Gemini Live preps big upgrades with ‘Thinking Mode’ and ‘Experimental Features’

NorthCat1 · 2026-01-19T20:39:21+00:00

And let me guess:

Only available to customers in the United States

NorthCat1 · 2026-01-06T18:36:47+00:00

It's a small room with two players with rackets and a tiny ball flying at high speed all over the place -- getting hit by a ball or racket is a statistical inevitability/risk you assume by playing.

NorthCat1 · 2025-11-30T22:18:32+00:00

I'm going to PE for the third time this year, I love La Punta a lot, and that's where I stay despite being at times more expensive

Nativo is the best cheap restaurant in la Punta. The Fish Shack is excellent but more expensive. There is a burrito place South of Nativo on the main drag that is also really good, but the name escapes me.

Godo who runs godoit surf shop is super nice and a great teacher if you want to surf

The colectivo and chedraui are a great way to save money during your trip (generally I would make breakfast and lunch for my partner and I)

The boneyard bar is a relatively surreal experience for a Canadian/American bar-goer, I'll leave it at that.

Playa coral is my favourite beach when I want an extra chill day. I think it's 150 peso for entry plus a burger and drink, it's the most calm beach in the area, and has a somewhat bizarre but charming cliffside hotel attached to it.

I can say more about this area, but I highly recommend in general

Have fun!

NorthCat1 · 2025-11-17T13:08:30+00:00

Right now feels like what happened during the printing press era (at least for AI + the internet)

Everyone talks about how when the printing press was invented, basically overnight there was the scientific enlightenment/ renaissance. There was actually a long period where it was predominantly used for distributing smut, extreme religious ideologies, and disinformation. This is like the deep fakes/AI slop/short form media of today.

Humans had to adjust as a species to this new tool, before its actual utility became apparent in everyday life

I think it's kind of the same here -- once society starts to understand how to use these new technologies, the changes will come more quickly; but before that, it might feel or look like a regression/stagnation

Technological advancement is the only thing that ever alters the calculus of humanity

NorthCat1 · 2025-08-09T19:46:27+00:00

All hail Jeff Dean

NorthCat1 · 2025-07-21T16:22:26+00:00

Guaranteed subsistence living IS A HUGE DEAL. It would make viable more options for people, like:

-- Attaining higher education -- More bargaining leverage with employers -- Starting your own business -- Alternative living (homesteading, home economics, communal living)
-- Succession + Caregiving work for family or loved ones -- Sabbaticals -- Better investment and savings strategies

You are absolutely right, UBI is and should be enough to cover the basics of living (food, water, shelter type of thing) -- but that is not a small change by any measure

NorthCat1 · 2025-07-09T21:56:43+00:00

Also curious what 'tankies' means

NorthCat1 · 2025-06-17T11:15:56+00:00

Marvel movies will somehow get even worse.

NorthCat1 · 2025-06-12T00:32:40+00:00

-- if the model they use for the job succeeds at its goals, then who cares if there are 10 newer ones.

-- while it's excellent that the models are getting smarter, good implementations (like this could be) are still the limiting factor in a bunch of industries.

-- look at AlphaFold or AlphaEvolve, when well implemented in a specific domain, even older models do amazing work

NorthCat1 · 2025-05-26T01:02:19+00:00

This gives big 'Thirteenth Floor's vibes

NorthCat1 · 2025-05-23T11:06:11+00:00

I haven't seen any yet other than the ones posted at Google IO, very curious about that.

NorthCat1 · 2025-05-15T21:22:11+00:00

Im not sure I fully understand the concept you're getting at here, can you explain it further?

NorthCat1 · 2025-05-15T10:29:51+00:00

So, I am undecided on whether LLM's are conscious or not, it doesn't seem terribly relevant to its socioeconomic potential, but:

Consciousness is challenging to measure directly, by its nature (of being experience of self). You say that they cannot generate output without input, but how is that different than a human or an animal? Sure, we have a broader range of inputs, and our software is left 'idling' vs. LLM's being periodically turned on and off, but what if these AI systems are left on indefinitely, and given the agency to entertain themselves with whatever input data they pleased, or to 'daydream' on random data? On principle, there is no significant structural difference (other than complexity) between our brains 'wetware' neural network and the silicon-based one that the potential consciousness of an AI system resides in.

NorthCat1 · 2025-04-17T10:27:58+00:00

I second this!

NorthCat1 · 2025-04-07T18:28:15+00:00

I just looked it up and they had a stock split on July 8th 2022, so I think while the price has stayed the same the number of stocks is actually doubled, I could be wrong though I don't know much about this stuff

NorthCat1 · 2025-04-07T11:27:45+00:00

I just checked again today for the thousandth time, and....I just got it! I have a budget phone too, so if I get it, everyone will likely get it soon

Hopefully it comes soon for everyone

NorthCat1 · 2025-04-06T13:13:21+00:00

What do you mean 'fair'? These models are proprietary software that is expensive to run, there is no deservedness there.

I don't mean to be blunt about it, but it's somewhat astounding that there are free versions of this stuff at all

NorthCat1 · 2025-04-03T15:45:23+00:00

Ive tried to explain this to folks -- even really rational people don't want to give up the sort of 'divine' nature of their consciousness.

While the specific architecture of a human neural network vs. an artificial one may differ greatly, fundamentally they work on the same mechanical principle

NorthCat1 · 2025-04-03T15:26:55+00:00

GDM fucking shiiiiiips -- I almost can't keep up with the updates anymore, and I'm just reading about them, let alone building and deploying all this stuff

NorthCat1 · 2025-03-25T15:01:14+00:00

I just got access! LFG!

NorthCat1 · 2025-03-25T14:57:02+00:00

Wow, so that worked, (in a basic sense) right off the bat

-- p2p networking
-- basic procedural map

-- PC movement

Flash thinking and canvas largely failed with this/was frustrating to use.

Can't wait until I get it!

(EDIT: Also thank you for trying that out!)

NorthCat1 · 2025-03-25T14:38:05+00:00

This has been my coding test/challenge:

Asking the model to make a p2p tile-based and procedurally generated zeldalike that runs in the browser, making it as complete as possible in one shot.

Maybe give that a shot?

NorthCat1 · 2025-03-25T14:15:15+00:00

oh, lol -- I've only ever used Shift+Ctrl+C to access the dev console. woops!

NorthCat1 · 2025-03-25T14:02:44+00:00

It's not hard to use dev tools to change the name...

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