starfries t1_jdyx0xh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:09 AM

Reply to comment by nxqv in [D] FOMO on the rapid pace of LLMs by 00001746

I feel like Eliezer Yudkowsky proves that everyone can be Eliezer Yudkowsky, going from a crazy guy with a Harry Potter fanfic and a blog to being mentioned in your post alongside those other two names.

sdmat t1_jdyyqwe wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:29 AM

Does it? How many other fanfic writer -> well known researcher trajectories come to mind?

starfries t1_jdyz458 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:33 AM

No, I mean you don't need anything special or to follow a conventional path.

sdmat t1_jdz0h51 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:50 AM

I mean no personal offense, but it's strange to see someone generalizing from an extreme outlier in a machine learning sub.

starfries t1_jdz0q2b wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:53 AM

That's not what I meant, so no offense taken.

ReasonablyBadass t1_jdyzvv1 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:42 AM

That dude was a researcher before he wrote that though

starfries t1_jdz0f1p wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:49 AM

Huh, I could have sworn it was a lot older.