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Ucalegonon AI-assisted cognition endangers human development?

Token selection is based off normalization, even if you train a model to produce outlier answers, even in that process you are biasing to a subset of outliers, which is inherently normalizing.

Ucalegonon US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

Calls don't have enforcement mechanisms/consequences needed to ensure compliance with the desired outcome. The whole point of government is not to ask nicely that something be done, it is to use the power of the state to ensure that something is done. Assuming that the state decides to actually enforce its laws, but that is an entirely different conversation.

Ucalegonon AI-assisted cognition endangers human development?

Thats the thing about a normalization system, it is going to normalize outputs because its not built to output uniqueness, its to winnow uniqueness to a baseline. That is good in some instances, assuming that baseline is correct, but it also closes the aperture of human expression.

Ucalegonon H.R.8250 – To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user

I do not disagree that there is A LOT that Apple could, and should, be doing to enable parents. The problem that we have is, that if a vendor, like Apple, just decides to continue to have broken systems, there isn't a way to compel them to fix the problem outside of legislation. And, because most people in the House/Senate have a complete lack of technical literacy, we get situations where they define things poorly or special interests get to set those definitions in their favor/for ideological reasons, rather than to make good policy.

Ucalegonon US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

"Rep Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) announced the Parents Decide Act, bipartisan, commonsense legislation to strengthen online protections for children and give parents greater control over what their kids can access on phones, tablets, and other devices. Gottheimer’s new Parents Decide Act will:

- Require operating system developers like Apple and Google to verify users’ ages when setting up a new device, rather than relying on self-reported ages.

- Allow parents to set age-appropriate content controls from the start, including limiting access to social media, apps, and AI platforms. - Ensure that age and parental settings securely flow to apps and AI platforms, so content is tailored appropriately for children. - Prevent children from accessing harmful or explicit content—including inappropriate AI chatbot interactions—by creating a consistent, trusted standard across platforms."

This is the summary [0] from the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, who seem to be in support of the legislation. I get the feeling the definition of 'operating system' within the legislation isn't how many on HN, or in real life, would define what an OS is, since its implied to be aimed at mobile devices, but we shall see once the actual text is posted.

[0] https://www.benton.org/headlines/rep-gottheimer-announces-bi...

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

There are no SLAs, in any agreement, thats the problem.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

'I don't want to hold companies to account for failing to deliver services, therefore I think everyone else should live by my permissive "standards".'

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

There isn't an SLA nor is there any protections around file uploads to their services. Two, bad, things can be true at the same time.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

I am sorry you feel this way, but the reality of the situation is there is zero reason to trust anything Anthropic or Boris says. They have no legal liability or obligation to tell the truth, besides brand risk, which to people like you is mitigated for a single person to show up, post, and thats it.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

SLAs should be standard for any paid service, especially on the enterprise side, but also on the consumer side. Being immature as a company does not excuse a lack of service delivery.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

I am not reading into an agreement, I am saying there is no agreement to be found to ensure service delivery and the associated liability that would come for any SLA. Also, where is the Anthorpic SLA for Enterprise?

Does it exist?

Just because people pay for things doesn't mean they know or understand what they are paying for. Nor is there the legal precedence to actually understand where the rub lies or how that impacts business.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

They don't offer a ZDR [0] for files, even if you have a BAA or dealing with HIPAA data, no matter how much you pay them. Trust me, we have tried.

[0] https://code.claude.com/docs/en/zero-data-retention

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Imagine if people were like your clients.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Wait, where is there a 'beta' tag to something that they are charging real money for? Why is this software any different than any other software and we should completely give away our rights as a consumer to ensure what we pay for is delivered?

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

>he has one of the coolest jobs in the world.

So that means we just eject any critical thinking when it comes to companies, especially where they is no liability or obligation for them (Boris or Anthropic) to be honest.

Other than 'trust'.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Maybe... maybe... maybe... none of this builds trust when there is something that does build trust; putting revenue on the line and opening yourself to legal liability. Otherwise everything is empty and meaningless, its just PR, and nothing more.

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Man, expecting the minimal from companies who are supposed to deliver a pro... there is no SLA for any this, so you are right.

Also, why is there no SLA?

Ucalegonon Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

An enforceable SLA with the services that Anthropic offers rather than putting an employee to respond to things on Sunday.

Ucalegonon Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?

Racism and fascism have been used correctly, its just that people do not like to be have their beliefs associated with negative things and thus, rather than perform self-reflection about themselves, instead the problem exists elsewhere. I am sure you can come up with outliers that prove what you are saying is true, but across the vast majority of applications of the use of both words they are correct relative to definitions of both words.

Ucalegonon Peptides: where to begin?

>As a former R&D scientist there is no way I’d inject any peptide that hasn’t at least gone through a phase 1 safety study in humans. Otherwise you have no idea what it could be doing to your body.

A lot of people do not understand the trial system or the value of Phase 0/1 tests when it comes to the substances that they put into their body. And thanks to the influencer/grifter/biohacker ecosystem that exists, more people would put their trust in accidental evidence, from people who's incentive it is to make money off of them, while complaining about the pharmaceutical industry operates off of a profit motive.

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

Where is the initial point of engagement when it comes to most scams targeting the elderly? It is via phones, email, and messaging services.

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

They already do! See Madison Square Garden [0] and The Intuit Dome [1]!

[0] https://www.npr.org/2023/01/21/1150289272/facial-recognition...

[1] https://stadiumtechreport.com/feature/intuit-dome-leaning-on...

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

Because quality of life doesn't have a value in of itself. Especially for the elderly, they should be excluded from enjoying the end of their life simply because no wants to think of a solution to the problem that doesn't require them to introduce massive amounts of risk into their life which, also, negatively impacts their quality of life.

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

Do you know how many old people get scammed per year in the United States because they are using technology that they are trained on, but assume that they have to use the technology in order to function each year with minimal practical gain relative to the costs? Its around 12.5 billion dollars in 2024, up from 10 billion in 2023 [1]. Why is introducing someone to that risk worth it to watch a baseball game?

Asserting that individual 'get smart' doesn't actually solve for the actual harms and if it were just simple, we would not be seeing the upward trends in fraud that we are seeing within the elderly.

[1] https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/older-adults-ftc-frau...

edit: fixed the years

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

The problem with this argument is that forcing people to use technology, without proper training and against their will, introduces them to risks as well. Anyone with older parents/family can tell you the harms that come with phishing and other fraud scenarios that cost more than just accommodating people not using technology, both at the micro and macro level. Insulting people and bullying them into technology adoption when there are relatively simple fixes to the problem seem better than increasing risk exposure for no reason other than 'I believe that people who don't use technology are somehow lesser'.

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

If you work in an industry that is solely based off of customer delight, stories like these are what you are looking avoid due to brand damage. It is going to cost more time/energy to deal with the backlash than just coming up with a simple solution in the first place.

Ucalegonon 81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

https://xcancel.com/Suzierizzo1/status/2040864617467924865

There you go!

Ucalegonon Health NZ staff told to stop using ChatGPT to write clinical notes

There is no way to upload files as a part of context with Azure deployments, you have to use the OAI API [0], and without having an architecture diagram of the solution, I am not going to trust it based off of the known native limitations with Azure's OAI implementation.

[0] https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/2300

Ucalegonon Health NZ staff told to stop using ChatGPT to write clinical notes

The devil is in the details. For example, OAI does not have regional processing for AU [0] and their ZDR does not cover files[1]. Anthropic's ZDR [2] also does not cover files, so you really need to be careful, as a patient/consumer, to ensure that your health, or other sensitive data, that is being processed by SaaS frontier models is not contained in files. Which is asking a a lot of the medical provider to know how their systems work, they won't, which is why I will never opt in.

[0] https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/your-data#whic...

[1] https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/your-data#stor...

[2] https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/zero-d...

Ucalegonon Arm AGI CPU

of course they did it on purpose but thats not illegal. They are not at fault for individuals not reading what the acronym stands for and the intent that they place within the press release, which is very, very clear. They are not obligated or liable for others lack of due diligence.