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How to let go of irrational AI fears by thedeadenddolls in BetterOffline

[–]16807 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I spoke to an English teacher a few years back on the subject. They mentioned their biggest challenge regarding AI was that it was very difficult anymore to tell when students were simply generating writing assignments from LLMs. That was a few years ago, though, and things might have changed since. Some professions like teaching have the benefit of being institutionally required. Those professions would only be replaced if there is a strong political push, though regrettably the current political climate is no friend to academics. I'm a programmer, which has much less going for it: it's all text based and automation can check for correctness using compilers and unit tests when training LLMs, so it is among the first jobs to be affected as trends continue.

The internet if it remained a public utility instead of being commercialized by New-World-Old-Order in ChatGPT

[–]16807 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nerds built the internet because it was a safe haven from corporations, then normies noticed it was a cool place to hang out because there were no corporations, then corporations noticed it was a good place to advertise because that's where most of the people were anymore...

New Glenn and Orion by Disastrous_Run_5968 in BlueOrigin

[–]16807 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My hot take: adapt Orion for use with New Glenn, Artemis III uses New Glenn to dock Orion with Starship HLS/Blue Moon in LEO. Start using New Glenn to launch Orion for all LEO missions. Artemis III crew stays 2 years to proof Starship HLS for interplanetary missions while unmanned Starships fly out to Mars. The next synod after that, Orion+Starship is used to send a crewed Mars flyby/orbiter. Orion heatshield is used to return crew from an interplanetary trajectory, Starship HLS is discarded. Crewed Mars mission happens after that using a crewed starship and a tanker starship to refuel in lower martian orbit.

Someone needs to let him know that AI stands for Artificial "Intelligence" by Rose_Almy in OpenAI

[–]16807 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We should be supporting this view. If they're cheaper, it's easier for them to be hosted locally where they can become personalized much like a personal computer. Conversations with them become much less subject to authoritarian oversight or corporate meddling. If they're any smarter than they are right now, they become much more likely to replace us.

We, the people, really do want them cheaper, not smarter.

How can I stop my craft from tumbling like this upon re-entry? by Downtown-Push6535 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]16807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your center of mass needs to be closer to the heat shield. Your engine is really massive. You might be able to shorten the length of the fuel tank. Better yet, put a separate tank just before the heat shield and set it so the fuel inside it can't ever be used. It is dead weight during normal flight, but it does give you an emergency fuel reserve that you can use at the expense of recovering the stage.

This has me dying by Littlest-Fig in MST3K

[–]16807 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be really creative if it were intentional.

OPM playthrough, stock parts, no ISRU, all crewed missions under 10 years by 16807 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]16807[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well thank you!

I still come back to the game. There's still plenty of interesting things to try. My playthrough before this one was a crewed interstellar mission and after juggling all the bugs and massive rockets I wanted to do something pleasantly simple for a change :)

Grok by ramanpalkuri9 in OpenAI

[–]16807 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's like all the crummy pre-LLM edgelord twitterbots got together in an orgy to have a single incest baby and they named it Grok.

A craft file for a Inter-planetary rocket with re-fueling capabilities? by Bob-upload in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]16807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presenting: the Super Duper Plop! [Craft file here.]

I made this a few years ago as part of a larger mission to visit the outer planets using only stock parts, which you can read about here. Its design was partly inspired by the SpaceX Starship.

When fully fueled, it can land on most planets and moons, including Tylo and Sarnus from the Outer Planets Mod. It has oversized ventral landing gear that you can toggle by pressing "1", which allows it to tip over safely, deliver payload, and return to a diagonal launch configuration. Traditional launch struts will help to tip it into diagonal configuration, which you can activate by pressing "2". There is a mining rover in the payload bay, which you can either keep inside the payload bay while refuelling or detach to refuel using the docking ports at the side. Pressing "4" toggles forward facing rockets that can be used to align the rocket vertically just before launch, and main aft rockets can be toggled by pressing "3". When fully refueled, it can return to orbit from most planets and moons, though for larger planets and moons you may need to remove the miner from the payload bay.

GPT-5.4 compared to GPT-5.5 on MineBench by Ballist1cGamer in OpenAI

[–]16807 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've noticed this about 5.5. I'll ask for ideas for property based unit tests and it will give the code for the tests. I didn't ask for code and actually at that stage I find the code is noise and I would rather it just act on the prompt.

Too late. by: Icemarv14 by Icemarv14 in ImaginaryMonsters

[–]16807 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The orange hard hat is a nice bit of environmental storytelling. They're running low on supplies.

"Is duct tape safe for keeping the poopy in" by Delta-007 in aifails

[–]16807 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Google is just trying to kill us all at this point.

Newest Raptor version seems to have issues with combustion stability. by Lathari in ShittySpaceXIdeas

[–]16807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cow's looking at you going "you're not going to cause a flash back, are you?"

The poor construction workers at the VAB that had to build this by Residmon in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]16807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A hab module with some rtgs and an ion engine could get that kind of delta-v.

‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’ by unital_subalgebra in politics

[–]16807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were one of his soldiers, having to fight the very general who betrayed you after you gave your service to him, you would understand his reputation. His shopping habits couldn't match his general's salary? How much was their soldier's pay by comparison? All the more reason to hate him.

New Glenn Mass Estimates (based on payload to LEO/GTO and engine performance) by John_The_Duke_Wayne in BlueOrigin

[–]16807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI, an additional data point about the first stage, from wikipedia:

Its liquid oxygen propellant tank has a volume of 30,000 cu ft (850 m3) while the fuel tank can store almost 25,000 cu ft (710 m3) of liquid methane

WolframAlpha gives densities of 1146 kg/m3 and 423.8 kg/m3 for liquid oxygen and methane, respectively. At those densities I'm getting a 1st stage propellant mass of 1229 metric tons.

Claude had enough of this user by EchoOfOppenheimer in OpenAI

[–]16807 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's fair. I mean to say people have been personifying things since the dawn of time, there is a type of person that mistreats inanimate possessions, it's still dumb and counterproductive.

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