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Reply to comment by Skaldskatan in Twitter inundated with AI schill accounts by Creative_Engineer_23
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Kaz_55 t1_jdh5kal wrote
Reply to comment by MrP3rs0n in IPCC chart says Solar PV and Wind Turbines are best way to achieve Deep, Rapid, and Low Cost emission cuts before 2030. by DisasterousGiraffe
Nuclear is so "cheap" that is outperformed by every other option on the market:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelized_cost_of_electricity
https://www.lazard.com/media/sptlfats/lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-150-vf.pdf
It is also so "risk free" that the industry wouldn't be able to survive without special legal constructs that absolve it from any actual liability for these "non-existent" risks:
>The Price-Anderson Act, which limits utility liability in the event of nuclear accidents, is totally out of sync with US energy goals because it places a heavy thumb on the scale of resource acquisition, favoring the wrong type of assets (high risk, high cost) in the current economic environment. In an uncertain environment, financial risk analysis teaches that the investor should preserve options and value flexibility by keeping decisions small and preferring investments with low, more predictable risks and short lead times. With their high risks, large sunk costs, long lead times, and extremely long asset lives, nuclear reactors are the worst type of assets to acquire at present.
Nuclear is pretty much the worst option and an active hinderance.
Kaz_55 t1_jdh4xbi wrote
Reply to comment by Excellent_Impact6860 in IPCC chart says Solar PV and Wind Turbines are best way to achieve Deep, Rapid, and Low Cost emission cuts before 2030. by DisasterousGiraffe
>after west killed the industry for 3 decades and made it a niche, low numbers "homemade" enterprise.
The nuclear industry has been the most well funded and subsidized energy industry in history, and this was still the case up to ~2005
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-aspects/energy-subsidies.aspx
"The west" didn't kill the nuclear industry. The inherent limitations and problems, along with eternal stagnation as far as results are concerned is what "killed" the nuclear industry. And citing "but China" isn't going to change that. Even the chinese have been scaling back their nuclear efforts:
https://www.colorado.edu/cas/2022/04/12/even-china-cannot-rescue-nuclear-power-its-woes
while pretty much every project involving renewables over there overdelivers. Nuclear is a dead end, simply because it's too slow, too expensive and it can't be scaled the way renewables can. Nuclear wouldn'T even be able to provide global base load capacity without running into massive issues.
Kaz_55 t1_jdh3j4y wrote
This isn't really surprising, given the history of outrageous claims that have been used to push and similar "discoveries" in the past in the press.
angrathias t1_jdh30qa wrote
Reply to comment by Mercurionio in ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”! by Just-A-Lucky-Guy
You’re going to be shocked when you learn what science gets up to when it makes discoveries then…
angrathias t1_jdh2y92 wrote
Reply to comment by Mercurionio in ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”! by Just-A-Lucky-Guy
Shit, and I thought the LLMs were the big halluncinators 😂
Reasonably_Bee t1_jdh209h wrote
yeah I mean as someone who has never been able to drive due to crappy eyesight, I want autonomous vehicles to work at scale. I don't see it as a quick process, the work that companies like Didi, Cruise, and Waymo are doing are just the tip of the iceberg long term and the more expertise and R&D in the sector (especially if projects are shuttered and teams move to competitors) the better.
sharkinwolvesclothin t1_jdh1nec wrote
Reply to comment by matt2001 in Stanford Researchers Take Down Alpaca AI Over Cost and Hallucinations by matt2001
>I hope this can be addressed, as it will be able to run on smaller computers.
These issues are not specific to this chatbot/application. It's just that Stanford people have different incentives to for-profit companies. But yeah, hopefully they can be addressed, as most use cases people have would require the generating models not to have these behaviors.
brutay t1_jdh0y32 wrote
Reply to comment by Mercurionio in ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”! by Just-A-Lucky-Guy
Wolfram has done a lot of valuable things that are probably impossible for someone without a very strong sense of ego. His willingness to pursue iconoclastic threads of intellectual pursuit (New Kind of Science, Physics Project, Public CEOing, etc.) almost certainly goes hand in hand with a rare form of self-assuredness. It takes all sorts in this world.
And trust me. Anyone who goes into business with Wolfram knows what they're getting into. Or at least has no excuse for their ignorance. He's an extremely public figure. You can watch him manage his company on YouTube, if you're so inclined.
Skaldskatan t1_jdh04ka wrote
Reply to comment by Charming-Coconut-234 in Twitter inundated with AI schill accounts by Creative_Engineer_23
Hah! You fell for it. I am a very intelligent AI bot posting random stuff to learn how to trigger humans and now I know everything about how you function. Prepare to be assimilated.
Reasonably_Bee t1_jdgzzad wrote
yeah there's definitely a lot of spam bots doing the rounds, especially on tech and investment topics
Charming-Coconut-234 t1_jdgzwd3 wrote
Reply to comment by Skaldskatan in Twitter inundated with AI schill accounts by Creative_Engineer_23
I think that person meant silence is better than nonsense.
Or indeed an AI bot trying to spam a post against AI.
Skaldskatan t1_jdgzazj wrote
Reply to comment by DeaneTR in Twitter inundated with AI schill accounts by Creative_Engineer_23
There are no comments in this post. Yours is literally the first one. Is this an AI bot commenting on a post about AI bots? Very AInception.
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DragonForg t1_jdgwsgg wrote
Reply to comment by DauntingPrawn in Could GNNs be the future of AI? by mrx-ai
LLMs are the base, mimic how we think. We use language to think nothing else the rest is addons, like the minds eye and so on.
DragonForg t1_jdgwpva wrote
Reply to Could GNNs be the future of AI? by mrx-ai
LLMs are the future. How do you think? Through graphs, or through texts? So why build an AI model that isnt a substitute for how we think?
I do see the great potential, like wolfram alpha is an amazing software paired with GPT it can produce amazing results. And I think in the future AI will utilize the models as tool, just like it already is with ChatGPT plug-ins. We gave AI a voice, we let AI see and now AI can use tools.
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Working_Sundae t1_jdgs4to wrote
Reply to comment by 3SquirrelsinaCoat in Wormhole Experiment Called Into Question by Hanzo_The_Ninja
They are the ones who perpetuated this lie, and later after being called out they changed the title to holographic wormhole and now they are questioning it.
DeaneTR t1_jdgrmcx wrote
The comments in this post are way better than the garbage that twitter has turned into!
probono105 t1_jdgrl9c wrote
i wonder if it will ever be optimized enough to have a standalone option i get it wont run on a laptop but it would be cool to have it all local
Mercurionio t1_jdgoi8z wrote
Reply to comment by brutay in ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”! by Just-A-Lucky-Guy
Naming something with your OWN name is a very narcisisstic shit. It's NOT outside of the box, it's just a demonstration of your huge ego, negating the job of all those who helped you to achieve the results.
Mercurionio t1_jdgocc4 wrote
Reply to comment by WorkO0 in ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”! by Just-A-Lucky-Guy
Our brain does NOT prove it. It's actually the opposite. Ask any autistic kid about 174th number in Pi and he will easily answer your question (exaggerating, but still).
What our brain proves is that it's highly concentrated even when we think it's not. Manipulating our body is a VERY demanding task, it consumes a lot of resources. So, when you are on a "trip", your brain will just relax and do whatever it wants. And your creativity will burst way better than gpt4, for example.
justingod99 t1_jdh6btr wrote
Reply to comment by DatSauceTho in New 'biohybrid' implant will restore function in paralyzed limbs | "This interface could revolutionize the way we interact with technology." by chrisdh79
Not sure what you mean. I don’t even like him.
Alas, unlike some people, my dislike for him doesn’t leave me oblivious to reality.