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quadcoreon ChatGPT Plus

Id really like one i can ask if a specific person is dangerous or pretty toxic. KYC on steroid. Fusion wire fraud detection. Picture this: the net "knows". I've lost sleep over this, the potential for humanity is incommensurable. We could literally block management roles to die-hard sociopaths. A world for the kind and nice. Certainly utopic and dystopic.

Also a model i can ask emails of potential customers in a specific field :)

quadcoreon An IP attorney’s reading of the Stable Diffusion class action lawsuit

I can assure you I absolutely could. Myself to start with - and possibly better than you could :)

Only a bodyless, artificial brain cant draw anything, blind.

quadcoreon An IP attorney’s reading of the Stable Diffusion class action lawsuit

Human artists/writers are influenced by each other all the time.

The flaw in this argument is the word "artist". If you remove all the pictures from the data source, the AI isnt capable of generating anything. Because it's not an artist.

quadcoreon Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?

Lately I used Redis as main db for a real time app that needs to boot where it were.

quadcoreon Chess is booming and our servers are struggling

Dont forget tiktok, ive seen a tutorial that changed so much my beginner view of the game it gave me the urge to play some games. It says ultimately what you have to do during a game is, you want to have some positive difference on pawns and then you exchange your pieces then promote then win. How cool is that?

quadcoreon Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

A candle in the darkness thank you. A suggestion: I would randomize the list in order to not bloat the top n inbox.

quadcoreon Google calls in help from Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. fight

Is there any evidence that all this algorithmic magic is enabling new business models that are not based on adtech more likely?

I think the revenue assumption here lies on the fact that GPT generates content when the web wait for the user to provide the content. Generates congent, for lawyers or hospitals for example - pardon my lack of imagination. So a basic business model would be to charge per request I suppose.

quadcoreon Ask HN: Great text based games to play?

I just asked chatGPT if it could act as game master for a text-based rpg and it says "sure" and proceeded to start the story telling. Amazing.

quadcoreon AI is in danger of being swallowed up by copyright law

I have no clues about laws and stuff and as a software engineer, I'd say please replace me by machines i dont care all the contrary, let's go.

But please, please, protect art making from machines. These paints made in those caves werent done during work hours, it was probably the first forms of leasure our ancestors experienced. The first forms of enjoyment in the rude life of early humans. I think there is some higher order aspect to art that's related to our essential well being.

All Im saying is protect it; im not saying AI shouldnt be used. It could certainly render art making even more fun. Maybe limit the resolution of generated pictures for example.

quadcoreon The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum (1880)

Oldest one dating back the 19th century

quadcoreon A cab ride I'll never forget (1999)

She gave you a moment of joy as she didn't wanna ride with someone who would be scared and wouldn't knock on the only window.

quadcoreon We could stumble into AI catastrophe

An important point is that AI does not need to be sentient or conscious to do a lot of damage.

My pet theory is that consciousness could be (not saying I know for sure this is the case but it could as well be) an effect of "survival instinct". That is: "i'll take action to not die".

Now this is very easy to learn from us as we do this all day long so to speak. Most of the way people react on the internet is tinted by the fear of death and survival for example.

What Im saying is that what we intuitively think as very complex could actually be very simple. As simple as some task optimization. Knowing the only thing that could unplug an AI is us, that'd lead to a hell of a fight. And maybe our complete termination.

quadcoreon Game prototype using AI assisted graphics

Never occurred to me until now that a capable artist may just have a lot more jobs available to him once the AI-to-image revolution will be fully rolling. E.g. some kid will create a video game with AI art, sell tons of it and then need artists to make the updates. In other words, AI facilitates entry to the digital art world which leads to the need of artists. It's like free samples.

quadcoreon Things they didn’t teach you about software engineering

So you don't really stop working at 6pm..

I've started billing that. Not always, rarely in full, but I bill some of it. It's not just for the money but started more like "what exactly do I work? Best way to know is to bill it".

quadcoreon Build your front end in React, then let ChatGPT be your Redux reducer

Edit: you ask the AI to run the program in its head, its a new form of computer actually afaik.

quadcoreon Build your front end in React, then let ChatGPT be your Redux reducer

Pretty sure you've invented something here. A coolest form of copilot. A new way of programming. This is really lispy, this is really cool. Love it 10 times.

quadcoreon Is Europe just not good at innovating?

There is no Europe but a myriad of small countries when it comes to innovation. If we could incorporate true english-speaking european companies with european legislation, SV would shit its pants :)

It's just a matter of critical mass. 12 european Larry and Sergei in a room get laught at. We need a hundred european Larry and Sergei to be to good of a demography to be ignored.

quadcoreon Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok

Why not regulate how the data is used or stored, like the EU does, but ban?

I guess in practice, if need be economically and politically, you can always launder data.

quadcoreon How to create a more effective homepage

I have no idea what this company does.

This is intentional.

The craftman speaks directly: "I need 8 valves to make a V8". But "leaders" (i.e. management), to not be confused for craftmen will speak in riddles and say "We'll probably need more than 2 valves to make the V8 product, am I right quadcore?". It also shows they have emotional intelligence and communication skills.

Since management generally take decisions, homepages will start by describing the product in riddles, like management does.

quadcoreon Ask HN: How to overcome stage fear / social anxiety

just questions in big forums involving senior leaders / peers or other team members, I generally fumble. My body language doesn't show confidence, try to mince words etc.

I step back because i feel i am being judged, or I make wrong statement etc.

What Ive learnt from my experience is that youre body isnt crazy: if it feels afraid, there might be a challenge (or rather, a danger). For me the only way to stop being afraid is to understand it to its core and understand how to beat it (to a reasonable degree).

In your specific case, you're facing a terrific challenge because they are certainly experienced leaders and very emotionally intelligent.

There are many things to know to beat it, its a complex one (which I dont fully understand either) but i know it starts there: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFq5D1Mm/

quadcoreon Asymmetry detected in the distribution of galaxies

Can all stars go extinct at some point in the future - does the universe has a life expectancy?

quadcoreon Asymmetry detected in the distribution of galaxies

from a catalog of 1 million galaxies

For a lay person, reading that number is mind blowing. Quick question: how many do we think there are? Or rather, do we have some sort of a number for the total energy there is in the universe compared to that of our sun?

quadcoreon France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel

Ah unfortunately, you gota change station in Paris which almost doubles the time.

It used to be that you had to be at the airport 2h in advance though.

quadcoreon France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel

Just insert Paris in between. Nantes - Paris - Marseille shouldnt be too bad really.

quadcoreon Rendering Doom with Emojis

Nitpick: this is fushia, not magenta.

quadcoreon FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

Laundering money takes some logistic.

quadcoreon FTC restores rigorous enforcement of law banning unfair methods of competition

In that regard, having (almost) the whole population owning firearms is probably quite a strong deterent as well.

quadcoreon Launch HN: Metlo (YC S21) – Open-source software for securing your APIs

Beginner question: do you secure websockets?

Also what's the diff between what you do and cloudfilt

quadcoreon Story: “It would be career limiting..."

In a situation like that, you can recover, but it requires tact.

I'd bet it doesnt requires tact to convince them anymore.