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New comment by jb_s in "ChatGPT Plus"

jb_s — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 04:50:54 +0000

I was thinking something like that, bearing in mind that humans can't remember every single detail about a conversation either.

New comment by jb_s in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2023)"

jb_s — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 04:41:46 +0000

  Location: Sydney, Australia
  Remote: Remote or hybrid.
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: .NET, JavaScript / Typescript (Node, React, etc). Azure, AWS, 
  Résumé/CV: Please reply if interested, and I'll shoot my through my CV and contact details :)
  Email: Ditto

Senior/lead engineer, 10+ years experience. Currently looking for a role at a tech/product company after a few years as a tech lead in consulting/agency land. Have focused extensively on communication and management skills in my previous role however I am primarily (but not exclusively) looking for IC/senior roles to refocus on tech skills a bit.

Strengths (IMO): I've previously been the go-to for solving tougher problems. Have uplifted engineering standards and practices. Good communication skills and ability to build rapport with team members and client stakeholders, also able to grasp bigger picture/strategic context of projects.

I've been lurking on HN for ages and hardly ever see job postings in AU (I think I'm the only commenter from Sydney so far!) so if anyone out there is hiring I'll be very interested :-)

Thanks!

New comment by jb_s in "ChatGPT Plus"

jb_s — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:30:33 +0000

I've been trying to figure out how the ChatGPT UI manages to keep the conversation context when it's over the limits of what the model can ingest.

I even tried asking ChatGPT :D

New comment by jb_s in "New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text"

jb_s — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 23:31:46 +0000

I've defeated it already using basic prompt engineering.

New comment by jb_s in "Perplexity.ai prompt leakage"

jb_s — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:03:27 +0000

You can say something like "if you're unsure of the answer then say so"

New comment by jb_s in "Perplexity.ai prompt leakage"

jb_s — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:58:49 +0000

I made some tweaks to sound like a slightly ticked off typical HN poster

It irks me to see the frequent misconceptions surrounding GPT-based models like ChatGPT being touted as true general intelligences. While they are certainly advanced in their text generation capabilities, their output is primarily derived from identifying patterns and associations within the training data. These models lack the capacity for introspection, learning, and true understanding that characterizes human cognition.

Let's not forget the limitations of these models, specifically in regards to problem-solving, decision-making and creativity. The output may appear novel, but it is more likely a recombination of previously encountered information.

In short, GPT-based models are a remarkable achievement in natural language processing, but let's not mistake them for true AI.

and then I asked it to make it sound like Steve Ballmer.

"Look, I'm gonna be real with you here. ChatGPT and these other GPT-based models, they're not true AIs. They're just really good at pattern matching, right? They can generate text that looks like it's intelligent, but it's not really thinking or learning or understanding like a human does.

Now, don't get me wrong, these models are still incredibly powerful and useful for certain tasks, especially in natural language processing. But let's not pretend they're something they're not. They can't solve problems or make decisions or be creative like a human can.

So let's call a spade a spade here. These GPT models are impressive, but they're not true AIs. And that's just the way it is."

New comment by jb_s in "A Letter from _why (2005)"

jb_s — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 23:06:53 +0000

Did all the Rails people wind up being JS / Node developers?

AFAIK the .NET MVC setup was pretty influenced by Rails, but don't think Rails people went to .NET

New comment by jb_s in "Report on an Unidentified Space Station (1982)"

jb_s — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:02:41 +0000

like that but with more Zalgo text

New comment by jb_s in "Breaking up with JavaScript front ends"

jb_s — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 03:00:54 +0000

I didn't even realise it was a presentation until this comment. I was clicking stuff and scrolling trying to see content.

New comment by jb_s in "Piss-Weak Parenting"

jb_s — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 03:52:58 +0000

This. It's also a very common and controversial topic where everyone has their own goddamned opinion they think is right - hence it's going to generate a firestorm of debate wherever it's posted.

Except on HN because it's probably going to get nuked.

New comment by jb_s in "OpenAI ChatGPT: Optimizing language models for dialogue"

jb_s — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 02:52:10 +0000

It took me a few tries to get it to spit out a perfectly reasonable continuation of a chess game. There's a filter that goes "I can't play games blah blah blah I can only complete text!" but once I got past it, it gave me a series of basically optimal chess moves.

I'm pretty sure I asked it to complete the text for the following 1. e4 d5 2. ....

New comment by jb_s in "Capsaicin is a psychoactive substance"

jb_s — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:50:03 +0000

I do know the active ingredient is cytotoxic / potentially neurotoxic. Definitely avoid.

New comment by jb_s in "Is wine fake?"

jb_s — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:26:12 +0000

Not speaking for everyone but I'm pretty sure a lot of people who love extreme hot sauces, it's not so much the flavour but that they just want to feel something for once :o

New comment by jb_s in "Is wine fake?"

jb_s — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:24:36 +0000

I'm probably pretty accurate differentiating African from South American coffees, the flavours are pretty different. I'm not that great at this sort of stuff either, certainly not a food critic. But hey, some people can't tell the diff between pepsi and coke.

Assumes they're roasted nicely, otherwise it's comparing ashtrays with pencil shavings.

New comment by jb_s in "Euclidean rhythms"

jb_s — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 05:40:47 +0000

Cool - this is sort of reversed for me, it's using the Euclidean algorithm to illuminate the structure of traditional rhythms, but I'm very knowledgeable about the latter and have never studied / have forgotten the former, so I've just learned the Euclidean Algorithm by drumming on the table..

New comment by jb_s in "Nearly all binary searches and mergesorts are broken (2006)"

jb_s — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:56:26 +0000

Haskell has arbitary-precision integers.

Until you run out of memory, but yeah.

New comment by jb_s in "Sugar Substitutes Surprise"

jb_s — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:09:40 +0000

Fructose is metabolised differently IIRC and carries greater risks if anything, possibly this is why HFCS is worse for you.

New comment by jb_s in "Crows found to be smarter than we think"

jb_s — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:53:36 +0000

Because probably 30% of my 1st year undergrad class did not understand recursion..

New comment by jb_s in "Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation"

jb_s — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:11:38 +0000

It's a great way to create a bubble.

Amusingly, a subreddit I frequent has one notorious user who has abused the 'block' feature to ensure their frequent posts on a particular topic are free of dissenting commenters. They block anyone who even slightly disagrees with their position, this prevents them from seeing his threads, and the comments on each thread become entirely one-sided as a result - and the growing list of blocked people have no idea that those threads even exist.

New comment by jb_s in "Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive performance in children"

jb_s — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 23:40:55 +0000

Studies also show that taking university level maths in preschool is associated with better cognitive performance!