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hayksaakian

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hayksaakian··on How to turn 'sfo-jfk' into a suitable photo
the article doesn't talk about AI generating photos. it talks about using AI to interpret user queries into photo selections from photographers
hayksaakian··on Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
claude.ai + vercel and you can do it all without anything but your phone

their web interface lets you use Claude code and push changes to a GitHub repository

vercel can auto build from a GitHub repo

even less setup and infrastructure needed

hayksaakian··on The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press
for example I think feature length films that YouTube sells (or rents) already use this encryption.
hayksaakian··on Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 can now end a rare subset of conversations
It sounds more like a UX signal to discourage overthinking by the user
hayksaakian··on GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence
exactly. the only people who would use 3.5 now are people who MUST use it due to some specification, contract or requirement.

You can charge a premium to people who aren't allowed to change their mind.

hayksaakian··on USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks
The difference is that if you text a random person it's likely that they recently ordered something online.

the timing of the text makes it more believable.

hayksaakian··on Why Custom GPTs are better than plugins
I think the minimum value is comparable to a desktop shortcut
hayksaakian··on Show HN: Vowl daily word guessing game
this is neat

the 3 letter challenge didn't really show off the game though

I just guessed 3 possible words and happened to be correct on my 3rd guess

hayksaakian··on OpenAI Begins Tackling ChatGPT Data Leak Vulnerability
Ah that makes more sense! Thank you for clarifying.

For me, In the past ChatGPT has refused to access URLs directly, but it's willing to search them on Bing and then access them indirectly

hayksaakian··on OpenAI Begins Tackling ChatGPT Data Leak Vulnerability
Edited: Simon made a good point that exfiltration can happen via hidding prompt injection attacks in 3rd party websites. (See his reply below).

This has broader implications than Custom GPTs

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Yeah this seems overblown. Custom GPTs can already make requests via function calls / tools to 3rd party services.

The only difference I see here, is the UI shows you when a function call happens, but even that is easy to obscure behind a 'reasonable sounding' label.

The expectation should be: If I'm using a 3rd party's GPT, they can see all the data I input.

This is the same as any mobile app on a phone, or any website you visit.

The only real 'line' here in a cultural sense might be offline software or tools that you don't expect to connect to the web at all for their functionality.

hayksaakian··on Rolex fined $100M for preventing its watches being sold online
For those who skipped to the comments: They tried to prevent retailers from selling products first purchased from Rolex, and then sold online. "preventing its authorized dealers selling new watches online."

First paragraph of the article

hayksaakian··on Who are the new board members at OpenAI? (Explained by ChatGPT)
Whether you agree or not, it seems like the board is now wholly in the "faster AGI" camp.
hayksaakian··on OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired
recorded Wednesday 11/15/23

Interesting but not necessarily relevant to the current situation directly.

hayksaakian··on UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
I think the OP is suggesting that hypothetically speaking, people would only go through the hassle of appealing if they were pretty sure they would win to begin with
hayksaakian··on Dog Mode
For those who might be confused, Dan doesn't appear to be the author of the OP, Dan is Quoted by the author
hayksaakian··on Paul Graham calls A.I. ‘the exact opposite of a solution in search of a problem’
I think what he's trying to say is it's capable of solving more problems than we think.
hayksaakian··on An update on the Federal Reserve’s Instant Payments Service
hopefully! for now it will be up to financial institutions to implement the service and pass on the savings.
hayksaakian··on I'm a paid user of Threads[.com] – No trademark?
trademarks have specific scopes you can see that in the "goods and services" section right
hayksaakian··on ChatGPT Changed How I Write Software
Right that's what I mean, it requires "fiddling" to resolve. I think these could both be solved with a larger context, where you could include a style guide.
hayksaakian··on ChatGPT Changed How I Write Software
to back up the author: I'll use ChatGPT with the GPT4 model and it mostly just works by simply asking it to do what I want, the same way I might ask another person.

The main constraints I see right now are around 1) complex projects that don't fit into the token context, and 2) keeping up a "base prompt background info" to describe the general purpose of your program and the technical stack.

Issues I've run into:

1) Sometimes it will do things in a "bad" style and you need to correct it. For example overusing callbacks in code that should use async/await. for JavaScript.

2) Subtle errors around types that the vs code compiler can catch and enable you to fix

3) It doesn't seem to consider execution time, so I've seen it produce wildly inefficient code

hayksaakian··on How we learned that bees can tell time (2021)
if you've ever watched over someone's pet you might agree with the OP more easily. They've never met you and they still know when things are supposed to happen better than you do.
hayksaakian··on Tell HN: Be aware of people trying to scam contractors
I've seen this first hand on Upwork as well.
hayksaakian··on U.S. regulator set to take over First Republic
FDIC charges insurance premiums to banks
hayksaakian··on Silicon Valley Bank's board of directors and management failed
Interesting to confirm what most people suspected
hayksaakian··on Ask HN: Good or Bad Idea?
How would the tool save you money? Can you explain it?
hayksaakian··on Prompt engineering vs. blind prompting
I can't speak for OP, but for me I literally never use stack overflow any more, and I spend about 90% less time on Google
hayksaakian··on In-Flight Entertainment Challenge
played full on modern Tetris (probably an ipad port) on a flight recently, it was pretty decent
hayksaakian··on Copyright Registration Guidance: Works containing material generated by AI
Seems like a win for artists who oppose generative AI. Now those who use AI to claim a copyright are "put on notice" to clearly disclaim the AI generated portions of their content.

It will be interesting to see if Prompts themselves could be copyrighted, since presumably humans came up with the prompts.

hayksaakian··on The Cheapest Bookstore in the World: The Temple of the Muses (2017)
Ask yourself: are there any industries where commodity products are only sold with 'pomp' that could be stripped away to offer a more barebones accessible product?

in a way ChatGPT made AI accessible to the average person (who isn't a developer and doesn't know how to use an API)

hayksaakian··on Can the West’s perplexing employment miracle continue?
does that really work? inflation is a backward looking metric and interest rates are forward looking.

this is just about making a prediction of the future.

if you believe that inflation will decrease then your guaranteed rate of return from interest rates is great.

if you believe that inflation will increase or stay the same, then yes we have "negative interest rates"

I don't think it's reasonable to call it a "real" interest rate, because I can't buy T bills against it and it has no guarantees

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