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New comment by izanton in "[dead]"

izanton — Mon, 25 May 2026 22:44:14 +0000

I liked this guy at first, but his content is so boring, can predict it from the first second. Endless rant about how AI sucks, and I'm not sure but I feel like he uses AI to write these scripts himself.

New comment by izanton in "IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry"

izanton — Mon, 25 May 2026 21:33:32 +0000

I try to follow the motto of my university quantum physics professor: if you feel like quantum mechanics is making you more certain you understand it, you’re probably wrong and need to start over.

But as I understand it, the most "basic" approach now with qubit-based computers is to select the most popular answer across many runs and treat it as the "right" one.

New comment by izanton in "IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry"

izanton — Mon, 25 May 2026 21:09:21 +0000

I don't really understand how quantum chips work, but it's so interesting and cool (or it's not)

New comment by izanton in "Uber’s COO says it’s getting harder to justify money spent on tokenmaxxing"

izanton — Mon, 25 May 2026 17:15:56 +0000

What if... we stop for a moment, and then, after thinking for a moment, we stop hammering nails with a microscope, and stop using token usage as a metric of productivity?

I know it's sounds stupid, but what if