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spoonyvoid7

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spoonyvoid7··on Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory
M4 = M4 Macbook Pro
spoonyvoid7··on Oxford All Souls College General Examination (2025) [pdf]
It would've helped to share some context y'know -> https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/examination-fellowships-general-inf...

TL;DR: It's one of the papers you need to sit to become an Oxford All Souls Fellow.

spoonyvoid7··on Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone
This is an idealistic view and makes hiring seem like charity.

There will always be steep corrections when they overhire driven by economic cycles or otherwise (and we're living through an otherwise).

spoonyvoid7··on Why meaningful days look like nothing while you are living them
Pangram says this is 61% AI generated. Thinking of paying for a Pangram subscription so I can spend the valuable time I have to read for pleasure on human created pieces than AI slop.
spoonyvoid7··on [dead]
You know it's an AI generated readme when the "advanced language models" it mentions are GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4

And the success stories are just something else. "It pays for itself" - Engineering Manager.

Sure, Engineering Manager, sure.

We're about to see a steep rise in AI code slop on GitHub as everyone tries to pad their resumes with "open source contributions".

spoonyvoid7··on OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
> Imagine if your boss fired you - and your response was - I’ll come back if you quit! Yeah, no. People might confuse status with those of actual ceo shareholders like zuck, bezos, or musk. But Altman is just another employee

Think you're missing the big picture here. Sam Altman isn't an "easily replaceable employee" especially given his fundraising skills.