I wasnt going to have kids and the world keeps enforcing my decisions. If I had to deal with religion aimed at my kid I’d actually lose it 💀

His Hitler salute is probably the least damaging thing he’s done ever since he became president.

Basically AI research is the study of the mathematics of knowledge learning and reasoning. Models aren’t just ‘linear regression’ and you could say linear regression is a beautifully simple way to find patterns in high dimensional space it’s just word choice. You can hate on the hype all you want but it isn’t going away because it was always here before the hype.

Would you be annoyed if, when you asked someone “Where’s the nearest train station?” they answered “It’s on Earth!”?

All computing is just shit tons of math operations.

I agree, and “computing” is a great umbrella term for all math operations. And there’s a reason you used the term LLM instead of AI, and that’s because LLM better describes what you’re referring to. The name reflects the function or the most defining characteristic of what you’re referring to.

The way people throw around ‘Artificial Intelligence’ feels wrong to me. The words “Artificial Intelligence” suggest these models are conscious or sentient, which they’re not, so the term ends up being misleading.

So while it’s not technically wrong to use “AI” as a catch-all for anything data-driven, I don’t think it’s nearly as useful or accurate as more specific terms like LLM.

Also, when I hear people use the term AI, it’s usually by those who have no idea what they’re actually talking about. It’s always in the vague, buzzword-y context of “we need to AI our processes” even though, realistically, most systems already have some form of “AI” baked in.

Edit: It’s just a huge buzzword that’s starting to lose meaning to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qbylbEek-M&t=26s

When I hear “Artificial Intelligence,” I picture a computer with sentience, something that thinks and perceives like an animal or human. But instead, the term is being thrown around to describe basic models like linear regression, which clearly don’t think for themselves. Even if it’s meant as a shorthand for all algorithms, calling every math operation “AI” cheapens the meaning and blurs the line between true intelligence and simple computation.

I hate that we call any algorithm that gets information by looking at data “AI.” If people consider something like linear regression (a supervised model) to be “AI”, then “AI” isn’t going to pass. Hell, even neural networks are just a shit ton of addition and multiplications.

Let me put it this way. If I was Tank Man I would have regretted that decision for the rest of my life while I was being tortured to death. Why would I do something that I would regret?

You don’t realize how much you have to lose until you do. You could become homeless or deported if you get caught under this administration.

We’re reaching a point where the government is deporting green card users for protesting against Israel’s genocide. It won’t be long until US Citizens get the same treatment. And don’t think for a second that you’d be the only one punished. You could be dragging your entire family down with you.

So unless you’re willing to become jailed, homeless, or deported, id listen to your parents.

I’m actually extremely happy that he changed from 104 to 125. Ending on a 4 is such a big no no. We gotta end our tariff values on 0s or 5s so this change has been tremendous. The greatest tariff ever made… Believe me.

Ubuntu is run by Canonical and people have mixed opinions about them. It mostly stems from their insistence on using snaps to run apps when other versions are supposedly faster (flatpack).

I think that’s the biggest issue otherwise Ubuntu is fine and I use it on all my VMs.

It is I, that friend.