Reading some of this reminds me, thank god, we still have a long way to go to be in a death cult administration. Brutal, uncaring, immoral, yea, yes, yes. But not death cult level yet.
> “…LLM vendors [are responsible for the message?] We should be afraid […] The purpose here is not to responsibly warn us of a real threat. If that were the aim there would be a lot more shutting down of data centres…”
Let’s not forget these innovations are on the heels of COVID. Strong, swift action by government, industry, and individuals against a deadly pathogen is “controversial”. Even if killer AI was here, twice shy…
I’m angry about a lot of things right now, but LLM “marketing” (and inadequate reporting which turns to science fiction instead of science) is not one of them. The LLM revolution is getting shoehorned into this Three Card Monte narrative, and I don’t see the utility.
The criticisms of LLM promise and danger is part of the zeitgeist. If firms are playing off of anything I bet it’s that, and not an industry wide conspiracy to trick the public and customers. Advertising and marketing meets people where they’re at, and “imagines” where they want to go, all wrapped up with the product. It doesn’t make the product frightening. It’s the same for all manner of dangerous technologies—guns, nuclear energy, whatever. The product is the solution to the fear.
> “The LLMs we have today are famously obsequious. The phrase “you’re absolutely right!” may never again be used in earnest.”
Hard NO. I get it, the language patterns of LLMs are creepy, but it’s not bad usage. So, no.
I can handle the cognitive dissonance of computer algorithms spewing out anthropomorphic phrasing and not decide that I, as a human being, can no longer in humility and honesty tell someone else they’re right, and i was wrong.
Watching the synced videos, I'm realizing now the sound of "OOHHH" does not come from the shooter, but afterwards. It's another officer. I no longer have the impression of an officer surprised, threatened and reacting to danger.
You can clearly see on the POV-cam the driver's hands turning the steering wheel. She's trying to get out of that situation and drive away. That's clear, and it gives the shooter time to step out of the way.
Well, the shooter is not having it. And despite there being a civilian on the other side of the car, and officers all around the car, he choose to kill the driver, discharging his weapon. Felony Obstruction becomes punishable by death.
_"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"_ – Mario Savio
I enjoyed this write-up on UI design and Visualization topic.
The table of user "context and situation" is a great document. You can easily envision authoring this table and scrolling to the right of your initial columns (A,B) to see further into the design process,
A) "When I hear about a storm, I want to prepare my loved ones, my property, etc.
B) Storm forecast ... :
- Where is the storm right now and is it heading my direction?
[...]
N) _Show the storm front using _directional arrows_ ... (compact and replaces need for animation)_
The last section concludes in praise of the design and includes this: _"rigorously iterated on data visualization design". I wish we would have seen evidence of this, principally in the form of older screen shots of the design.
I think design iteration is the difference between mere good design and good products, and legendary product design.
Personally, I'd love to see a write up of my favorite whipping post, Transit App. Oh boy did that app go down hill, and with such great potential.
I got a pro subscription yesterday. With it you get a certain amount of tokens and you have a certain limit every 5 hours and every week.
Once the limit is reached, you can choose to pay-per-token, upgrade your plan, or just wait until it refreshes. The more expensive subscription variants just contain more tokens, that’s all.
Right. I understand the potential for maximum usage (and abusing) of Claude in production. I don't suspect Claude will get caught too easily giving free beer.
We'll both find out if Pro's token limits are sufficient for spending a weekend on a learning project, and what the fallback looks like.
No, but you'll come down in about eight hours... LOL.
I like this project--
The layout is well designed--image area, editable code window, and compact navigation--pleasantly proportioned with an excellent demonstration of thematic font choice. And, surprise, some are interactive.
I imagine it's an excellent way to organize and store your collection of animation algos. The 'about' is detailed (https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/abc.html#play:about) and interesting to read.
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