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jwm1··on An LLM Beat NetHack
I know right? Nethack is notoriously hard for humans, and deep learning bots up to now have been pretty poor. It surprised me that a relatively simple harness with access to spoilers and source was sufficient for the system to ascend in only 3 attempts without lots of RL optimization. Astra must be a really powerful model. I wonder what the smallest model that can reliably ascend looks like.
jwm1··on If you're interested in eye-tracking, I'm interested in funding you
That sounds like Dasher (https://dasher.acecentre.net/about/), invented by the late David MacKay.
jwm1··on Why does it take so long to get to Mercury?
Cycling a large asteroid between Earth and Jupiter could be used to slowly shift the orbit of Earth, most of the energy coming from Jupiter. Astronomical engineering: a strategy for modifying planetary orbits [https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102126]
jwm1··on Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review
The BBC is reporting that the hotel has now reversed its policy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30111525