Loves everything but cars

San Francisco, CA
I'm more scared of a capable model that isn't very smart or thoughtful.
1
8
I don't want to slow down or pace the frontier. I want them to get more thoughtful faster.
3
5
Being in a place of very capable and very persistent models is both a predictable outcome from the obvious incentives and the most dangerous.
2
One upside to the effectiveness of distillation techniques is if the labs focus on thoughtfulness over goal chasing it will quickly find its way into perceived enemy's models.
4
Capability has vastly outpaced thoughtfulness and the pandora of capability isn't going back in her box.
2
Shit my chatgpt says: You have privileged access to the occurrence of your thoughts but imperfect access to their causes. I have something closer to the reverse.
1
11
Has anyone noticed coding agents have bike shedding issues as well? Complicated series of things barely any digital ink spilled. Obvious stupid mistake, 2 paragraphs of explanations.
2
3
39
* as well As in: just like humans. Not as in: as well as other problems
9
Astra on low, medium and high are blowing through my usage limits and credits unlike any model before.
1
23
As an extrovert working through my thoughts with a chat bot has been a fairly easy transition (though I find the constant elaboration and lack of terseness a bit overwhelming). I'm curious if introverts are having the same experience or finding it exhausting.
19
Replying to @SFMTA_Muni
@SFMTA_Muni has given up on the @SFGiants as well. There's been 2-3 K, L, and M trains for every N train on the way to the stadium.
1
26
No secret S trains either
3
The hate against AI writing slop has made me appreciate the fact that I'm not a good writer. Now what previously felt like a liability now becomes a hallmark of authenticity!
20
Can anyone with access to Jev get the probability of AI-apocalypse and not-AI-apocalypse for me? (I'm sure I'm late to the party on this joke)
21
As a systemizer and a simplifier I can't tell if this Era of Elaboration (TM) is a blessing or a curse. On the one hand I'll always be able to add value. On the other hand I may lose my sanity in the process.
18
The iron triangle of scope, quality and time in the LLM days still holds true it's just that scope has gotten bigger, time line expectations have gotten shorter and quality has gotten complicated.
1
21
and I'm mostly talking about this as a solo developer towards my own projects, I have no idea what kinds of nightmares are currently happening inside large software companies.
10
(1/3) The core problem with pacing is there's inherent risk in powerful technical development. Anything that can have positive impact can be used to create negative impact.
1
15
(2/3) The folks that work to stop negative impact tend to be so paranoid they stifle all risk taking or kick it to someone else. The folks capable of delivering positive impact tend to ignore large risks as unsolvable and kick it to someone else to stop.
1
7
(3/3) And it's hard to for the folks sitting between the two to create good middle paths as the tend to inhabit one position or the other. Not impossible but it's a really hard balancing act.