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hubskier for: 5183 days

I am probably working on Hubski.

Send me a PM or post with the tag #bugski if you think something is broken.

I filter #thebeatles.

I do not agree with everything that I post. I hope you don't either.

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mk  ·  13 hours ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: AI can predict sex from retinal images, confounding doctors

“The subject is having intercourse. Is there something else I can help you with?”

mk  ·  13 hours ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: AI can predict sex from retinal images, confounding doctors

I expect that AI will have thoughts that we cannot for similar reasons. That’s why I don’t think they’ll work for us in the long run.

Good to see you old friend.

mk  ·  16 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The race for "AI Supremacy" is over — at least for now.

    The team at DeepSeek wanted to prove whether it’s possible to train a powerful reasoning model using pure-reinforcement learning (RL). This form of "pure" reinforcement learning works without labeled data.

    Skipping labeled data? Seems like a bold move for RL in the world of LLMs.

    I've learned that pure-RL is slower upfront (trial and error takes time) — but it eliminates the costly, time-intensive labeling bottleneck. In the long run, it’ll be faster, scalable, and way more efficient for building reasoning models. Mostly, because they learn on their own.

https://www.vellum.ai/blog/the-training-of-deepseek-r1-and-ways-to-use-it

mk  ·  16 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The race for "AI Supremacy" is over — at least for now.

    What they did was to continue developing open source LLMs, which were trained at great expense by others, right?

It doesn't seem like it. These chain-of-thought models kinda broke the mold.

https://youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_short_case_for_nvda

mk  ·  18 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 22nd, 2025

I'm good. Thanks!

mk  ·  19 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 22nd, 2025

I’m going to make hubski viewable only if you’re logged in.

I don’t think mass adoption is the goal, and I’m not thrilled about it being scraped.

mk  ·  30 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Digital Blackface

Thanks. Yes, giving an AI a race is fucked up and racist.

mk  ·  30 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Digital Blackface

Can't access, but did they really make an AI and say it is black? That seems racist af.

mk  ·  37 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Global Average Sea Level Wager Update: 25%

I'm going to win!

mk  ·  214 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Vision Pro demo

Thanks for this.

It seems people use them less over time. My friend that excitedly got one early on said that it was only good for movies, and then only alone, and that it's too heavy.

I do wonder if having a screen so close to your eyes is unhealthy.

mk  ·  218 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 3, 2024

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