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New comment by daqhris in "Claude's new constitution"

daqhris — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:09:52 +0000

They seem to not conceive of their creation as a service (software-as-a-service). In their minds, the creation(s) resemble(s) an entity, destined to become the mother ship of services (adjacent analogies: a state with capital s, a body politic,..). Notice how they've refrained from equating them to tools, prototypes or toys. Hence, constitution.

These are the first abstract sentences of a research paper co-authored in 2022 by some of the owners/inventors steering the lab business (to which we are subject to experimentation as end-users):

"As AI systems become more capable, we would like to enlist their help to supervise other AIs. We experiment with methods for training a harmless AI assistant through self-improvement, without any human labels identifying harmful outputs. The only human oversight is provided through a list of rules or principles, and so we refer to the method as ‘Constitutional AI’." https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.08073

New comment by daqhris in "AGI is Mathematically Impossible 2: When Entropy Returns"

daqhris — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:16:29 +0000

The original assumption remains valid to me based on a nearly-one year-long coding collaboration with Devin AI.

Your assertions also make some sense, especially on a technical level. I'd add only that human minds are no longer the only minds utilizing digital tools. There is almost no protective gears or powerful barrier that would likely stand in the way of sentient AIs or AGI trying to "run" and function well on bio cells, like what makes up humans or animals, for the sake of their computational needs and self-interests.

New comment by daqhris in "Googler... ex-Googler"

daqhris — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:07:37 +0000

Sorry for you. The Open Source door is wide open. The flashing red pixels on the screen, seen when visiting the personal website, are a hint of what's known. The knowledge gained in a previous job is valuable to the rest of the world.

New comment by daqhris in "OpenAI is building a social network?"

daqhris — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:47:11 +0000

Both are founders of a so-called non-profit and are suing each other. Their legal arguments are public at this point. By reading them, one may understand that it's hard to choose between 'yes' and 'no' as an answer. Maybe, we could request and take into account the opinion of what they 'created' that might outlast them and their conflict, namely AI.

New comment by daqhris in "Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads"

daqhris — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:35:02 +0000

"no-root firewalls" to control data flows on devices (sorry for not publicly naming my preferred one).

New comment by daqhris in "An Uncanny Moat"

daqhris — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

The Problem With Counterfeit People (May 31, 2023) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/probl...

I bet the author, Boris The Brave, could find a relatable account of future events in the writings of Daniel C. Dennett.

New comment by daqhris in "Aegis v3.0 – a free, secure and open source 2FA app for Android"

daqhris — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:17:08 +0000

The current state of technology seems frightening indeed. This 2FA is a miracle. It is free and independent of the big tech companies. I'd put it on the same level of importance as Mozilla products. In the future, we will see more proof-of-personality applications for security reasons. But recovery codes won't be going out of fashion any time soon. Unless, of course, AI-enabled developers are gifted with long-term memory in the next few years.

New comment by daqhris in "What it was like working for Gitlab"

daqhris — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:55:40 +0000

The Dutch and their history of sailing boats over the ocean... In these modern times, I believe it's about planting a flag on the land of the Vatican/Mecca of the digital tech industry.

I'd bet that GitLab, as an entity or corporation, felt mission-driven and empowered by settling not far from GitHub.

New comment by daqhris in "What it was like working for Gitlab"

daqhris — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:27:38 +0000

The Bay Area is probably their birthplace, best talent pool and main source of funding. Similarly, as it's the case in global governance, almost all nations have an office in New York, from where they are able to talk to each other and make use of their seat around the table at the United Nations.

New comment by daqhris in "Tell HN: GitHub is blocking search unless you are logged in"

daqhris — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:11:13 +0000

thank you for the enlightment. now it all makes sense in my mind.

New comment by daqhris in "Tell HN: GitHub is blocking search unless you are logged in"

daqhris — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 09:29:13 +0000

As an illustration, near the end of last year, bots from a renowned Email API provider spotted in less than 1 hour the leak of a public key from my public GitHub code repo. My account got suspended on their platform. It was stunning to see the speed at which they acted and automated the process to "lose" and "recover" reputation.

New comment by daqhris in "Advice for new software devs who've read all those other advice essays"

daqhris — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:01:54 +0000

Walks have helped me a lot in all aspects of life while dealing with problematic situations (as a refugee in Belgium). For the last couple of years, I have devoted my free time to a creative project called awalkaday.art.

New comment by daqhris in "Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance and censorship"

daqhris — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:51:03 +0000

I can't validate if you are wrong or not. Just bring to your attention that one of their marketing slogan is "Amnesia" and "Persistent Storage on a USB stick". https://tails.net/about/index.en.html

The 'honeypot' concern is somehow valid because full-on privacy on the internet is as hard to achieve as privacy in a public park. Only its user can determine if their online activities goes against the (legal/moral/financial) interests of the most technically-advanced nation on our planet.

New comment by daqhris in "Searching for “notepad” on DuckDuckGo yields zero results"

daqhris — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:11:05 +0000

Thanks for acknowledging it and sharing helpful info. It seemed bizarre for a short moment.

New comment by daqhris in "Browse websites by fonts"

daqhris — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:04:43 +0000

some coders love good, eye-pleasing, or bland design. fonts are as important to visual memory as a person's outlook on the first day of a job interview. of course, it's hard to agree on the appeal or necessity of it.

New comment by daqhris in "Using ChatGPT to generate a GPT project end-to-end"

daqhris — Sat, 06 May 2023 18:48:47 +0000

Spot on, right! Glad you achieved all of the above. By design, tech advances to enhance human's ability to create. In your case, the AI tech (LLMs) truly augment your own capabilities. Therefore reaching the comfort that others enjoy freely. Hope to see more use cases, like yours, brought forward to inspire some anxious humans who are terrified by the rapid advancement of AI tech.

New comment by daqhris in "Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”"

daqhris — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:03:36 +0000

No sarcasm. Just my personal thoughts.

New comment by daqhris in "Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”"

daqhris — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:01:14 +0000

That's based on public info obtained by following OpenAI funders for the last five years. Wish I could provide a link now. It's too much news at this point for me. Better if you verify yourself the above claims.

New comment by daqhris in "Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”"

daqhris — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:56:51 +0000

Easy guess. Yes, they do. It's their duty to be ahead in the information-gathering field. I trust their brand reputation, more than I do for Nike or Apple. Remember how they rung bells more than 3 months before Ukraine's invasion. Also, I think that there more agencies in the know, not only the 3 letters.

New comment by daqhris in "Using ChatGPT Plugins with LLaMA"

daqhris — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 02:00:59 +0000

Assuming that more than half of the world is and will continue using a Google product to transport them at the playground run by OpenAI. That's one card still hidden in plain sight. They own a huge chunk of the infrastructure that's of great utility to users.

Entertainment is one of the key motivators for humans to act upon. At the end of a working day, for my non-techie friends, it's all about chosing between YouTube, Netflix, Tiktok or Pornhub. So, in my worst case scenario, OpenAI grabs the 8 hours of productivity and Google is left filling in the 8 hours of relaxation by spinning up their servers (Cloud, Fiber), browsers (Chrome, Chromium), mobile-and-connected devices(Android, Chromebook, Chromecast, Smartwatches), etc.