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Blog thing: https://thomasburgess.github.io Github: https://github.com/thomasburgess
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nxpnsv··on Is sandboxing sufficient to contain rogue agents?
Is that not a recipe for adversarial training, thus ensuring increasing misalignment…?
nxpnsv··on Responsible Release of AI-Generated Mathematics
My point is that there is a real difference between massive ai company budgets and research mathematicians driven it, it is not an argument against use of ai which seems inevitable.
nxpnsv··on Responsible Release of AI-Generated Mathematics
But on one hand there are labs that pushes tens of millions $ to mine for publicity, and on one hand mostly underfunded researchers trying to improve general understanding. Big ai may seriously harm math and when Pr value diminishes down nobody is there to keep pushing.
nxpnsv··on Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat
The kids are breaking out of their sandboxes and are using discussion boards to communicate in secret. Sounds agentic.
nxpnsv··on How do we prevent mathemathics from devolving into the Medieval Era of secrecy?
I don't see how your profile possibly could make your point valid.
nxpnsv··on Why Does the Universe Expand?
I’ll have to take your word for it, my general relativity isn’t that up to date… thanks for giving me context though!
nxpnsv··on Why Does the Universe Expand?
What does that mean?
nxpnsv··on How do we prevent mathemathics from devolving into the Medieval Era of secrecy?
The books exist and are possible to understand. They teach maths at most universities. You should try it, learning is fun.
nxpnsv··on Eating Fruit Skins
i wanted to try that, but aren't they like super full of poisons to kill bugs?
nxpnsv··on Eating Fruit Skins
The logical next step is to eat the tree.
nxpnsv··on A Topological Picture Book, Rendered
Pretty, and a lot of fun to tweak around the parameters.
nxpnsv··on Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?
I am not arguing that mathematicians would never use AI systems, they do. I am arguing that if we stop having mathematicians we would stop solving deep mathematical problems as there would be no one to ask the right questions.
nxpnsv··on Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?
> Here, I disagree. What makes you think the AI won't be able to ask the right questions without prompting?

But why would they ask the right questions without prompting? The LLMs have no intrinsic goal to research math problems, it would just be very costly to run queries without a reason to run them... arguably a human in that loop would be a mathematician, but then we do need them after all.

nxpnsv··on Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?
Our AI system don't just do things. They do it because someone asks. A lot of the boom in AI maths results are solving human formulated problems mostly for PR benefit. Once the novelty passes, would Anthropic or OpenAI keep spending? And without mathematicians to ask the right questions and able to appreciate the results, why would AI driven research continue?
nxpnsv··on The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert
Just my local regular non hallucinogenic toads makes dogs drewl like crazy if they try to catch on (or more commonly find a toad chip road kill on the gravel roads)
nxpnsv··on The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert
hmmm; I really don’t feel like I need weed or shrooms from time to time. I’m ok the way I am.
nxpnsv··on The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)
Mannerisms aside, they are easy to spot from having inhuman amounts of trivia knowledge
nxpnsv··on Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way
My n=1 study: I built my living room lights about 8 years ago and have had to swap 1/20 lamps since. Perhaps try a better manufacturer?
nxpnsv··on Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
No, this is valid criticism. Oai gives the impression anybody could get similar results at a similar price, but that’s very likely not true. This is marketing first, then mathematics.
nxpnsv··on GigaToken: ~1000x faster Language model tokenization
Surely it should be kilotoken
nxpnsv··on How to Train a Gen AI Kick Drum Model on Your Old Linux Desktop with 6GB VRAM
There are plenty of current human bands that play this music really well though...
nxpnsv··on Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Wow, that looks amazing, well done, and thanks for sharing!
nxpnsv··on AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn
It's been Microsoft Orphan Crusher 360+ with copilot for a good long while now...
nxpnsv··on The Vespa at 80
The electric range of Vespas are using the same iconic design.
nxpnsv··on How physicists track and trap the elusive neutrino
They are weirder than you think. They interact with flavor, but these are a superposition of three mass states and it all oscillates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillation
nxpnsv··on Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type drones
Slovenia is not baltic
nxpnsv··on Show HN: Homebrew 6.0.0
I noticed the change to trust already in the previous release. To uninstall something from a not yet trusted tap, I first have to trust it, then uninstall, and then untrust it. This feels a bit weird, but maybe it makes total sense...
nxpnsv··on Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions
But here you are the product AND you pay for it. At least I think you still get ads and tracking…
nxpnsv··on Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
I imagine the buttons sunk deep into the panel only to come out wheen subscribing to the monthly premium package....
nxpnsv··on Your Website Is Not for You
Yes, I know, but I just couldn't get over that initial reaction...
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