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returnInfinity··on Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?
All the CEOs are investing money in AI and that budget has to come from somewhere. So we have reduced hiring.

The CEOs are scared that if AI ends up working, then they will be left behind by competitors who invested in AI. So every CEO must invest in AI according to game theory.

returnInfinity··on Fabiano Caruana, Chess Is Meaningless [video]
Its entertainment
returnInfinity··on Does current AI represent a dead end?
But Ilya has convinced himself and many others that predicting the next token is intelligence.
returnInfinity··on Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink?
Or was it because Larry and Elon were good friends?
returnInfinity··on It is humiliating to have to do LeetCode grinding for
After many interviews last few months, I would prefer all interviews be leetcode.

Tired of getting rejected, because you don't have experience with their particular tech stack.

returnInfinity··on Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop?
Macbooks will last along time. Probably Thinkpads on the Windows/Linux Side.
returnInfinity··on Andrej Karpathy on learning (should never be fun)
A whole lot of works to say Infotainment
returnInfinity··on Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan
What we need to do is, make the subjects interesting to learn with tech.

It may now be possible with Videos, Games and VR.

returnInfinity··on OpenAI Is a Bad Business
The author, Ed Zitron has been an OpenAI bear for a long time now.

I hold a neutral position on this, I will sit and watch how this plays out.

I had predicted that Uber would not become profitable. But it did eventually.

returnInfinity··on OpenAI completes deal that values company at $157B
It still has the first mover advantage, based on the revenue and usage graphs.

If somebody puts a cheaper and better version, then no moat.

returnInfinity··on Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake
I have friends who are extremely smart, but they find gambling addictive and lose control of themselves in a Casio.

Its a genetic issue.

You could end up with children who have the same issue.

returnInfinity··on 91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with RTO, 3-in-4 want to jump ship
yes, but this is still a loss in quality of life for people who work hard.
returnInfinity··on Teacher caught students using ChatGPT on their first assignment. Debate ensues
Flip the script, ask the students to record videos instead and then use AI to extract text out of the videos.
returnInfinity··on When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting with an AI Host
But what if AI is better than humans, it will provide you the best service and out perform even the best human in the universe. then? would you still decline this AI ?
returnInfinity··on Ask HN: If LLMs are so useful, why haven't we seen any spike in productivity?
Youtube, Instagram are flooded with AI generated content.

I believe AI will be useful in Game Dev. AI voice acting, AI face generation. This way all the NPCs will be unique. Possibly AI layout generation.

I don't think using AI to generate script is great use case. It can be used to generate ideas. But still we need human creativity to make great games.

returnInfinity··on Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Announced for 2025
Anything Russian is a Risk now. Might get sanctioned and unable to sell or partner with US distributors.
returnInfinity··on 1/3 of women < 44 have no children and the trend is rising. What is causing it?
Agreed, Its a big risk giving birth to a child. Modern medicine has greatly reduced this though. But why put yourself in a situation where you may bleed profusely because of a tear or having to go through c-section.
returnInfinity··on Etched Is Making the Biggest Bet in AI
How will these companies replace the software? Don't they need something similar to CUDA?
returnInfinity··on FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations
Figma is VC funded, and will soon IPO. It will soon be owned by the same people that own Adobe.
returnInfinity··on HSBC Writes Down Byju's, Once $22B Indian Edtech Giant, to Zero
messi
returnInfinity··on Nvidia hits $3T market cap on back of AI boom
But anyone can see nVidia is ahead in GPU & software stack. They are 1 step ahead and that is all is necessary.
returnInfinity··on Ask HN: Is Google Dead?
I think good content is now in video, tiktoks, shorts & reels. Google is unable to show this in the rankings.
returnInfinity··on CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Incorrect Info
And according to Ilya, when this statistical approximation gets crazy good, its equivalent to AGI. AFAIK! We need Ilya himself to confirm again.
returnInfinity··on Googles AI overview recommends eating a small rock each day
What Ilya says is that, the LLMs develop their own understanding of the world. They build their own model of the World.

And as of today, you can clearly see, this "model" is flawed, the LLMs understanding is flawed.

returnInfinity··on Google AI recommends adding Elmer's glue to pizza cheese after scanning Reddit
The AGI is deviously trying to poison humans. Run for your lives.
returnInfinity··on Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be moving forward
I think PSN account is limited a few countries only. And not allowed in over 190 other countries.

So if you already purchased the game and live in the other 190 countries, you are locked out of your purchase.

returnInfinity··on Apple Needs a True Low-End iPhone to Help Revive Growth
And that's ok.
returnInfinity··on Google CEO: Building for our AI future
They design for a billion users. Any design that appeals to 900 million users is not inclusive enough.
returnInfinity··on Canva has acquired Affinity in an effort to compete with Adobe
Canva wants to be the next Adobe

Acquire figma next.

returnInfinity··on Jeffrey Katzenberg Says A.I. Will Eliminate 90% of Artist Jobs on Animated Films
Does this mean more episodes of shows like Game of Thrones because of advances in AI ?
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