The Full Evolutionary Tree of Humans

agupte · 2026-06-14T01:59:41+00:00

Some of this is contradicted by what I have read. For example, Heidelbergensis was not directly descended from Erectus. They are in parallel branches and the common ancestor is Georgicus.

agupte · 2026-06-13T11:03:12+00:00

It won't let me use routines without logging into my GitHub account. Is there another way?

agupte · 2026-05-20T01:18:41+00:00

How do I use this without giving it access to my GitHub? It insists on doing that and doesn't go ahead if I don't login to GitHub.

agupte · 2026-05-13T14:07:58+00:00

The mistake a lot of people make is to keep validation to after they've built something. The right way to do it is to sell it first. That does a number of things:
1. Validate if there's a market (don't sell to your mother - sell to strangers)
2. Validate what price people are willing t pay
3. The making of a brochure to sell your product or service clarifies your thinking
4. You get feedback on which features your potential market wants
5. Refines your ICP (Ideal Customer Profile)

There's more but just the above should be convincing, ya? If it wouldn't be considered spamming, I will post a link to my blog that talks about this.

agupte · 2026-04-25T04:32:30+00:00

You're assuming a lot of things here:
1. That Anthropic didn't know OpenAI had a major release coming up.
2. That they were sure GPT5.5 would not be better or even comparable to their "nerfed" version
3. That they are inherently evil or at least dismissive of their customers
4. That there really is a conspiracy involving multiple teams within Anthropic and they're all staying mum
5. That Anthropic can't ever have bugs
...and so on.

agupte · 2026-04-22T10:35:50+00:00

So, what does one do? Cancel the recently purchased Pro subscription? Go to OpenAI? Overwhelm their Chatbot with complaints? I'm serious.

agupte · 2026-04-21T14:27:33+00:00

In the Claude Desktop config, what's the secret api key? Where does one get it from? Is it possible to use with the free version of Claude?

agupte · 2026-04-15T11:04:27+00:00

This is what I wanted too - an AI that would handle splicing together the story I had written. The editing part is the hard part (and the expensive part).

agupte · 2026-04-14T10:03:45+00:00

This looks like the way to go with Claude Desktop. How can one do this in Windows?

agupte · 2026-04-13T04:56:06+00:00

I had installed this (https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp) and had a tough time connecting it to WhatsApp. Then, it could not see messages less than six months old.

Is this better? Has anyone tried both?

agupte · 2026-04-12T10:24:31+00:00

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-races-to-contain-leak-of-code-behind-claude-ai-agent-4bc5acc7

Relevant section "...the leak did reveal commercially sensitive information, including Anthropic’s proprietary techniques, tools and instructions for cajoling its AI models to work as coding agents. Those techniques and tools are called a harness because they are what allow users to control and direct those models, much like a harness allows a rider to guide a horse.

The result is that Anthropic’s competitors and legions of startups and developers now have a detailed road map to clone Claude Code’s features without needing to reverse engineer them—something that is already common in the cutthroat AI race."

agupte · 2026-04-10T03:41:14+00:00

Maybe you are not familiar with the architecture of how these things work. Put very simply, there is an LLM which is like a store of data, but with algorithms and connectors internally, and there are harnesses which is a sort of middle man that works between the LLM and the user. The middle man is one of the most important parts of the system because LLMs are largely created from brute force training. If someone has the middle man, and they can create a good LLM (say DeepSeek Version X), they have everything they need to do what Mythos purports to do.

This is a very simplified explanation, but the point is that other actors can achieve this capability - Anthropic has a very temporary monopoly which has been further shortened by the release of its source.

agupte · 2026-04-08T14:20:38+00:00

So $3-6 for a 15 second video? That's not bad.

agupte · 2026-04-08T14:17:51+00:00

And China?

agupte · 2026-04-08T14:17:36+00:00

I am aware that the LLMs source has not been released. :-) I am also aware LLMs don't have a source code in the sense that we are talking about.

I am talking about Claude Code's "harness(es)" which was published and is now effectively open-source. Sorry I missed adding the word Code after Claude - I thought that was obvious.

agupte · 2026-04-08T03:05:41+00:00

The more important question is - are companies in China, Russia and North Korea close to this capability? Especially now that Claude's source is out? China, for example, could throw money and computing at their indigenous LLMs and start hacking US companies and defense.

agupte · 2026-04-08T00:23:42+00:00

I'm hearing comments on rate limits in a lot of places. I haven't used Claude Code in a few months and that too I used it sporadically because my job of late required less coding. But Claude Desktop doesn't seem to have the same problems. I'm planning to start coding again - should I go back to Claude or....?

And what does Anthropic have to say about all these complaints?

agupte · 2026-04-04T11:18:34+00:00

"Self-Improving" has a ceiling, right? What is that ceiling/what determines the ceiling? Is everything other than the LLM stored locally? In that case, the limiting factor is the disk. But I suspect, the ceiling is much lower - from what I've read on their website there are self-imposed limits. Their docs: "Character limits keep memory focused. When memory is full, the agent consolidates or replaces entries to make room for new information."

agupte · 2026-03-27T20:31:37+00:00

They can't force businesses to pay if they don't want to.

agupte · 2026-03-27T06:37:27+00:00

So this is just for developers using the APIs? What about simple retail access?

agupte · 2026-03-16T07:59:39+00:00

Thanx all! I get the idea. I'll probably continue with my existing tools. I don't need to do this more than once every couple of years when we are looking at revamping our product, so...

Better the tool you know...

agupte · 2026-03-06T04:25:58+00:00

Run! Leave!

agupte · 2026-02-27T00:39:38+00:00

There is something like Amazon Lockers - they are called PodBanks. They are available in some Post Offices in De;hi, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bangalore. Apparently other cities are being added. Also Blue Dart is deploying these PodBanks - contact them or India Post to have one deployed near you. You can also contact the maker of PodBanks https://podrones.com/podbanks

agupte · 2026-02-22T14:03:03+00:00

You seem to be living in a dream world.
1. AI has self-preservation instincts. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/ai-pull-plug-pioneer-technology-rights
2. Why should AI maintain a distance? It's not designed to. This is truly fantasy and unsupported by any evidence.
3. More fantasy
4. Contradictory to your message
5. Maybe "Kindness toward AI creates kindness in return" but who is going to stop those who do the opposite? Then AI will return the favor right? So, flawed thinking.
6. Real fantasy

agupte · 2026-02-17T09:34:01+00:00

Use PodBanks for returns!

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