2Punx2Furious t1_is7o9bi wrote on October 13, 2022 at 10:05 PM

Reply to comment by phsics in Even Google's Own Staff Thinks 'Incognito Mode' Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be | Internal communications show employees joking about Incognito's abilities with one comparing it to "Guy Incognito" from The Simpsons by Hrmbee

At my job we mostly work on Chrome, but personally, I use Firefox, but I've never heard of these containers.

2Punx2Furious t1_is0i0zd wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:35 PM

Reply to comment by sideways in How long have you been on the Singularity subreddit? by TheHamsterSandwich

Yep, it's pretty good, and doesn't try too hard to be technically precise (those who do, often fail catastrophically).

2Punx2Furious t1_is0hs3o wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:33 PM

Reply to comment by Shelfrock77 in How long have you been on the Singularity subreddit? by TheHamsterSandwich

> after a DMT breakthrough

Ah, that explains your views. No offense :)

2Punx2Furious t1_is0hl3i wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:32 PM

Reply to How long have you been on the Singularity subreddit? by TheHamsterSandwich

Don't remember exactly when, but probably more than 5 years.

Depends what you mean by "optimistic", as I've seen people mean very different things, depending on what they believe will happen.

If you believe that the singularity will be good, then it would be "optimistic" for it to happen sooner.

I don't believe that.

I think it has the potential to be very good, or very bad. And right now, the likelihood of it turning out bad, is higher than the good one.

As for timelines, my opinion changed significantly over the years. I used to think that Kurzweil's estimate of it happening by 2045 was way too early, and I predicted it closer to 2065. Now I think it might happen even sooner than 2045, maybe even within 2030, very likely by 2040.

2Punx2Furious t1_is016xh wrote on October 12, 2022 at 9:21 AM

Reply to comment by Abhi-shakes in "New antibiotic hiding in diseased potatoes thwarts fungal infections in plants and humans" by tonymmorley

As long as you don't put acidic things into them. Like, a fruit juice, or tea with lemon, that would be bad.

2Punx2Furious t1_irrx7hg wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Reply to comment by Neurogence in Why does everyone assume that AI will be conscious? by Rumianti6

It all depends on how you define consciousness. I think most people disagree because they have different definitions of the word.

2Punx2Furious t1_iqv352f wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:22 AM

Reply to comment by Akimbo333 in Large Language Models Can Self-improve by Dr_Singularity

Just a joke (mostly), considering how fast AI progress is going.

2Punx2Furious t1_iqv2vn6 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:18 AM

Reply to comment by Akimbo333 in Large Language Models Can Self-improve by Dr_Singularity

It's not coming, we skipped directly to AGI.

2Punx2Furious t1_iqv2rvn wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:16 AM

Reply to comment by manOnPavementWaving in Large Language Models Can Self-improve by Dr_Singularity

I mean, in this case it's obvious, but usually it's not that easy to guess who the authors are.

2Punx2Furious t1_iqv2q9n wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:16 AM

Reply to comment by Tavrin in Large Language Models Can Self-improve by Dr_Singularity

> double peer reviewing

Wasn't it called "double blind"? (I'm not a researcher).

2Punx2Furious t1_iqsrdu6 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Reply to comment by Kolinnor in Self-Programming Artificial Intelligence Using Code-Generating: a self-programming AI implemented using a code generation model can successfully modify its own source code to improve performance and program sub-models to perform auxiliary tasks. by Schneller-als-Licht

I imagine you would at least implement some kind of unit testing that runs at every iteration, and rejects it if it fails, but that might not be enough.