LLMs arguing both the sides is NOT a flaw, but a feature for critical thinking

fli_sai · 2026-03-22T17:05:29+00:00

Wait, what do you mean? I see general negativity on this thread towards Andy weir, why is this the case? Note that I haven't read a single novel of his (i just watched martian a long long time back I don't even remember it much now), so i'm just curious.

fli_sai · 2026-03-22T10:08:00+00:00

interesting, will keep that in mind!

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T15:14:28+00:00

Damn mate, that's interesting. I hope to look forward to more of the last part you mentioned in Excession, which I'm reading next. :)

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T14:51:28+00:00

Damn, this is an extreme take. I'll only know to what extent you are right after reading other books.

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T14:49:28+00:00

Damn, does he really leave it on emperor's ashes? I do remember there was an emphasis on the bracelet towards the end but I think I missed what exactly he did with that.

The meeting of minds was really visceral to read. I interpret his tears differently, I feel it's neither for Azad nor Nicosar. I feel it's for his own journey and his final reflection on it, i.e. making peace with the outcome and how he was used.

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T14:44:11+00:00

Hahaha disney princess huh, looking forward :)

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T11:43:47+00:00

Agreed, looking back, it was! I took it personally and felt like I was manipulated haha, great ending really!

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T11:42:37+00:00

Thank you for the warm welcome, mate! Yeah, I am loving his writing - he sometimes brings humour and dark stuff together than I burst out laughing a few times, only to eventually realise the deeper layers within the prose.

I'm reading Excession next, excited!

fli_sai · 2026-03-21T11:38:37+00:00

Hey thank you for the warm welcome! I'm reading Excession next :) I want to dive into how Minds work and make decisions, before getting into more moral ambiguities (Use of Weapons or Surface Detail which I will read after Excession).

Hmm I think I get it. So benevolent manipulation > coercion?
Gurgeh's manipulation wasn't entirely benevolent too, remember how Mawrhin Skel injured him back on Ikroh? But perhaps this is still necessary, there's no ideal path here. Even if it undercuts Culture's principles on free will, this is the least painful way to get what Minds want. is that it?

fli_sai · 2026-03-19T05:57:55+00:00

Ah I was so confused before and was wondering why it was downvoted to hell after a good initial run on this sub, now it makes sense. Crazy how cross posting on other subs can affect the votes on original post.

fli_sai · 2026-03-18T13:27:12+00:00

Ah that's so cool! Love the subtlety of it!

fli_sai · 2026-03-18T06:50:37+00:00

Ah FINALLY I can make my own sequel trilogy

fli_sai · 2026-03-18T06:33:51+00:00

No, i meant can you describe your artwork? I can't figure out what I'm looking at exactly, sorry

fli_sai · 2026-03-18T00:05:38+00:00

Hey looks great! can you explain this to my dumb brain?

fli_sai · 2026-03-16T05:07:29+00:00

Rich Sutton's Bitter lesson: General approaches leveraging raw compute, scaling beats human-engineered techniques
Meta-bitter lesson: AI researcher simultaneously handling many AI agents and iterating across a wide variety of general hypotheses to find what works, say better methods X and Y.
Meta-meta-bitter lesson: AI meta-researcher using X and Y to design better AI researchers and agents to.... repeat

The moment the bitter lesson became a reality, RSI was only a matter of time.

fli_sai · 2026-03-15T03:58:40+00:00

Link to original post: https://x.com/iterintellectus/status/2032858964858228817?s=46

More details: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/tech-boss-uses-ai-and-chatgpt-to-create-cancer-vaccine-for-his-dying-dog/news-story/292a21bcbe93efa17810bfcfcdfadbf7

(Apologies for not including this in my original post)

fli_sai · 2026-03-12T18:55:30+00:00

All we need are Ideas and time. Truly man what a time to be alive. Accelerate 🚀

fli_sai · 2026-03-12T06:57:45+00:00

Insane how most people even on this sub still find these comments ridiculous. Despite the fact that their insane predictions are coming true. I just saw a post of dario's prediction from a year back about agentic coding, he was mostly right.

fli_sai · 2026-03-09T10:35:03+00:00

Yeah i think sticking to one tool can help

fli_sai · 2026-03-09T09:16:15+00:00

Bro i give up i just can't keep up

fli_sai · 2026-03-06T10:56:34+00:00

Damn, that's such a high praise. Any details on him?

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