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AudiomaticAppon Huntington's disease treated for first time

This isn't an mRNA treatment. The m in mRNA stands for "messenger", not micro. mRNA covid vaccines don't mess with the genome anything like this treatment does, and indeed, this treatment is much more dangerous than any vaccine would be.

AudiomaticAppon Rereading books

What did you think of the sequels? Personally, I like Count Zero more than Neuromancer.

AudiomaticAppon Media's AI Anthropomorphism Problem

No, the user you replied to is correct. Accuracy is indeed a feature, and can be incrementally improved. "Predicting the next word" is indeed a mechanism that can be improved to return increasingly accurate results.

Infallibility is not a feature of any system that operates in the real world. You're arguing against a strawman.

AudiomaticAppon I'm tired of talking about AI

I have been an artist since I was a child and I disagree with you. Some of my favorite works of human creativity have made use of AI, or been inspired by the field.

AudiomaticAppon What's happening to reading?

I don't see what's missing from Claude's summary. Claude doesn't repeat the word "loom", but does explain that Dickens is comparing the appearance of the lamps to that of the sun.

AudiomaticAppon US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

Contact vx underground, they'd be happy to help

AudiomaticAppon Attention Spans for Math and Stories (2019)

Anyone familiar with Murderous Maths?

AudiomaticAppon Nuclear Explosions for Large Scale Carbon Sequestration

This delights and concerns me. The best kind of delight, really.

"This paper presents a bold proposal" - don't they mean a modest proposal?

AudiomaticAppon Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children

I grew up in the 2000s-2010s with little restriction on internet access and don't regret one bit. Because of this I was able to make friends from all over the world (Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, though nobody from Africa) via social media, and self-teach myself programming, art, math, and whatever else interested me. We can't leave out the benefits of social media access from this conversation either.

AudiomaticAppon Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

https://www.audiomatic.app/

An automated dubbed translation service. Supports translation into English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. The other options on the market often have jarring audio artifacts and glitches, which Audiomatic avoids.

My friends and I are currently working on improving the voice quality and adding new features.

AudiomaticAppon Ask HN: How should I structure my mathematics self-teaching?

I enjoyed Art of Problem Solving books as a kid. Some of them are online, and you can probably get them second-hand for relatively cheap. They're better at provoking critical thinking than most math textbooks, and favor puzzle-solving and proofs. They're targeted towards K12, but are much more rigorous than most school curriculum, so they should be a good fit if you're currently reviewing GCSE-level math.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/store/online

Each of their courses have an "Are You Ready" quiz. You can take the quiz associated with the textbook you're interested in to see if it's at an appropriate level.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/recommendations

AudiomaticAppon Show HN: AI Diet Companion. Track and Verify What You Eat with AI

Hey, I think this is a cool idea and looks like it could save a lot of time. It seems like an issue with these apps is that it's hard to determine sugar & oil content. Do you have a way of reducing this kind of uncertainty?

AudiomaticAppon Show HN: ttrpg-9000 Electronic Dice for D&D

This is a cool project!