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I wonder if such a thing is possible with modern materials?

We've certainly lost a lot on the way.

That's very helpful, thank you.

> and $10,000+ of compute hardware per inference session.

What hardware would you need to run it at home?

What hardware would be needed to run this at home?

Alien as in "other".

Here's one I was looking for, an electronic album available on c64 cartridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGWsPEC341Y A riff on skype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnIiui46ggY

Some more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slf7YjsXidM

Still can't find the one I wanted to share....

That sounds challenging - I'd love to see how you get on. I had a kind of related idea - train a model on a particular synth, then when passed a sample with a synth sound in it, it would try to suggest the patch settings that would most closely emulate the sound.

It's incredible how that chip still holds up well today, and people are still using it to create music. There was a particular tune I wanted to link to, but can't find it unfortunately.

How many rockets are there really though? Most VC funded ventures are pretty underwhelming concepts in my opinion. (Well maybe that will change in this current economic climate).

I second this. Have had a similar experience.

Right, that's a very loose definition of private.

> I can blindly distinguish distinguish Moog from Behringer with compressed youtube audio

Which Moog/Behringer combo was it? In the case of DFAM/Edge the filters are different (Ladder vs. something more standard)

> It's just a signal

I don't think that's fair. Analogue stuff goes through a signal path with so many different components where even minuscule differences at any point could lead to quite different results at the end.

Since Behringer usually keep clones as close to the original as possible, I think this was a strategy to avoid legal issues when cloning something recent. These ones are functionally equivalent, but presented quite differently.

Behringer did release their own "Neutron" (and soon "Proton"), but I generally agree with your points. Also they've cloned Moog gear that's <10 years old.

I think the recent clones of the moog studio3 devices must have been part of it. The clones are less than half the price of the originals, and are arguably better.

If so, then I'd be happy to fail.

The biggest failure of responsibility is not requiring any form of authentication.

What's the current situation with the electronic parts supply problem? Is it returning to normal?

Can you recommend a good active MUD? I didn't realise they were still going! Might be interesting to dip back into it and see if it's still fun.

Telnet will always have a special place in my heart because of MUDs.

> and the devices are giving them feedback based on what they did, and the whole population is subject to a degree of behavior modification.

That sounds like a slightly less dystopian than the future we arrived at - where the devices are desperate to keep the users attention, and will use all the psychological tricks in the book to keep the user engaged. No intentional behaviour modification, but normalisation of constant stimulus, and in the end total destruction of willful attention.

> DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT

I didn't know about this. I wonder how that sits legally with local data protection rules (EU).

I've been thinking about getting into go - do you mind giving some pros/cons?

> I don't understand why people think that it matters whether AI is conscious or not

Exactly. Ethically important, we don't want to cause suffering. But danger? What special risk does consciousness bring to the table?

> My own view is that consciousness is intimately tied to our nature as living flesh-and-blood creatures

Already appeared to be a very flawed summarisation of the situation, but I had to stop reading after that sentence.

Why use anything?

I can't understand people that want to wire up every aspect of their home to big tech cloud companies. There are plenty of options for self-hosted smart home setups.

If you like soma, also check out blue mars: http://echoesofbluemars.org/

edit: just been listening to that Apollo channel - fascinating recordings.

I've got a 7th Gen X1, and the keyboard is honestly a pleasure to use.