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New comment by atbvu in "Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)"

atbvu — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:39:08 +0000

It reminded me of those Asimov worlds where everything moves by machine and nobody really walks anymore. It sounds futuristic, but also a bit depressing. Sure, it’s more efficient but life feels flatter somehow.

New comment by atbvu in "Facts about throwing good parties"

atbvu — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:10:28 +0000

My family used to host yearly neighborhood dinners people brought food, sang, danced. Those things faded over time, but reading this made me realize: that was the heartbeat of a community. Without those rituals, we quietly turn into islands.

New comment by atbvu in "Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k"

atbvu — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:33:06 +0000

I’m really curious if every patient started using Claude or GPT to negotiate with hospitals, how would the system respond? Maybe hospitals and insurers would start using AI too to fight back?

New comment by atbvu in "The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership"

atbvu — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:18:25 +0000

Every time they bring up AGI, it feels more like a business strategy to me. It helps them attract investors and dominate the public narrative. For OpenAI, AGI is both a vision and a moat.

New comment by atbvu in "A definition of AGI"

atbvu — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:43:48 +0000

The Turing test is long outdated. Modern models can fool humans, but fooling isn’t understanding. Maybe we should flip the perspective AGI isn’t about imitation, it’s about discovering patterns autonomously in open environments.

New comment by atbvu in "I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'"

atbvu — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:12:18 +0000

The era of the AI bubble economy has arrived, and now almost everyone is interacting with and using AI. Just like your feeling, this is an article organized with GPT. Perhaps the story really happened.

New comment by atbvu in "A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size"

atbvu — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:14:39 +0000

Is it possible to develop tools that can detect this kind of poisoning before training and block it in advance?

New comment by atbvu in "Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach"

atbvu — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 01:25:10 +0000

I don't think incidents like this are minor. I believe personal information security is very important. Maybe they see the consequences as small, but I don't.

New comment by atbvu in "Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach"

atbvu — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:17:38 +0000

Every time I see a data breach caused by a third party vendor, I can't help but wonder why are these big companies so deeply reliant on outsourcing, yet so lax when it comes to controlling security?

New comment by atbvu in "Study of 1M-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans"

atbvu — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:52:47 +0000

I'm just curious. Not all animals can evolve into humans. And many animals today have very high intelligence, we just don't know about it.

New comment by atbvu in "Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?"

atbvu — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 07:20:37 +0000

This kind of laptop bag is understated and practical, and it's fine if you're only carrying a laptop. But once you add things like a charger, cables, or a mouse, the lack of compartments becomes a real issue. Everything gets jumbled together, which not only makes it messy but also risks scratching your laptop. The practicality takes a hit.