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New comment by bonplan23 in "I trained a small transformer in 1.5hrs and it beats many LLMs"

bonplan23 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:11:08 +0000

Just to be clear: It was well known that you can reach such scores with small models and without an LLM if you train on the task. The author highlights those models himself - e.g. HRM/TRM.

The novelty is more that it works with such a plain transformer and low compute price.

Zeiss, the company behind ASML optics, is also doing wildlife monitoring with AI [video]

bonplan23 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:21:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKJOphMxUw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46689233

Points: 3

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New comment by bonplan23 in "Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc."

bonplan23 — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:45:06 +0000

"Someone" literally did that (+/- 2 years): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-68677-4

I think it was supposed to be a more useful term than the earlier and more common "Strong AI". With regards to strong AI, there was a widely accepted definition - i.e. passing the Turing Test - and we are way past that point already: ( see https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.23674 )

New comment by bonplan23 in "Do the thinking models think?"

bonplan23 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:46:05 +0000

Nice that LLMs can now argue to defend themselves. This is what gemini 3 thinks about its mistake and I find it perfectly valid:

"If you tell a human a joke they think they know, they often stop listening to the setup and jump to the punchline."

And when we say "stop listing" we don't actually mean that they shut their ears, but that they activate a once established neural shortcut - just as the LLM did.

New comment by bonplan23 in "THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief"

bonplan23 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:45:17 +0000

Interestingly the THW also operates the "virtual operations support team" (VOST). This group of volunteers is monitoring social media and detecting fake news with specialized software in order to aid crisis relief efforts. https://www.thw.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/DE/Einsaetze/nationa...