This is a thread for random discussions that gets posted everyday at 5am central.
Tell us what you're doing today, ask questions, or vent about your life. Whatever you want, let it rip!
220 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 10 Dec 2022
All in!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 10 Dec 2022
Nice setup! 😂
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @02f125d44e 10 Dec 2022
Got rid of Paypal, reduced my fiat footprint, planned my next year, set some long term goals for my life, and expecting a little girl soon. It can only get better from here.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress 10 Dec 2022
I am impressed by the speed at which the New Zealand Bitcoin community is growing and connecting. In just a few months we have gone from almost nothing happening on the ground to regular meetups, a thriving telegram group chat, a new podcast for discussing ideas, and a few other initiatives.
The ability to network in real life has been a game changer and we got some more things in the pipeline.
More and more I see the ethos of Bitcoin coming through in the way we do things, in particular "proof of work" has become a guiding principle for getting stuff done and putting in the effort to make meetups and events happen.
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1246 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 9 Dec 2022
Deleted my paypal account. End of an era! Will miss paying the mortgage with fold card using PayPal and stacking sats but it failed this last time and caused an over draft with my bank!
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453 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 9 Dec 2022
eek that sucks. was that a big fee?
Still find it useful with Fold to get sats back on my 2% Citi card. An extra $20 sats back. Definitely good to pay well in advance given the delays sometimes in the payments going through.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 10 Dec 2022
Nah my bank has a grace period but just ridiculous PayPal would do that
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55 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 9 Dec 2022
I hadn't used mine in nearly a decade, but deleted in on principle when they did their ToS bologna.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 10 Dec 2022
Yeah this was another thing too. But I was rationalizing keeping it to earn the sats but after that automatic switch they did im like I’m done.
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777 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 9 Dec 2022
Watched a talk where Chomsky suggests many AI researchers are empiricists (ie believe most of AI's problems will be solved with more parameters), and failing to make progress on aspects of intelligence that are innate and aren't learned.
I found this pretty compelling and I hope there are researchers listening.
Talk is here:
Sidebar: Chomsky got old (and I guess so did I) since the last time I was paying attention to him!
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514 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scholarhacker 9 Dec 2022
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1441 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 9 Dec 2022
Now that I've gotten to play with ChatGPT, I agree. It can't count. It can't understand sequences or logic. It's just a lucky parrot with lots of memory.
They still sound like a bunch of luddites though imo.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 9 Dec 2022
Important to remember this is still, for all intents and purposes, a version 1 and a lot of the current issues we're complaining about today are on their way to getting fixed (https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1600884299435167745). Who knows what they're seeing with the GPT4 version of ChatGPT (although worth nothing Stable Diffusion has gone backwards with new releases).
Even still, in terms of IQ "intelligence", already today this thing has leap frogged way past dogs, parrots, most mammals and an uncomfortable % of the human population. It gets a lot of complex logic wrong, and makes up a lot of stuff- but so do all humans.
Scott Adams talks about skill-stacking, becoming top X% in several skills can put you in an elite class for that venn diagram of skills. These systems are rapidly getting better than most of us humans at most things.
Also: Holy shit, Chomsky looks like he was pulled out of a LOTR casting.
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1199 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 10 Dec 2022
My favorite factoid: 50% of American adults cannot read past an 8th grade level.
In the words of ChatGPT, "While the Turing test has been influential in the field of artificial intelligence, it is insufficient as a measure of intelligence for several reasons.
First, the Turing test only evaluates a machine's ability to simulate human-like conversation. This narrow focus on language ability ignores many other aspects of intelligence, such as problem-solving, creativity, and common sense. A machine that can pass the Turing test may still lack the broader intellectual abilities of a human.
Second, the Turing test relies on the subjective judgment of a human evaluator. This means that the test results can vary depending on the individual evaluator and the specific conversation. This lack of consistency makes it difficult to use the Turing test as a reliable measure of a machine's intelligence.
Third, the Turing test does not take into account the underlying mechanisms of a machine's intelligence. A machine may be able to pass the Turing test by simply memorizing a large number of pre-written responses, without any real understanding of the conversation. This makes it difficult to compare the intelligence of different machines, and to determine how a machine's intelligence may evolve over time.
In conclusion, the Turing test is insufficient as a measure of intelligence because it evaluates only a narrow aspect of human-like behavior, is subject to variation and bias, and does not consider the underlying mechanisms of a machine's intelligence. While the Turing test may have some value as a thought experiment, it is not an adequate test of a machine's intelligence."
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99 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 9 Dec 2022
I agree. They sound like haters which is upsetting because I think they also have a point.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @gd 9 Dec 2022
Financial modelling day! It's an activity that I've grown to enjoy over the years of entrepreneurship. It helps clear the mind and inform the plan, one of the most useful tools in the toolbox.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 9 Dec 2022
It's sunny but cold here on Long Island. I'm just drinking my coffee and waiting for the latest news on Sam and Caroline. Life is good.
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1223 sats \ 0 replies \ @swmtr 9 Dec 2022
Today, I've seen the sun for the first time in 3 weeks. Can't help to be optimistic.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @pdmccombs 9 Dec 2022
Grand rising from Cleveland, Ohio, USA 🇺🇸
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73 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 9 Dec 2022
Gooooooood morning gang, well, it's raining today, nothing like a hot cup of Java to clear the mind of the morning fogginess and do some reading to get the brain juice going, hope everyone has a phenomenal day and it's Friday, so it's relax time soon as the shift is over!!
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