Tamo240

joined 2 years ago
[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago

'Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes'

  • Dijkstra, 1970
[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

This is something I think the 'you have to use LLMs or you're falling behind' crowd are missing. Of course these companies want you to become dependent on their product, and unable to complete basic tasks without it, because then when they slap you with monthly fees and ads and tokens you won't have a choice but to pay.

Use them if they're useful, but don't out source your brain. You'll need it when the enshittification begins.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Israel does not recognise that there are civilian non-combatants in Gaza and therefore does not allow aid to enter. How about you?

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What would you call intercepting someone in international waters and taking them back to your country without their consent? If Somali pirates did that you'd have no qualms using the word 'kidnapped'.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is actually not true. You are referring to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), an artificially intelligent system that is able to function in any context.

Artificial Intelligence as a field of Computer Science goes back to the 50s, and is defined as systems that appear intelligent, not that actually exhibit thinking capabilities. The entire purpose of the Turing test is to appear intelligent, with no requirement that the system actually is.

Rule based systems and statistical models are examples of AI in the scientific sense, but the public perception of what AI should mean is warped by portrayals in science fiction of what it could mean.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just started Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice after wanting it for a long time... and I feel like I'm bouncing off it. Having never played any of the Dark Souls series, but having absorbed some of the concepts via cultural osmosis I feel like the game has gone: It's a soullike, you know what to do from here! But I have no idea what my goals are, other than running around and dying repeatedly, and occasionally finding a 'bonfire'.

I thought the combat was supposed to be a selling point, but it feels really clunky. Maybe I'm missing something, idk.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

S10 E12 (The Doctor Falls) is the end of (Modern) Doctor Who. Such a perfect episode epitomising the character, and closing an arc for one of the longest villains. He even 'dies' at the end.

Everything since then has been badly written and purposefully disrespectful to the cannon and the audience, and has wasted so many fantastic actors.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Did the generated code get merged? I'd be curious to see the PRs

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If they are only preventing opportunity, the crime will just take place at a different place or time when an officer is not present. The program's mentioned are aimed at reducing the motive for crime, which applies at all places and times.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 13 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

Sorry random internet person let me forward your opinion to my old Computer Science professor and have them update it.

AI as a field goes back to the 50s, long before any concept of machine learning, or what 'intelligence' was possible for a computer to achieve.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 21 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

AI in the computation sense can refer to any system that appears intelligent. This includes simple logic. It seems to be you that is confusing AI with Machine Learning.

 

Following the budget announcement in the UK, why is the media obsessed with the predicted growth being 0.2% lower, instead of applauding the much needed investment in our public services? Does it really matter that much?

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