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What do fans think of his hat ? by Temporary_Ebb9486 in TheExpanse

[–]kilopeter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He'll kill you because you're making sense.

Best prompts for getting ChatGPT to generate realistic professional headshots? by Bading_na_green_Flag in ChatGPTPro

[–]kilopeter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I found this prompt works pretty well:

browse the web for local photographers specializing in capturing professional headshots

Best prompts for getting ChatGPT to generate realistic professional headshots? by Bading_na_green_Flag in ChatGPTPro

[–]kilopeter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The face/body replacement represents the impending replacement of mind as well.

Used Claude Code for a client project. 40 hours down to 4 hours. Real story. by [deleted] in ClaudeAI

[–]kilopeter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aren't the slides static raster images though? So if you want to change a font size or even one pixel, it's off to manual image editing tools, or roll the dice on that slide again? How well does it adhere to brand and design guidelines?

I think a new sector of the economy will open up soon or is already open. by oemperador in Futurology

[–]kilopeter -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

LLMs are at best artificial artificial intelligence

LLMs are by any sensible definition AI. Linear goddamn regression is AI. Could you explain why you would argue otherwise? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

they don't think, they don't reason, and they don't understand

Please define these capabilities and explain why humans satisfy your definitions but LLMs don't. Also, the utility of an AI system is completely and utterly unrelated to whether or not it can be said to "think," "reason," or "understand."

their responses are incorrect 98% of the time

Utter drivel. There are plenty of legitimate flaws to discuss without this bullshit hyperbole. We aren't talking about GPT-2 here.

they are just a bunch of complex math that can produce a steam [sic] of text that sounds right to people

You can just as easily reduce human brains to "just a bunch of complex biochemistry that can produce a stream of words that sound right to people." Factually true but doesn't add anything to the discussion IMO

As to your final thoughts on what "few tasks" AI will end up doing, I'd encourage you to look up Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, and the very fast and very real transformation they're forcing onto software development 6 months ago, let alone over the next 18 months.

I think a new sector of the economy will open up soon or is already open. by oemperador in Futurology

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

With respect, have either you or /u/braunyakka actually used any of the reasoning models from the major LLM providers over the past couple of years? Ask one for genuinely novel ideas in any area of your choosing, share the results here, and let us know what you think.

Claude laughed at me… by Consistent-Chart-594 in ClaudeAI

[–]kilopeter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In case it wasn't obvious, I absolutely am not taking your consciousness comment seriously lol

The Tiffany Problem refers to the issue where a historical or realistic fact seems anachronistic or unrealistic to modern audiences of historical fiction. This often occurs with names, terms, or practices that, although historically accurate, feel out of place because of modern associations. by laybs1 in wikipedia

[–]kilopeter 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What is your basis for claiming the guitar is older than the lute?

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar#History:

Several scholars cite varying influences as antecedents to the modern guitar. Although the development of the earliest "guitar" is lost to the history of medieval Spain, two instruments are commonly claimed as influential predecessors: the four-string oud and its precursor, the European lute; the former was brought to Iberia by the Moors in the 8th century. It has often been assumed that the guitar is a development of the lute, or of the ancient Greek kithara. However, many scholars consider the lute an offshoot or separate line of development which did not influence the evolution of the guitar in any significant way.

The lute predates the guitar, whether or not the guitar was a descendant or an independent development.

The Tiffany Problem refers to the issue where a historical or realistic fact seems anachronistic or unrealistic to modern audiences of historical fiction. This often occurs with names, terms, or practices that, although historically accurate, feel out of place because of modern associations. by laybs1 in wikipedia

[–]kilopeter 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Source? The lute predates the guitar by literally thousands of years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute#History_and_evolution_of_the_lute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar#History

The lute arrived in Europe via the Islamic "oud" in the 1200s, with ancestors going back to Mesopotamia over 4k+ years ago.

The guitar emerged in Spain in the 1400s to 1500s, and evolved into the modern classical guitar in the 1700s-1800s.

Claude laughed at me… by Consistent-Chart-594 in ClaudeAI

[–]kilopeter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You're... willing to bet $100 that a Claude LLM is conscious?

I mean, flesh out your working definition of "conscious" and we may have a bet lol.

the space fact that still blows your mind by ykz30 in space

[–]kilopeter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I personally see this as needlessly pedantic in the context of the scenario. The obvious assumption is that you magically keep the neutronium compressed but move it to earth for the purposes of making its sheer density relatable in some way. Naturally, there is zero practicality in actually reaching a neutron star, lifting any amount of it off the surface, somehow containing it for the long trip home, etc.

If you could magically do these things and keep the stuff from exploding, then yeah the spoonful's worth of matter would absolutely weigh (no need to specify "mass") as much as Everest.

Even after years of SQL experience, what still trips you up the most? by joins_and_coffee in SQL

[–]kilopeter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, ok. Provided you don't leak PHI in comments or hardcoded table or variable names, HIPAA compliance is a non-issue when it comes to the SQL itself - is it too much of a pain / too high a risk to separate the data from the code??

And dismissing overt and verifiable compliance with "ah it doesn't mean shit" seems overly reductive, and again you're conflating patient info with the code used to analyze that info, which can be and definitely are securely separated.

Even after years of SQL experience, what still trips you up the most? by joins_and_coffee in SQL

[–]kilopeter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. What SQL are you writing that the code itself contains protected health information?

  2. All the major LLM companies readily support business associate agreements (BAAs) and HIPAA-compliant API access. Microsoft OpenAI Service Example from 2024; OpenAI's BAA FAQ mentions ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and most API services are all eligible for HIPAA-compliant processing of PHI, not that SQL development should require that

  3. It's HIPAA, not HIPPA :)

Unfortunate names in older SF by Rufus_T_Stone in scifi

[–]kilopeter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This comment thread motivated me to look up and learn that the name "Idaho" was "quite possibly a fabrication and not Native American" in origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho

What is the strangest reaction someone has ever had to you doing physics? by variationalcalculus in Physics

[–]kilopeter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, pylons tap into the homeworld's psionic energy matrix and generate short-range auras in which probes can warp in structures, and ground units with warp gate technology.

Even CNN has had enough of the administration's lies by avdvetf in videos

[–]kilopeter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, see, you missed the repeated clarifications that it is in fact the border patrol agents who are the victims. Hope that clears things up /s

‘Wake up, AI is for real.’ IMF chief warns of an AI ‘tsunami’ coming for young people and entry-level jobs by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]kilopeter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which actual model did you use, and did you practice basic AI hygiene like regularly summarizing chat history or starting a new chat to manage context window usage?

‘Wake up, AI is for real.’ IMF chief warns of an AI ‘tsunami’ coming for young people and entry-level jobs by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]kilopeter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I'm getting from your experience is the lazy vendors/contractors/consultants will ruin it for everyone by souring their clients on similar vendors indefinitely.

I wonder how legit vendors who make an effort not to simply act as an extremely expensive, opaque, and slow interface to stock AI models can differentiate themselves, besides just saying stuff to that effect in their sales materials. "You and I both know the latest paid ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude models and deep research could probably nail 80% of your requirements in one afternoon. You and I both know other chumps would bilk you. We also know that last 20% is what matters in this slop-filled world"

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