantages and disadvantages. Blog posts like the above are a dime a dozen along with their opposite and thy only read like people caught up in bubbles.
Yep, good observation. And it's so exhausting not to take a side. Because people on both sides invariably misinterpret you as being on the other side and strawman you accordingly.
Personally, I agree with the author on some things. The copyright laundering, the PR theatrics in search of regulatory capture, the concentration of power in a handful of gargantuan corporations in a country currently headed for totalitarianism at an alarming pace. The proliferation of slop drowning out all the good stuff. These are genuine issues, and they worry me, a great deal.
And yet, it's become impossible to seriously contend that this technology isn't tremendously useful for certain tasks. I've used it myself with good results. But I don't buy the maximally bullish view that an LLM will eventually surpass humans in all areas. There are severe flaws with the technology that are inherent to its architecture and simply cannot be scaled away. This is as incontrovertible to me as its usefulness. The trough of disillusionment is coming for all of us, it always does. And much like the internet past the trough, we'll have a lot of cool new shit as a result of this technology, and we'll have a lot of horrifying new problems as well. This is the case for any paradigm shifting technology.
That's my view when trying my best to be objective.
Subjectively though, I'm deeply depressed about it all. LLMs have taken everything I love about computing and turned it on its head. I got into computers because they were so different from people. Mathematical, rigorous, efficient, unambigious(yes, bugs can be very confusing but there's always a satisfying and logical answer to dig out with enough effort). Now, apparently, to do the job I (used to) love, I have to spend most my time spoonfeeding instructions to a pretentious, know-it-all asshole who repeatedly fails to follow simple instruction, and yet is somehow still better than me at my job. I hate it. I'm 10 times more productive, and 100% of the joy is gone. I've quit, and I'm now considering what the fuck to do with my life. Something with minimal computer involvement. I will continue to code as a hobby and tool for my own purposes, LLM free, but I won't even bother uploading my code anywhere, because what's the point.
We are all caught up in our bubble. That’s why being exposed to someone else’s is useful. The moment you dismiss it as their bubble you assert not just their wall but also yours.
What would it take for them to add a spring to the hinge? I would love a foldable that opens with a flick of the wrist without the need to pry it open.
Legal filings by the State of New York indicate that this was not in fact the case and they were asking Kalshi to halt offering their product to the public in the state of NY only.
My computer freezes for 2-3 seconds when I try to open the volume panel and there are ads everywhere on Win 11. It's like Microsoft wants to wipe every good memory I've ever had with past Windows experiences and just accept the present.
I am remiss to inform you that Big Sur and-onward feels less snappy than GNOME, and has nearly as many advertisements as Windows 11. It wasn't what I wanted either, I bailed after Mojave.
No, that used to be believed to be true. We're just seeing the curtain come down.
The food pyramid, the CIA's "war on drugs" in South America, the wars with Iraq, Libya.. Just to name a few. Why do we pretend like bribery and corruption is this new thing?
Cubic chunks, full lighting engine, opting to be non-deterministic, everything is unsigned integer math except for rotation and rendering, multiplayer is mostly implemented, built to be able to handle heavy simulation.. the foundation work is almost done. Right now it's just a hobby to try to build the best thing I can build. I work on it because it's fun.
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