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KyleW9

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KyleW9··on 50k people were dropped from one AI training project during the holidays
https://www.reddit.com/r/outlier_ai/comments/1q2p4md/outlier... There are quite a few threads on the matter and many people were affected though I wouldn’t be certain on the claimed number
KyleW9··on Yann LeCun reportedly leaving Meta to launch new AI startup
Don’t blame him at all considering he’s working under a guy that ran one of the worst data labeling company, feels like a big misallocation of his talents
KyleW9··on Contributing to open-source should be required, like jury duty
Totally agree, I’ve seen people put it as a sort of badge of honor that they are contributing to open source, but are clearly not passionate about the projects that they are contributing to and not ashamed of using AI to do so. Overall open source projects suffer more as a consequence of these low grade contributions, and it sucks for the people reviewing them
KyleW9··on Contributing to open-source should be required, like jury duty
While I do agree that every dev should contribute to open source at least once in their lives, I fear more and more will try to push poorly generated AI slop and make everyone’s jobs harder
KyleW9··on Abandoned by Humans, Forsaken by Nature: The Plight of Pigeons (2024)
I suppose their domestication is partly to blame for their infamous nest making skills, but its still a shame that they’ve been discarded considering previous use cases that were once popular like letter delivery
KyleW9··on Leaders are using appeals to nostalgia, nationalism to attack higher education
While I was aware this issue existed in Hungary and the US, and was aware of the rise of nationalism in India (intensified by regional conflicts), I never made the connection that India would have a similar disdain towards higher education as the other countries.
KyleW9··on Insights on Teufel’s first open-source speaker
I truly love the way industrial designers think, its great that the longer a speaker is used by the customer, the lower its CO² footprint. Also really appreciate that the creators put an emphasis on its easiness of repair, especially the battery component as its usually the first one to give up in speakers. They published a tutorial on how to repair it, really appreciate them going this far for consumers
KyleW9··on Master Foo and the Script Kiddie (2003)
Thanks for sharing, I had no idea these existed until today! These are quite short, and the recruiter one is very accurate haha