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CaptWorld··on GPT-6 Sol and Luna
And comments complaining about how only big businesses get benefitted too
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
It's just because of this administration but future admins can revert it back and even then, i would expect the fund receivers themselves will eventually use AI so.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Sure. But experts seem to be aware of the direction of those solutions so it seems unlikely there could be some hidden bug which disproves it. But it could be possible.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Of course, there's a possibility but it exists everywhere but there's no sign till now that it has. Same with openai's proofs.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
A) that's a bad model to think. You are of the mind that working more hours is the only way to measure gdp whereas increase in productivity with tools like AI, machinery, tech etc can act as a multiplier. So this way you are conflating bad ways to increase gdp with good ways like AI. That's how US is powerhouse as they are basically a technological hub of the world.

B) ha? More fish means couple of things.. they're able to improve their catching skills with lesser cost or they have more funding or there is more demand for fish..all of these help their company grow as they have to balance out cost/benefits like any business should. If the company is currently in loss but still lives on, it's cause either govt subsidizes it or they're expecting future profit so they can temporarily bear out the costs like amazon did and jz grow as company with capital and all.. you are actually not aware of wealth of nations or any basic economics book? There are gonna be tradeoffs with more wealth and externalities but on net, they seem better than not having wealth, gdp etc..

Human dignity lol.. when have that ever been the case that we respected human dignity? We had communist and fascist regimes commit atrocities like there's nothing and we're still too cowardly to fight the Iran or russian regime to liberate their citizenry from their dictatorships. Please don't make me laugh by saying that AI decreases human dignity when we never respected it in the first place. With AI and markets and liberalism, we can finally free citizens from tedious work and focus on important work like innovation.

1. Am I reading fiction or what? Companies can only sustain themselves if broad members of society can pay to it.. that's why even right now, AI companies are struggling to be profitable where only very few people are paying for it and cz many people are not even aware of the progress and capabilities of AI in different fields. You can easily use local LLMs which are only 6-12 months behind in frontier models if you are so anti business. The benefits still can be utilised by an amateur in their own PC. Of course, they will try to restrict others from distilling as they want to be monopoly but what we want to do is make them be productive to society as well by providing their services for cheap which they're doing. Your screed just feels more like fantasy than real world economics.

2.oh my lord, what kinda idiocy is this? U can free/local models and run in local for dirt cheap and still have epistemic wealth to yourself if you are so worried about it. None of your arguments permit human agency at all.. I'm conscious that anthropic wants me as reliable costumer so that they profit from it but I would pay only if it solves my problem. Whenever I pay, I know that they can terminate if they want but I'm not just restricted to their models. You don't have arguments, you have stories/ted talks.

CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Why can't it both? Of course they are not gonna do it just because it improves the world and understanding but because there's an incentive to align money with progress. Even the vaccines initially were distributed to get monetary gains and as the government started subsiding it as well, it became cheaper to produce.. that's basic capitalism and markets and regulations 101, no human is that selfless to give it out for free and they shouldn't because it's their investment in time, money, effort etc. but we should strive to align the greed aspects with good outcomes.

No Americans get fat and don't have a personal responsibility to maintain their health.. no amount of free healthcare is gonna change that.. they vote for free healthcare, see their taxes raise, then vote against cz they don't see tradeoffs in life.. it's better to maintain better habits than rely on govt to subsidize bad behaviour. There should be some basic coverage for poor people but not too much to sustain irresponsibly

CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
But US also spends too much on education as well. The issue doesn't seem to be funding but the educational reform like in mississippi, where they increased student performance without increasing their budget too much. That's why you see bad k12 educational outcomes compared to the budget spent in blue states. It's all about efficiency. Give AIa chance in few years as I feel it can make great strides.. it's hard to imagine that chatgpt released in 2022 and look at the progress in just few years as it just changed software engineering field entirely.. i expect similar kinda progress where of course humans will still be making breakthroughs but it'll be accelerated with the help of AI.

Spending on health insurance is spending on health care.. Americans want free healthcare but no tax bump so health insurance is a compromise.. when even just ACA was passed and premiums increased, democrats got destroyed at midterms so Americans might be living in la la land.

CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Which metrics are poisoned? Can you provide your arguments for why Good heart's law applies here and how and which metrics are bad measures? For b, can the writer at least provide their own thoughts or are they gonna leave it as exercise for some others to fill in?
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Got it. Thanks. I feel people are using this single story to downplay this feat. There's definitely a chance but I don't see any indication of similar bugs in here or the openai's proofs that were created a month ago as i think these companies might've vetted it enough and the other team who's working on similar lean proof for this also seems to have acknowledged this feat
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
So I think curing means basically opt in death or something like that. Right now extended life is bad because the person isn't in his prime but curing aging is basically gonna keep him in his prime. This might be what they meant.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Like? I feel breakthroughs that can be found via AI might help us more in the long term where even previously non AI fields can be helped by AI. So you have specific non AI research in mind that we're underinvesting in? Because the USA is already spending crazy anyway for healthcare and I don't feel like funding is the issue but better incentives, reforms etc
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Do you have proof of this bug or something? Is this just envy against computers now ?
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Can't you see the pathway where the individuals who are experts in their fields utilise AI to make breakthroughs like these mathematicians finding breakthroughs in mere 4-5 years since the advent of LLMs. In other areas, The bottleneck seems to be physical experimentation which researchers are increasingly utilising for new ideas and pathways like how anthropic is concentrating on. It's all about money/status/pride/ envy but are these endeavours solving problems or not. That's why even utilize innovations from bad humans like DBS etc. that's why we tolerate capitalism and markets as well whereas socialism utilises these same sins and makes even worse human atrocities.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
So oppressed that they are one of the main reasons for positive gdp growth in the USA, tax revenues, mathematical/scientific innovations etc. They're doing all this but still can't imagine a positive vision for the world but be a doomer. What a sad state the world is in, the humans are more prosperous, healthier than ever but looks like the seven deadly sins might never go away.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
You talk as though they are making it to intentionally commit felony or not taking measures to reduce harm etc.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Why? Even communists weren't this doomed and were actively rooting for it to solve the economic calculation problem which ai might take us to. People are just pessimistic in general ig
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Childhood deaths and fatal diseases are also natural parts but that doesn't make them desirable to everyday humans. But with new advances, people might have the ability to CHOOSE in future.
CaptWorld··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
Regardless the profit margin as a talking point seems to be bad as AI as a tech might never be reversed whether anthropic failed or succeeded. Indeed it's imperative we subsidize AI companies and tech to make them explore more solutions to scientific problems which has a downstream effect on human flourishing.
CaptWorld··on What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
I think you inverted the causation, the provider doesn't nudge but their culture is more oriented being healthy which in turn makes providers provide the services for that. The people of the USA are generally centre right and they say that they support universal health care but the minute anyone proposes solutions to implement them, the support inverses. The same happened with ACA, it did raise costs for some people but that was enough for democrats to get brutalised for that in midterms. The solution is to implement more free Market oriented Health care like singapore etc and let people choose their options.. it would suit Americans as it isn't that burdensome compared to universal health care without private options.
CaptWorld··on What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
I think you have to account for multiple factors like Americans are generally unhealthy people, the people have better access to the top of the line medical technology, people actually spend and consume more compared to the EU. This blog post explains a lot more.

https://randomcriticalanalysis.com/why-conventional-wisdom-o...

CaptWorld··on Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots
Thank you.. this was what I meant.
CaptWorld··on Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots
Lol.. why do people ask employees this stuff as though they're the ones controlling big decisions?
CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
What a disingenuous question. Par for the course for the likes of you. Just because I view the west as less evil than the east doesn't mean we like to get colonised. These are my views:

1. We would not like to get colonised. 2. But history shows that the world was a place where you conquer or be conquered. 3. Mughals first invaded and as they were falling then, Europeans occupied, which is par for the course if you view the world history at those times. 4. It would've been better if they left early but they were better than japanese imperialists and nazis who bose was cozying up to. 5. The japanese were super violent to indians. I can't imagine the nightmare scenarios if japanese enacted what they did in nanjing/Andaman/few east indian places but they were weak at that time and British + indian army repelled them which is good. 6. After colonisation, nehru, being fabian, failed to open up the economy and he sympathised with soviets/china which exacerbated many economic and military issues at the border. 7. 1991 reforms changed india for the better and it would be better even if they pivot to green energy so that they can pivot off of Russia and Ally with west which biden and dems were trying but now trump worsened the relationship.

CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
How do you not know about the policies like prioritising calcutta and ignore other regions of Bengal, surrounding states restrictions to supply food to bengal, price controls, local shortages + 1942 cyclone + british prioritizing their own citizens all caused such issues.. jz doing a cursory research would have provided you these details.. if churchill wanted to intentionally induce famine, how does that explain him asking FDR to provide as they surplus and why FDR had to not do that.. please jz do a cursory glance regarding irish famine too.. some folks jz can't do pros and cons of their own views as well which is a shame..
CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
For the love of God, you guys are brain broken.. there's a limited resource and churchill didn't want to provide to India because of that and add that there's some major corruption in Bengal at that time that caused it.. you guys don't see nuance at all..
CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
As tho they weren't shitholes before the intervention and those are the only examples when they themselves treat their citizens like trash by oppressing themselves and they got bombed because they're bored? Lol Idk if this is a parody of left wing thought or not.. surely you can make better arguments than boredom arguments and call them bogus..

How are you not racist towards Arabs to think that they're not capable of liberalism? There needs to be some people at the right time and a place like al shaara seems to be doing incremental changes to reform syria.. pushing them by force is okay when they oppress their own citizens and threaten other nations with their own form of imperialism on sorrounding countries/allies.. are we supposed to fold and not help ukraine for example even though Ukrainians never got exposed to liberalism? It's to help and condition them to open to liberalism.. same is needed for iran but retard in chief can't do it properly..

CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
Sorry ignore the other reply.. i thought I lost my comment..

> Yes

Beyond parody .. as expected of Marxist thinking..

CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
Then you mean they are equal right? Which is also blatantly false. Capitalism and liberalism alone would compensate for many of the drawbacks caused by western atrocities. You talk as though colonisation, slavery, imperialism was only done by western when eastern/non-capitalist countries do that routinely since ancient times. Those are human nature and any system u can imagine has its traces rooted in ancient civilizations. I'm also from India and I know what the British did was bad but even before that there were issues within ourselves. But it was nothing to what the Japanese alone did when they occupied just a few parts of India. Exploiting people lol.. as though there aren't different levels of exploitation between now and then and the freedom to choose to work in different places now.. this is just plain old Marxism.. i must have internalized racism jz cz West is better in terms of liberalism and prosperity and reform than East..
CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
Western countries have good internal competition that the atrocities they commit can be stopped by themselves whereas middle eastern/eastern ones needed external support for reformation famously hiroshima, deng reforms, soviet dissolution, korean war.. west is superior in terms of liberalism and capitalism that any successful country you can think of now has roots in utilising its ideas.. this is not to downplay atrocities committed by westerners but to think that somehow western nations are worse than eastern is being in denial. Russia was more european before the communists started their revolution and made themselves anti-west. They support many kinds of anti western movements like their war crimes in Africa, support for iranian/Islamist regimes, support dictatorship of china etc. these are all happening right now.. you are talking as though churchil wantedly cause famine in India when there's limited resource and he had to take care of his country before shipping to India and there was some amount of corruption too in Bengal at that time.. I'm not saying that they're blame free but it's a complex issue with multiple causes..

even the AI that was trained on mostly using western data and infrastructure that chinese models distill and all..

CaptWorld··on Our position on open-weights models
Not so much better but better in general compared to the middle eastern/eastern colonialism.. westerners have good competiton that the atrocities will be self corrected by itself but middle eastern/eastern colonies needed external western support like Korean war, hiroshima/nagasaki.. main example I can think of opposite is china under deng but there too deng had become relatively capitalist to fix the issues.
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