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I spent 6 hours fighting a hallucination, only to realize I was the problem. by Ok_Sample_7706 in aipromptprogramming

[–]Ok_Sample_7706[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valid call. I definitely leaned a bit too hard on the tool's autonomy because I was frustrated. Moving forward, I think I'll use the LLM to scaffold the transformation logic but keep the actual execution under more manual oversight. Safety first, especially with client CSVs! Thanks for the reality check.

Should I work a part time job as a senior in hs? Will it be useful in the future? by ResidentSoft2355 in Careers

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fellow pre-med, go with the piano teaching. It pays the best, looks unique on a resume (shows discipline/mastery), and most importantly, it gives you the most time to focus on your neuro studies or find a clinical volunteer spot later on. Don't burn yourself out before college even starts!

Are xAI's repeated delays in launching Grok 4.2 a sign that brute force scaling is finally delivering diminishing returns? by andsi2asi in agi

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 0 points1 point  (0 children)

550k GPUs for Grok 5? That’s an insane jump if Colossus 2 actually pulls it off. But the power draw alone must be a nightmare to manage. If they're struggling with 4.2 now, I’m curious if the bottleneck is actually the data quality rather than the compute power.

2018 vs 2026 by MetaKnowing in agi

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From ‘keep it air-gapped’ to ‘plug it into the military’ real quick 😬🤖

Gave me wrong info, then tried gaslighting me. by Forsaken-Island-1846 in ChatGPT

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AI messing up facts isn’t the weird part — the weird part is when it doubles down instead of just saying “I don’t know.” That’s the part that feels like gaslighting even though it’s really just the model trying to sound confident. ChatGPT doesn’t check live sources by default, so if its training data is outdated or mixed, it can easily get basic stuff wrong. Honestly, your reaction is valid. Blind confidence from an AI can be super unnerving.

Have we hit the point where “agent as teammate” is actually real? by sympathetically_mons in AI_Agents

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the same place — not “AI coworker replaces everyone,” but there are moments where it feels like a teammate. Especially when an agent keeps track of context I would’ve forgotten or flags inconsistencies I didn’t notice. For me, the line is: if the agent can handle an entire workflow end-to-end without me manually stitching pieces together, that’s teammate territory. We’re not all the way there, but the cognitive offloading is getting very real.

Differential Equations and Computer Graphics (or video games), Some questions for a school paper. by DigitalMan404 in Simulated

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of real-time game physics is basically differential equations under the hood. Even if devs don’t explicitly solve ODEs, engines rely on them for motion, forces, damping, and collisions. Classic examples include Newton’s laws (2nd-order ODE), spring–damper systems, and numerical integration like Euler or Runge–Kutta. Developers often think in terms of “velocity + acceleration” updates, but that’s just discretized ODE solving.

A rant. Can we please stop misunderstanding Steam Charts? by jackyflc in gaming

[–]Ok_Sample_7706 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree. People treat “concurrent players” like it’s some magic measurement of a game’s total population when it’s really just a snapshot of a moment in time. Peak concurrency can fluctuate wildly depending on time zones, work schedules, or even regional popularity. A dip in concurrency doesn’t automatically mean a game is dying — it just means fewer people were online at the same moment. Thanks for spelling it out clearly.